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It's amazing work. The big question is keep two renderers, CPU & GPU, or switch to just GPU? Switching to only GPU I think implies the need for at least a refe
by bjwbell 11y ago
It's amazing work. The big question is keep two renderers, CPU & GPU, or switch to just GPU?
Switching to only GPU I think implies the need for at least a reference GPU backend such as mesa.
- pcwalton 11y agoWe're already OpenGL-dependent in the compositor. All this does is expand the set of GL features we use a bit.
- bjwbell 11y agoI was thinking more about passing the reference test suites. Or in the case this case failing since GPUs won't all render identically.
- pcwalton 11y agoWe still need a headless GL compositor even today to pass the reftests. The only way to composite layers together is GL. (This will probably change when we support printing though.)
- JoshTriplett 11y ago> The only way to composite layers together is GL. (This will probably change when we support printing though.) If not for the (very reasonable) expectation that things like "print to PDF" should produce vectors and selectable text rather than raster images of pages, you could render pages for printing using GL, too.
- pcwalton 11y agoYeah, I mainly mean PDF output here.