DirectX 10 start as a SoC project?

[Ivan Gyurdiev]

Stefan Dösinger wrote:
> Am Samstag 10 März 2007 19:39 schrieb Ivan Gyurdiev:
>   
>>> Opinions? Suggestions?
>>>       
>> Sounds too easy...if it included something like "HLSL compiler", that
>> would be another story.
>>
>> Also, you have to have a well-defined project to set completion criteria.
>> "starting the infrastructure" does not define when the project is complete.
>>     
> Yeah, Henri had the same concern. We need proper completion conditions. How 
> about: "Have d3d10 headers, a d3d10.dll with creator functions, functions 
> calling wined3d where applicable, at least a stub for each other function and 
> routine tests for reference counting and things that can be checked on the 
> implemented functions" ?
>   
This is describing a well-understood approach to adding a new DLL. I 
think the SoC project needs to push the participant to be creative and 
solve  a significant obstacle in wine development, which others find 
challenging.

Yes, I am sure wine will benefit greatly from a d3d10 stub, mapping 
1-to-1 to wined3d where possible, but is it really a project that 
requires a lot of creativity and the whole summer to do ? I think 
something that adds new functionality and can't mirror d3d8/d3d9 would 
be better.

Ivan