[cairo] Xlib/Xcb and EXTEND_PAD

[Vladimir Vukicevic]

On 1/19/09 5:34 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote:

>> then fix the drivers when problems become apparent (where fixing can
>> mean resorting to the server's software fallback for now).
>
> That might be okay for cairo in the abstract, but I'm not sure it works
> for Mozilla, how long is it going to take for up-to-date drivers to get
> into the hands of our userbase?

Right, the best we could do right now is add a hidden pref for enabling 
using EXTEND_PAD & friends, and default it to off.  A distro that ships 
firefox that knows the drivers it ships are OK can turn it on by default 
in their release.

     - Vlad