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Re: [pygame] SDL 2.0



Pygame 2.0 might be a better name  to signify the large change to SDL2

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On Aug 16, 2013, at 1:26 PM, Andrew Barlow <andrew.barlow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I favour this hugely.
 
I'd love to have a feature freeze on 1.9.2... squish any final bugs on it... start SDL2 port for a PyGame 1.9.10 (Maybe even just PyGame 2.0?)


On 16 August 2013 21:12, Lenard Lindstrom <len-l@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,

I recommend we put a feature freeze of Pygame 1.9.2. Personally, I still want to see Pygame 1.9.2 reach release status. I expect identifying existing bugs in Pygame 1.9.2 is easier than chasing them down later in an SDL 2 port. Otherwise, I would rather put time into an SDL2 port than patching the 1.9.2.

The SDL2 port of PygameâââPygame 1.9,10?âââcan be a fork of Pygame 1.9.2. Debugging of Pygame 1.9.2 would continue, with fixes merged into the SDL2 port. To reduce workload, Pygame 1.9.2 debugging can be limited to code that servives in the SDL2 port.

Lenard


On 13-08-13 01:37 AM, Renà Dudfield wrote:
Happy days...


SDL 2.0 is released!

http://lists.libsdl.org/pipermail/sdl-libsdl.org/2013-August/089854.html

"""
These are the most important new features in SDL 2.0:

    - Full 3D hardware acceleration
    - Support for OpenGL 3.0+ in various profiles (core, compatibility,
    debug, robust, etc)
    - Support for OpenGL ES
    - Support for multiple windows
    - Support for multiple displays
    - Support for multiple audio devices
    - Android and iOS support
    - Simple 2D rendering API that can use Direct3D, OpenGL, OpenGL ES, or
    software rendering behind the scenes
    - Force Feedback available on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
    - XInput and XAudio2 support for Windows
    - Atomic operations
    - Power management (exposes battery life remaining, etc)
    - Shaped windows
    - 32-bit audio (int and float)
    - Simplified Game Controller API (the Joystick API is still here, too!)
    - Touch support (multitouch, gestures, etc)
    - Better fullscreen support
    - Better keyboard support (scancodes vs keycodes, etc).
    - Message boxes
    - Clipboard support
    - Basic Drag'n'Drop support
    - Proper unicode input and IME support
    - A really powerful assert macro
    - Lots of old annoyances from 1.2 are gone
    - Many other things!
"""