Re: [hatari-devel] Feedback SDL2 support

[David Savinkoff <dsavnkff@xxxxxxxxx>]

----- Thomas Huth wrote:
> Am Sun, 17 May 2015 14:51:24 -0600 (MDT)
> schrieb David Savinkoff <dsavnkff@xxxxxxxxx>:
> ...
> > I don't see any reason to stop supporting what Hatari already has.
> > 
> > Furthermore, Hatari should only conservatively adopt library
> > functions to avoid excessive intrinsic interconnected dependence
> > on the functions, and, negatively influence Hatari development.
> 
> Well, fact is that SDL1 development has been pretty much ceased these
> days, and people query for new features like scaling-to-desktop
> resolution or OpenGL accelleration which are much more easier to do
> with SDL2. So SDL2 is the way to go. But for SDL2 support, the code had
> to be changed quite a bit, so that we end up in quite a bit of code
> duplication here. Hatari is only a small project, and we just can not
> afford to do too much double code maintenance here. So getting rid of
> features that nobody uses anymore, and that cause trouble in this
> area, like 8-bit host color depth support, should really not hurt but
> rather help us to focus on the more important parts instead.
> 
Focus is good.


> > Hatari dos not need more old PC video modes support either.
> 
> I think I did not understand your point correctly. First you say that
> Hatari should not get rid of old features (i.e. 8-bit color depth
> support which has been discussed here), but then you say that it does
> not have to support old video modes anymore? Sorry, now I am confused.
> 
>  Thomas