As we're gaining momentum cleanup Mesa code, I think it would help if we
also removed some stale components.
What do people feel about removing:
- src/mesa/drivers/windows/gdi -- the old SW rasterizer for Windows -- I
haven't used in a very long time, and given that the old SW rasterizer
is so far behind compared gallium based softpipe/llvmpipe rasterizers,
it's hard to imagine this will ever be useful again
- src/gallium/drivers/rbug: -- do people use it? does it work? it
predates apitrace GL + GUI, which sort of enables a lot of the same
things, but without the issue of having to hit moving target, which is
what gallium interfaces are
- src/gallium/state_trackers/vega/,src/mapi/vgapi/ -- OpenVG API seems
to have dwindled away. I recall Zack himself saying that much. The code
would still be interesting if we wanted to implement NV_path_rendering
[1], but given the trend of the next gen graphics APIs, it seems
unlikely that this becomes ARB or core.
- src/gallium/state_trackers/egl/ -- yeah, I know I was against it, but
since then I discovered WGL/GLX_EXT_create_context_es_profile, and the
odds of us (VMware) needing this again are dimmer than last time, so I
have to admit it does seem unlikely we or anybody will need it again,
and we can always revert it from history..
Anything else?
Jose
[1] http://zrusin.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/nv-path-rendering.html
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