[Mesa-dev] [RFC 3/3] egl: remove EGL_NOK_swap_region

[Tapani Pälli]

On 06/05/2017 03:21 PM, Emil Velikov wrote:
> On 5 June 2017 at 09:32, Tapani Pälli <tapani.palli at intel.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 06/05/2017 02:52 AM, Emil Velikov wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
>>>
>>> Analogous to previous commit - only one platform (of 6?) implements
>>> this, and there's no implementations seen in the wild that use this.
>>>
>>> Hmm the extension isn't even available anywhere :-\
>>
>>
>> There is EGL_NOK_swap_region2, it seems that Qt is the only user for this
>> which makes sense as it was built for Maemo/Meego. Not sure how actively
>> this is utilized in today's Qt apps/desktops?
>>
> Indeed most NOK extensions are from the Maemo/Meego days and are
> (were?) used around Qt.
> 
> Currently neither extension (or any Nokia one fwiw) is used by Qt
> 4.8.7 or 5.8.0 itself. Perhaps the biggest Qt user - KDE does not seem
> to use them either.
> Disclaimer: I've only checked the latest supported binaries - KDE Apps
> 17.04.1 and KDE Plasma 5.10.0, I haven't gone through the dozens of
> git repos.
> 

Right, I'm fine removing it as there are now modern alternatives to it.

Acked-by: Tapani Pälli <tapani.palli at intel.com>

// Tapani