GNU bug report logs - #33442
26.1.90; Cairo side-by-side windows scrolling fix should be cherry-picked

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Message #11 received at 33442 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Ari Roponen <ari.roponen <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 33442 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33442: 26.1.90; Cairo side-by-side windows scrolling fix
 should be cherry-picked
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:16:19 +0200

On 20.11.2018 17:58, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Thanks, but I'm not convinced we should backport that change.  We
> don't fix every bug on the release branch, only the important onces.

An argument could be made about the lesser impotance of stability 
guarantees for the Cairo users (since it's already broken). So I'd ask 
whether the given patch makes it considerably more usable, so that more 
people are likely to try the --with-cairo build and submit patches/bug 
reports/etc.

> And the Cairo configuration doesn't strike me as important, what with
> all the additional known bugs specific to it.

IIRC, somebody said it's the best approach we have for supporting 
Wayland someday. I think it's a worthy goal.

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