Re: rootless mode

[Alan Hourihane <alanh at fairlite dot demon dot co dot uk>]

On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 06:28:23 +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
> > Once we have a Native GDI server and it passes the xtest 
> > suite then, we should start looking at 'rootless' modes, but 
> > feel free to continue down your path. I just don't want to 
> > clutter up code yet with something else until we're done with 
> > a primary objective. And I certainly don't want my focus to 
> > change to anything else yet.
> 
> That's not a problem. I'll #define all the rootless related changes as
> such. And I'm not asking your focus to change! 
> 
Sorry Robert, I don't mean to put you off doing this work. It's
much appreciated for anyone else to help out !

> My initial goal is to prove the concept, and then depending on time
> constraints, I'll either
> *) work with you and Harold to get an acceptable patch ready
> *) maintain the patch every week or two but not try to get it included.
> *) drop the patch to the list, for posterity, and forget the whole thing
> 
> Given the amount of interest here in rootless mode, I (naively) assume
> that if something functional can be shown we may see some folk actively
> helping. I also suspect that my recent adventures in building will help,
> as they allow Harolds doco + the archives to get folk building the test
> server.
> 
That's good. I'll look forward to seeing your patch.

Thanks.

Alan.