I do not see any information to explain how Clutter will work (or fail to work) when OpenGL is not available on a particular system. From the materials provided, it seems like OpenGL is a hard requirement. How will programs behave if they use Clutter on systems that don't have OpenGL?
Brian Shi-Ying Irene Huang wrote: > Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.66 04/17/08 SMI > This information is Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems > 1. Introduction > 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: > Clutter for OpenSolaris > 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: > Author: Chris Wang > 1.3 Date of This Document: > 07 July, 2008 > 4. Technical Description > 1. Introduction > 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: Clutter for Solaris > > 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: Chris Wang > > 1.3. Date of This Document: 07/03/08 > > 1.5. Email Aliases: > 1.5.1. Responsible Manager: leo.binchy at sun.com > 1.5.2. Responsible Engineer: chris.wang at sun.com, > > 2. Project Summary > 2.1. Project Description: > Clutter is an open source software library for creating fast, visually > rich and animated > graphical user interfaces. > > Clutter uses OpenGL for rendering but with an API which hides the > underlying GL complexity > from the developer. The Clutter API is intended to be easy to use, > efficient and flexible. > > > > > 4. Technical Description: > 4.1. Details: > Clutter currently features the following: > > * Scene-graph of layered 2D interface elements manipulated in 3D space > via position, grouping, > transparency, scaling, clipping and rotation. > * Frame based animation engine providing path interpolation, transitions > and other custom > effects via Behaviours and Timelines. > * Scriptable JSON based layout and animation file support. > * Advanced input event handling. > * Custom Pango renderer providing efficient internationalised UTF8 text > rendering. > * Support for high end Open GL features such as Shaders and FBOs. > * Support for media playback with GStreamer, Cairo graphics rendering and > GTK+ embedding > are available via optional add-on libraries. > * Object oriented design via GObject with a familiar GTK+ like API. > > Clutter aims to be non specific -- it implements no particular style, but > rather provides > a rich generic foundation that facilitates rapid and easy creation of > higher level tool kits > tailored to specific needs. > > > 4.5. Interfaces: > > Exported interfaces: > > Interface Stability Comment > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SUNWclutter Uncommitted SVr4 > package > SUNWclutter-cairo Uncommitted SVr4 > package > SUNWclutter-gtk Uncommitted > SVr4 package > SUNWclutter-gst Uncommitted SVr4 package > SUNWclutter-devel Uncommitted devel > package > SUNWclutter-cairo-devel Uncommitted devel > package > SUNWclutter-gst-devel Uncommitted devel > pacakge > SUNWclutter-gtk Uncommitted devel > package > /usr/lib/libclutter-glx-0.6.so.0 Volatile Clutter > lib > /usr/lib/libclutter-gst-0.6.so.0 Volatile Clutter > gst lib > /usr/lib/libclutter-gtk-0.6.so.0 Volatile Clutter > gtk lib > /usr/lib/libclutter-cairo-0.6.so.0 Volatile Clutter > cairo lib > /usr/include/clutter-0.6 Volatile Clutter > headfiles directory > /usr/lib/pkgconfig/clutter-0.6.pc Uncommitted Clutter .pc > file > /usr/lib/pkgconfig/clutter-cairo-0.6.pc Uncommitted Clutter .pc > file > /usr/lib/pkgconfig/clutter-glx-0.6.pc Uncommitted Clutter .pc > file > /usr/lib/pkgconfig/clutter-gtk-0.6.pc Uncommitted Clutter .pc > file > /usr/lib/pkgconfig/clutter-x11-0.6.pc Uncommitted Clutter .pc > file > /usr/lib/pkgconfig/clutter-gst-0.6.pc Uncommitted Clutter .pc > file > > Imported Interfaces > Interface Stability Comments > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > GNOME Committed Platform Libraries Committed LSARC/2007/520 GTK+ > library > GNOME 2.20 > OpenGL External LSARC > 2005/109, > > LSARC/2005/700, > > LSARC/1999/410 > > 4.9. I18N/L10N Impact: > The JDS team and the G11N are working together to evaluation and > provide I18N/L10N support > > 4.10. Packaging & Delivery: > The project will be delivering the following packages: > SUNWclutter, SUNWclutter-devel, SUNWclutter-cairo, > SUNWclutter-cairo-devel > SUNWclutter-gtk, SUNWclutter-gtk-devel, SUNWclutter-gst, > SUNWclutter-gst-devel > > 4.11. Security Impact: > No impact > > > 5. Reference Documents: > Unless otherwise stated, path names are relative to the case directory > > > 1. SUNWclutter, SUNWclutter-gtk SUNWclutter-cairo, SUNWclutter-gst SVr4 > packaging information > > pkgmap > pkginfo > depend > > > 2. Clutter community > > http://clutter-project.org/ > 3. API reference > http://clutter-project.org/docs/clutter/0.6/ > > > 6. Resources and Schedule > 6.4. Steering Committee requested information > 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: > Desktop > 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack > 6.6. ARC Exposure: open >
