----- Forwarded message from Mike Emmel <mike.emmel@gmail.com> ----- From: Mike Emmel <mike.emmel@gmail.com> Reply-To: mike.emmel@gmail.com Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:58:30 -0500 To: Davide Viti <zinosat@tiscali.it> Subject: Re: [directfb-dev] dfb status Not a problem. I was trying to get the Cario backend to a more usable standard state right now it uses a bit of a hack were it simply creates a image backend using the locked directfb surface. But let me upgrade the current cairo driver to 1.0 then gtk. It should pretty much just work. Time ... Give me one week and I'll let you know if its ready or if not how long. Mike On 9/19/05, Davide Viti <zinosat@tiscali.it> wrote: > Hi, > as you know, the Debian Installer team is really interested in using > DFB for the graphical frontend of the installer. Tests have been run > by a few people, and it seems DFB is ready for what we need. IIRC, > one of the main problems with releasing a new official version, was > the fact that gtk+ 2.8 was not ready yet. > Summer has now gone and gtk+ got to 2.8; a few days ago there was an > irc meeting where we discussed about short/long term plans for the > installer and people showed a growing interest toward the graphical > fe. I wonder if you guys have a plan for a future release of > gdk-directfb which would make life easier for people in charge o packaging > libraries needed by the installer. > > Thanx a lot in advance, > Davide > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFDLlL5ax2slmJA7HoRAnRQAJ9Q1xM+W8DkiVY78j5bedIVEtEs/QCfbEaR > L7PACeezY4HEE/yBBQ7VqDU= > =kq2J > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > directfb-dev mailing list > directfb-dev@directfb.org > http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-dev > > > ----- End forwarded message -----
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