Re: Don't invoke cpp with xrdb [22590328fab9aacf17d4ce32e1c0678c330b26c0]

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Re: Don't invoke cpp with xrdb [22590328fab9aacf17d4ce32e1c0678c330b26c0]

by Bert Wesarg-2 :: Rate this Message:

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Hi Martin,

I would like to raise my objection for your reasons to disable the cpp
while loading Xresource files. If the number of users who have a
.Xresource file is very low, than I think the likelihood that they use
cpp directives is very height. And because you pay the price for the
high startup time, only if you have this file in the first place there
is no reason to use the -nocpp option.

Please reconsider your decision.

Kind regards,
Bert Wesarg
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Re: Don't invoke cpp with xrdb [22590328fab9aacf17d4ce32e1c0678c330b26c0]

by Martin Pitt-4 :: Rate this Message:

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Hello Bert,

Bert Wesarg [2009-10-28 22:11 +0100]:
> I would like to raise my objection for your reasons to disable the cpp
> while loading Xresource files. If the number of users who have a
> .Xresource file is very low, than I think the likelihood that they use
> cpp directives is very height. And because you pay the price for the
> high startup time, only if you have this file in the first place there
> is no reason to use the -nocpp option.

Well, it was a patch that someone applied to the Debian/Ubuntu
packages ages ago. It makes sense to me, but I'm not attached to it a
lot, so if upstream wants to revert his patch, I won't object.

This should perhaps be discussed at
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=588849 and the bug
reopened?

Thanks,

Martin

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Re: Don't invoke cpp with xrdb [22590328fab9aacf17d4ce32e1c0678c330b26c0]

by Bert Wesarg-2 :: Rate this Message:

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Hi,

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 22:28, Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@...> wrote:

> Bert Wesarg [2009-10-28 22:11 +0100]:
>> I would like to raise my objection for your reasons to disable the cpp
>> while loading Xresource files. If the number of users who have a
>> .Xresource file is very low, than I think the likelihood that they use
>> cpp directives is very height. And because you pay the price for the
>> high startup time, only if you have this file in the first place there
>> is no reason to use the -nocpp option.
>
> Well, it was a patch that someone applied to the Debian/Ubuntu
> packages ages ago. It makes sense to me, but I'm not attached to it a
> lot, so if upstream wants to revert his patch, I won't object.
I have just upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10, and haven't the problem before
9.10. Maybe my .Xresource was loaded from an other script (I have
something under /etc/X11/Xsession.d/ in mind).

>
> This should perhaps be discussed at
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=588849 and the bug
> reopened?
Back from reading old threads. Now that I'm aware of this problem, I
will simply put this on my checklist after upgrading to the next
release.

Anyway, thanks for the pointer.

Bert

>
> Thanks,
>
> Martin
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