Multibuffer extension gone

[Jim Gettys]

I seem to remember Keith telling me that there were still a few things
that Multibuffer could do that DBE cannot.

We should understand if work needs to be done in DBE to ensure
everything can be done that should be done...
				- Jim

On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 16:59 -0800, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Sebastien wrote:
> > After failing to use the DBE (double buffer extension) I tried my luck
> > with the Multibuffer extension. This works on Solaris and other kinds
> > of unix but not for Xorg anymore as the extension is no longer be
> > available. Why was it be removed? Can MBE be restored?
> 
> Looks like Multibuffer was obsoleted/replaced by DBE:
>    The Multi-Buffering extension described here was a draft standard of the
>    X Consortium prior to Release 6.1.  It has been superseded by the Double
>    Buffer Extension (DBE).  DBE is an X Consortium Standard as of Release 6.1.
> 
> Solaris carries around a lot of old extensions in the name of preserving
> backwards compatibility.
>