IIRC SDL1 has the same limited support, they just bundle lib SDL_gfx with SDL1.
On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 1:03 PM, Paul Vincent Craven <p...@cravenfamily.com> wrote: > SDL2 has limited support for drawing primitives. I think it would be > difficult to create a complete API compatible Pygame 2. > > Paul Vincent Craven > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Thomas Kluyver <tak...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> There's an issue about that: >> https://bitbucket.org/pygame/pygame/issues/174/pygame-20-the-sdl2-edition >> >> The current thinking is that we might bless pygame_sdl2 as the >> recommended SDL2 version of pygame, and try to share code where it's >> practical. >> >> On 16 December 2016 at 17:16, Jake b <ninmonk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I thought 2.0 was for when pygame uses SDL 2.0 >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 12:58 PM, DiliupG <dili...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> congratulations on this! LONG OVERDUE! >>>> >>>> next Pygame 2.0.... >>>> >>>> Lets's skip the 1.9.3, 1.9.4, 1.9.agony-of-waiting, and jump straight >>>> to the future! >>>> >>>> Congratulations to all involved once again! >>>> >>>> :) >>>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 7:32 PM, Thomas Kluyver <tak...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> We're pleased to announce the release of Pygame 1.9.2, available now >>>>> from PyPI and Bitbucket. You can (probably) install it with: >>>>> >>>>> pip install pygame >>>>> >>>>> The highlights of this version include Python 3 support, and pre-built >>>>> wheel packages available on PyPI for major platforms, allowing convenient >>>>> installation with pip. I'm not sure of all the other changes, but there's >>>>> lots more detail in the WHATSNEW file in the source tree, or the commit >>>>> history. >>>>> >>>>> If you run into problems, please check for and report issues at: >>>>> https://bitbucket.org/pygame/pygame/issues?status=new&status=open >>>>> >>>>> We're already aware of an issue with the mixer_music_test crashing on >>>>> Linux when installed from a wheel (issue 317). >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Thomas >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Kalasuri Diliup Gabadamudalige >>>> >>>> https://dahamgatalu.wordpress.com/ >>>> http://soft.diliupg.com/ >>>> http://www.diliupg.com >>>> >>>> ************************************************************ >>>> ********************************** >>>> This e-mail is confidential. It may also be legally privileged. If you >>>> are not the intended recipient or have received it in error, please delete >>>> it and all copies from your system and notify the sender immediately by >>>> return e-mail. Any unauthorized reading, reproducing, printing or further >>>> dissemination of this e-mail or its contents is strictly prohibited and may >>>> be unlawful. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be timely, >>>> secure, error or virus-free. The sender does not accept liability for any >>>> errors or omissions. >>>> ************************************************************ >>>> ********************************** >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jake >>> >> >> > -- Jake
