Re: gdk session management support

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Felix Bellaby <felix@pooh.u-net.com> writes:

> Hi all,
> 
> Here is a response to a mail that I sent to Owen Taylor 
> about three patches needed in gdk in order for it to 
> implement ICCCM session management correctly.
> 
> Owen suggested that I open the patches to general discussion 
> on this list in case anyone else has any comments.
> 
> I have tested these patches against gnome-session, gnome-smproxy,
> xsm and smproxy. I do not currently have access to a WM that
> actually implements the ICCCM (mwm is an example).

You mean, I would guess, the X11R6 SM for client windows documented
in the ICCCM? In theory, Enlightenment does a bit of that,
but I don't think it has been tested much.

>  However, I
> see no reason to believe that these patches will result in
> any bugs elsewhere in gtk+ / gnome.

Neither do I. They look good to me. Please go ahead
and commit them. (With appropriate ChangeLog entries)

Thanks,
                                        Owen