Wayland crash scenario

[nerdopolis]

Hi. As far as I know, X apps always had the ability to reconnect, its just 
that none ever did. I don't know why, maybe piximaps or windows states/ID's 
where lost or something... Or the idea never caught on. X apps don't crash 
when they lose connection to the x server, its just that they all (most) 
perform a safe exit action (you can see it in the terminal) and then close, 
instead of looking for a new display.

I don't know if its possible or not, but seeing that its client server, I 
don't see why it would not be. I have a feeling that Wayland clients would be 
able to reconnect, but don't take it from me.

But I agree that this is importiant, If Wayland was to segfault, or if the 
user needs to switch to a new instance of the Wayland server, (because of a 
new version, wanted to switch to a compositor with a different WM style, or 
wanted to leave the desktop session, and remote into the session) it should be 
supported early.

PS I don't know about the last example. It was stated earlier that a custom 
version of Wayland could be made to support remote/remote rootless sessions. 
It would be a great feature If session could be made remote/local on the fly.
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