Re: SV: READ THIS; Debian XFree86 4.0.1 mini-FAQ
On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 10:20:38AM -0600, Joshua Shagam wrote:
>
> And, if I'm not mistaken, imlib is one of Rasterman's over-glitzy
> under-functional piles of code... :)
Well, I don't think this is a very productive thread, but... No.
Imlib may have had some bugs (what doesn't) but raster was quite
correct to observe the need for it, and he wrote a library to handle a
variety of image formats at any colour depth, and the fast copying of
them to the screen, and memory management of them.
The GNOME project realised that he was right about its necessity,
although they eventually diverged from him over implementation issues
(differing priorities). But I don't think it was particularly glitzy,
no.
And imlib2 offers transparency, which you probably think is glitzy,
but I think it is a useful user interface element given that modern
graphics hardware is up to the task.
Jules
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