Re: [GtkGLExt] OpenGL 2.0 extensions support

["Timothy M. Shead" <tshead k-3d com>]

On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 23:08 +0200, Philipp Klaus Krause wrote:
> Do we really need this extension loading stuff in gtkglext?
> 
> There's lots of extension loading libraries out there.

Got any links?

I don't have any particular agenda WRT GtkGLExt support for extensions,
it's functionality that I've never used; however the bottom-line is that
we have support for (some) already.  So the choices would seem to be:

* Break the API by removing existing extension support.  Rationale: if
we aren't going to do it right and support all of them, we shouldn't
support any of them.

* Leave the API as it is.  Rationale: if it ain't broke don't fix it.

* Continue adding support for extensions as they appear.  Rationale:
don't break existing code, and don't try to make arbitrary choices over
which extensions deserve to be supported.

I find all three options compelling in their own way ...

Cheers,
Tim