Critical issues for 2.3

[Boudewijn Rempt]

On Monday 09 August 2010, Cyrille Berger wrote:
> On Monday 09 August 2010, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> > ############### The convolution code is broken 
> > 
> > I.e., unsharp mask crashes. Could this be because of the lcms2 engine? In
> > any case, we need to be able to blur in 2.3, in one way or another.
> > Blurring is the most important adjustment we need to support.
> I find that unlikely for two reasons, convolution code does not use anything 
> in lcms, and it crashes too with lcms1 engine (yeah I had to revert to the old 
> plugins).

I'm now rerunning the tests with the lcms1 engine as well.

> 
> I also noted artefacts with bluring, around the 512 border, sounds suspicious 
> to me. Also bluring fails with transparent area (I think it worked in 2.2 but 
> my 2.2 build is broken, so I can't check).

I don't have 2.2 around either, but this looks like we need to add the convolution issues to the major bugs list.

> > ############### OpenGTL
> > 
> > If I understand correctly, current opengtl trunk works with llvm 2.7, which
> > is a requirement to get opengtl into distros like Fedora and OpenSUSE.
> > However, OpenGTL trunk doesn't work with Krita. I guess I can help here,
> > if Cyrille can give hints on what needs to be ported.
> Actually, there is OpenGTL 0.9.14 that builds with llvm 2.7 and works with 
> krita/trunk (same API as 0.9.13).

Okay, so we're fine here? 

> 
> > ############### Failing unit-tests
> > 
> > I think we have regressed considerably here over the summer:
> ouch, I think we need to be more careful with that :(

Yes, I've definitely not been active enough in prodding people who broke tests.

> However, I noted a significant difference with the result obtains in:
> http://www.koffice.org/testresults/status.html I need to check update my 
> koffice to see if I get the same results as you.

Ok

> > Anything else?
> The pigment tests are actually lcms2 issues. As is 247037. But in case those 
> issues are not solves we will ship with only lcms1 color engine, so nothing to 
> worry too much about.

That sound okay.

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