Cedric wrote: > Hi, > > Gradient in Evas and Edje needs a lot of attention and love. We > currently have two implementations in Evas, gradient and gradient2. > The later was intended to replace the former and should be easier to > accelerate in hardware. But it never received enought attention, > that's why Edje still use gradient. The only viable plan if we want to > keep this API is if someone adapt Edje to use gradient2, so we could > remove gradient and then rename gradient2 to gradient. But every one > of us is currently busy and many user prefer to use GIMP to generate a > gradient as a bitmap and just use that. > So if no one can take care of it, I propose that after next > snapshot, we remove all code that refer to gradient and gradient2 in > Evas, Edje and E17 (This only concern the gradient background config > dialog). > > Is someone ready to take care of gradient, or it's going to die ! >
Since I wrote the gradient code I thought I'd give you some final remarks on this. First of all, no I have no desire to further support evas code. Now, should evas remove all 'direct' gradient support? Well, I'd argue that's a huge mistake, not only for gradients but also for other gfx aspects (vector and otherwise). The comments made by some about supporting only 'indirect', image-rendered stuff are naive and foolishly restrictive. It's also no way to stimulate anyone to contribute anything but simplistic, suboptimal solutions. I'd suggest that the project learn and cultivate expertise in dealing with such gfx matters, not sweep them under the rug as an excuse for lack of experience or competence in such. But it's your call... do as you see best. Good luck to you all, Jose. ____________________________________________________________ TODAY: MacBooks For $103? New laptops auctioned up to 90% off Everyday w/ our unique bidding site http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c2b39dcc7c22f4adfst02duc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
