On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 01:34:03PM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2015/09/29 14:27, Peter Hessler wrote:
> > On 2015 Sep 28 (Mon) at 22:23:49 +0200 (+0200), Matthieu Herrb wrote:
> > :On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 02:37:38AM -0600, David Coppa wrote:
> > :> 
> > :> Hi!
> > :> 
> > :> Here's an update to libxcb-1.11.1
> > :> 
> > :> Changes:
> > :> 
> > :> - Expose 64-bit sequence numbers for XLib
> > :> - Call _xcb_wake_up_next_reader from xcb_wait_for_special_event
> > :> - Fix a thread hang with xcb_wait_for_special_event()
> > :> 
> > :> Tested in a full xenocara rebuild on amd64.
> > :> I think a minor crank is required.
> > :
> > :The diff looks ok, but we currently don't have anything in xenocara
> > :using the new functions. Do you know any application in ports that
> > :would use it if available ?
> > :
> > 
> > Is it that painful to bump a library minor? I think we should always be
> > safe and bump even when we don't know if it would be used.
> 
> Oh I was assuming this related to testing rather than bumps. Yes a bump
> is necessary, it's not about what current ports do, but about what future
> updates might start using.

Yes I was referring to testing. Of course a minor bump is needed. 

In the mean time I read the code a bit more. I was wrong, the new code
is used indeed by the old API too. So it is tested if you run normal X
applications.

so ok matthieu@. 
-- 
Matthieu Herrb

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