Getting to a GL based X server

[Michel Dänzer]

On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 18:43 +0100, Glynn Clements wrote:
> Jon Smirl wrote:
> 
> > > If you're really arguing that every server, even those running on chips where
> > > we have no hardware 3D support, should be running on a GL engine, then I'll
> > > just stop listening now, because you're delusional.
> > 
> > No one is taking away your current server. You are free to continue using it.
> 
> But is it going to continue to be supported by anyone?
> 
> Or are we looking at a future where implementing the equivalent of
> Notepad will require either:
> 
> a) a full-featured OpenGL implementation with multi-texturing,
> programmable shaders etc, or
> 
> b) a bunch of obsolete libraries which are no longer maintained and
> can only be compiled with decade-old versions of gcc, libc etc?

We're discussing implementation details of the X server, which are
mostly hidden from the client side by the X protocol.


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