Subject: Modular X.org / Xgl / Xegl plans
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.mandrake.cooker.devel
Date: 2006-02-13 17:33:03 GMT (3 years, 20 weeks, 2 days, 8 hours and 28 minutes ago)
Hi all As some of you already know I'm the new maintainer of X.org. So as I see many discussions about Xorg 7.0, Xgl and all this stuff, I thought it was time for me to show my plans on that. X.org ------- I have already started packaging Xorg 7.0 but I don't have any set of packages useful at this moment. The ideas proposed in [1] will certainly be considered (as they really make sense) and I'm opened for discussions on what is the packaging model that best fits the needs of everybody. As some other distro are doing, I think it is a good idea to remove the X11R7 prefix and start using the xorg stuff in the default prefix (unless someone provides good reasons for not doing that). Colin Guthrie said he was starting to make his own RPMs for that, so I would ask him (and everyone interested on having that done as soon as possible) to discuss and help (if possible) doing the official Mandriva packages. I want to have the Xorg development as open as possible for the community contributors. As I haven't written anything about packaging layout yet, I will adopt [1] as the place explaining the model used for modular X. Xgl --- Mandriva is not going to officially adopt the Novell Xgl server (Xglx). Instead, we are trying to push the Xegl[2] development. It is not a short term solution though. The main idea on that is not having an Xorg server running behind the Xgl server. EGL[3] is an API for native platform window system interface that is used in the Xegl as kind of substitute for GLX avoiding the need of another X server running together with Xgl. The main problem curently we have is that there is no EGL interface implemented in the binary graphics drivers and only some cards have open source 3D acceleration support (see the previous thread "Xgl in mandriva?"). Even not supporting the Xglx project, some requirements for EGL and GLX are the same (like the DRM, glitz, etc), so it won't be that difficult for one to try the Xglx code using cooker packages. For the Xegl, we will try to make everything needed for Xegl testing/development available in cooker (or in a separate repository as this may require CVS snapshots of xorg, mesa and other libraries) making it easier for one to test or even start developing the Xegl. The same I said for Xorg is valid for Xegl: I want to have the Xegl development as open as possible, so feel free to contact me about suggestions, bug reports, patches, etc. [1] http://qa.mandriva.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/ModularX [2] http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Xegl [3] http://www.khronos.org/egl/ Cheers -- Gustavo Pichorim Boiko ---------------------- boiko @ mandriva . com Mandriva - http://www.mandriva.com