[Development] Revisiting high-DPI configuration options

[Shawn Rutledge]

> On 17 Jun 2016, at 22:49, Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira at intel.com> wrote:
> 
>> - Run "./highdpi --metrics", or test with an application.
> 
> See 3 scenarios attached. I'll send a fourth scenario later, when I try at 
> home with my 45" TV that reports its size as 160 x 90 mm.

Don’t you think there should be a quirks database somewhere (outside of Qt) which corrects these cases?  The TV model can be identified, right?

X does it, but that’s not a broad enough scope to cover Wayland.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Quirks#Monitor_Quirks 

Maybe it could be done with udev rules or something.  If there is really not yet a proper solution on Linux, there should be, IMO.