There's one more thing, we need a separate Mir session per application to be able to identify the client. If we had only one shared Xmir, all of the clients connecting to that would appear as a single client in unity8.
Alternatively, Xmir could create a separate session per X connection. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity8 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1577641 Title: Unity8 creates a blank black window for windowless apps Status in Canonical System Image: Won't Fix Status in Mir: Invalid Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Unity8 creates a blank black window for windowless apps. Windowless apps are closer thank you think: Xmir -rootless is one such example while no X apps have started yet. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1577641/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp