On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 4:52 AM, Lenard Lindstrom <le...@telus.net> wrote:
> Okay, let's clear up a misunderstanding. This not an /either/ GPUs /or/ > CPUs issue here. SDL2 adds windows, textures, and renderers. But it still > supports surfaces, even screen surfaces. So a Pygame 2 will add new object > types for the new features while keeping surfaces, unless we no longer want > image file support or text on the screen. The only big compatibility issue > I see is that events are reorganized in SDL2. I emulate SDL1 events in my > patch set to maintain backwards compatibility. > > The real question is do we want to add SDL2 features to the existing > Pygame code base or pull a Python 3 and redesign the Pygame api for ascetic > reasons. > > Another option is to add compatibility now, and decide on a new or additional APIs later.
