save-under support

[Rui Tiago Cação Matos]

2009/1/22 Patrick O'Donnell <pao at ascent.com>:
> I've been told, recently, that "save-under and backing-store under
> 8-bit [visuals] are no longer supported in recent X.org releases".  We
> maintain several old X applications that make significant use of both
> save-under and backing-store (and 8-bit PseudoColor visuals), and this
> news greatly disturbs us.  However, in several days of searching, I
> have been unable to find any definitive pronouncement that that is
> truly the case.
>
> So, could someone point me to where I would find more authoritative
> information on the status of save-under and backing-store?
>
> I have not done significant X programming in quite some time, and with
> my attention diverted to other tasks, I have not been able to keep up
> with the latest developments in the X Window System.  So, any pointers
> to relevent helpful documents or articles would be greatly
> appreciated.

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=ae7f71a8b3d6756161e55d998d6eec37d2695c98

I'm afraid that's as official as it gets.

Rui