Re: Why run xserver on the OpenGL API?

Around 12 o'clock on Nov 25, Michel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E4nzer?= wrote:

> > of course support xlib as a compatility mode.
>
> Sort of like posting to a Mesa list proposing to phase out OpenGL in
> favour of another API, but still support Mesa as a compatibility mode. A
> bit silly, isn't it? :)

Not quite; modern 2D applications need a new rendering API as the core X 
protocol drawing primitives are a very bad match.  So, it really is a good 
time to take a look around and see what APIs we should actively support.

Remember that most of the X11 design effort went into building a networked
window system; the graphics piece of the core protocol was never expected 
to survive this long.

-keith