Re: [AD] Question about versions

[Evert Glebbeek <eglebbk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 23 Aug 2008, at 11:47, Colin Ward wrote:
> Right.  Do you know if there are any games that take advantage of  
> AllegroGL?

There are, yes.
I can't point to any particular ones at the moment, but I know there  
are.

> Ok.  But I assume they are source compatible?

4.2 and 4.3/4.4, yes.

> Ok, I think I understand.  4.3 was the logical follow on from 4.2,  
> but then
> it spawned two branches, one of which remained in the old API style  
> and one
> of which morphed into 4.9/5.0?

Almost but not really.
We started working on the new API in something that was called 4.3.0,  
then decided that a 4.4 version with addons would be good and that  
4.9.0 would have been better with hindsight.

> My plan is to release Allegro based on either 4.2 or 4.3 (probably  
> 4.2) and
> then as a side project I'll hack on the Amiga version of 4.9/5.0 so  
> it's
> ready whenever you guys finish the Linux/Mac/Windows versions.  The
> questions above are to ensure that the version I release (4.2 or  
> 4.3) is
> the right choice.  I don't want to have to come back to it if possible

Is there any particular reason you're not contributing your port for  
inclusion in the main distribution?

Evert