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On Tue January 19 2010, Thomas Fjellstrom wrote:
> On Tue January 19 2010, Peter Wang wrote:
> > So, activity on 4.9 been a bit low for a few months. Probably everyone
> > has more interesting things to do. Perhaps the library is in pretty
> > good shape. I have been wondering if we should seriously consider
> > making a 5.0 release soon, i.e. in a few months.
> >
> > *If* we were to do that, what changes would be critical to you?
> > What features would you be happy to put off? Note that Allegro 5.2
> > doesn't have to be a long time in coming, but nor is it guaranteed that
> > 5.2 would ever come out.
> >
> > I'll start.
> >
> > - al_get_errno/al_set_errno are not used consistently yet. I suggest
> > hiding them as private functions until the work is completed.
> >
> > - The custom memory management functions are also not used
> > consistently, and may be put off for later.
>
> Another thing that's arguably as important as those, is a "capabilities"
> framework, so people can query what they can, and can't do on a given
> computer.
Oh yes, and not to forget making sure the X11 fullscreen driver actually
works.
> > Peter
> >
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