make support for server side stuff optional

and make it disabled by default with an EXPERIMENTAL warning

reason: this feature is unfinished and we want to have flexibility for
ABI/API changes, while still being able to make a release soon

Signed-off-by: Christian Linhart <chris@demorecorder.com>

configure.ac

@@ -252,6 +252,10 @@ if test "x$LAUNCHD" = xyes ; then
         AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LAUNCHD, 1, [launchd support available])
 fi
 
+AC_ARG_WITH(serverside-support, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-serverside-support], [Build with support for server-side usage of xcb. This is still EXPERIMENTAL! ABI/API may change! (default: no)]), [XCB_SERVERSIDE_SUPPORT=$withval], [XCB_SERVERSIDE_SUPPORT=no])
+
+AM_CONDITIONAL(XCB_SERVERSIDE_SUPPORT, test "x$XCB_SERVERSIDE_SUPPORT" = "xyes")
+
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 Makefile
 doc/Makefile

src/Makefile.am

@@ -248,9 +248,15 @@ libman_DATA = $(BUILT_MAN_PAGES)
 BUILT_SOURCES = $(EXTSOURCES) $(BUILT_MAN_PAGES)
 CLEANFILES = $(EXTSOURCES) $(EXTHEADERS) $(BUILT_MAN_PAGES)
 
+C_CLIENT_PY_EXTRA_ARGS =
+if XCB_SERVERSIDE_SUPPORT
+C_CLIENT_PY_EXTRA_ARGS += --server-side
+endif
+
 $(EXTSOURCES): c_client.py $(XCBPROTO_XCBINCLUDEDIR)/$(@:.c=.xml)
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(PYTHON) $(srcdir)/c_client.py	-c "$(PACKAGE_STRING)" -l "$(XORG_MAN_PAGE)" \
 		-s "$(LIB_MAN_SUFFIX)" -p $(XCBPROTO_XCBPYTHONDIR) \
+		$(C_CLIENT_PY_EXTRA_ARGS) \
 		$(XCBPROTO_XCBINCLUDEDIR)/$(@:.c=.xml)
 
 $(BUILT_MAN_PAGES): $(EXTSOURCES)

src/c_client.py

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import re
 
 # Jump to the bottom of this file for the main routine
 
+#config settings (can be changed with commandline options)
+config_server_side = False
+
 # Some hacks to make the API more readable, and to keep backwards compability
 _cname_re = re.compile('([A-Z0-9][a-z]+|[A-Z0-9]+(?![a-z])|[a-z]+)')
 _cname_special_cases = {'DECnet':'decnet'}
@@ -3103,6 +3106,7 @@ def c_request(self, name):
         if self.c_need_aux:
             _c_request_helper(self, name, void=True, regular=False, aux=True)
             _c_request_helper(self, name, void=True, regular=True, aux=True)
+        if config_server_side:
             _c_accessors(self, name, name)
 
     # We generate the manpage afterwards because _c_type_setup has been called.
@@ -3214,7 +3218,7 @@ output = {'open'    : c_open,
 
 # Check for the argument that specifies path to the xcbgen python package.
 try:
-    opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'c:l:s:p:m')
+    opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'c:l:s:p:m', ["server-side"])
 except getopt.GetoptError as err:
     print(err)
     print('Usage: c_client.py -c center_footer -l left_footer -s section [-p path] file.xml')
@@ -3229,6 +3233,8 @@ for (opt, arg) in opts:
         section=arg
     if opt == '-p':
         sys.path.insert(1, arg)
+    if opt == '--server-side':
+        config_server_side=True
     elif opt == '-m':
         manpaths = True
         sys.stdout.write('man_MANS = ')