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Re: Integration of the DFB backend into current GTK+ 2.8.17 sources



On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 11:34:49PM +0100, Dave Beckett wrote:
> Attilio Fiandrotti wrote:
> > You're right: GTK 2.8.17 requires only cairo >= 0.9.2, but DFB backend
> > became officially part of cairo starting from version 1.1.2 (first
> > official release of 1.1.x series).
> 
> Yes it's in the official (development) releases 1.1.x but remains
> unsupported/experimental.  The next 1.2.0 stable release will include it,
> but it will remain unsupported; it might not even be updated for recent
> Cairo git changes.

We will have to live with that, i guess.

> > The only reasonable option i see to updating official cairo to >= 1.1.2
> > in unstable is maintaining custom 1.1.6 source package with DFB backed
> > enabled, until cairo 1.1.x enters unstable.
> 
> I'm away from my debian boxes for a few more days but I have been intending
> to package cairo 1.1.x in debian's experimental with the cairo udeb,
> preparing for the long-delayed cairo 1.2.0.

So, the question is, do you believe that cairo 1.2.0 is etch material or not ? 

And would you be willing to maintain (or co-maintain) a version of cairo 1.1.x
which only produces the directfb backend, including a .udeb, as well as a .deb
and a -dev .deb ? 

This is what g-i needs to move on to 2.8 gtk-dfb.

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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