Re: [Gnash] v7 compliant?

[Rob Savoye]

Fred . wrote:

> I saw that Gnash try to be compatible with Flash v7.
> But if I dont remember wrong, Flash version 8 is out.
> Dont you try to be compatible with that too?

  From what I've heard, SWF 8 is internally substantially different 
from SWF 7. As most of the movies I've been collecting from various web 
sites are SWF versions 4,5,6, and a few 7, it seems best to focus on 
that level of compatibility for current development efforts. I believe 
the MacroMedia tools can generate the earlier formats though.

  That said, I would also like to ultimately make Gnash fully compliant 
with the latest SWF 8 and greater formats. This will first require me to 
get the technical details as to what the changes are in a clean manner. 
(can't use MacroMedia docs) At that point I can scope out the work 
required. There is other work that is probably a higher priority for the 
next few months.

  With more developers working on Gnash, this may be able to happen 
sooner than later. Being realistic, with the current amount of developer 
resources (Gnash in it's current form is only a month old project) SWF 8 
support is probably quite a ways in the future.

        - rob -