Re: application blows up X

[David Ford <david linux com>]

Havoc Pennington wrote:

> Is X supposed to be like "sorry, you can't allocate more than 15
> pixmaps, bzzzt?" How would you fix X?
>
> If X is crashing on the other hand, yes it's by definition an X server
> bug. Clients can't crash the server if the server is working properly.

If X crashes, X is broken.  X should gracefully handle any condition a
client imposes.  'tis like a kernel.  The kernel should gracefully handle
any brokenness from userland.

That of course doesn't obviate whether or not a request of 15 widgets
(generic term) is improper.  If 15 widgets really is improper, the client
needs fixed, if 15 widgets is quite proper and X doesn't allow it, X
needs updated.

-d

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