On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:25:09 +0300 (EEST) Robert Krambovitis <[email protected]> said:
> > > > moving to compositing-only is actually an efficiency thing. if we > > > accept the > > > future that 90% of people will use compositing, then we make things > > > more > > > efficient for the 90% but unfortunately hurt the 10% who don't want > > > compositing. the alternative is we maintain a more complex codebase > > > with more > > > codepaths, fewer of which now get tested, causing overhead in > > > development > > > time, maintenance, more bugs, uglier code, etc. - if it was a 50-50 > > > split, it > > > may not be worth moving to comp-only, but... it's not . it's really > > > 90%+ use > > > compositing. > > > Maybe run another poll, like the previous one with the modules. > That way you can have a clearer picture of > > -how many people use compositor no need for poll. look at: http://www.enlightenment.org/ss now how many are with compositor off? :) a quick random sampling shows 5 out of 40 turn it off. :) (trying to pick wallpapers not from the same person repeatedly). :) so roughly 10% (ok 12% turn it off), but not far off with a rough sampling. > -how many choose not to > -how many use drivers that don't support it none - because we have software compositing fallback. unlike most others. :) and it works well. even on the cruddy 600mhz penitum-m test machine i have.. > -how many have old computers that can't handle it none. if the penitum-m @ 600mhz handles it... thats good enough. it works on phones quite well (though the sample devices i've had it on support opengl-es2, so it works accelerated). > If you think it should be mandatory, then so be it. > As with all things linux, we can each choose to > either chime in and help resolve any issues and make it awesome > or use something different. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
