Mir & Unity8 UI weekly May 10, 2013 | Linux Today

Mir & Unity8 UI weekly May 10, 2013

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 13, 2013
Current Team Theme*

  * Integrate Unity8 onto Mir
      o Improve Unity8 testing & code cleanup post MWC
      o Mir build out to support Unity8
  * As always  live action here
      o https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/client-1303-unity-ui-iteration-0
      o https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/client-1303-mir-phone-iteration-0
      o and all the dependent blueprints

*Acheived this week**
*

  * Mir
      o Surface states, sw cursor, & HWC 1.0 (a la android ICS) support
        landed
      o Input fully enabled by default
      o Some run of the mill android/display logging added
      o LightDM integration updates/cleanup
      o Surface moving, in process egl for android, & surface stack
        ordering  MP'd
      o Grab bag of dead code removal, simplification of shell example
        code & some bug fixes around egl client buffers & cpu pixel formats
      o Supported Unity integration on Mir, creating Unity-mir layer
Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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