"hint" just means "don't bother setting this flag, since it won't do anything".
If we want min/max size rules, I want them to be enforced. Compositors SHOULD NOT attempt to configure windows above or below the requested size. On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 11:58 PM, Olivier Fourdan <ofour...@redhat.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > ----- Original Message ----- >> On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:44:58 +0000 "Jasper St. Pierre" >> <jstpie...@mecheye.net> >> said: >> >> > I think min/max hints are acceptable in xdg-shell. >> >> i agree. they are realistic things a apps have as constraints on their >> content. >> knowing in advance what those constraints might be can make life for a >> compositor much easier. > > So, it seems max/min "hints" can be desirable from a window/compositor > manager point of view, whereas things like aspect ratio, size steppings, etc. > aren't > > I'll send an updated patch to: > > - Reword the description and request name to make it clearer that it really > is a preference and not a rule (Quentin mentioned that on irc yesterday), > without using the word "hint" :) > - add a similar "preferable min size" request > > Then we can continue discussing from there. > > Cheers, > Olivier > -- Jasper _______________________________________________ wayland-devel mailing list wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel
