[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] Turn on Xrender by default in JDK 8

[Phil Race]

I think we will learn more by turning it on now, rather than
after waiting to fix these problems at some future date.
The users who hit those issues can turn off xrender,
but at least we'll know who is hitting what. Then we can re-assess.

I would appreciate it if you could file bugs on those issues.

-phil.

On 8/10/11 2:53 PM, Clemens Eisserer wrote:
> Hi Phil,
>
>     > I think we should turn on Xrender by default in these early days
>     in JDK 8
>     > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~prr/7077423/
>     <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Eprr/7077423/>
>
>
> I feared that day would come ... great :)
>
> I know of two more-than-minor bugs, however I haven't had the time to 
> file reports:
> - Problems with SRC + alpha values when rendering to surfaces without 
> alpha, this causes IntelliJ's editor to look garbled.
> - Somewhere coordinate overflows happen with very large JTables.
>
> I don't know if its ok to enable it anyway.
>
>     I think the only problems may be in buggy drivers, but turning it on
>     will give us a chance to test and resolve remaining issues, if any :)
>
>
> Currently shipping drivers are really all working very well, what 
> could cause problems are probably archaic installations still running 
> early versions of EXA or even XAA.
>
> Thanks, Clemens
>
>