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List:       freedesktop-dbus
Subject:    Re: RFC: adding fd-passing to win32
From:       Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo () geek-central ! gen ! nz>
Date:       2022-08-11 0:59:46
Message-ID: 20220811125946.46016ddb () theon ! geek-central ! gen ! nz
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On Tue, 9 Aug 2022 11:51:38 +0400, Marc-André Lureau wrote:

> If we expose HANDLE & SOCKETs directly instead (both in APIs and
> protocol), we don't need to juggle with the fd back/forth mapping and
> potential guesses & pitfalls.

If you are going to create a custom protocol that only works on one
proprietary platform (Windows), then perhaps don't call it "D-Bus". Call
it something else.

And work on it elsewhere. Because I for one do not see this as what a
"Free Desktop" is supposed to be about.
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