On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Jasper van de Gronde > > livarot would probably not be worth the while to instrument with tests
as it's scheduled for removal anyway.
I was wondering about that. I know the plan is to use Cairo for rendering, but for what parts exactly, and on what time scale?
No promises on time scale; as for coverage, have a look at how different things are done in display/ depending on mode - the goal is to make the normal mode like the outline mode which already uses cairo.
For example, would nr-compose also become redundant?
It will be less used but still used for many things. And btw it will need some serious changes because cairo uses a different bitmap format.
And if the current renderer will probably remain to be used for one or two years it may still be useful to make sure it is in good shape.
Sure, if you find a bug in livarot, it's worth patching. Just don't spend your time specifically on that part.