On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 18:14 +0200, Krzysztof Kosiński wrote:
2010/9/7 Joshua A. Andler <scislac@...400...>:
I think that we need to have a configure flag for diffusion curves and other proposed SVG 2.0 features (I seem to recall seeing someone bringing up the spiral gradients too as a thought, so maybe that patch could get integrated after the proposed config modification).
Not a good idea. I think this will lead to another Inkboard situation.
Inkboard had a number of issues, but the flag for compiling it was not one of them. The lack of support for the data throughput on the jabber server side led more to it dying (as well as a lack of continued developer commitment to maintenance) than it being an optional feature. I seem to recall that it was even distributed a few years back in Ubuntu (and possibly other distros) with the feature enabled.
We should finally implement correct svg:switch handling and provide fallbacks in the document. Additionally, there should be an option to choose the SVG version in which you want to save. When saving as SVG 1.1, diffusion curves would be saved with bitmap fallbacks.
I agree with the svg:switch part (long overdue), but I have a feeling that the bitmap fallbacks will not be liked in the same way it wasn't liked when brought up for the spiral gradient feature.
Cheers, Josh