DIB Engine : passing all tests

Chris Morgan chmorgan at gmail.com
Mon May 25 20:34:45 CDT 2009


On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Chris Morgan <chmorgan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Alexandre Julliard
> <julliard at winehq.org> wrote:
>> Zachary Goldberg <zgold at bluesata.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 7:03 AM, Alexandre Julliard <julliard at winehq.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Writing a DIB engine is not a fill-in-the-blanks exercise. A large part
>>>> of the task is precisely to come up with a good design, validate it with
>>>> a prototype,
>>>
>>> Would you, Alexandre, say we are at this point?  I.e. that Massimo's
>>> design is probably an alright prototype but he just hasn't convinced
>>> you/Huw yet and hasn't yet "anticipated common objections" etc.?
>>
>> Well, the prototype doesn't show much evidence of a good design. Maybe
>> Massimo has one in mind, but he hasn't explained it so far.
>>
>> --
>> Alexandre Julliard
>> julliard at winehq.org
>>
>
> Wouldn't a review of the proposed dib engine be useful? One that
> included concerns, things that needed to be changed etc? Everyone
> involved seems to be asking for leadership and guidance about how to
> proceed, wouldn't a thorough review of the proposed design give
> direction towards an "acceptable" design?
>
> Chris
>


If it wasn't clear, I was suggesting that  AJ and/or Huw would do this
review since they have knowledge of the issue and an opinion of how it
should be done :-)

Chris



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