[Panel-devel] Xgl, AiGLX, EXA, Compiz, Luminocity, QT4...

[Jeremy Farrance]

On Tue March 21 2006 9:09 am, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Sunday 19 March 2006 17:44, Zbigniew Braniecki wrote:
> > Hi, I'd like to ask some questions about the future of X.org and
> > graphic feature set for KDE4.
>
> here's all i'm going to say on the topic:
>
> we will offer the best experience we can for kde4 given technological, time
> and manpower parameters.
>
> xgl and many other exciting new technologies that have arrived are still up
> in the air as far as what place they will have in the future of the open
> source desktop. those who have expertise in these areas and who are
> actually working on them are sorting it out as best and as fast as they
> can. these things take time and thought.
>
> i know people want to be promised a glorious new future, but i'd rather
> spend time helping deliver that future. you can get involved, but otherwise
> you'll just have to have faith in those who are. i think our track record
> in the past for delivering on new technologies speaks for itself.
>
> personally, i'm not prepared to weigh in specifically on the future of xgl
> because it's far too much of a mess right now due to marketing and
> corporate politics to sort out the crap from the gold. we'll see where the
> dust settles a year from now.
>
> suffice it to say that exciting things are afoot across the open source
> desktop, that kde is by no means a bystander in it all and that kde4 is not
> so far away (though it will be if we stop to add things to kde3 ever other
> month)


Yes, please don't worry about kde3 stuff... stick to kde4... We have faith in 
you guys ! :D