Stopping work on EGL and Xgl
Bernardo Innocenti
bernie at develer.com
Mon Aug 29 09:19:53 PDT 2005
(sorry for the long delay, I was on vacation)
Adam Jackson wrote:
> On Monday 22 August 2005 22:30, Bernardo Innocenti wrote:
>
>>Xorg badly needs to acquire new developers, but it takes several
>>months before a newbie can work on big tasks such as finishing
>>Xegl or adding EXA support to an existing driver.
>
> EXA support is actually a really easy way to get started. The basic copy and
> blit support is pretty painless.
Would removing XAA support be possible at this time? And would it be
worthwile to reduce the complexity of existing drivers?
>>Maybe a janitor project could help? The regular Xorg developers
>>would have to invest some more of their time to help out their
>>padawans, though...
>
> I added a 'janitor' keyword to bugzilla for exactly this reason, but it
> doesn't have many bugs attached to it yet.
When (if) I'll have some time I'll shoot for one of the
smaller tasks.
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