[Scummvm-devel] ATTN: X11 and NULL backends to be removed June 15 & some notes to PORTERS

[Max Horn]

Hi folks,

I am almost two weeks late with this, but unless I hear a last minute  
objection, I will remove the X11 and NULL backends tonight!

Bye,
Max


Am 02.05.2008 um 23:02 schrieb Max Horn:

> Hi everybody,
>
> we plan to remove the completely outdated and broken X11 and NULL
> backends after July 1, if nobody pops up till then to take over
> maintainership. The NULL backend is pretty useless anyway; the only
> point in having it around is as a template for new backends. But
> that's pointless if it is completely outdated. Maybe somebody wants
> to correct that, and even turn it into a partial guide on how to
> create a new backend (by inserting some helpful comments, pointers to
> the wiki, hints on how to create FS backend code etc.). If there is a
> volunteer for this, just step up and commit/supply some fixes, and we
> can stop the remove.
>
> As for the X11 backends, there seems to be little interest in it, and
> it has been uncompilable and incomplete for a rather long time.
> Should somebody really wish to revive it, this would of course still
> be possible even after the removal, as the source would still be
> around in the repositories, ad patches for "new" backends are always
> welcome ;-).
>
> As a reminder: The unmaintained GP32 backend is already scheduled for
> removal after May 15!
>
>
> Cheers,
> Max
>
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