Hi, Duke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What direction is directfb heading in? What are the current goals > for the project? Will support eventually be included in XFree86 and > gtk (as opposed to having to patch them), and other graphics > libraries? IMO the upcoming 0.9.14 release is a huge step forward since it makes DirectFB independent of the Linux frame buffer API and allows it to be compiled on other operating systems. The multi-application core also has improved a lot and is actually becoming useable. However the library still lacks some important hooks to allow for a DirectFB desktop where multiple apps not only run at the same time but also interoperate. This is probably the area that we will concentrate on in the future. I hope that we can implement the necessary framework before the 1.0 release so that we can provide a stable API to build on. I also hope that we will see more ports of DirectFB to other graphic systems. GTK+-DirectFB is supposed to be merged into the main GTK+ tree as soon as GTK+-2.2 is released and should then be officially included with the 2.4 release. However this can only happen if I (or someone else) find the time to adapt the GTK+-2.0 based port to GTK+-2.2. There have been a lot of changes in the GDK layer so this isn't trivial. Before this is addressed, I want to finish pseudo-color support in the current tree and release GTK+-DirectFB-2.0.7 with the latest changes. I have no idea if the XFree86 people consider to include XDirectFB. > Maybe once I'm through school, I'll have the skills to make a > contribution ;) there's always stuff that needs to be done that doesn't require high-level programming skills. For example our documentation could be improved a lot. Especially the FAQ needs some love. Salut, Sven -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe directfb-users" as subject.
