[release-notes/gnome-3-6] fallback: add list of impacted components, add link to previous d-d-l discussion

[Olav Vitters <ovitters src gnome org>]

commit fab6239f27293a7de6400638988979fdb8afec4a
Author: Olav Vitters <olav vitters nl>
Date:   Tue Sep 4 09:57:15 2012 +0200

    fallback: add list of impacted components, add link to previous d-d-l discussion

 help/C/lookingforward-fallbackmode.page |   20 +++++++++++++++-----
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/help/C/lookingforward-fallbackmode.page b/help/C/lookingforward-fallbackmode.page
index dec8153..363e2e9 100644
--- a/help/C/lookingforward-fallbackmode.page
+++ b/help/C/lookingforward-fallbackmode.page
@@ -64,7 +64,15 @@
     some required parts, like <cmd>polkit-gnome</cmd>, are not maintained at all)</p></item>
     <item><p>Several applications now require <cmd>clutter</cmd> and will not work in fallback mode (totem, audio/video UI in empathy, cheese, etc.) </p></item>
     <item><p>Some changes in our architecture require additional work to keep
-    them somewhat working in fallback mode, even though they won't offer the full experience (for example the keyboard configuration)</p></item>
+    them somewhat working in fallback mode, even though they won't offer the
+    full experience (for example the keyboard configuration)</p></item>
+    <item><p>The number of components which are either solely kept around for
+    fallback mode keeps increasing. At the moment <cmd>metacity</cmd>,
+    <cmd>gnome-panel</cmd>, <cmd>gnome-applets</cmd>,
+    <cmd>notification-daemon</cmd>, <cmd>gnome-screensaver</cmd>,
+    <cmd>polkit-gnome</cmd>, <cmd>nm-applet</cmd>. Additionally, some support in
+    <cmd>gnome-settings-daemon</cmd>, <cmd>gnome-session</cmd>,
+    <cmd>gnome-control-center</cmd>, <cmd>gdm</cmd>, etc.</p></item>
   </list>
 
   <p>
@@ -76,10 +84,12 @@
   </p>
 
   <p>
-    With <cmd>llvmpipe</cmd>, the need for the fallback mode is becoming less
-    important. However llvmpipe doesn't work on some architectures (ppc, s390,
-    arm?) and might not work in some non-Linux-based OS (OpenBSD support is not
-    there, for instance).
+    Since the release of 3.0, a technology called <cmd
+    href="https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2012-June/msg00043.html";>llvmpipe</cmd> has
+    allowed for fast software rendering, lowering the need for the fallback
+    mode. It is not a perfect solution as <cmd>llvmpipe</cmd> doesn't work on
+    some architectures (ppc, s390, arm?) and might not work in some
+    non-Linux-based OS (OpenBSD support is not there, for instance).
   </p>
 
   <p>