display using unix-domain socket (was Re: fd passing for X)

[Michal Suchanek]

Hello,

What's the advantage of that patch?

As far as I understand the patch shifts the burden of finding a free
port (or socket path) from the X server to the user.

X is in the position to atomically find a free port and grab it
whereas an user from outside of the X server will have much harder
time achieving that.

Of course, controlling what port the X server uses directly by the
user can have its advantages but it does not help with finding a free
one.

Thanks

Michal