SDL 1.3 readyness

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Forgive the question but can someone tell me honestly, is SDL 1.3 in a state suitable for use commercially,
that is, there are no critical bugs that will screw up a development team and cause a company to spend loads
of time (read: money) fixing/hacking it?

i.e., if you had to recommend it to your boss and your job was on the line for it, what would your answer be?

Also, is multi-monitor support now fully implemented? From the emails flying around on multiple windows, I assume
it is?

Many Thanks
Ed

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Forgive the question but can someone tell me honestly, is SDL 1.3 in a
state suitable for use commercially,
that is, there are no critical bugs that will screw up a development team
and cause a company to spend loads
of time (read: money) fixing/hacking it?

i.e., if you had to recommend it to your boss and your job was on the
line
for it, what would your answer be?

Also, is multi-monitor support now fully implemented? From the emails
flying around on multiple windows, I assume
it is?

Many Thanks
Ed

Hi,

Depends on what platform you are interested in.
Wince : KO
Other : don’t knowOn Fri, 8 May 2009 10:12:26 +0000 (GMT), Edward Byard <e_byard at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

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i.e., if you had to recommend it to your boss and your job was on the
line

do you value your job? :wink:

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It would be under Windows XP normal/embedded

Ed________________________________
From: forumer@smartmobili.com (Vincent R.)
To: A list for developers using the SDL library. (includes SDL-announce)
Sent: Friday, 8 May, 2009 11:18:53
Subject: Re: [SDL] SDL 1.3 readyness

On Fri, 8 May 2009 10:12:26 +0000 (GMT), Edward Byard <@Edward_Byard> wrote:

Forgive the question but can someone tell me honestly, is SDL 1.3 in a
state suitable for use commercially,
that is, there are no critical bugs that will screw up a development team
and cause a company to spend loads
of time (read: money) fixing/hacking it?

i.e., if you had to recommend it to your boss and your job was on the
line
for it, what would your answer be?

Also, is multi-monitor support now fully implemented? From the emails
flying around on multiple windows, I assume
it is?

Many Thanks
Ed

Hi,

Depends on what platform you are interested in.
Wince : KO
Other : don’t know

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Forgive the question but can someone tell me honestly, is SDL 1.3 in a state suitable for use commercially,
that is, there are no critical bugs that will screw up a development team and cause a company to spend loads
of time (read: money) fixing/hacking it?

It depends on what you need it for. Fullscreen / multi-monitor support
are not complete, and international input is going to get a revamp.
Otherwise it’s pretty solid. You can take a look at the TODO list in
the SDL 1.3 source archive if you want a more complete list of the
things still planned before final release.

See ya!
-Sam Lantinga, Founder and President, Galaxy Gameworks LLC

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Is the final release to be 2.0? Is the dll already differentiated
(i.e. not named SDL.dll)?

Jonny DOn Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Sam Lantinga wrote:

Forgive the question but can someone tell me honestly, is SDL 1.3 in a state suitable for use commercially,
that is, there are no critical bugs that will screw up a development team and cause a company to spend loads
of time (read: money) fixing/hacking it?

It depends on what you need it for. ?Fullscreen / multi-monitor support
are not complete, and international input is going to get a revamp.
Otherwise it’s pretty solid. ?You can take a look at the TODO list in
the SDL 1.3 source archive if you want a more complete list of the
things still planned before final release.

See ya!
? ? ? ?-Sam Lantinga, Founder and President, Galaxy Gameworks LLC

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SDL at lists.libsdl.org
http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org

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Hi Sam

Thanks for the answer! Fullscreen and multi-monitor are the two fundamental items in the decision so
I guess we’ll have to wait a while longer. I am sure it’ll be worth it though :-p

Ed________________________________
From: slouken@libsdl.org (slouken)
To: A list for developers using the SDL library. (includes SDL-announce)
Sent: Friday, 8 May, 2009 15:53:47
Subject: Re: [SDL] SDL 1.3 readyness

Forgive the question but can someone tell me honestly, is SDL 1.3 in a state suitable for use commercially,
that is, there are no critical bugs that will screw up a development team and cause a company to spend loads
of time (read: money) fixing/hacking it?

It depends on what you need it for. Fullscreen / multi-monitor support
are not complete, and international input is going to get a revamp.
Otherwise it’s pretty solid. You can take a look at the TODO list in
the SDL 1.3 source archive if you want a more complete list of the
things still planned before final release.

See ya!
-Sam Lantinga, Founder and President, Galaxy Gameworks LLC

SDL mailing list
SDL at lists.libsdl.org
http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org

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Is the final release to be 2.0? Is the dll already differentiated
(i.e. not named SDL.dll)?

That’s the plan, though I haven’t worked out all the details.

See ya,
-Sam Lantinga, Founder and President, Galaxy Gameworks LLC