[Xorg] Xinerama backward compatibility issues

[Kaleb S. KEITHLEY]

Jay Cotton wrote:
> Hi Guys:
> 
> I am a bit confused here.  Did we not have a public review for
> 1.5 years.  I don't recall a single comment.  We did have 2
> bugs posted.
> 
> Please note that I do want a discussion on this issue, I just
> wonder if we need to 'do a better' job of public review.
> 
> Yes the code is changed, it's supposed to be set up to support
> window managers better.
> 
> We intended to remove 'panoramiXXX' and put in XineramaXXXX in
> it place, so some of the API changes.  I guess a compatibility
> layer in the API would quite the client side issues.... Just a
> thought.

The API/ABI is compatible, i.e. there are BC functions with the old 
names in the library.

It is only the wire protocol that is not compatible.

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Kaleb