2D is not (repeat, not) expendable (was: Re: Xegl lives!)

[Xavier Bestel]

Le mardi 24 mai 2005 à 23:16 -0400, Jon Smirl a écrit :
> No one is going to take away the current Xorg server. People who don't
> want to spend $10 upgrading their hardware also don't need animated,
> composited, sub-pixel rendered displays either. Just keep running the
> server you have right now. It works and it is free.

That means distros will have to ship 2 servers, Xorg and Xegl. Because
users want to use newer distros on older harware (I still use my 2D-only
laptop with newest Ubuntu, it performs rather well and would cost way
more than $10 to upgrade).

Would it be possible to have an OpenGL backend accelerated for 2D
blits ? That means you can still run everything, but provided you stick
to a no-frills WM (without shadowed translucent wobbly windows) you
still get an accelerated display.

	Xav