Re: [Gnash] Gnash roadmap ?

[strk]

AFAIK there's not a real roadmap yet.
We're still working on completing the migration
from GameSWF to Gnash, so build tools, documentation
and test cases to see what works and what not.

If you want to help consider writing some notes on 
source code layout (since you already took a trip).

When Rob is back from vacation (in about a week) he'll
be able to answer other specific questions.

Thanks!

--strk;

On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 08:33:44PM +0100, Nicolas Cannasse wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> I'm interested in Flash technologies and an open source player looks 
> like a very promosing idea. I actually worked on such a player one year 
> ago, using the AGG Lite library (http://www.antigrain.com) for rendering 
> the SWF. The goal was not to make a Flash Player but to be able to use 
> SWF resources for the animation. It worked great.
> 
> I have a good knowledge of the SWF file format, both for rendering and 
> for the ActionScript bytecode (I wrote MTASC, an open source AS2 
> compiler - see http://www.mtasc.org). I know also about Virtual Machines 
> since I'm working on the Neko VM (http://nekovm.org) which was the one 
> powering the other player I was talking about.
> 
> I would like to hear more about Gnash and know in which area some work 
> is needed. I had a quick look at the sources, some parts are looking a 
> bit messy right now :) The code seems to come from GameSWF and maybe 
> other parts. Is there some kind of "redesign from scratch" (using 
> previous code but rearchitectured) planned ? What is the current status 
> and roadmap ?
> 
> Also, one of my concerns is about the usage of OpenGL. While this might 
> speed up things on the desktop, it would be interesting to comeup with a 
> small and portable player that could be embedded in applications and 
> small devices, where there is clearly a need for such a player. Any 
> comments on this point ?
> 
> I'm interested also about the current AS VM in Gnash. How does it 
> compete with Macromedia Flash7 VM ? (which is awfully slow) Is there 
> some plans in the future to support Flash8 features ? (filters might not 
> be a so good idea with OpenGL ?) What about the Flash 8.5 virtual 
> machine which defines a new set of bytecode - currently being reverse 
> engineered little-by-little ? I know it's a bit early to ask about all 
> theses but they might be important in the way the code is designed from 
> the beginning.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Nicolas
> 
> 
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