Bug#724510: xserver-xorg-video-intel: Time to set '--with-default-accel=sna'?

[Vincent Blut <vincent.debian@free.fr>]

Le 24/09/2013 18:07, Julien Cristau a écrit :
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 17:36:37 +0200, Vincent Blut wrote:
> 
>> Le 24/09/2013 17:20, Julien Cristau a écrit :
>>> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 17:07:41 +0200, Vincent Blut wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel Version: 2:2.21.15-1+b1 
>>>> Severity: wishlist
>>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I'm testing the SNA acceleration method since ≈ 1 month
>>>> without any apparent regressions. I think it could be
>>>> interesting to enable it early in the Jessie development in
>>>> order to catch regressions on the potentially large range of
>>>> Intel hardware that Debian users are using.
>>>> 
>>>> Opinion?
>>>> 
>>> I don't personally think it's a terribly good idea.
>> 
>> Any specific reasons Julien?
>> 
> Previous experience switching acceleration infrastructure is poor.

Ok, makes a lot of sense, I wasn't aware of this previous experience.

> UXA mostly works.  UXA has 4 or 5 times less code than SNA.  I'm
> not aware of any compelling reasons to switch.

Upstream has recently switched to SNA (in 2.21.14 I think), so let's
wait what positive/negative things does that bring!

> 
> Cheers, Julien
> 

Sunnily,
Vincent