http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=906687
--- Comment #47 from Bjørn Lie
Hi Bjorn! As far as I understand, none of these require a rebuild because cairo 1.14.0 is backward ABI compatible with the version in 13.2. Only those applications need to be rebuilt which explicitly check for the new functions added in cairo 1.14.0 for HiDPI rendering. I checked abiword, for example, and abiword from openSUSE:13.2 works just fine with cairo from my branch. As does KDE.
From what I see, as long as it does not break anything, and the chances of that happening are pretty low looking at the cairo changelog, at least gtk and clutter makes HiDPI not broken on GNOME in 13.2, which it otherwise is.
If you feel confident that it is ABI compatible, then go ahead :-) - But you "own" the fallout (if there is any). No doubt a VERY nice enhancement for HiDPI displays. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.