FS#4176 - Compile Cairo with Glitz support?

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by name withheld (Gullible Jones) - Thursday, 16 March 2006, 03:04 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Current
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture not specified
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7.1 Noodle
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Seeing as how Glitz is now in the repos, wouldn't it make sense to compile Cairo using the Glitz backend via --enable-glitz? Seeing as this would allow Cairo to do its thing using OpenGL, I'd think it might make GTK a bit speedier, not to mention adding potential for eyecandy for those who want it.
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Thursday, 16 March 2006, 06:11 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Thursday, 16 March 2006, 06:11 GMT
glitz is just a backend, gtk doesn't use it, it only adds extra required libraries to the dependency chain.
The reason for not including glitz support in cairo is because it's still a development snapshot. It used to be a dependency one day, but since it's not officially supported by the cairo devs, we won't include it.

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