On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Heriberto Delgado wrote:
> My name is Heriberto Delgado. I'm new at this list, and pretend to
> participate frequently on it. My current interest with Mesa is to
> begin developing an -like API for the Palm (Pilot, as it was known some
> time ago). By now, I have some working code (in fact, my company is
> using it now, and isn't complaining for using my LGPL code), so I
> thought this is the best place to begin with. What I want to know by
> now is: should I begin working on my code under a whole new branch on
> the current MESA project, or MUST I reuse the existing code at, say,
> the /SRC directory? My primary concerns about it are the lack of a
> convenient floating-point support on the Palm and the limited stack &
> heap size (may be partially corrected with the use of "databases", as
> they call it - but the lag in execution speed would be disastrous).
Well, Mesa is also available under the Xfree86 license - which
basically allows you to do what the heck you like.
However, assuming you are playing 'Mr Nice Guy', you'll want to
place your changes back into the public domain. That being the
case, you need to decide whether your changes will be small
enough to insert into the standard Mesa release as '#ifdef PALM_PILOT'
sections - or if the changes are so large that you have to take
a copy of the entire tree and 'fork' it.
If you do the latter then you'll cease to gain the advantages
of a widely used OpenSource package (free debugging!). I
strongly suggest you discuss with this group the extent of
the changes you think you need to make.
I must say that a working OpenGL on an itty-bitty Palm-Pilot
would be quite something! (Especially with the up-coming
colour version).
Heck - I might even have to run out and buy one myself!
Steve Baker (817)619-2657 (Vox/Vox-Mail)
Raytheon Systems Inc. (817)619-2466 (Fax)
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