Brian Cameron wrote:
>
> Alan:
>
>>> In general Xserver extension support on Solaris tends to lag a
>>> bit behind Linux. This affects both performance and the degree
>>> of functionality supported within the desktop. We seem to be
>>> catching up a bit lately, but I would say we are still behind.
>>
>> I would disagree if you're using Xorg on x86 - we're using the same Xorg
>> sources as Linux and shipping the same extensions they do.
>
> I am delighted to hear this. It is great to know that the support is
> the same now, at least on x86.
>
> This is a pretty recent development, in recent Nevada builds, isn't it?
No, the Xorg server sources have been mostly the same as Linux (with a small
number of patches, much like you do for GNOME) for the past 3 years.
> I seem to remember that there were several differences even fairly
> recently (e.g. libcursor support).
Ah, if you mean the client libraries, and not the Xserver as you stated,
we're still working on updating our libraries from our X11R6 forked versions
to X11R7. Indiana of course went straight to the X11R7 versions, and found
a number of incompatibilities in the process, that we're working to fix there
and prevent in Nevada by taking a bit more time to port the required changes
from the old Solaris sources to the new ones.
--
-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
