From 13959bc62522b254304572d8b7dd44c5df5a7310 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yuxuan Shui Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:50:55 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] changelog: add rational for not using GrabServer Signed-off-by: Yuxuan Shui --- CHANGELOG.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index 4b3d69a3e6..7038b3e51b 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ * `xcb-dpms` is not needed anymore. * `libXext` is not needed anymore. +## Behind the scene changes + +* The X critical section is removed, picom no longer grabs the server to fetch updates. Hopefully, if everything works, this change is unnoticeable. Minor responsiveness improvements could be possible, but I won't bet on it. The main point of this change is this makes debugging much less painful. Previously if you breaks inside the X critical section, the whole X server will lock up, and you would have to connect to the computer remotely to recover. Now there is no longer such worries. This also avoids a bug inside Xorg that makes server grabbing unreliable. + # v11.2 (2024-Feb-13) ## Build changes