Hi, This is about project "WGL support in Waffle" for GSoC 2014.
As the idea page mentioned Jordan Justen is the possible mentor for this project . So is it confirmed or is there anyone who can mentor the project "WGL support in Waffle". Thanks and Best Regards, Vidudaya Get a signature like this: <http://s.wisestamp.com/links?url=http%3A%2F%2Fr1.wisestamp.com%2Fr%2Flanding%3Fpromo%3D43%26dest%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.wisestamp.com%252Femail-install%253Futm_source%253Dextension%2526utm_medium%253Demail%2526utm_campaign%253Dpromo_43&sn=> Grab yours!<http://s.wisestamp.com/links?url=http%3A%2F%2Fr1.wisestamp.com%2Fr%2Flanding%3Fpromo%3D43%26amp%3Bdest%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.wisestamp.com%252Femail-install%253Futm_source%253Dextension%2526utm_medium%253Demail%2526utm_campaign%253Dpromo_43&sn=> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Vidudaya Bandara <vnband...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Hi Chad, > > Thank you for your very detailed description about the project Idea. > It Increases my Interest about this Idea. > > First of all I thought the mentor is Jordan Justen (As the Idea page > says). If he is not please tell me how should I get a mentor to this > project. > > As it says I think I have to work with windows environment (I'm very much > familiar with windows and most of my work done in windows environment) . So > it wont be a bigger challenge to me. > > *So first of all I think I should have a mentor. Can you please help me > with that.* > > And of course although you are not familiar with programming in a Windows > environment. If you can guide me through this, to get a basic > understanding about X.org and Waffle and WGL to enter to the project it > will be very much helpful. > Please give me some resources, reading materials , tutorials ... anything. > > By the way I don't know without a mentor it is useful or not. But I would > like to give a try. > > Thanks and best regards, > Vidudaya > > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 4:26 AM, Chad Versace < > chad.vers...@linux.intel.com> wrote: > >> Vidudaya, >> >> I have some comments on Jordan's list of subgoals. >> >> 1. Waffle's examples/gl_basic.c >> >> gl_basic is a little toy program that developers can use to test >> Waffle when adding support for new platforms, such as WGL. If >> you can get gl_basic to work on WGL, then that will prove that >> Waffle (mostly) supports WGL. >> >> Even after gl_basic begins working for a new platform, there will >> remain some bugs and unimplemented corner cases for that >> platform. But, gl_basic is the right place to start when working >> on WGL. >> >> 2. Waffle's src/utils/wflinfo.c >> >> wflinfo is a little tool that works like glxinfo. It prints >> information about the system's GL implementation, such as the >> system's OpenGL version and available extensions. It works for >> OpenGL Core contexts, OpenGL Compatibility contexts, and OpenGL >> ES contexts. >> >> 3. piglit test suite running tests on Windows using waffle >> >> This is the real reason why I want Waffle to support WGL. If >> Waffle supported WGL, then Piglit could use a single >> platform-abstraction layer for every window system and operating >> system. Currently, Piglit uses GLUT as the platform-abstraction >> layer for Windows and Mac; and uses Waffle for Linux and Android. >> (Yes, some people have private forks of Piglit that run on >> Android). >> >> 4. Package binary waffle for windows >> >> This is a nice-to-have. Today, there exist official Waffle >> packages for >> Gentoo, Chromium OS, and Linux. And Jordan is working on a Debian >> package. And I have a MacPorts package that I intend to add to >> the official MacPorts repository. >> >> If you accomplished the first two subgoals, then I would consider your >> summer of code project a success. Then others could build on top of your >> work to finish #3. If you also accomplish #3, then it would be an >> astounding success. >> >> -Chad >> > >
_______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
