[Xcb] socket handoff problems

[Barton C Massey]

In message <194f62550901271412n6f4f9da9l69bc42e590a1ea4 at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> > You definitely do, which is what return_socket() is supposed
> > to do.  Just an fflush should be sufficient, I think.
> As far as I have seen I don't have direct access to the underlaying socket.

I think you can get at it somehow.

> > You
> > may need to return the last sequence number sent from
> > return_socket() somehow; I'm still trying to figure that
> > out.
> What I do for now is I simply pass the number of written requests at return.

That should work.

> However I am not sure for both :-/

Me neither.

> > I need to do some other stuff and then bring my sources up
> > to date.  I'll try to figure it all out in the next couple
> > of days.
> Thanks a lot for offering your help :)
> I hope it don't take (away) too much time.

Obviously, haven't really gotten to it yet.  I'll try as
soon as I can, but I doubt it will be before the weekend.

> By the way, is the socket-handoff code already in a stable version, or
> will it be in the next stable version (1.2?)?
> 
> If so, when do you think 1.2 will be released? (just a guess, a year,
> a half ... I know its done when its done ;) )

It's really up to Jamey and Josh, whose code it is.  I'll
try to get them together sooner rather than later.  I think
one more pass and we're good to go.

    Bart