libdecor plugins can change the min/max window size values internally to enforce a minimum window size, and errors and crashes can result if the window size is below the internal limit.
On versions of libdecor >= 0.1.1, the minimum width and height can be queried and the minimum required window size will be enforced. The application requested window size is still respected, however, the actual window may be slightly larger than the drawable area to accommodate the required libdecor minimum size.
On version 0.1.0 of libdecor, which lacks the function to retrieve the minimum size, the internal limits are overridden before committing a frame, so that the internal limits always match the window size as a workaround, even if the window is technically smaller than the plugin would normally allow.
If a program built against one version of SDL is run in an
environment where there is an earlier version of the SDL .so library
installed, the result varies depending on platform configuration; in
the best case, it won't start at all, at worst it aborts in the
middle of the user doing "something important" (systems implementing
lazy symbol resolution). verdefs on the other hand are always checked
on startup.
The dependency information present in programs and shared libraries
is not only of value to the dynamic linker, but also to a
distribution's package management. If the dynamic linker is able to
tell that a program is not runnable per the above, a package manager
is able to come to the same conclusion — and block the installation
of a nonfunctional program+library ensemble.
Because there are a lot more symbols than there are libraries (I am
going to throw in "10^4 to 1 or worse"), package managers generally
do not evaluate symbols, but only e.g. the SONAME, NEEDED and VERNEED
fields/blocks. Because the SONAME is the same between two SDL
versions like 2.0.24, and 2.0.26, everything rests on having verdefs.
This patch proposes the addition of verdefs.
In SDL3 we plan to make more use of shaders in the 2D render API, and this minimizes the number of platforms we have to consider for new features. OpenGL ES 2.0 or newer is supported on all modern iOS and Android devices.
Frank Praznik
Anonymous Maarten
Sam Lantinga
Ozkan Sezer
Sylvain
avafinger
Daniel Gibson
Jan Engelhardt