On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:28:24AM -0400, Dimi Paun wrote:
On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 14:56 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> Once this code is ready I'd like to change the kernel defaults to
> allow this. The problem is that this will cause a reduction in
> functionality for desktops that don't have this integration. How
> should this kind of situation be handled?
Can't the desktop inform the kernel if it can handle the interaction?
If not, you can just fallback to the current behavior.
Somewhat, but you then hit issues like fast user switching potentially
involving desktops that support this and desktops that don't.
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