Software Renderer... Still Needed?

[jorrit]

Well, why not make the renderer a CVS module with anonymous write access See what happens and if it's crap, delete it. Just my 2,6 cents

Well that's not possible. We can't control access on SF/CVS. But anyway I don't think that's a good solution either.

Greetings,

[litespace]

Hi All!

Keep the software renderer!

It is not only a valuable debug tool, it also gives you a level of redundancy. 

Just imagine a user running a CS application on their PC/laptop, and suddenly
something fails, OpenGL goes out / and all you have is software rendering...
wait... it has been removed. tough luck

On the other hand, I can understand the lack of developer time, and not
many people use software rendering these days, but it should stay.

Make it a separate project if needed, but don't drop support.

[tony]

This isn't really a hard answer

1. Keep it as a plug-in, just because CS can't work on it, doesn't mean someone else could pick it up in the future and continue on it.

2. Make a software render only CS version that someone else can work on later in the future.

Don't get rid of the code, leave it up for anyone who wish to work on it.

[jorrit]

This isn't really a hard answer

1. Keep it as a plug-in, just because CS can't work on it, doesn't mean someone else could pick it up in the future and continue on it.

2. Make a software render only CS version that someone else can work on later in the future.

Don't get rid of the code, leave it up for anyone who wish to work on it.

The decision on the software renderer has been made already a few weeks ago. We will keep it but simplify it (no lightmapping).

Greetings,