Re: [RFC wayland] System compositor protocol

2013-09-10 Thread Tristan Schmelcher
I'm not qualified to comment on the protocol, but I would definitely like to see a standard for Wayland system compositors. I am going to be porting a pixel orbiter to the Wayland stack (original code at https://github.com/TristanSchmelcher/pixelorbiter) and the only secure way to design it is as a

Re: [RFC wayland] System compositor protocol

2013-08-28 Thread microcai
2013/8/28 David Herrmann : > Hi > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 9:16 PM, microcai wrote: >> 2013/8/25 David Herrmann : > [...] >>> The idea behind a system-compositor was to provide a system daemon >>> that runs _outside_ a session. Its sole responsibility is to control >>> access to graphics and inpu

Re: [RFC wayland] System compositor protocol

2013-08-27 Thread David Herrmann
Hi On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 9:16 PM, microcai wrote: > 2013/8/25 David Herrmann : [...] >> The idea behind a system-compositor was to provide a system daemon >> that runs _outside_ a session. Its sole responsibility is to control >> access to graphics and input hardware. So session-compositors no

Re: [RFC wayland] System compositor protocol

2013-08-27 Thread microcai
2013/8/25 David Herrmann : > Hi > > On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:55 PM, Jason Ekstrand wrote: >> Hello All, >> I am in the process of picking back up the old idea of system compositors. >> I am not, at the moment, looking for a review of the code; simply a review >> of the concept and the proposed p

Re: [RFC wayland] System compositor protocol

2013-08-26 Thread Jason Ekstrand
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:48 AM, Cedric BAIL wrote: > Hello, > > Cedric Bail > > On Aug 26, 2013 2:11 AM, "David Herrmann" wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:55 PM, Jason Ekstrand > wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > I am in the process of picking back up the old idea of system > c

Re: [RFC wayland] System compositor protocol

2013-08-26 Thread David Herrmann
Hi On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Cedric BAIL wrote: > Hello, > > Cedric Bail > > > On Aug 26, 2013 2:11 AM, "David Herrmann" wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:55 PM, Jason Ekstrand >> wrote: >> > Hello All, >> > I am in the process of picking back up the old idea of system >>

Re: [RFC wayland] System compositor protocol

2013-08-25 Thread David Herrmann
Hi On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:55 PM, Jason Ekstrand wrote: > Hello All, > I am in the process of picking back up the old idea of system compositors. > I am not, at the moment, looking for a review of the code; simply a review > of the concept and the proposed protocol. If you would like to look

[RFC wayland] System compositor protocol

2013-08-23 Thread Jason Ekstrand
Hello All, I am in the process of picking back up the old idea of system compositors. I am not, at the moment, looking for a review of the code; simply a review of the concept and the proposed protocol. If you would like to look at my implementation or try it out, it can be found in the system-com