Overall, I think this is a good idea. The isolation of the rendering code
will be very nice to have done.
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 2:38 AM, No Idea <[email protected]> wrote:
> As discussed on IRC yesterday, I propose a major OpenGL refactor
> as a project instead.
>
> The goal of this project would be to separate all OpenGL code
> into a separate subsystem consisting of multiple classes.
> Maybe even a separate namespace? (Stellarium doesn't seem
> to use namespaces - should I just put the code into
> a separate directory? - I'd like all "video" code to be in one place)
>
> This would have an implementation-independent API,
> as is common in various game engines,
> so that there could be separate implementations for
> e.g. GL1, GL2, but, in future, it'd be also easy to add
> GL3/4 or GLES. (even a SW renderer or D3D I guess).
>
> Note that I don't propose any new functionality, just a rewrite
> of what's already there. However, it should be easier to
> build on the refactored code, add support for e.g VBOs,
> and also to look for bugs and optimization opportunities.
>
> This weekend, I'll branch the Stellarium repo and experiment
> a little, and send a GSoC application.
>
> (Don't have time right now due to the university.)
>
>
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