Re: Ibex Release

David Crawshaw <[email protected]> writes:
> I'm going to start working on Wildebeest.

That's fantastic.  In my opinion, right now people should be working
on stuff that's orthogonal to the layout engine (hint: the widgets
clearly are not!).  Wildebeest is a great example; nothing I change
will break it.

Here are some more examples:

  - Platform-specific bugs (like the Win2k titlebar icon bug, etc);
    the Platform.java interface is very, very stable.
  - Brian's recent (and amazing) work on NestedVM.
  - A logo (cough, charlie, cough)
  - Mousewheel support

Let me repeat: the layout engine is NOT stable right now, and hasn't
been since Charlie demanded that I implement grid support.  Don't work
on stuff that depends on it if you value your time.

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