Re: gnome-session patch ...

[jacob berkman <jacob ximian com>]

On Wed, 2002-07-17 at 00:43, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> On 15 Jul 2002, Michael Meeks wrote:
> 
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > 	Since gnome-session had a few issues, particularly with startup time,
> > the latency issues of using the Canvas' font stuff for string rendering
> > - so, I switched the splash rendering to use Gtk+ [ and retain the AA
> > icon stuff ].
> >
> > 	There are a few changes - more intelligent icon placement, removed the
> > Gtk+ frame, so grapical splash people don't always have that frame on
> > top [ needs a nicer frame in the current splash ].
> >
> > 	Oh, and it also doesn't hang with a blank / white screen to start with
> > - which is an improvement.
> >
> > 	May I commit ?
> 
> 	Overall the patch looks good, and although I'm kinda concerned
> about re-writing large chunks of code between point releases the
> benefits really outweigh any danger of regressions ...

[ also it will get pretty well tested - the splash screen code path
definitely gets hit when people run gnome and the snaps will pick this
up for tomorrow ]

 - jacob