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Re: CVS commit: xsrc/external/mit/xorg-server/dist/dix



Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 03:02:10AM +0000, Adam Hoka wrote:
> > 
> > Module Name:        xsrc
> > Committed By:       ahoka
> > Date:               Sat Jan 17 03:02:10 UTC 2009
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> >     xsrc/external/mit/xorg-server/dist/dix: window.c
> > 
> > Log Message:
> > Set the default color of the root window to plain black due to
> > popular demand. It looks much better that way.
> 
> Where was this publicly discussed?  This is purely a subjective
> preference, and should not be forced on those of us that don't
> mind and furthermore expect the background that says "this is X11".
> 
> This also prevents xsetroot -default from working as expected.
> Please revert this and find a way to make this a run-time option.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
>       Jonathan Kollasch


The patch was taken from pkgsrc, and it used there since 5 months.
I cant think of any real world problem it can cause, other than some
people having different taste. Did I miss any serious implication?

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Adam Hoka <ahoka%NetBSD.org@localhost>
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