Hi Rob, I would think that this phrase is the key one:
"The move will mean that, while applications and games developed with OpenGL and OpenCL will continue to run, they will almost certainly become increasingly unreliable.” Given that (IIUC) most crystallographic software uses pretty basic openGL I would expect it to keep working for a while i.e. 3-5 years. Certainly though I can see a time when supporting Windows, OS X and Linux with one code base for graphic-heavy applications becoming a real pain. Thing is, providing us with nice laptops etc, which work great with COOT does not add much to anyone’s bottom line… and supporting anything (even things which work) costs someone money. Cheerio Graeme > On 1 Dec 2018, at 15:11, R. D. Oeffner <rd...@cam.ac.uk> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm sure many of you have heard that Apple is deprecating OpenGL on MacOS > with the Metal API being their alternative. > > https://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/3033587/apple-deprecates-opengl-and-opencl-from-macos-1014-mojave > > Do people think this is really going to happen and that they will not try to > support OpenGL for the foreseeable future given the number of legacy programs > out there? I'm curious to learn what people writing cross platform 3D > graphics programs plan to do for MacOS? > > > Rob > > > -- > Robert Oeffner, Ph.D. > Research Associate, The Read Group > Department of Haematology, > Cambridge Institute for Medical Research > University of Cambridge > Cambridge Biomedical Campus > Wellcome Trust/MRC Building > Hills Road > Cambridge CB2 0XY > www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/investigators/read/index.html > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 -- This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential, copyright and or privileged material, and are for the use of the intended addressee only. If you are not the intended addressee or an authorised recipient of the addressee please notify us of receipt by returning the e-mail and do not use, copy, retain, distribute or disclose the information in or attached to the e-mail. Any opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the individual and not necessarily of Diamond Light Source Ltd. Diamond Light Source Ltd. cannot guarantee that this e-mail or any attachments are free from viruses and we cannot accept liability for any damage which you may sustain as a result of software viruses which may be transmitted in or with the message. Diamond Light Source Limited (company no. 4375679). Registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1
