[Mesa-dev] [Mesa-stable] [PATCH] mapi: Export all GLES 3.1 functions in libGLESv2.so

[Emil Velikov]

On 17 June 2016 at 22:22, Jason Ekstrand <jason at jlekstrand.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 2:09 PM, Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On 17 June 2016 at 21:12, Mike Gorchak <mike.gorchak.qnx at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Please understand me right, we are not talking about desktop hardware
>> > and
>> > libraries, only about embedded in case of GL ES.
>> GLES hasn't been "embedded only" for a while I believe.
>
>
> No, but Mike is 100% correct that looking at AMD and NVIDIA isn't sufficient
> in the gles case.  AMD doesn't matter (they don't do GLES) and NVIDIA is
> only one vendor.  If the majority of *other* vendors (and there are a lot of
> them) export the symbols, that does mean something.
>
My ideas are the following:
 - First and foremost: Can we make things saner/more robust or is it
too late [since most vendors are exporting the symbols] ?
 - Can we confirm that's the case for Linux platforms ?

I'm not trying to start a fight here, but to point out that
"everybody's doing it" type of argument does not mean that "it" is a
wise idea. IMHO one should establish exactly who "everybody" is (both
vendors and platforms), consider for the consequences and then make a
decision.

Regards,
Emil