On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 15:50 +0100, Andrew Benton wrote: > Simon Geard wrote: > > In the meantime, they've replaced the libart_gpl backend with one based > > on Cairo which will apparently be standard in Firefox 1.1. At some > > point, Cairo will be a mandatory dependency for Firefox - not sure if > > that will be 1.1 or a later version. > > > > No, it's not a mandatory dependency, they've included the cairo code in the > mozilla source. It works well, but there's not a lot of svg out there on the > web.
Hmm... Cairo seems to be a fairly important component for future desktops, so presumably they offer the option to use a system-installed Cairo if available? Or perhaps intend to do so once the Cairo API has stabilised sufficiently... I gather it's still changing at the moment. Simon.
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