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[Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>]

On 07/16/2018 05:54 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> I was really hoping just to fix the wxDC issues with GTK3 rather than
> implement GAL unless Tom implemented a wxDC GAL and that is all we
> expose for 5.1.  The primary goal here is to fix the GTK3 rendering
> issues so we can enable wxPython support again.  We need to limit our
> risk exposure for 5.1.

There is no new wxDC GAL backend implemented, which IMHO reduces the
risk as Cairo backend has been already tested a bit. Staying with two
rendering engines also reduces the amount of code to maintain.

I have already spent some time trying to fix GTK3 problems, both in
eeschema and in pcbnew. GTK3 fixes in eeschema resulted in a slight
performance drop, whereas for pcbnew I was unable to come up with a
solution.

> I'm assuming the printing is a v6 goal.

Broken legacy canvas in pcbnew means layout printing is also broken. A
simple workaround is to remove printing completely and request users to
use PDF plotting.

Cheers,
Orson

> On 7/16/2018 11:15 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
>> Tom has already prepared a proof-of-concept eeschema with GAL rendering,
>> which still uses the legacy tools. I have some promising results
>> switching the printing system to Cairo GAL. Obviously we will face some
>> unexpected obstacles, but I have high hopes.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Orson
>>
>> On 07/16/2018 03:40 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>>> Yes, assuming we can get that to work without dragging in Phoenix.
>>>
>>> On 7/16/2018 9:27 AM, Jeff Young wrote:
>>>> 5.1 is also for the GTK3 fixes, right?
>>>>
>>>>> On 16 Jul 2018, at 14:23, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7/16/2018 9:19 AM, Simon Richter wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 15.07.2018 13:39, Jeff Young wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I renamed my 6.0 branch to 5.1, since most of what it contains goes there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is the difference between 5.1 and 6.0? What goes into which branch?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   Simon
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 5.1 is only for the UI refactoring Jeff is working on along with any bug
>>>>> fixes that get merged into the 5.0 branch.  Any new features such as the
>>>>> new schematic file formats or GALification of eeschema are v6 only.
>>>>>
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