Re: [dev-servo] embedding as a separate program/process [WAS: Dropping CEF support?]

2018-02-06 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult via dev-servo
On 06.02.2018 13:32, finnbry...@gmail.com wrote: > This is a clearly solvable problem (browsers do it internally) but isn't necessarily simple, some obvious solutions: - a way to get the texture directly on the gpu, to avoid copying back to the cpu (likely platform and api specific, if the embed

Re: [dev-servo] Infra FYI: Taskcluster status check, which you can ignore for now, coming to servo/servo repo

2018-02-06 Thread Josh Bowman-Matthews
It's been a month with the failing status check, and it's consistently a source of confusion for developers who aren't already in the know. How much longer are we expected to be in this state, or could we turn it off again until it's being actively worked on? Cheers, Josh On 1/4/18 5:49 PM, E

Re: [dev-servo] embedding as a separate program/process [WAS: Dropping CEF support?]

2018-02-06 Thread finnbryant
As an user of embedded browsers, I'll just chime in that whilst I agree that 99% of the api is relatively low traffic and can be cross-process with little effort, there is 1 exception. When embedding a common use case is that the embedder controls the final composite into some other application