[sldev] [VIEWER] OpenGL clipping in the GUI

[Ryan Williams (Which)]

Lawson English wrote:
>
> ALl that aside, Cairo, DOES seem like a good thing to use. What
> specifically have been reasons why the LIndens aren't interested? Lack
> of resources? Lack of experience? Time and energy already spent on a
> different system?
>
> What does using Cairo give them that using OpenGL doesn't? Pango
> text-handlign  is a separate issue, according to the website hype...
All of the above, plus Cairo wasn't mature until very recently (read:
less than four years ago).  Shit, we still have our container classes
from pre-STL days, as you may recall.  It's really hard to justify
replacing an entire subsystem with another, given that different
subsystems are causing grid-wide problems and need to be fixed
yesterday.  :-)

I love Cairo, FWIW.

-RYaN