Status updates for feature freeze

Kevin E Martin kem at freedesktop.org
Fri Jul 30 21:31:44 PDT 2004


On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 07:48:47PM -0400, Kevin E Martin wrote:
> Below I've listed my current understanding of where we are today.  I
> would like to get confirmation and/or updates on the status of each to
> make sure that they are still on schedule.
> 
> 1. Composite: The XAA wrappers plus the Composite extension will be
>    integrated by Eric Anholt today, and Deron Johnson will review the
>    code for any bug fixes or missing pieces later.  Testing can begin
>    this weekend.
> 
>    After talking with Keith Packard earlier today, he said that he would
>    work toward exposing the extra visuals from the extension instead of
>    globally to avoid the problems with Mozilla/Flash, etc.  There is
>    also a hack that could be put into place in Xlib to work around this
>    problem, but that is not the desired solution.
> 
> 2. XEVIE: The bulk of this code has been merged into the tree, but it is
>    still not hooked in (config/cf files, miinitext.c, etc.).  Stuart
>    Kreitman said during the release wranglers' call this morning that he
>    would finish that code and get it checked in today.  Testing can
>    begin this weekend.
> 
> 3. New Trapezoid Render code: Keith Packard has checked in his code to
>    his kdrive tree and will be moving it over to the X.Org tree later
>    today.  There are some bug fixes/optimizations left, which he will
>    complete next week.
> 
> 4. ATI patches: Hui Yu has merged his code into the tree and it is
>    currently being tested.
> 
> 5. Screen rotation code: Egbert Eich merged this code into the tree
>    earlier today.
> 
> 6. Pseudocolor emulation layer: Egbert Eich merged in his pseudocolor
>    emulation layer code earlier today.
> 
> 7. Extension enabling/disabling: Kevin Martin will finish this code as
>    discussed on today's release wranglers' call, and check it into the
>    tree tonight.

Update: this code has now been checked in.

Any others?


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