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

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Reported by: Ari Roponen <ari.roponen <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 08:16:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.1.90

Fixed in version 26.2

Done: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 33442 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ari.roponen <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#33442: 26.1.90; Cairo side-by-side windows scrolling fix should be cherry-picked
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 15:59:59 +0200

On 22.11.2018 17:22, Dmitry Gutov wrote:
> On 22.11.2018 16:52, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
>> How many users will agree to demote the DPI just to have the Cairo
>> build working?  IOW, is the above a viable solution, or is it
>> something many users will regard as unacceptable?
> 
> I think so. <...>

In any case, HiDPI users are still the minority, and the commit 
requested to be backported is a localized fix for an obvious, 
easy-to-reproduce regression (scrolling is indeed broken, I tested with 
and without the patch).

So I highly suggest we allow it.
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