[External] : Re: wiki update : meeting notes

[Alexander Zvegintsev]

Yay, thanks!

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Thanks,
Alexander.

On 13. 12. 23 13:02, Niels De Graef wrote:
> Thanks everyone!
>
> I filed a ticket for backporting the screencast restore_token, and it
> seems like there was already a plan to backport this for RHEL 9.4 and
> even to backport the RemoteDesktop restore_token as well :-)
>
> People who're interested can follow https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-4526__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!PhjE8jeF_JZJ2zsS75aiZPxYoKztSngf06H8givR-K-3snQlZ6iz-PcFjOIAQLbNxxeDdmV2eiB8XmndVZJExHEft_M$
>
> Cheers,
> Niels
>
> On Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 8:06 PM Philip Race <philip.race at oracle.com> wrote:
>> I confirm what Alexander is saying.  It is only about the restore token
>> used by screen capture.
>> The restore token is critical for automated testing and that is the
>> bread and butter of our routine
>> CI testing and also applies to all the extra testing done during the
>> latter stages of a release.
>> Functional and conformance tests are both affected.
>>
>> So for RHEL 9.x / OL 9.x, we basically can't test it without the restore
>> token.
>> And if we can't test it, we can't support it, since we have no idea how
>> well it works.
>>
>> -phil.
>>
>> On 12/8/23 10:20 AM, alexander.zvegintsev at oracle.com wrote:
>>> Hi Niels,
>>>
>>>> That being said, I was wondering: you only mentioned the screencast
>>>> portal, but IIRC we also needed support for this in the RemoteDesktop
>>>> portal at some point. Given that was added in a much later version, it
>>>> might also be a bit harder to backport, so I was wondering: do you
>>>> only need the restore_token for the ScreenCast portal, or would you
>>>> also need it for RemoteDesktop?
>>> The request to add restore token support for the Screencast portal
>>> in OL9/RHEL9 is primarily due to the intention to add these systems
>>> as supported in X11 compatibility mode.
>>> This is crucial for automated testing.
>>>
>>> We don't need RemoteDesktop for X11 compatibility mode as XTest
>>> for keyboard and mouse emulation inside XWayland server is enough.
>>> Moreover, as far as I remember, there were plans to link XTest and libei,
>>> in which case we won't need RemoteDesktop portal at all.
>>>
>>> In case of pure Wayland mode, it is possible to announce
>>> its support for later versions of OL/RHEL (maybe other people will
>>> correct me)
>>>
>>> But in any case, I think users will be happy if restore toke for
>>> RemoteDesktop
>>> portal will appear in 9.
>>>
>>>> (as a side note: I think we need to update
>>>> https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/wakefield/Known+problems+and+solutions
>>>> since it still mentions some things are missing upstream like libei)
>>> Sure, I'll update it.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Alexander.
>>>
>>> On 08.12.2023 13:30, Niels De Graef wrote:
>>>> Hi Alexander,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for creating these meeting notes!
>>>>
>>>> I wanted to follow up on the restore_token functionality in the
>>>> Screencast portal you mentioned in the meeting. It looks like you
>>>> might be right about this not being in RHEL 9, and I'll check this out
>>>> internally.
>>>>
>>>> That being said, I was wondering: you only mentioned the screencast
>>>> portal, but IIRC we also needed support for this in the RemoteDesktop
>>>> portal at some point. Given that was added in a much later version, it
>>>> might also be a bit harder to backport, so I was wondering: do you
>>>> only need the restore_token for the ScreenCast portal, or would you
>>>> also need it for RemoteDesktop?
>>>>
>>>> (as a side note: I think we need to update
>>>> https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/wakefield/Known+problems+and+solutions
>>>> since it still mentions some things are missing upstream like libei)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Niels
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 7, 2023 at 9:14 PM Alexander Zvegintsev
>>>> <alexander.zvegintsev at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>> Added the minutes of the last meeting:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/wakefield/Meeting+Note
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Alexander.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 09. 11. 23 23:59, Alexander Zvegintsev wrote:
>>>>>> Added the minutes of the last meeting:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/wakefield/Meeting+Note
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Alexander.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12. 10. 23 20:01, Alexander Zvegintsev wrote:
>>>>>>> Added the minutes of the last meeting:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/wakefield/Meeting+Notes
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Alexander.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 17. 08. 23 21:47, Alexander Zvegintsev wrote:
>>>>>>>> Added the minutes of the last meeting:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/wakefield/Meeting+Notes
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Alexander.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 25. 05. 23 20:46, Alexander Zvegintsev wrote:
>>>>>>>>> The minutes of the last meeting were added:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/wakefield/Meeting+Notes
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> Alexander.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 27. 04. 23 19:54, Alexander Zvegintsev wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Added the minutes of the last meeting:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/wakefield/Meeting+Notes
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>> Alexander.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 01. 04. 23 16:15, Alexander Zvegintsev wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Added the minutes of the last meeting:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/wakefield/Meeting+Notes
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> Alexander.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 02. 02. 23 19:58, Alexander Zvegintsev wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 1) Today's meeting notes
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/wakefield/Meeting+Notes
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> 2) Updated:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/wakefield/Open+Unsolved+Problems
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> All committers feel free to update the pages.
>>>>>>>>>>>>