planning directfb 1.4 transition

[Fathi Boudra <fabo@debian.org>]

(cc'ing related teams)

Hi,

This is an informative mail. I have uploaded DirectFB 1.4 to experimental.
At some point, the transition could be started (after coordination
with the related maintainers).

I didn't tried myself to rebuild affected packages yet.

Thus, quoting upstream:
Most software will run out-of-the-box after a recompile.
The major changes are listed here:
* Functions to rotate windows and layers:
IDirectFBDisplayLayer::GetRotation, IDirectFBDisplayLayer::SetRotation
and IDirectFBWindow::SetRotation
* Functions to alter or initialise keymaps:
IDirectFBInputDevice::LoadKeymap and
IDirectFBInputDevice::SetKeymapEntry
* DWOP_FOLLOW_BOUNDS: make the bounds of a window follow the parent bounds.
 Note that this requires the SaWMan window manager to function.
* DWCAPS_SUBWINDOW: create a subwindow instead of a top-level window.
* New pixel format: RGBA4444
* added DFBSurfaceHintFlags to surface creation to optimise e.g.
memory allocation.

Let me know if there's known blockers.

cheers,

Fathi

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