Re: GNOME 2.11/2.12 targeting GTK+ 2.8 (ie cairo based)

[mortenw gnome org (Morten Welinder)]

> - The benefit of having cool new rendering stuff in GNOME 2.12

Being cool never got any work done.

> - The benefit of getting all this stuff tested early (i.e. before
>   GTK+ 2.8 is released, rather than after)

We are talking a serious amount of new code that I have not tested,
let alone run through Purify.  Here's a prediction: it is not going
to be pretty.

> - The extra incentive for people to help with getting the rendering 
>   stuff optimized

I read that as "performance stinks unbelievably, but don't worry -- if
we bother enough people surely someone will send us a hacky patch".

The resident grouch's summary: there are NO BENEFITS that helps any
user get any work done.  There's a lot of fluff, though.

Morten