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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