[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] <AWT Dev> Java Fullscreen Mode with Xorg server 1.3.0+ (I'm ready to work on a patch)
Dan Munckton
lists at munckfish.net
Tue Dec 4 21:47:27 UTC 2007
Hi Yuri, Dmitri
Thanks for your replies. I'm sorry I've had a hell of a day, I will make
time tomorrow morning to read through the other bug reports properly and
give you a proper reply.
Cheers
Dan
On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 16:16 +0300, Yuri Nesterenko wrote:
> Hi Dan,
>
> this new bug, 6599351, seems to be about the same issue, isn't it?
> It should be fixed in several releases, as I understand.
>
> Now let's decide: if you will create a patch for your bug then I'll not
> work on my, otherwise I'll start but not very fast, either. Anyway,
> after your patch is ready for jdk7, I can port it to earlier non-open releases
> where applicable.
> Oleg or/and I, we can help when necessary and review your code.
>
> Thanks,
> -Yuri
>
> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 08:25:42PM +0000, Dan Munckton wrote:
> > Hi Oleg
> >
> > Thanks for your reply.
> >
> > > am I right that your are going to fix our code so it correctly handled
> > > situation when Xinerama is loaded but we have just one screen, so we
> > > could use Xrandr extension in such configuration?
> >
> > Yes. I'm happy to try and produce a patch if there's no-one else working
> > on this issue. My employer's product will soon be directly affected by
> > the problem so I'm very motivated to see it solved as soon as possible.
> >
> > This would be my first contribution to Java/OpenJDK and therefore I may
> > not progress as quickly as others who are already involved. Is it true
> > that new contributors are assigned a mentor to assist a little?
> >
> > > This code is somewhere on boundary of AWT and 2D areas so you may want
> > > to also check with 2D. As for AWT side I can say for sure that we do
> > > not work on similar issue.
> >
> > Hello 2d-dev, is there anyone aware of/working on this problem already?
> > (http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/awt-dev/2007-November/000109.html)
> >
> > >
> > > > I've still not opened a bug on the Java bug database, do I need to do
> > > > that to be tidy?
> > >
> > > you are supposed to send a path with bug id, so it looks reasonable to
> > > have one :)
> >
> > I have now opened a bug which has been assigned an id. It's not yet
> > visible in the external database but here's the link anyway:
> >
> > http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6636469
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Dan
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