[Mesa-dev] Adaptive Vsync

[Lauri Kasanen]

On Sat, 5 Sep 2015 23:29:05 +0000
Albert Freeman <albertwdfreeman at gmail.com> wrote:

> The reply from Eric Anholt made two suggestions that should not be
> difficult to implement for someone who made the patch in the first
> place. Why would code be committed when improvements could be easily
> made? From what I have seen, this kind of thing happens even to
> experienced mesa developers who know exactly what they are doing.
> 
> It is much better to arrive at a solution without the issue now than
> wait a few years (or some other period of time) for it to be replaced
> by someone who has likely forgotten the details involved with its
> implementation (or by someone who did not write the code in the first
> place).

Oh, absolutely - I had no issues with "this needs changing". My issue
was with the fact it took months to get that. Had I come up with a new
patch, it would likely have taken a similar time, months again, which
did not inspire confidence.

Benjamin, if you want to take it forward, please do.

- Lauri