[GEM-dev] off to new shores...

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

hi all.

now that the gem-0.90 release is out for some weeks, i think it is time 
to start some traffic on this list again.
(but of course: what to talk about now ? we used to discuss the release 
for years...)

some points:

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stable:
i have branched v0_90 for bug-fixes on the latest stable release

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further development:
wini has done some research on opensource-development and has found out 
that os-dev can be organized effectively in (surprise:) several ways to 
achieve an optimum development/stability-ratio:
(the following is a translation from german and it is already some weeks 
ago, so i might use the wrong termini)

a) pope: one person revises all code and decides which parts of the 
development should go into the next release
b) committee: a small team off people does like the pope.
c) branching: each new feature is branched off the main CVS-trunk. as 
soon as it has become stable the branch is merged with the main trunk.

i don't think that a) would be a very good idea (as it has proven to 
lead to major quarrels and misunderstanding)
as for b) it seems like a bit of an overhead, as the core-development 
team is so small, that all of us would be in the committee.

so i favour c) (with some b)): each development should be forked into a 
separate branch in the CVS; the core-developpers of this branch work on 
the code until they consider it stable and then make a call for testing 
via the list. after it has proven to run stable on all platforms this 
tree is merged back in.

i would suggest that the releasing should be done on each merge of a 
development-branch to the main-trunk that adds new functionality. (this 
can be discussed; it is just fundamentally different from the last release)
the main-trunk can be used for bug-fixing...


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new features:
i'm looking forward to vertex-manipulation, pixel-shaders, multiple 
gemwins, MMX/SSE2, new pixel-effects, pixel-analysis and tons of other 
things.



cheers, comments ? and happy coding

mfg.as.dr
IOhannes