[PATCH weston v3 1/3] protocol: Add wl_notification_daemon interface

[Quentin Glidic]

On 05/04/2013 20:28, Bill Spitzak wrote:
> Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Why are you reinventing org.freedesktop.Notifications? Couldn't this
>> be a client
>> that implements the org.freedesktop.Notifications dbus interface and
>> draws
>> notifications instead?

I am not. This interface is about drawing the notifications on screen, 
not about getting the notification’s content.


> It looks like he is trying to define the protocol the receiver of these
> dbus notifications (the daemon) uses to make them appear on the screen:

Exactly. There is a daemon listening to D-Bus, and this one is the 
Wayland client. Using the wl_notification_daemon interface, it can make 
the notifications appear on screen.
The add_surface request is for daemons that use a list of “bubbles”, 
which is the most common case.
Compositors can perfectly listen the D-Bus interface too.

In any case, whichever client (in the compositor or standalone, using a 
list of bubbles or not) must bind this interface, making sure only one 
type of notifications will hit the screen, to keep visual consistency.

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Quentin “Sardem FF7” Glidic