My proto/ battle plan (Re: [PATCH] Refactoring of dixutils.c)

[Fernando Carrijo]

Tomas Carnecky <tom at dbservice.com> wrote:

> On 8/3/10 3:55 AM, Fernando Carrijo wrote:
> > Cc-ing Tomas
> > 
> > Tiago Vignatti <tiago.vignatti at nokia.com> wrote:
> >> I'm looking forward now to see proto/ created, as discussed.
> > 
> > It seems Tomas is already working on this area. See here:
> > 
> >   http://marc.info/?l=freedesktop-xorg-devel&m=128050875331099&w=3
> > 
> > So, unless he prefers me to do, I'll leave the proto/ issue in his hands.
> 
> Well, I can describe what I'm doing right now. I'm starting with the
> simpler extensions (I have DPMS mostly ready, but still need to finish
> the integration into the build system), but it'll take me a few more
> weeks/months until I'm ready to generate xproto from the xml definition.
> So if you want to move dix/tables.c and related files to proto/, go ahead.

I fear I don't.

After reading the description of what you've been doing, I realized that your
goals are much more ambitious then mine originally. And given that I'm still
myoptic with respect to the borders of what exactly constitutes the protocol,
I judge cautious to keep myself watching and learning this subject better.

That doesn't mean that I resign from doing the mechanical work, though. Sad as
it is. So, if there's someone out there with patience enough to show me where
to put bricks and sandbags, I'm ready to help.

By the way, thanks for the detailed account of your work.
It's so much better when we know where we all are heading to.