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Bug#233569: xlibs: raise the number of maximum clients to 512



tag 233569 + wontfix
thanks

On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 12:56:21AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-02-21 at 19:12, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 11:05:55PM -0500, xavier wrote:
> > > 
> > > Is there a drawback in doing such thing ?
> > 
> > I don't know.  Possibly resource consumption in the X server, but most
> > machines today have a lot more to spare in the way of resources than
> > machines did when this limit was probably initially set.
> > 
> > > If not, do you think there might be a possibility for debian
> > > to compile it with 512 max clients ?
> > 
> > I do think it's a possibility yes.  I just want to find out from someone
> > who knows whether there would be any serious drawbacks to doing so.
> 
> See http://www.mail-archive.com/devel@xfree86.org/msg01104.html (Start
> of thread: http://www.mail-archive.com/devel@xfree86.org/msg01095.html)

No one has rebutted the cited concerns.  Breaking binary compatibility
with Xlib modules is probably a very bad idea.

Tagging this bug wontfix.

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G. Branden Robinson                |      Never underestimate the power of
Debian GNU/Linux                   |      human stupidity.
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