xserver: do we still need Fopen()

[Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult]

On 08.02.24 13:41, tlaronde at kergis.com wrote:

> I'm for example still using it this way (I'm mainly developing and I
> don't always need a graphical interface and don't want to waste
> permanently resources by using and administrating a display manager
> for which I'm the sole and temporary user).
>
> Not being able to do so would be, IMHO, a major step backward.

Agreed. Then let's officially define being able to start an Xserver
(with local graphics access) as an hard requirement (*1). At least on
Unix'oid platforms (probably not applicable to MacOS or Windows).

The interesting question is whether there are better ways than
setuid-root (on Xserver itself).

--mtx

*1) do we already have some spec of what features we support in the
     long-term ? shall we write one ?

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Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
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