Re: requesting official list of modules and versions for GNOME 2.14

[Matthias Clasen <matthias clasen gmail com>]

On 2/9/06, Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 10:58 +0100, Vincent Untz wrote:
> > On Thu, February 9, 2006 10:41, Davyd Madeley wrote:
> > > On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 09:10:55AM +0100, Vincent Untz wrote:
> > >
> > >>   + gtk-engines: I quickly looked at the archives and couldn't find a
> > >>     mail related to it (ie there's no mail with engines in the
> > >>     subject ;-)). Is the issue a possible slowdown caused by the use of
> > >>     cairo?
> > >
> > > We have two issues here:
> > >  (a) speed issues caused by Cairo; and
> > >  (b) changes in the default theme (which while may be popular are
> > >      also unpopular with others)
> >
> > Isn't be an "issue" in the theme (and not the engine)?
>
> Well, the new Clearlooks entails both the Cairo-enabled
> Clearlooks engine in gtk-engines and the Clearlooks theme
> data in gnome-themes.  Both the engine and the theme data
> have changed.  The theme data is probably setting a few
> things that are new to the engine, but most notably, it's
> using a brigher and more saturated set of colors.
>
> Both the engine and the theme data are responsible for
> point (b).  The engine is responsible for point (a).
>

Until somebody sits down and does measurements to show
that use of cairo in theme  engines is responsible for measurable
slowdowns, this is just guesswork.

Matthias