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18848b8605Smrg
19848b8605Smrg<h2>September 19, 2014</h2>
20848b8605Smrg<p>
21848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/10.3.html">Mesa 10.3</a> is released.  This is a new
22848b8605Smrgdevelopment release.  See the release notes for more information about
23848b8605Smrgthe release.
24848b8605Smrg</p>
25848b8605Smrg<p>
26848b8605SmrgAlso, <a href="relnotes/10.2.8.html">Mesa 10.2.8</a> is released.
27848b8605SmrgThis is a bug fix release from the 10.2 branch.
28848b8605Smrg</p>
29848b8605Smrg
30848b8605Smrg<h2>August 19, 2014</h2>
31848b8605Smrg<p>
32848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/10.2.6.html">Mesa 10.2.6</a> is released.
33848b8605SmrgThis is a bug-fix release.
34848b8605Smrg</p>
35848b8605Smrg
36848b8605Smrg<h2>August 2, 2014</h2>
37848b8605Smrg<p>
38848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/10.2.5.html">Mesa 10.2.5</a> is released.
39848b8605SmrgThis is a bug-fix release.
40848b8605Smrg</p>
41848b8605Smrg
42848b8605Smrg<h2>July 18, 2014</h2>
43848b8605Smrg<p>
44848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/10.2.4.html">Mesa 10.2.4</a> is released.
45848b8605SmrgThis is a bug-fix release.
46848b8605Smrg</p>
47848b8605Smrg
48848b8605Smrg<h2>July 7, 2014</h2>
49848b8605Smrg<p>
50848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/10.2.3.html">Mesa 10.2.3</a> is released.
51848b8605SmrgThis is a bug-fix release.
52848b8605Smrg</p>
53848b8605Smrg
54848b8605Smrg<h2>July 5, 2014</h2>
55848b8605Smrg
56848b8605Smrg<p>
57848b8605SmrgMesa demos 8.2.0 is released.
58848b8605SmrgSee the <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-announce/2014-July/000100.html">announcement</a> for more information about the release.
59848b8605SmrgYou can download it from <a href="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/demos/8.2.0/">ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/demos/8.2.0/</a>.
60848b8605Smrg</p>
61848b8605Smrg
62848b8605Smrg<h2>June 24, 2014</h2>
63848b8605Smrg<p>
64848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/10.1.6.html">Mesa 10.1.6</a>
65848b8605Smrgand <a href="relnotes/10.2.2.html">Mesa 10.2.2</a> are released.
66848b8605Smrg
67848b8605SmrgThese are bug-fix releases from the 10.1 and 10.2 branches, respectively.
68848b8605Smrg</p>
69848b8605Smrg
70848b8605Smrg<h2>June 6, 2014</h2>
71848b8605Smrg<p>
72848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/10.2.1.html">Mesa 10.2.1</a> is released.  This release
73848b8605Smrgonly fixes a build error in the radeonsi driver that was introduced between
74848b8605Smrg10.2-rc5 and the 10.2 final release.
75848b8605Smrg</p>
76848b8605Smrg
77848b8605Smrg<h2>June 6, 2014</h2>
78848b8605Smrg<p>
79848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/10.2.html">Mesa 10.2</a> is released.  This is a new
80848b8605Smrgdevelopment release.  See the release notes for more information about
81848b8605Smrgthe release.
82848b8605Smrg</p>
83848b8605Smrg<p>
84848b8605SmrgAlso, <a href="relnotes/10.1.5.html">Mesa 10.1.5</a> is released.
85848b8605SmrgThis is a bug fix release from the 10.1 branch.
86848b8605Smrg</p>
87848b8605Smrg
88848b8605Smrg<h2>May 20, 2014</h2>
89848b8605Smrg<p>
90848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/10.1.4.html">Mesa 10.1.4</a> is released.
91848b8605SmrgThis is a bug-fix release.
92848b8605Smrg</p>
93848b8605Smrg
94848b8605Smrg<h2>May 9, 2014</h2>
95848b8605Smrg<p>
96848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/10.1.3.html">Mesa 10.1.3</a> is released.
97848b8605SmrgThis is a bug-fix release, and is being released sooner than
98848b8605Smrgoriginally scheduled to fix a performance regression (vmware
99848b8605Smrgswapbuffers falling back to software) introduced to the
100848b8605Smrg10.1.2 release.
101848b8605Smrg</p>
102848b8605Smrg
103848b8605Smrg<h2>May 5, 2014</h2>
104848b8605Smrg<p>
105848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/10.1.2.html">Mesa 10.1.2</a> is released.
106848b8605SmrgThis is a bug-fix release.
107848b8605Smrg</p>
108848b8605Smrg
109848b8605Smrg<h2>April 18, 2014</h2>
110848b8605Smrg<p>
111848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/10.1.1.html">Mesa 10.1.1</a> is released.
112848b8605SmrgThis is a bug-fix release.
113848b8605Smrg</p>
114848b8605Smrg
115848b8605Smrg<h2>April 18, 2014</h2>
116848b8605Smrg<p>
117848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/10.0.5.html">Mesa 10.0.5</a> is released.
118848b8605SmrgThis is a bug-fix release.
119848b8605Smrg<br>
120848b8605SmrgNOTE: Since the 10.1.1 release is being released concurrently, it is
121848b8605Smrganticipated that 10.0.5 will be the final release in the 10.0
122848b8605Smrgseries. Users of 10.0 are encouraged to migrate to the 10.1 series in
123848b8605Smrgorder to obtain future fixes.
124848b8605Smrg</p>
125848b8605Smrg
126848b8605Smrg<h2>March 12, 2014</h2>
127848b8605Smrg<p>
128848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/10.0.4.html">Mesa 10.0.4</a> is released.
129848b8605SmrgThis is a bug-fix release.
130848b8605Smrg</p>
131848b8605Smrg
132848b8605Smrg<h2>March 4, 2014</h2>
133848b8605Smrg<p>
134848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/10.1.html">Mesa 10.1</a> is released.
135848b8605SmrgThis is a new development release.
136848b8605SmrgSee the release notes for more information about the release.
137848b8605Smrg</p>
138848b8605Smrg
139848b8605Smrg<h2>February 3, 2014</h2>
140848b8605Smrg<p>
141848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/10.0.3.html">Mesa 10.0.3</a> is released.
142848b8605SmrgThis is a bug-fix release.
143848b8605Smrg</p>
144848b8605Smrg
145848b8605Smrg<h2>January 9, 2014</h2>
146848b8605Smrg<p>
147848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/10.0.2.html">Mesa 10.0.2</a> is released.
148848b8605SmrgThis is a bug-fix release.
149848b8605Smrg</p>
150848b8605Smrg
151848b8605Smrg<h2>December 12, 2013</h2>
152848b8605Smrg<p>
153848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/10.0.1.html">Mesa 10.0.1</a>
154848b8605Smrgand <a href="relnotes/9.2.5.html">Mesa 9.2.5</a> are released.
155848b8605SmrgThese are both bug-fix releases.
156848b8605Smrg</p>
157848b8605Smrg
158848b8605Smrg<h2>November 30, 2013</h2>
159848b8605Smrg<p>
160848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/10.0.html">Mesa 10.0</a> is released.
161848b8605SmrgThis is a new development release.
162848b8605SmrgSee the release notes for more information about the release.
163848b8605Smrg</p>
164848b8605Smrg
165848b8605Smrg<h2>November 27, 2013</h2>
166848b8605Smrg<p>
167848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/9.2.4.html">Mesa 9.2.4</a> is released.
168848b8605SmrgThis is a bug fix release.
169848b8605Smrg</p>
170848b8605Smrg
171848b8605Smrg<h2>November 13, 2013</h2>
172848b8605Smrg<p>
173848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/9.2.3.html">Mesa 9.2.3</a> is released.
174848b8605SmrgThis is a bug fix release.
175848b8605Smrg</p>
176848b8605Smrg
177848b8605Smrg<h2>October 18, 2013</h2>
178848b8605Smrg<p>
179848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/9.2.2.html">Mesa 9.2.2</a> is released.
180848b8605SmrgThis is a bug fix release.
181848b8605Smrg</p>
182848b8605Smrg
183848b8605Smrg<h2>October 4, 2013</h2>
184848b8605Smrg<p>
185848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/9.2.1.html">Mesa 9.2.1</a> and
186848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/9.1.7.html">Mesa 9.1.7</a> are released,
187848b8605Smrgboth bug-fix releases.
188848b8605Smrg</p>
189848b8605Smrg
190848b8605Smrg<h2>August 27, 2013</h2>
191848b8605Smrg<p>
192848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/9.2.html">Mesa 9.2</a> is released.
193848b8605SmrgThis is a new development release.
194848b8605SmrgSee the release notes for more information about the release.
195848b8605Smrg</p>
196848b8605Smrg
197848b8605Smrg<h2>August 1, 2013</h2>
198848b8605Smrg<p>
199848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/9.1.6.html">Mesa 9.1.6</a> is released.
200848b8605SmrgThis is a bug fix release.
201848b8605Smrg</p>
202848b8605Smrg
203848b8605Smrg<h2>July 17, 2013</h2>
204848b8605Smrg<p>
205848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/9.1.5.html">Mesa 9.1.5</a> is released.
206848b8605SmrgThis is a bug fix release.
207848b8605Smrg</p>
208848b8605Smrg
209848b8605Smrg<h2>July 1, 2013</h2>
210848b8605Smrg<p>
211848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/9.1.4.html">Mesa 9.1.4</a> is released.
212848b8605SmrgThis is a bug fix release.
213848b8605Smrg</p>
214848b8605Smrg
215848b8605Smrg<h2>May 21, 2013</h2>
216848b8605Smrg<p>
217848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/9.1.3.html">Mesa 9.1.3</a> is released.
218848b8605SmrgThis is a bug fix release.
219848b8605Smrg</p>
220848b8605Smrg
221848b8605Smrg<h2>April 30, 2013</h2>
222848b8605Smrg<p>
223848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/9.1.2.html">Mesa 9.1.2</a> is released.
224848b8605SmrgThis is a bug fix release.
225848b8605Smrg</p>
226848b8605Smrg
227848b8605Smrg<h2>March 19, 2013</h2>
228848b8605Smrg<p>
229848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/9.1.1.html">Mesa 9.1.1</a> is released.
230848b8605SmrgThis is a bug fix release.
231848b8605Smrg</p>
232848b8605Smrg
233848b8605Smrg<h2>February 24, 2013</h2>
234848b8605Smrg
235848b8605Smrg<p>
236848b8605SmrgMesa demos 8.1.0 is released.
237848b8605SmrgSee the <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2013-February/035180.html">announcement</a> for more information about the release.
238848b8605SmrgYou can download it from <a href="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/demos/8.1.0/">ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/demos/8.1.0/</a>.
239848b8605Smrg</p>
240848b8605Smrg
241848b8605Smrg
242848b8605Smrg<h2>February 22, 2013</h2>
243848b8605Smrg
244848b8605Smrg<p>
245848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/9.1.html">Mesa 9.1</a> is released.
246848b8605SmrgThis is a new development release.
247848b8605SmrgSee the release notes for more information about the release.
248848b8605Smrg</p>
249848b8605Smrg
250848b8605Smrg
251848b8605Smrg<h2>February 21, 2013</h2>
252848b8605Smrg
253848b8605Smrg<p>
254848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/9.0.3.html">Mesa 9.0.3</a> is released.
255848b8605SmrgThis is a bug fix release.
256848b8605Smrg</p>
257848b8605Smrg
258848b8605Smrg
259848b8605Smrg<h2>January 22, 2013</h2>
260848b8605Smrg
261848b8605Smrg<p>
262848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/9.0.2.html">Mesa 9.0.2</a> is released.
263848b8605SmrgThis is a bug fix release.
264848b8605Smrg</p>
265848b8605Smrg
266848b8605Smrg
267848b8605Smrg<h2>November 16, 2012</h2>
268848b8605Smrg
269848b8605Smrg<p>
270848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/9.0.1.html">Mesa 9.0.1</a> is released.
271848b8605SmrgThis is a bug fix release.
272848b8605Smrg</p>
273848b8605Smrg
274848b8605Smrg
275848b8605Smrg<h2>October 24, 2012</h2>
276848b8605Smrg
277848b8605Smrg<p>
278848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/8.0.5.html">Mesa 8.0.5</a> is released.
279848b8605SmrgThis is a bug fix release.
280848b8605Smrg</p>
281848b8605Smrg
282848b8605Smrg
283848b8605Smrg<h2>October 8, 2012</h2>
284848b8605Smrg
285848b8605Smrg<p>
286848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/9.0.html">Mesa 9.0</a> is released.
287848b8605SmrgThis is the first version of Mesa to support OpenGL 3.1 and GLSL 1.40
288848b8605Smrg(with the i965 driver).
289848b8605SmrgSee the release notes for more information about the release.
290848b8605Smrg</p>
291848b8605Smrg
292848b8605Smrg
293848b8605Smrg<h2>July 10, 2012</h2>
294848b8605Smrg
295848b8605Smrg<p>
296848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/8.0.4.html">Mesa 8.0.4</a> is released.
297848b8605SmrgThis is a bug fix release.
298848b8605Smrg</p>
299848b8605Smrg
300848b8605Smrg
301848b8605Smrg<h2>May 18, 2012</h2>
302848b8605Smrg
303848b8605Smrg<p>
304848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/8.0.3.html">Mesa 8.0.3</a> is released.
305848b8605SmrgThis is a bug fix release.
306848b8605Smrg</p>
307848b8605Smrg
308848b8605Smrg
309848b8605Smrg<h2>March 21, 2012</h2>
310848b8605Smrg
311848b8605Smrg<p>
312848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/8.0.2.html">Mesa 8.0.2</a> is released.
313848b8605SmrgThis is a bug fix release.
314848b8605Smrg</p>
315848b8605Smrg
316848b8605Smrg
317848b8605Smrg<h2>February 16, 2012</h2>
318848b8605Smrg
319848b8605Smrg<p>
320848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/8.0.1.html">Mesa 8.0.1</a> is released.  This is a bug fix
321848b8605Smrgrelease.  See the release notes for more information about the release.
322848b8605Smrg</p>
323848b8605Smrg
324848b8605Smrg<h2>February 9, 2012</h2>
325848b8605Smrg
326848b8605Smrg<p>
327848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/8.0.html">Mesa 8.0</a> is released.
328848b8605SmrgThis is the first version of Mesa to support OpenGL 3.0 and GLSL 1.30
329848b8605Smrg(with the i965 driver).
330848b8605SmrgSee the release notes for more information about the release.
331848b8605Smrg</p>
332848b8605Smrg
333848b8605Smrg
334848b8605Smrg<h2>November 27, 2011</h2>
335848b8605Smrg
336848b8605Smrg<p>
337848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.11.2.html">Mesa 7.11.2</a> is released.  This is a bug fix
338848b8605Smrgrelease.  This release was made primarily to fix build problems with 7.11.1 on
339848b8605SmrgMandriva and to fix problems related to glCopyTexImage to luminance-alpha
340848b8605Smrgtextures.  The later was believed to have been fixed in 7.11.1 but was not.
341848b8605Smrg</p>
342848b8605Smrg
343848b8605Smrg<h2>November 17, 2011</h2>
344848b8605Smrg
345848b8605Smrg<p>
346848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.11.1.html">Mesa 7.11.1</a> is released.  This is a bug
347848b8605Smrgfix release.
348848b8605Smrg</p>
349848b8605Smrg
350848b8605Smrg<h2>July 31, 2011</h2>
351848b8605Smrg
352848b8605Smrg<p>
353848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.11.html">Mesa 7.11</a> (final) is released.  This is a new
354848b8605Smrgdevelopment release.
355848b8605Smrg</p>
356848b8605Smrg
357848b8605Smrg<h2>June 13, 2011</h2>
358848b8605Smrg
359848b8605Smrg<p>
360848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.10.3.html">Mesa 7.10.3</a> is released.  This is a bug
361848b8605Smrgfix release.
362848b8605Smrg</p>
363848b8605Smrg
364848b8605Smrg<h2>April 6, 2011</h2>
365848b8605Smrg
366848b8605Smrg<p>
367848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.10.2.html">Mesa 7.10.2</a> is released.  This is a bug
368848b8605Smrgfix release.
369848b8605Smrg</p>
370848b8605Smrg
371848b8605Smrg<h2>March 2, 2011</h2>
372848b8605Smrg
373848b8605Smrg<p>
374848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.9.2.html">Mesa 7.9.2</a> and
375848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.10.1.html">Mesa 7.10.1</a> are released.  These are
376848b8605Smrgstable releases containing bug fixes since the 7.9.1 and 7.10 releases.
377848b8605Smrg</p>
378848b8605Smrg
379848b8605Smrg
380848b8605Smrg<h2>October 4, 2010</h2>
381848b8605Smrg
382848b8605Smrg<p>
383848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.9.html">Mesa 7.9</a> (final) is released.  This is a new
384848b8605Smrgdevelopment release.
385848b8605Smrg</p>
386848b8605Smrg
387848b8605Smrg
388848b8605Smrg<h2>September 27, 2010</h2>
389848b8605Smrg
390848b8605Smrg<p>
391848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.9.html">Mesa 7.9.0-rc1</a> is released.  This is a
392848b8605Smrgrelease candidate for the 7.9 development release.
393848b8605Smrg</p>
394848b8605Smrg
395848b8605Smrg
396848b8605Smrg<h2>June 16, 2010</h2>
397848b8605Smrg
398848b8605Smrg<p>
399848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.8.2.html">Mesa 7.8.2</a> is released.  This is a bug-fix
400848b8605Smrgrelease collecting fixes since the 7.8.1 release.
401848b8605Smrg</p>
402848b8605Smrg
403848b8605Smrg
404848b8605Smrg<h2>April 5, 2010</h2>
405848b8605Smrg
406848b8605Smrg<p>
407848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.8.1.html">Mesa 7.8.1</a> is released.  This is a bug-fix
408848b8605Smrgrelease for a few critical issues in the 7.8 release.
409848b8605Smrg</p>
410848b8605Smrg
411848b8605Smrg
412848b8605Smrg<h2>March 28, 2010</h2>
413848b8605Smrg<p>
414848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.7.1.html">Mesa 7.7.1</a> is released.  This is a bug-fix
415848b8605Smrgrelease fixing issues found in the 7.7 release.
416848b8605Smrg</p>
417848b8605Smrg<p>
418848b8605SmrgAlso, <a href="relnotes/7.8.html">Mesa 7.8</a> is released.  This is a new
419848b8605Smrgdevelopment release.
420848b8605Smrg</p>
421848b8605Smrg
422848b8605Smrg
423848b8605Smrg
424848b8605Smrg<h2>December 21, 2009</h2>
425848b8605Smrg<p>
426848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.6.1.html">Mesa 7.6.1</a> is released.  This is a bug-fix
427848b8605Smrgrelease fixing issues found in the 7.6 release.
428848b8605Smrg</p>
429848b8605Smrg<p>
430848b8605SmrgAlso, <a href="relnotes/7.7.html">Mesa 7.7</a> is released.  This is a new
431848b8605Smrgdevelopment release.
432848b8605Smrg</p>
433848b8605Smrg
434848b8605Smrg
435848b8605Smrg<h2>September 28, 2009</h2>
436848b8605Smrg<p>
437848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.6.html">Mesa 7.6</a> is released.  This is a new feature
438848b8605Smrgrelease.  Those especially concerned about stability may want to wait for the
439848b8605Smrgfollow-on 7.6.1 bug-fix release.
440848b8605Smrg</p>
441848b8605Smrg<p>
442848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.5.2.html">Mesa 7.5.2</a> is also released.
443848b8605SmrgThis is a stable release fixing bugs since the 7.5.1 release.
444848b8605Smrg</p>
445848b8605Smrg
446848b8605Smrg
447848b8605Smrg<h2>September 3, 2009</h2>
448848b8605Smrg<p>
449848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.5.1.html">Mesa 7.5.1</a> is released.
450848b8605SmrgThis is a bug-fix release which fixes bugs found in version 7.5.
451848b8605Smrg</p>
452848b8605Smrg
453848b8605Smrg
454848b8605Smrg<h2>July 17, 2009</h2>
455848b8605Smrg<p>
456848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.5.html">Mesa 7.5</a> is released.
457848b8605SmrgThis is a new features release.  People especially concerned about
458848b8605Smrgstability may want to wait for the follow-on 7.5.1 bug-fix release.
459848b8605Smrg</p>
460848b8605Smrg
461848b8605Smrg
462848b8605Smrg<h2>June 23, 2009</h2>
463848b8605Smrg<p>
464848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.4.4.html">Mesa 7.4.4</a> is released.
465848b8605SmrgThis is a stable release that fixes a regression in the i915/i965 drivers
466848b8605Smrgthat slipped into the 7.4.3 release.
467848b8605Smrg</p>
468848b8605Smrg
469848b8605Smrg
470848b8605Smrg<h2>June 19, 2009</h2>
471848b8605Smrg<p>
472848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.4.3.html">Mesa 7.4.3</a> is released.
473848b8605SmrgThis is a stable release fixing bugs since the 7.4.2 release.
474848b8605Smrg</p>
475848b8605Smrg
476848b8605Smrg
477848b8605Smrg<h2>May 15, 2009</h2>
478848b8605Smrg<p>
479848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.4.2.html">Mesa 7.4.2</a> is released.
480848b8605SmrgThis is a stable release fixing bugs since the 7.4.1 release.
481848b8605Smrg</p>
482848b8605Smrg
483848b8605Smrg
484848b8605Smrg<h2>April 18, 2009</h2>
485848b8605Smrg<p>
486848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.4.1.html">Mesa 7.4.1</a> is released.
487848b8605SmrgThis is a stable release fixing bugs since the 7.4 release.
488848b8605Smrg</p>
489848b8605Smrg
490848b8605Smrg
491848b8605Smrg<h2>March 27, 2009</h2>
492848b8605Smrg<p>
493848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.4.html">Mesa 7.4</a> is released.
494848b8605SmrgThis is a stable release fixing bugs since the 7.3 release.
495848b8605Smrg</p>
496848b8605Smrg
497848b8605Smrg
498848b8605Smrg<h2>January 22, 2009</h2>
499848b8605Smrg<p>
500848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.3.html">Mesa 7.3</a> is released.
501848b8605SmrgThis is a new development release.
502848b8605SmrgMesa 7.4 will follow and will have bug fixes relative to 7.3.
503848b8605Smrg</p>
504848b8605Smrg
505848b8605Smrg
506848b8605Smrg<h2>September 20, 2008</h2>
507848b8605Smrg<p>
508848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.2.html">Mesa 7.2</a> is released.
509848b8605SmrgThis is a stable, bug-fix release.
510848b8605Smrg</p>
511848b8605Smrg
512848b8605Smrg
513848b8605Smrg<h2>August 26, 2008</h2>
514848b8605Smrg<p>
515848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.1.html">Mesa 7.1</a> is released.
516848b8605SmrgThis is a new development release.
517848b8605SmrgIt should be relatively stable, but those especially concerned about
518848b8605Smrgstability should wait for the 7.2 release or use Mesa 7.0.4 (the
519848b8605Smrgprevious stable release).
520848b8605Smrg</p>
521848b8605Smrg
522848b8605Smrg
523848b8605Smrg<h2>August 16, 2008</h2>
524848b8605Smrg<p>
525848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.0.4.html">Mesa 7.0.4</a> is released.
526848b8605SmrgThis is a bug-fix release.
527848b8605Smrg</p>
528848b8605Smrg
529848b8605Smrg
530848b8605Smrg<h2>April 4, 2008</h2>
531848b8605Smrg<p>
532848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.0.3.html">Mesa 7.0.3</a> is released.
533848b8605SmrgThis is a bug-fix release.
534848b8605Smrg</p>
535848b8605Smrg
536848b8605Smrg
537848b8605Smrg<h2>January 24, 2008</h2>
538848b8605Smrg
539848b8605Smrg<p>
540848b8605SmrgAdded a new page describing the Mesa Cell driver.
541848b8605Smrg</p>
542848b8605Smrg
543848b8605Smrg
544848b8605Smrg
545848b8605Smrg<h2>November 13, 2007</h2>
546848b8605Smrg
547848b8605Smrg<p>
548848b8605SmrgGallium3D is the codename for the new Mesa device driver architecture
549848b8605Smrgwhich is currently under development.
550848b8605Smrg</p>
551848b8605Smrg<p>
552848b8605SmrgGallium3D development is taking place on the <em>gallium-0.1</em> branch
553848b8605Smrgof the git repository.
554848b8605SmrgCurrently, there's only a software-only driver and an Intel i915/945 driver
555848b8605Smrgbut other drivers will be coming...
556848b8605Smrg</p>
557848b8605Smrg
558848b8605Smrg
559848b8605Smrg<h2>November 10, 2007</h2>
560848b8605Smrg<p>
561848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.0.2.html">Mesa 7.0.2</a> is released.
562848b8605SmrgThis is a bug-fix release.
563848b8605Smrg</p>
564848b8605Smrg
565848b8605Smrg
566848b8605Smrg<h2>August 3, 2007</h2>
567848b8605Smrg<p>
568848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.0.1.html">Mesa 7.0.1</a> is released.
569848b8605SmrgThis is a bug-fix release.
570848b8605Smrg</p>
571848b8605Smrg
572848b8605Smrg
573848b8605Smrg<h2>June 22, 2007</h2>
574848b8605Smrg<p>
575848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/7.0.html">Mesa 7.0</a> is released.
576848b8605SmrgThis is a stable release featuring OpenGL 2.1 support.
577848b8605Smrg</p>
578848b8605Smrg
579848b8605Smrg
580848b8605Smrg<h2>April 27, 2007</h2>
581848b8605Smrg<p>
582848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/6.5.3.html">Mesa 6.5.3</a> is released.
583848b8605SmrgThis is a development release which will lead up to the Mesa 7.0 release
584848b8605Smrg(which will advertise OpenGL 2.1 API support).
585848b8605Smrg</p>
586848b8605Smrg
587848b8605Smrg
588848b8605Smrg<h2>March 26, 2007</h2>
589848b8605Smrg<p>
590848b8605SmrgThe new Shading Language compiler branch has been merged into the git
591848b8605Smrgmaster branch.  This is a step toward hardware support for the OpenGL
592848b8605Smrg2.0 Shading Language and will be included in the next Mesa release.
593848b8605SmrgIn conjunction, <a href="http://glean.sf.net">Glean</a> has been updated
594848b8605Smrgwith a new test that does over 130 tests of the
595848b8605Smrgshading language and built-in functions.
596848b8605Smrg</p>
597848b8605Smrg
598848b8605Smrg<h2>April 2007</h2>
599848b8605Smrg<p>
600848b8605SmrgThomas Hellstr&ouml;m of Tungsten Graphics has written a whitepaper
601848b8605Smrgdescribing the new DRI memory management system.
602848b8605Smrg</p>
603848b8605Smrg
604848b8605Smrg<h2>December 5, 2006</h2>
605848b8605Smrg<p>
606848b8605SmrgMesa is now using git as its source code management system.
607848b8605SmrgThe previous CVS repository should no longer be used.
608848b8605SmrgSee the <a href="repository.html">repository page</a> for more information.
609848b8605Smrg</p>
610848b8605Smrg
611848b8605Smrg<h2>December 2, 2006</h2>
612848b8605Smrg<p>
613848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/6.5.2.html">Mesa 6.5.2</a> has been released.
614848b8605SmrgThis is a new development release.
615848b8605Smrg</p>
616848b8605Smrg
617848b8605Smrg<h2>September 15, 2006</h2>
618848b8605Smrg<p>
619848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/6.5.1.html">Mesa 6.5.1</a> has been released.
620848b8605SmrgThis is a new development release.
621848b8605Smrg</p>
622848b8605Smrg
623848b8605Smrg<h2>March 31, 2006</h2>
624848b8605Smrg<p>
625848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/6.5.html">Mesa 6.5</a> has been released.
626848b8605SmrgThis is a new development release.
627848b8605Smrg</p>
628848b8605Smrg
629848b8605Smrg
630848b8605Smrg<h2>February 2, 2006</h2>
631848b8605Smrg<p>
632848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/6.4.2.html">Mesa 6.4.2</a> has been released.
633848b8605SmrgThis is stable, bug-fix release.
634848b8605Smrg</p>
635848b8605Smrg
636848b8605Smrg
637848b8605Smrg<h2>November 29, 2005</h2>
638848b8605Smrg<p>
639848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/6.4.1.html">Mesa 6.4.1</a> has been released.
640848b8605SmrgThis is stable, bug-fix release.
641848b8605Smrg</p>
642848b8605Smrg
643848b8605Smrg
644848b8605Smrg
645848b8605Smrg<h2>October 24, 2005</h2>
646848b8605Smrg<p>
647848b8605Smrg<a href="relnotes/6.4.html">Mesa 6.4</a> has been released.
648848b8605SmrgThis is stable, bug-fix release.
649848b8605Smrg</p>
650848b8605Smrg
651848b8605Smrg
652848b8605Smrg<h2>August 19, 2005</h2>
653848b8605Smrg<p>
654848b8605SmrgMesa 6.3.2 has been released.
655848b8605SmrgNote: there was no public release of version 6.3.1.
656848b8605Smrg</p>
657848b8605Smrg<a href="versions.html#6.3.2">Changes in version 6.3.1</a>
658848b8605Smrg<p>
659848b8605SmrgThe MD5 checksums are:
660848b8605Smrg</p>
661848b8605Smrg<pre>
662848b8605Smrg98192e45ed8d69113688f89f90869346  MesaLib-6.3.2.tar.gz
663848b8605Smrg0df27701df0924d17ddf41185efa8ce1  MesaLib-6.3.2.tar.bz2
664848b8605Smrgccb2423aab77fc7e81ce628734586140  MesaLib-6.3.2.zip
665848b8605Smrg9d0fca0a7d051c34a0b485423fb3e85d  MesaDemos-6.3.2.tar.gz
666848b8605Smrg96708868450c188205e42229b5d813c4  MesaDemos-6.3.2.tar.bz2
667848b8605Smrgc5102501e609aa8996d832fafacb8ab9  MesaDemos-6.3.2.zip
668848b8605Smrg</pre>
669848b8605Smrg
670848b8605Smrg
671848b8605Smrg<h2>July 20, 2005</h2>
672848b8605Smrg<p>
673848b8605SmrgMesa 6.3 has been released.
674848b8605SmrgThis is a development release with new features, changes and bug fixes.
675848b8605Smrg</p>
676848b8605Smrg<pre>
677848b8605Smrg    New:
678848b8605Smrg	- GL_EXT_framebuffer_object extension
679848b8605Smrg	- GL_ARB_draw_buffers extension
680848b8605Smrg	- GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object extension
681848b8605Smrg	- GL_OES_read_format extension (Ian Romanick)
682848b8605Smrg	- DirectFB driver (Claudio Ciccani)
683848b8605Smrg	- x86_64 vertex transformation code (Mikko T.)
684848b8605Smrg    Changes:
685848b8605Smrg	- added -stereo option for glxgears demo (Jacek Rosik)
686848b8605Smrg	- updated the PBuffer demo code in xdemos/ directory
687848b8605Smrg	- glDeleteTextures/Programs/Buffers() now makes the object ID
688848b8605Smrg	  available for immediate re-use
689848b8605Smrg	- assorted 64-bit clean-ups fixes (x86_64 and Win64)
690848b8605Smrg	- lots of internal changes for GL_EXT_framebuffer_object
691848b8605Smrg    Bug fixes:
692848b8605Smrg	- some functions didn't support PBO functionality
693848b8605Smrg	- glGetTexImage didn't convert color index images to RGBA as required
694848b8605Smrg	- fragment program texcoords were sometimes wrong for points and lines
695848b8605Smrg	- fixed problem with negative dot product in arbfplight, fplight demos
696848b8605Smrg	- fixed bug in perspective correction of antialiased, textured lines
697848b8605Smrg	- querying GL_POST_CONVOLUTION_ALPHA_BIAS_EXT returned wrong value
698848b8605Smrg	- fixed a couple per-pixel fog bugs (Soju Matsumoto)
699848b8605Smrg	- glGetBooleanv(GL_FRAGMENT_PROGRAM_BINDING_NV) was broken
700848b8605Smrg	- fixed float parsing bug in ARB frag/vert programs (bug 2520)
701848b8605Smrg	- XMesaGetDepthBuffer() returned incorrect value for bytesPerValue
702848b8605Smrg	- GL_COLOR_MATERIAL with glColor3 didn't properly set diffuse alpha
703848b8605Smrg	- glXChooseFBConfig() crashed if attribList pointer was NULL
704848b8605Smrg	- program state.light[n].spot.direction.w was wrong value (bug 3083)
705848b8605Smrg	- fragment program fog option required glEnable(GL_FOG) - wrong.
706848b8605Smrg	- glColorTable() could produce a Mesa implementation error (bug 3135)
707848b8605Smrg	- RasterPos could get corrupted by color index rendering path
708848b8605Smrg	- Removed bad XTranslateCoordinates call when rendering to Pixmaps
709848b8605Smrg	- glPopAttrib() didn't properly restore GL_TEXTURE_GEN enable state
710848b8605Smrg	- fixed a few Darwin compilation problems
711848b8605Smrg</pre>
712848b8605Smrg<p>
713848b8605SmrgThe MD5 checksums are:
714848b8605Smrg</p>
715848b8605Smrg<pre>
716848b8605Smrg0236f552d37514776945d5a013e5bb7b  MesaLib-6.3.tar.gz
717848b8605Smrg60e1a8f78c4a8c7750a1e95753190986  MesaLib-6.3.tar.bz2
718848b8605Smrgca7c950fbace68c70caa822322db7223  MesaLib-6.3.zip
719848b8605Smrg25ea801645b376c014051804fe4974b2  MesaDemos-6.3.tar.gz
720848b8605Smrg9248e74872ea88c57ec25c900c295057  MesaDemos-6.3.tar.bz2
721848b8605Smrg8537dfa734ef258dcc7272097558d434  MesaDemos-6.3.zip
722848b8605Smrg</pre>
723848b8605Smrg
724848b8605Smrg
725848b8605Smrg<h2>December 9, 2004</h2>
726848b8605Smrg<p>
727848b8605SmrgMesa 6.2.1 has been released.
728848b8605SmrgThis is a stable release which just fixes bugs since the 6.2 release.
729848b8605Smrg</p>
730848b8605Smrg<pre>
731848b8605Smrg    Bug fixes:
732848b8605Smrg	- don't apply regular fog or color sum when using a fragment program
733848b8605Smrg	- glProgramEnvParameter4fARB always generated an error on
734848b8605Smrg	  GL_FRAGMENT_PROGRAM_ARB (fdo bug 1645)
735848b8605Smrg	- glVertexAttrib3svNV and glVertexAttrib3svARB were broken
736848b8605Smrg	- fixed width/height mix-up in glSeparableFilter2D()
737848b8605Smrg	- fixed regression in glCopyPixels + convolution
738848b8605Smrg	- glReadPixels from a clipped front color buffer didn't always work
739848b8605Smrg	- glTexImage didn't accept GL_RED/GREEN/BLUE as the format
740848b8605Smrg	- Attempting queries/accesses of VBO 0 weren't detected as errors
741848b8605Smrg	- paletted textures failed if the palette had fewer than 256 entries
742848b8605Smrg    Changes:
743848b8605Smrg	- fixed a bunch of compiler warnings found with gcc 3.4
744848b8605Smrg	- bug reports should to go bugzilla.freedesktop.org
745848b8605Smrg</pre>
746848b8605Smrg<p>
747848b8605SmrgThe MD5 checksums are:
748848b8605Smrg</p>
749848b8605Smrg<pre>
750848b8605Smrg80008a92f6e055d3bfdde2cf331ec3fa  MesaLib-6.2.1.tar.gz
751848b8605Smrgf43228cd2bf70f583ef3275c1c545421  MesaLib-6.2.1.tar.bz2
752848b8605Smrgdec26cfd40116ad021020fea2d94f652  MesaLib-6.2.1.zip
753848b8605Smrg2c7af3c986a7571c8713c8bfee7e49e3  MesaDemos-6.2.1.tar.gz
754848b8605Smrg3cac74667b50bcbd4f67f594fb4224a2  MesaDemos-6.2.1.tar.bz2
755848b8605Smrg75b3edd12eb2b370caf05f29b99e508a  MesaDemos-6.2.1.zip
756848b8605Smrg</pre>
757848b8605Smrg
758848b8605Smrg
759848b8605Smrg<h2>October 2, 2004</h2>
760848b8605Smrg<p>
761848b8605SmrgMesa 6.2 has been released.
762848b8605SmrgThis is a stable release which just fixes bugs since the 6.1 release.
763848b8605Smrg</p>
764848b8605Smrg<pre>
765848b8605Smrg    New:
766848b8605Smrg	- enabled GL_ARB_texture_rectangle (same as GL_NV_texture_rectangle)
767848b8605Smrg	- updated Doxygen support (Jose Fonseca)
768848b8605Smrg    Changes:
769848b8605Smrg	- some GGI driver updates (Christoph Egger, bug 1025977)
770848b8605Smrg    Bug fixes:
771848b8605Smrg	- Omit GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two from list of OpenGL 1.5 features
772848b8605Smrg	- fixed a few compilation issues on IRIX
773848b8605Smrg	- fixed a matrix classification bug (reported by Wes Bethel)
774848b8605Smrg	- we weren't reseting the vertex/fragment program error state
775848b8605Smrg	  before parsing (Dave Reveman)
776848b8605Smrg	- adjust texcoords for sampling texture rectangles (Dave Reveman)
777848b8605Smrg	- glGet*(GL_MAX_VERTEX_ATTRIBS_ARB) wasn't implemented
778848b8605Smrg	- repeated calls to glDeleteTexture(t) could lead to a crash
779848b8605Smrg	- fixed potential ref count bugs in VBOs and vertex/fragment programs
780848b8605Smrg	- spriteblast demo didn't handle window size changes correctly
781848b8605Smrg	- glTexSubImage didn't handle pixels=NULL correctly for PBOs
782848b8605Smrg	- fixed color index mode glDrawPixels bug (Karl Schultz)
783848b8605Smrg</pre>
784848b8605Smrg<p>
785848b8605SmrgThe MD5 checksums are:
786848b8605Smrg</p>
787848b8605Smrg<pre>
788848b8605Smrg9e8f34b059272dbb8e1f2c968b33bbf0  MesaLib-6.2.tar.gz
789848b8605Smrg3d6a6362390b6a37d3cb2e615f3ac7db  MesaLib-6.2.tar.bz2
790848b8605Smrg6cfd7895d28e695c0dbbed9469564091  MesaLib-6.2.zip
791848b8605Smrg3e06e33b0809f09855cb60883b8bdfef  MesaDemos-6.2.tar.gz
792848b8605Smrg9d160009c3dfdb35fe7e4088c9ba8f85  MesaDemos-6.2.tar.bz2
793848b8605Smrg856f7ec947122eb3c8985ebc2f654dcd  MesaDemos-6.2.zip
794848b8605Smrg</pre>
795848b8605Smrg
796848b8605Smrg
797848b8605Smrg<h2>August 18, 2004</h2>
798848b8605Smrg<p>
799848b8605SmrgMesa 6.1 has been released.
800848b8605SmrgThis is a new development release (version 6.2 will be a stabilization
801848b8605Smrgrelease).
802848b8605Smrg</p>
803848b8605Smrg<pre>
804848b8605Smrg    New:
805848b8605Smrg	- Revamped Makefile system
806848b8605Smrg	- glXUseRotatedXFont() utility (see xdemos/xuserotfont.c)
807848b8605Smrg	- internal driver interface changes related to texture object
808848b8605Smrg	  allocation, vertex/fragment programs, BlendEquationSeparate, etc.
809848b8605Smrg	- option to walk triangle edges with double-precision floats
810848b8605Smrg	  (Justin Novosad of Discreet) (see config.h file)
811848b8605Smrg	- support for AUX buffers in software GLX driver
812848b8605Smrg	- updated glext.h to version 24 and glxext.h to version 6
813848b8605Smrg	- new MESA_GLX_FORCE_ALPHA and MESA_GLX_DEPTH_BITS env vars
814848b8605Smrg	- updated BeOS support (Philippe Houdoin)
815848b8605Smrg    Changes:
816848b8605Smrg	- fragment fog interpolation is perspective corrected now
817848b8605Smrg	- new glTexImage code, much cleaner, may be a bit faster
818848b8605Smrg    Bug fixes:
819848b8605Smrg	- glArrayElement in display lists didn't handle generic vertex attribs
820848b8605Smrg	- glFogCoord didn't always work properly
821848b8605Smrg	- ARB_fragment_program fog options didn't work
822848b8605Smrg	- frag prog TEX instruction no longer incorrectly divides s,t,r by q
823848b8605Smrg	- ARB frag prog TEX and TEXP instructions now use LOD=0
824848b8605Smrg	- glTexEnviv in display lists didn't work
825848b8605Smrg	- glRasterPos didn't do texgen or apply texture matrix
826848b8605Smrg	- GL_DOUBLE-valued vertex arrays were broken in some cases
827848b8605Smrg	- fixed texture rectangle edge/border sampling bugs
828848b8605Smrg	- sampling an incomplete texture in a fragment program would segfault
829848b8605Smrg	- glTexImage was missing a few error checks
830848b8605Smrg	- fixed some minor glGetTexParameter glitches
831848b8605Smrg	- GL_INTENSITY was mistakenly accepted as a &lt;format&gt; to glTexImage
832848b8605Smrg	- fragment program writes to RC/HC register were broken
833848b8605Smrg	- fixed a few glitches in GL_HP_occlusion_test extension
834848b8605Smrg	- glBeginQueryARB and glEndQueryARB didn't work inside display lists
835848b8605Smrg	- vertex program state references were broken
836848b8605Smrg	- fixed triangle color interpolation bug on AIX (Shane Blackett)
837848b8605Smrg	- fixed a number of minor memory leaks (bug #1002030)
838848b8605Smrg</pre>
839848b8605Smrg<p>
840848b8605SmrgThe MD5 checksums are:
841848b8605Smrg</p>
842848b8605Smrg<pre>
843848b8605Smrgc9284d295ebcd2e0486cc3cd54e5863c  MesaLib-6.1.tar.gz
844848b8605Smrg5de1f53ec0709f60fc68fdfed57351f3  MesaLib-6.1.tar.bz2
845848b8605Smrg483e77cac4789a5d36c42f3c0136d6d8  MesaLib-6.1.zip
846848b8605Smrg8c46cfa6f9732acc6f6c25724aad0246  MesaDemos-6.1.tar.gz
847848b8605Smrg89bfe0f6c69b39fd0ebd9fff481a4e9b  MesaDemos-6.1.tar.bz2
848848b8605Smrg161268531fcc6f0c5a056430ee97e0c1  MesaDemos-6.1.zip
849848b8605Smrg</pre>
850848b8605Smrg
851848b8605Smrg
852848b8605Smrg
853848b8605Smrg<h2>April 2, 2004</h2>
854848b8605Smrg
855848b8605Smrg<p>
856848b8605SmrgMesa 6.0.1 has been released.
857848b8605SmrgThis release basically just fixes bugs since the 6.0. release.
858848b8605Smrg</p>
859848b8605Smrg<pre>
860848b8605Smrg    New:
861848b8605Smrg	- upgraded glext.h to version 22
862848b8605Smrg	- new build targets (Dan Schikore)
863848b8605Smrg	- new linux-x86-opteron build target (Heath Feather)
864848b8605Smrg    Bug fixes:
865848b8605Smrg	- glBindProgramARB didn't update all necessary state
866848b8605Smrg	- fixed build problems on OpenBSD
867848b8605Smrg	- omit CVS directories from tarballs
868848b8605Smrg	- glGetTexImage(GL_COLOR_INDEX) was broken
869848b8605Smrg	- fixed an infinite loop in t&amp;l module
870848b8605Smrg	- silenced some valgrind warnings about using unitialized memory
871848b8605Smrg	- fixed some compilation/link glitches on IRIX (Mike Stephens)
872848b8605Smrg	- glBindProgram wasn't getting compiled into display lists
873848b8605Smrg	- GLX_FBCONFIG_ID wasn't recognized in glXChooseFBConfig() (bug 888079)
874848b8605Smrg	- two-sided lighting and vertex program didn't work (bug 887330)
875848b8605Smrg	- stores to program parameter registers in vertex state programs
876848b8605Smrg	  didn't work.
877848b8605Smrg	- fixed glOrtho bug found with gcc 3.2.2 (RH9)
878848b8605Smrg	- glXCreateWindow() wasn't fully implemented (bug 890894)
879848b8605Smrg	- generic vertex attribute arrays didn't work in display lists
880848b8605Smrg	- vertex buffer objects' default usage and access fields were wrong
881848b8605Smrg	- glDrawArrays with start!=0 was broken
882848b8605Smrg	- fragment program PK2H, UP2H, UP4B and UP4UB instructions were broken
883848b8605Smrg	- linux-osmesa16-static config didn't work
884848b8605Smrg	- fixed a few color index rendering problems (bug 910687)
885848b8605Smrg	- glInterleavedArrays didn't respect GL_CLIENT_ACTIVE_TEXTURE
886848b8605Smrg	- OSMesa RGB and BGR modes were broken
887848b8605Smrg	- glProgramStringARB mistakenly required a null-terminated string
888848b8605Smrg	- fragment program XPD instruction was incorrect
889848b8605Smrg	- glGetMaterial() didn't work reliably
890848b8605Smrg</pre>
891848b8605Smrg<p>
892848b8605SmrgThe MD5 checksums are:
893848b8605Smrg</p>
894848b8605Smrg<pre>
895848b8605Smrg011be0e79666c7a6eb9693fbf9348653  MesaLib-6.0.1.tar.gz
896848b8605Smrgb7f14088c5c2f14490d2739a91102112  MesaLib-6.0.1.tar.bz2
897848b8605Smrgbf0510cf0a2b87d64cdd317eca3f1db1  MesaLib-6.0.1.zip
898848b8605Smrgb7b648599e0aaee1c4ffc554a2a9139e  MesaDemos-6.0.1.tar.gz
899848b8605Smrgdd6aadfd9ca8e1cfa90c6ee492bc6f43  MesaDemos-6.0.1.tar.bz2
900848b8605Smrgeff71d59c211825e949199852f5a2316  MesaDemos-6.0.1.zip
901848b8605Smrg</pre>
902848b8605Smrg
903848b8605Smrg
904848b8605Smrg<h2>January 16, 2004</h2>
905848b8605Smrg
906848b8605Smrg<p>
907848b8605SmrgMesa 6.0 has been released.  This is a stabilization of the 5.1 release
908848b8605Smrgand primarily just incorporates bug fixes.
909848b8605Smrg</p>
910848b8605Smrg<pre>
911848b8605Smrg    New:
912848b8605Smrg	- full OpenGL 1.5 support
913848b8605Smrg	- updated GL/glext.h file to version 21
914848b8605Smrg    Changes:
915848b8605Smrg	- changed max framebuffer size to 4Kx4K (MAX_WIDTH/HEIGHT in config.h)
916848b8605Smrg    Bug fixes:
917848b8605Smrg	- fixed bug in UNCLAMPED_FLOAT_TO_UBYTE macro; solves a color
918848b8605Smrg	  clamping issue
919848b8605Smrg	- updated suno5-gcc configs
920848b8605Smrg	- glColor3 functions sometimes resulted in undefined alpha values
921848b8605Smrg	- fixed FP divide by zero error seen on VMS with xlockmore, others
922848b8605Smrg	- fixed vertex/fragment program debug problem (bug 873011)
923848b8605Smrg	- building on AIX with gcc works now
924848b8605Smrg	- glDeleteProgramsARB failed for ARB fragment programs (bug 876160)
925848b8605Smrg	- glDrawRangeElements tried to modify potentially read-only storage
926848b8605Smrg	- updated files for building on Windows
927848b8605Smrg</pre>
928848b8605Smrg
929848b8605Smrg
930848b8605Smrg<h2>December 28, 2003</h2>
931848b8605Smrg
932848b8605Smrg<p>
933848b8605SmrgThe Mesa CVS server has been moved to <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org">
934848b8605Smrgfreedesktop.org</a> because of problems with SourceForge's anonymous
935848b8605SmrgCVS service.
936848b8605Smrg</p>
937848b8605Smrg
938848b8605Smrg
939848b8605Smrg<h2>December 17, 2003</h2>
940848b8605Smrg
941848b8605Smrg<p>
942848b8605SmrgMesa 5.1 has been released.  This is a new development release.
943848b8605SmrgMesa 6.0 will be the next stable release and will support all
944848b8605SmrgOpenGL 1.5 features.
945848b8605Smrg</p>
946848b8605Smrg<pre>
947848b8605Smrg    New features:
948848b8605Smrg	- reorganized directory tree
949848b8605Smrg	- GL_ARB_vertex/fragment_program extensions (Michal Krol &amp; Karl Rasche)
950848b8605Smrg	- GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3 extension (Ian Romanick)
951848b8605Smrg	- GL_SGI_texture_color_table extension (Eric Plante)
952848b8605Smrg	- GL_NV_fragment_program extension
953848b8605Smrg	- GL_NV_light_max_exponent extension
954848b8605Smrg	- GL_EXT_texture_rectangle (identical to GL_NV_texture_rectangle)
955848b8605Smrg	- GL_ARB_occlusion_query extension
956848b8605Smrg	- GL_ARB_point_sprite extension
957848b8605Smrg	- GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two extension
958848b8605Smrg	- GL_IBM_multimode_draw_arrays extension
959848b8605Smrg	- GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp extension (Ian Romanick)
960848b8605Smrg	- GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object extension
961848b8605Smrg	- new X86 feature detection code (Petr Sebor)
962848b8605Smrg	- less memory used for display lists and vertex buffers
963848b8605Smrg	- demo of per-pixel lighting with a fragment program (demos/fplight.c)
964848b8605Smrg	- new version (18) of glext.h header
965848b8605Smrg	- new spriteblast.c demo of GL_ARB_point_sprite
966848b8605Smrg	- faster glDrawPixels in X11 driver in some cases (see relnotes/5.1)
967848b8605Smrg	- faster glCopyPixels in X11 driver in some cases (see relnotes/5.1)
968848b8605Smrg    Bug fixes:
969848b8605Smrg	- really enable OpenGL 1.4 features in DOS driver.
970848b8605Smrg	- fixed issues in glDrawPixels and glCopyPixels for very wide images
971848b8605Smrg	- glPixelMapf/ui/usv()'s size parameter is GLsizei, not GLint
972848b8605Smrg	- fixed some texgen bugs reported by Daniel Borca
973848b8605Smrg	- fixed wglMakeCurrent(NULL, NULL) bug (#835861)
974848b8605Smrg	- fixed glTexSubImage3D z-offset bug (Cedric Gautier)
975848b8605Smrg	- fixed RGBA blend enable bug (Ville Syrjala)
976848b8605Smrg	- glAccum is supposed to be a no-op in selection/feedback mode
977848b8605Smrg	- fixed texgen bug #597589 (John Popplewell)
978848b8605Smrg    Changes:
979848b8605Smrg	- dropped API trace feature (src/Trace/)
980848b8605Smrg	- documentation overhaul.  merged with website content.  more html.
981848b8605Smrg	- glxgears.c demo updated to use GLX swap rate extensions
982848b8605Smrg	- glTexImage1/2/3D now allows width/height/depth = 0
983848b8605Smrg	- disable SPARC asm code on Linux (bug 852204)
984848b8605Smrg</pre>
985848b8605Smrg<p>
986848b8605SmrgThe MD5 checksums are:
987848b8605Smrg</p>
988848b8605Smrg<pre>
989848b8605Smrg78f452f6c55478471a744f07147612b5  MesaLib-5.1.tar.gz
990848b8605Smrg67b3b8d3f7f4c8c44904551b851d01af  MesaLib-5.1.tar.bz2
991848b8605Smrg6dd19ffa750ec7f634e370a987505c9d  MesaLib-5.1.zip
992848b8605Smrge0214d4ebb22409dfa9262f2b52fd828  MesaDemos-5.1.tar.gz
993848b8605Smrg066c9aff4fd924405de1ae9bad5ec9a7  MesaDemos-5.1.tar.bz2
994848b8605Smrgd2b5ba32b53e0ad0576c637a4cc1fb41  MesaDemos-5.1.zip
995848b8605Smrg</pre>
996848b8605Smrg
997848b8605Smrg
998848b8605Smrg<H2>November 12, 2003</H2>
999848b8605Smrg
1000848b8605Smrg<p>
1001848b8605SmrgNew Mesa 5.0.2 tarballs have been uploaded to SourceForge which fix a
1002848b8605Smrgnumber of automake/libtool problems.
1003848b8605Smrg</p>
1004848b8605Smrg<p>
1005848b8605SmrgThe new MD5 checksums are:
1006848b8605Smrg</p>
1007848b8605Smrg<pre>
1008848b8605Smrga9dcf3ff9ad1b7d6ce73a0df7cff8b5b  MesaLib-5.0.2.tar.gz
1009848b8605Smrg7b4bf9261657c2fca03796d4955e6f50  MesaLib-5.0.2.tar.bz2
1010848b8605Smrg79c141bddcbad557647535d02194f346  MesaLib-5.0.2.zip
1011848b8605Smrg952d9dc823dd818981d1a648d7b2668a  MesaDemos-5.0.2.tar.gz
1012848b8605Smrgb81fafff90995025d2f25ea02b786642  MesaDemos-5.0.2.tar.bz2
1013848b8605Smrga21be975589e8a2d1871b6bb7874fffa  MesaDemos-5.0.2.zip
1014848b8605Smrg</pre>
1015848b8605Smrg
1016848b8605Smrg
1017848b8605Smrg<h2>September 5, 2003</h2>
1018848b8605Smrg
1019848b8605Smrg<p>
1020848b8605SmrgMesa 5.0.2 has been released.  This is a stable, bug-fix release.
1021848b8605Smrg</p>
1022848b8605Smrg<pre>
1023848b8605Smrg    Bug fixes:
1024848b8605Smrg	- fixed texgen problem causing texcoord's Q to be zero (stex3d)
1025848b8605Smrg	- default GL_TEXTURE_COMPARE_MODE_ARB was wrong
1026848b8605Smrg	- GL_CURRENT_MATRIX_NV query was wrong
1027848b8605Smrg	- GL_CURRENT_MATRIX_STACK_DEPTH_NV query was off by one
1028848b8605Smrg	- GL_LIST_MODE query wasn't correct
1029848b8605Smrg	- GL_FOG_COORDINATE_SOURCE_EXT query wasn't supported
1030848b8605Smrg	- GL_SECONDARY_COLOR_ARRAY_SIZE_EXT query returned wrong value
1031848b8605Smrg	- blended, wide lines didn't always work correctly (bug 711595)
1032848b8605Smrg	- glVertexAttrib4svNV w component was always 1
1033848b8605Smrg	- fixed bug in GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip (missing return)
1034848b8605Smrg	- GL_DEPTH_TEXTURE_MODE = GL_ALPHA didn't work correctly
1035848b8605Smrg	- a few Solaris compilation fixes
1036848b8605Smrg	- fixed glClear() problem for DRI drivers (non-existant stencil, etc)
1037848b8605Smrg	- fixed int/REAL mixup in GLU NURBS curve evaluator (Eric Cazeaux)
1038848b8605Smrg	- fixed delete [] bug in SI GLU (bug 721765) (Diego Santa Cruz)
1039848b8605Smrg	- glFog() didn't clamp fog colors
1040848b8605Smrg	- fixed bad float/int conversion for GL_TEXTURE_PRIORITY in the
1041848b8605Smrg	  gl[Get]TexParameteri[v] functions
1042848b8605Smrg	- fixed invalid memory references in glTexGen functions (bug 781602)
1043848b8605Smrg	- integer-valued color arrays weren't handled correctly
1044848b8605Smrg	- glDrawPixels(GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT) with glPixelZoom didn't work
1045848b8605Smrg	- GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias is part of 1.4, overlooked in 5.0.1
1046848b8605Smrg    Changes:
1047848b8605Smrg	- build GLUT with -fexceptions so C++ apps propogate exceptions
1048848b8605Smrg</pre>
1049848b8605Smrg
1050848b8605Smrg
1051848b8605Smrg<h2>June 2003</h2>
1052848b8605Smrg
1053848b8605Smrg<p>
1054848b8605SmrgMesa's directory tree has been overhauled.
1055848b8605SmrgThings are better organized now with some thought toward future needs.
1056848b8605Smrg</p>
1057848b8605Smrg<p>
1058848b8605SmrgIn CVS, the latest Mesa 5.1 development code is now rooted under the
1059848b8605Smrg<b>Mesa-newtree/</b> directory.  The old top-level <b>Mesa/</b> directory
1060848b8605Smrgholds the Mesa 5.0.x code which will be abandoned at some point.
1061848b8605Smrg</p>
1062848b8605Smrg
1063848b8605Smrg
1064848b8605Smrg<h2>March 30, 2003</h2>
1065848b8605Smrg
1066848b8605Smrg<p>
1067848b8605SmrgMesa 5.0.1 has been released.  This is a stable, bug-fix release.
1068848b8605Smrg</p>
1069848b8605Smrg<pre>
1070848b8605Smrg    New:
1071848b8605Smrg	- DOS driver updates from Daniel Borca
1072848b8605Smrg	- updated GL/gl_mangle.h file (Bill Hoffman)
1073848b8605Smrg    Bug fixes:
1074848b8605Smrg	- auto mipmap generation for cube maps was broken (bug 641363)
1075848b8605Smrg	- writing/clearing software alpha channels was unreliable
1076848b8605Smrg	- minor compilation fixes for OS/2 (Evgeny Kotsuba)
1077848b8605Smrg	- fixed some bad assertions found with shadowtex demo
1078848b8605Smrg	- fixed error checking bug in glCopyTexSubImage2D (bug 659020)
1079848b8605Smrg	- glRotate(angle, -x, 0, 0) was incorrect (bug 659677)
1080848b8605Smrg	- fixed potential segfault in texture object validation (bug 659012)
1081848b8605Smrg	- fixed some bogus code in _mesa_test_os_sse_exception_support (Linus)
1082848b8605Smrg	- fix fog stride bug in tnl code for h/w drivers (Michel Danzer)
1083848b8605Smrg	- fixed glActiveTexture / glMatrixMode(GL_TEXTURE) bug (#669080)
1084848b8605Smrg	- glGet(GL_CURRENT_SECONDARY_COLOR) should return 4 values, not 3
1085848b8605Smrg	- fixed compilation problem on Solaris7/x86 (bug 536406)
1086848b8605Smrg	- fixed prefetch bug in 3DNow! code (Felix Kuhling)
1087848b8605Smrg	- fixed NeXT build problem (FABSF macro)
1088848b8605Smrg	- glDrawPixels Z values when glPixelZoom!=1 were invalid (bug 687811)
1089848b8605Smrg	- zoomed glDraw/CopyPixels with clipping sometimes failed (bug 689964)
1090848b8605Smrg	- AA line and triangle Z values are now rounded, not truncated
1091848b8605Smrg	- fixed color interpolation bug when GLchan==GLfloat (bug 694461)
1092848b8605Smrg	- glArePrograms/TexturesResident() wasn't 100% correct (Jose Fonseca)
1093848b8605Smrg	- fixed a minor GL_COLOR_MATERIAL bug
1094848b8605Smrg	- NV vertex program EXP instruction was broken
1095848b8605Smrg	- glColorMask misbehaved with X window / pixmap rendering
1096848b8605Smrg	- fix autoconf/libtool GLU C++ linker problem on Linux (a total hack)
1097848b8605Smrg	- attempt to fix GGI compilation problem when MesaDemos not present
1098848b8605Smrg	- NV vertex program ARL-relative fetches didn't work
1099848b8605Smrg    Changes:
1100848b8605Smrg	- use glPolygonOffset in gloss demo to avoid z-fighting artifacts
1101848b8605Smrg	- updated winpos and pointblast demos to use ARB extensions
1102848b8605Smrg	- disable SPARC normal transformation code (bug 673938)
1103848b8605Smrg	- GLU fixes for OS/2 (Evgeny Kotsuba)
1104848b8605Smrg</pre>
1105848b8605Smrg<p>
1106848b8605SmrgMD5 checksums follow:
1107848b8605Smrg</p>
1108848b8605Smrg<pre>
1109848b8605Smrgb80f8b5d53a3e9f19b9fde5af0c542f0  MesaLib-5.0.1.tar.gz
1110848b8605Smrg513b4bbd7d38951f05027179063d876b  MesaLib-5.0.1.tar.bz2
1111848b8605Smrgeebd395678f4520d33b267e5d5c22651  MesaLib-5.0.1.zip
1112848b8605Smrg49d7feaec6dc1d2091d7c3cc72a9b320  MesaDemos-5.0.1.tar.gz
1113848b8605Smrg37190374a98c3c892f0698be9ca3acf0  MesaDemos-5.0.1.tar.bz2
1114848b8605Smrgbecd8bf17f5791361b4a54ba2a78e5c9  MesaDemos-5.0.1.zip
1115848b8605Smrg</pre>
1116848b8605Smrg
1117848b8605Smrg
1118848b8605Smrg
1119848b8605Smrg<h2>March 7, 2003</h2>
1120848b8605Smrg<p>
1121848b8605SmrgWebsite and documentation overhaul.
1122848b8605Smrg</p>
1123848b8605Smrg<p>
1124848b8605SmrgThe website content and Mesa documentation (from the doc/ directory) have
1125848b8605Smrgbeen merged together.
1126848b8605SmrgAll the documentation files have been entered into the CVS repository.
1127848b8605SmrgMany of the old plain-text files have been converted to html and modernized.
1128848b8605Smrg</p>
1129848b8605Smrg
1130848b8605Smrg
1131848b8605Smrg<h2>November 13, 2002</h2>
1132848b8605Smrg<p>Mesa 5.0 has been released.  This is a stable release which
1133848b8605Smrgimplements the OpenGL 1.4 specification.
1134848b8605Smrg</p><pre>New:
1135848b8605Smrg    - OpenGL 1.4 support (glGetString(GL_VERSION) returns "1.4")
1136848b8605Smrg    - removed some overlooked debugging code
1137848b8605Smrg    - glxinfo updated to support GLX_ARB_multisample
1138848b8605Smrg    - GLUT now support GLX_ARB_multisample
1139848b8605Smrg    - updated DOS driver (Daniel Borca)
1140848b8605SmrgBug fixes:
1141848b8605Smrg    - GL_POINT and GL_LINE-mode polygons didn't obey cull state
1142848b8605Smrg    - fixed potential bug in _mesa_align_malloc/calloc()
1143848b8605Smrg    - fixed missing triangle bug when running vertex programs
1144848b8605Smrg    - fixed a few HPUX compilation problems
1145848b8605Smrg    - FX (Glide) driver didn't compile
1146848b8605Smrg    - setting GL_TEXTURE_BORDER_COLOR with glTexParameteriv() didn't work
1147848b8605Smrg    - a few EXT functions, like glGenTexturesEXT, were no-ops
1148848b8605Smrg    - a few OpenGL 1.4 functions like glFogCoord*, glBlendFuncSeparate,
1149848b8605Smrg      glMultiDrawArrays and glMultiDrawElements were missing
1150848b8605Smrg    - glGet*(GL_ACTIVE_STENCIL_FACE_EXT) was broken
1151848b8605Smrg    - Pentium 4 Mobile was mistakenly identified as having 3DNow!
1152848b8605Smrg    - fixed one-bit error in point/line fragment Z calculation
1153848b8605Smrg    - fixed potential segfault in fakeglx code
1154848b8605Smrg    - fixed color overflow problem in DOT3 texture env mode
1155848b8605Smrg</pre>
1156848b8605Smrg
1157848b8605Smrg
1158848b8605Smrg<h2>October 29, 2002</h2>
1159848b8605Smrg<p>Mesa 4.1 has been released.  This is a new development release.
1160848b8605SmrgFor a stable release, get 4.0.4.
1161848b8605Smrg</p><pre>New:
1162848b8605Smrg    - GL_NV_vertex_program extension
1163848b8605Smrg    - GL_NV_vertex_program1_1 extension
1164848b8605Smrg    - GL_ARB_window_pos extension
1165848b8605Smrg    - GL_ARB_depth_texture extension
1166848b8605Smrg    - GL_ARB_shadow extension
1167848b8605Smrg    - GL_ARB_shadow_ambient extension
1168848b8605Smrg    - GL_EXT_shadow_funcs extension
1169848b8605Smrg    - GL_ARB_point_parameters extension
1170848b8605Smrg    - GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar
1171848b8605Smrg    - GL_NV_point_sprite extension
1172848b8605Smrg    - GL_NV_texture_rectangle extension
1173848b8605Smrg    - GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays extension
1174848b8605Smrg    - GL_EXT_stencil_two_side extension
1175848b8605Smrg    - GLX_SGIX_fbconfig and GLX_SGIX_pbuffer extensions
1176848b8605Smrg    - GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once extension (Ian Romanick)
1177848b8605Smrg    - massive overhaul/simplification of software rasterizer module,
1178848b8605Smrg      many contributions from Klaus Niederkrueger
1179848b8605Smrg    - faster software texturing in some cases (i.e. trilinear filtering)
1180848b8605Smrg    - new OSMesaGetProcAddress() function
1181848b8605Smrg    - more blend modes implemented with MMX code (Jose Fonseca)
1182848b8605Smrg    - added glutGetProcAddress() to GLUT
1183848b8605Smrg    - added GLUT_FPS env var to compute frames/second in glutSwapBuffers()
1184848b8605Smrg    - pbinfo and pbdemo PBuffer programs
1185848b8605Smrg    - glxinfo -v prints transprent pixel info (Gerd Sussner)
1186848b8605SmrgBug fixes:
1187848b8605Smrg    - better mipmap LOD computation (prevents excessive blurriness)
1188848b8605Smrg    - OSMesaMakeCurrent() didn't recognize buffer size changes
1189848b8605Smrg    - assorted conformance fixes for 16-bit/channel rendering
1190848b8605Smrg    - texcombine alpha subtraction mode was broken
1191848b8605Smrg    - fixed some blend problems when GLchan==GLfloat (Gerk Huisma)
1192848b8605Smrg    - clamp colors to [0,1] in OSMesa if GLchan==GLfloat (Gerk Huisma)
1193848b8605Smrg    - fixed divide by zero error in NURBS tessellator (Jon Perry)
1194848b8605Smrg    - fixed GL_LINEAR fog bug by adding clamping
1195848b8605Smrg    - fixed FP exceptions found using Alpha CPU
1196848b8605Smrg    - 3dfx/glide driver render-to-window feature was broken
1197848b8605Smrg    - added missing GLX_TRANSPARENT_RGB token to glx.h
1198848b8605Smrg    - fixed error checking related to paletted textures
1199848b8605Smrg    - fixed reference count error in glDeleteTextures (Randy Fayan)
1200848b8605SmrgChanges:
1201848b8605Smrg    - New spec file and Python code to generate some GL dispatch files
1202848b8605Smrg    - Glide driver defaults to "no" with autoconf/automake
1203848b8605Smrg    - floating point color channels now clamped to [0,inf)
1204848b8605Smrg    - updated demos/stex3d with new options
1205848b8605Smrg</pre>
1206848b8605Smrg
1207848b8605Smrg
1208848b8605Smrg<h2>October 4, 2002</h2>
1209848b8605Smrg<p>
1210848b8605SmrgThe <a href="faq.html">Mesa FAQ</a> has been rewritten.
1211848b8605Smrg</p>
1212848b8605Smrg
1213848b8605Smrg<h2>October 3, 2002</h2>
1214848b8605Smrg<p>Mesa 4.0.4 has been released.  This is a stable bug-fix release.
1215848b8605Smrg</p><pre>    New:
1216848b8605Smrg	- GL_NV_texture_rectangle extension
1217848b8605Smrg	- updated glext.h header (version 17)
1218848b8605Smrg	- updated DOS driver (Daniel Borca)
1219848b8605Smrg	- updated BeOS R5 driver (Philippe Houdoin)
1220848b8605Smrg	- added GL_IBM_texture_mirror_repeat
1221848b8605Smrg	- glxinfo now takes -l option to print interesting OpenGL limits info
1222848b8605Smrg	- GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture extension
1223848b8605Smrg	- GL_APPLE_client_storage extension (for some DRI drivers only)
1224848b8605Smrg	- GL_MESA_pack_invert extension
1225848b8605Smrg    Bug fixes:
1226848b8605Smrg	- fixed GL_LINEAR fog bug by adding clamping
1227848b8605Smrg	- fixed FP exceptions found using Alpha CPU
1228848b8605Smrg	- 3dfx MESA_GLX_FX=window (render to window) didn't work
1229848b8605Smrg	- fixed memory leak in wglCreateContest (Karl Schultz)
1230848b8605Smrg	- define GLAPIENTRY and GLAPI if undefined in glu.h
1231848b8605Smrg	- wglGetProcAddress didn't handle all API functions
1232848b8605Smrg	- when testing for OpenGL 1.2 vs 1.3, check for GL_ARB_texture_cube_map
1233848b8605Smrg	- removed GL_MAX_CONVOLUTION_WIDTH/HEIGHT from glGetInteger/Float/etc()
1234848b8605Smrg	- error checking in compressed tex image functions had some glitches
1235848b8605Smrg	- fixed AIX compile problem in src/config.c
1236848b8605Smrg	- glGetTexImage was using pixel unpacking instead of packing params
1237848b8605Smrg	- auto-mipmap generation for cube maps was incorrect
1238848b8605Smrg    Changes:
1239848b8605Smrg	- max texture units reduced to six to accomodate texture rectangles
1240848b8605Smrg	- removed unfinished GL_MESA_sprite_point extension code
1241848b8605Smrg</pre>
1242848b8605Smrg
1243848b8605Smrg<h2>June 25, 2002</h2>
1244848b8605Smrg<p>Mesa 4.0.3 has been released.  This is a stable bug-fix release.
1245848b8605Smrg</p><pre>    New:
1246848b8605Smrg    - updated GL/glext.h file (version 15)
1247848b8605Smrg    - corrected MMX blend code (Jose Fonseca)
1248848b8605Smrg    - support for software-based alpha planes in Windows driver
1249848b8605Smrg    - updated GGI driver (Filip Spacek)
1250848b8605Smrg    Bug fixes:
1251848b8605Smrg    - glext.h had wrong values for GL_DOT3_RGB[A]_EXT tokens
1252848b8605Smrg    - OSMesaMakeCurrent() didn't recognize buffer size changes
1253848b8605Smrg    - assorted conformance fixes for 16-bit/channel rendering
1254848b8605Smrg    - texcombine alpha subtraction mode was broken
1255848b8605Smrg    - fixed lighting bug with non-uniform scaling and display lists
1256848b8605Smrg    - fixed bug when deleting shared display lists
1257848b8605Smrg    - disabled SPARC cliptest assembly code (Mesa bug 544665)
1258848b8605Smrg    - fixed a couple Solaris compilation/link problems
1259848b8605Smrg    - blending clipped glDrawPixels didn't always work
1260848b8605Smrg    - glGetTexImage() didn't accept packed pixel types
1261848b8605Smrg    - glPixelMapu[is]v() could explode given too large of pixelmap
1262848b8605Smrg    - glGetTexParameter[if]v() didn't accept GL_TEXTURE_MAX_ANISOTROPY_EXT
1263848b8605Smrg    - glXCopyContext() could lead to segfaults
1264848b8605Smrg    - glCullFace(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK) didn't work (bug 572665)
1265848b8605Smrg    Changes:
1266848b8605Smrg    - lots of C++ (g++) code clean-ups
1267848b8605Smrg    - lots of T&amp;L updates for the Radeon DRI driver
1268848b8605Smrg    Known bugs:
1269848b8605Smrg    - mipmap LOD computation (fixed for Mesa 4.1)
1270848b8605Smrg</pre>
1271848b8605Smrg
1272848b8605Smrg<h2>April 2, 2002</h2>
1273848b8605Smrg<p>Mesa 4.0.2 has been released.  This is a stable bug-fix release.
1274848b8605Smrg</p><pre>    New:
1275848b8605Smrg      - New DOS (DJGPP) driver written by Daniel Borca
1276848b8605Smrg      - New driver interface functions for TCL drivers (such as Radeon DRI)
1277848b8605Smrg      - GL_RENDERER string returns "Mesa Offscreen16" or "Mesa Offscreen32"
1278848b8605Smrg        if using deep color channels
1279848b8605Smrg      - latest GL/glext.h and GL/glxext.h headers from SGI
1280848b8605Smrg    Bug fixes:
1281848b8605Smrg      - GL_BLEND with non-black texture env color wasn't always correct
1282848b8605Smrg      - GL_REPLACE with GL_RGB texture format wasn't always correct (alpha)
1283848b8605Smrg      - glTexEnviv( pname != GL_TEXTURE_ENV_COLOR ) was broken
1284848b8605Smrg      - glReadPixels was sometimes mistakenly clipped by the scissor box
1285848b8605Smrg      - glDraw/ReadPixels didn't catch all the errors that they should have
1286848b8605Smrg      - Fixed 24bpp rendering problem in Windows driver (Karl Schultz)
1287848b8605Smrg      - 16-bit GLchan mode fixes (m_trans_tmp.h, s_triangle.c)
1288848b8605Smrg      - Fixed 1-bit float-&gt;int conversion bug in glDrawPixels(GL_DEPTH_COMP)
1289848b8605Smrg      - glColorMask as sometimes effecting glXSwapBuffers()
1290848b8605Smrg      - fixed a potential bug in XMesaGarbageCollect()
1291848b8605Smrg      - N threads rendering into one window didn't work reliably
1292848b8605Smrg      - glCopyPixels didn't work for deep color channels
1293848b8605Smrg      - improved 8 -&gt; 16bit/channel texture image conversion (Gerk Huisma)
1294848b8605Smrg      - glPopAttrib() didn't correctly restore user clip planes
1295848b8605Smrg      - user clip planes failed for some perspective projections (Chromium)
1296848b8605Smrg</pre>
1297848b8605Smrg
1298848b8605Smrg<h2>December 17, 2001</h2>
1299848b8605Smrg<p>Mesa 4.0.1 has been released.  This is a stable bug-fix release.
1300848b8605Smrg</p><pre>    New:
1301848b8605Smrg      - better sub-pixel sample positions for AA triangles (Ray Tice)
1302848b8605Smrg      - slightly faster blending for (GL_ZERO, GL_ONE) and (GL_ONE, GL_ZERO)
1303848b8605Smrg    Bug fixes:
1304848b8605Smrg      - added missing break statements in glGet*() for multisample cases
1305848b8605Smrg      - fixed uninitialized hash table mutex bug (display lists / texobjs)
1306848b8605Smrg      - fixed bad teximage error check conditional (bug 476846)
1307848b8605Smrg      - fixed demos readtex.c compilation problem on Windows (Karl Schultz)
1308848b8605Smrg      - added missing glGet() query for GL_MAX_TEXTURE_LOD_BIAS_EXT
1309848b8605Smrg      - silence some compiler warnings (gcc 2.96)
1310848b8605Smrg      - enable the #define GL_VERSION_1_3 in GL/gl.h
1311848b8605Smrg      - added GL 1.3 and GLX 1.4 entries to gl_mangle.h and glx_mangle.h
1312848b8605Smrg      - fixed glu.h typedef problem found with MSDev 6.0
1313848b8605Smrg      - build libGL.so with -Bsymbolic (fixes bug found with Chromium)
1314848b8605Smrg      - added missing 'const' to glXGetContextIDEXT() in glxext.h
1315848b8605Smrg      - fixed a few glXGetProcAddress() errors (texture compression, etc)
1316848b8605Smrg      - fixed start index bug in compiled vertex arrays (Keith)
1317848b8605Smrg      - fixed compilation problems in src/SPARC/glapi_sparc.S
1318848b8605Smrg      - fixed triangle strip "parity" bug found in VTK medical1 demo (Keith)
1319848b8605Smrg      - use glXGetProcAddressARB in GLUT to avoid extension linking problems
1320848b8605Smrg      - provoking vertex of flat-shaded, color-index triangles was wrong
1321848b8605Smrg      - fixed a few display list bugs (GLUT walker, molecule, etc) (Keith)
1322848b8605Smrg      - glTexParameter didn't flush the vertex buffer (Ray Tice)
1323848b8605Smrg      - feedback attributes for glDraw/CopyPixels and glBitmap were wrong
1324848b8605Smrg      - fixed bug in normal length caching (ParaView lighting bug)
1325848b8605Smrg</pre>
1326848b8605Smrg
1327848b8605Smrg<h2>October 22, 2001</h2>
1328848b8605Smrg<p>Mesa 4.0 has been released.  This is a stable release.
1329848b8605Smrg</p><pre>    New:
1330848b8605Smrg      - Mesa 4.0 implements the OpenGL 1.3 specification
1331848b8605Smrg      - GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip extension
1332848b8605Smrg      - GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp extension (aka GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp)
1333848b8605Smrg      - GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat extension
1334848b8605Smrg      - WindML UGL driver (Stephane Raimbault)
1335848b8605Smrg      - added OSMESA_MAX_WIDTH/HEIGHT queries
1336848b8605Smrg      - attempted compiliation fixes for Solaris 5, 7 and 8
1337848b8605Smrg      - updated glext.h and glxext.h files
1338848b8605Smrg      - updated Windows driver (Karl Schultz)
1339848b8605Smrg    Bug fixes:
1340848b8605Smrg      - added some missing GLX 1.3 tokens to include/GL/glx.h
1341848b8605Smrg      - GL_COLOR_MATRIX changes weren't recognized by teximage functions
1342848b8605Smrg      - glCopyPixels with scale and bias was broken
1343848b8605Smrg      - glRasterPos with lighting could segfault
1344848b8605Smrg      - glDeleteTextures could leave a dangling pointer
1345848b8605Smrg      - Proxy textures for cube maps didn't work
1346848b8605Smrg      - fixed a number of 16-bit color channel bugs
1347848b8605Smrg      - fixed a few minor memory leaks
1348848b8605Smrg      - GLX context sharing was broken in 3.5
1349848b8605Smrg      - fixed state-update bugs in glPopClientAttrib()
1350848b8605Smrg      - fixed glDrawRangeElements() bug
1351848b8605Smrg      - fixed a glPush/PopAttrib() bug related to texture binding
1352848b8605Smrg      - flat-shaded, textured lines were broken
1353848b8605Smrg      - fixed a dangling pointer problem in the XMesa code (Chris Burghart)
1354848b8605Smrg      - lighting didn't always produce the correct alpha value
1355848b8605Smrg      - fixed 3DNow! code to not read past end of arrays (Andrew Lewycky)
1356848b8605Smrg</pre>
1357848b8605Smrg
1358848b8605Smrg
1359848b8605Smrg<h2>June 21, 2001</h2>
1360848b8605Smrg<p>Mesa 3.5 has been released.  This is a new development release.
1361848b8605Smrg</p><pre>    New:
1362848b8605Smrg	- internals of Mesa divided into modular pieces (Keith Whitwell)
1363848b8605Smrg	- 100% OpenGL 1.2 conformance (passes all conformance tests)
1364848b8605Smrg	- new AA line algorithm
1365848b8605Smrg	- GL_EXT_convolution extension
1366848b8605Smrg        - GL_ARB_imaging subset
1367848b8605Smrg        - OSMesaCreateContextExt() function
1368848b8605Smrg        - GL_ARB_texture_env_add extension (same as GL_EXT_texture_env_add)
1369848b8605Smrg        - GL_MAX_TEXTURE_UNITS_ARB now defaults to eight
1370848b8605Smrg        - GL_EXT_fog_coord extension (Keith Whitwell)
1371848b8605Smrg        - GL_EXT_secondary_color extension (Keith Whitwell)
1372848b8605Smrg        - GL_ARB_texture_env_add extension (same as GL_EXT_texture_env_add)
1373848b8605Smrg        - GL_SGIX_depth_texture extension
1374848b8605Smrg        - GL_SGIX_shadow and GL_SGIX_shadow_ambient extensions
1375848b8605Smrg        - demos/shadowtex.c demo of GL_SGIX_depth_texture and GL_SGIX_shadow
1376848b8605Smrg        - GL_ARB_texture_env_combine extension
1377848b8605Smrg        - GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 extension
1378848b8605Smrg        - GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp (aka GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp)
1379848b8605Smrg        - OSMesaCreateContextExt() function
1380848b8605Smrg        - libOSMesa.so library, contains the OSMesa driver interface
1381848b8605Smrg        - GL/glxext.h header file for GLX extensions
1382848b8605Smrg        - somewhat faster software texturing, fogging, depth testing
1383848b8605Smrg        - all color-index conformance tests now pass (only 8bpp tested)
1384848b8605Smrg        - SPARC assembly language TCL optimizations (David Miller)
1385848b8605Smrg        - GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap extension
1386848b8605Smrg    Bug Fixes:
1387848b8605Smrg        - fbiRev and tmuRev were unitialized when using Glide3
1388848b8605Smrg        - fixed a few color index mode conformance failures; all pass now
1389848b8605Smrg        - now appling antialiasing coverage to alpha after texturing
1390848b8605Smrg        - colors weren't getting clamped to [0,1] before color table lookup
1391848b8605Smrg        - fixed RISC alignment errors caused by COPY_4UBV macro
1392848b8605Smrg        - drawing wide, flat-shaded lines could cause a segfault
1393848b8605Smrg        - vertices now snapped to 1/16 pixel to fix rendering of tiny triangles
1394848b8605Smrg    Changes:
1395848b8605Smrg        - SGI's Sample Implementation (SI) 1.3 GLU library replaces Mesa GLU
1396848b8605Smrg        - new libOSMesa.so library, contains the OSMesa driver interface
1397848b8605Smrg</pre>
1398848b8605Smrg
1399848b8605Smrg
1400848b8605Smrg<h2>May 17, 2001</h2>
1401848b8605Smrg<p>Mesa 3.4.2 has been released.  This is basically just a bug-fix release.
1402848b8605SmrgHere's what's new:</p>
1403848b8605Smrg<pre>    Bug fixes:
1404848b8605Smrg        - deleting the currently bound texture could cause bad problems
1405848b8605Smrg        - using fog could result in random vertex alpha values
1406848b8605Smrg         - AA triangle rendering could touch pixels outside right window bound
1407848b8605Smrg        - fixed byteswapping problem in clear_32bit_ximage() function
1408848b8605Smrg        - fixed bugs in wglUseFontBitmapsA(), by Frank Warmerdam
1409848b8605Smrg        - fixed memory leak in glXUseXFont()
1410848b8605Smrg        - fragment sampling in AA triangle function was off by 1/2 pixel
1411848b8605Smrg        - Windows: reading pixels from framebuffer didn't always work
1412848b8605Smrg        - glConvolutionFilter2D could segfault or cause FP exception
1413848b8605Smrg        - fixed segfaults in FX and X drivers when using tex unit 1 but not 0
1414848b8605Smrg        - GL_NAND logicop didn't work right in RGBA mode
1415848b8605Smrg        - fixed a memory corruption bug in vertex buffer reset code
1416848b8605Smrg        - clearing the softwara alpha buffer with scissoring was broken
1417848b8605Smrg        - fixed a few color index mode fog bugs
1418848b8605Smrg        - fixed some bad assertions in color index mode
1419848b8605Smrg        - fixed FX line 'stipple' bug #420091
1420848b8605Smrg    Changes:
1421848b8605Smrg        - optimized writing mono-colored pixel spans to X pixmaps
1422848b8605Smrg        - increased max viewport size to 2048 x 2048
1423848b8605Smrg</pre>
1424848b8605Smrg
1425848b8605Smrg
1426848b8605Smrg<h2>April 29, 2001</h2>
1427848b8605Smrg<p>New Mesa website</p>
1428848b8605Smrg<p>Mark Manning produced the new website.<br>Thanks, Mark!</p>
1429848b8605Smrg
1430848b8605Smrg
1431848b8605Smrg<h2>February 14, 2001</h2>
1432848b8605Smrg<p>Mesa 3.4.1 has been released.  Here's what's new:</p>
1433848b8605Smrg<pre>    New:
1434848b8605Smrg        - fixed some Linux build problems
1435848b8605Smrg        - fixed some Windows build problems
1436848b8605Smrg        - GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 extension (Gareth Hughes)
1437848b8605Smrg    Bug fixes:
1438848b8605Smrg        - added RENDER_START/RENDER_FINISH macros for glCopyTexImage in DRI
1439848b8605Smrg        - various state-update code changes needed for DRI bugs
1440848b8605Smrg        - disabled pixel transfer ops in glColorTable commands, not needed
1441848b8605Smrg        - fixed bugs in glCopyConvolutionFilter1D/2D, glGetConvolutionFilter
1442848b8605Smrg        - updated sources and fixed compile problems in widgets-mesa/
1443848b8605Smrg        - GLX_PBUFFER enum value was wrong in glx.h
1444848b8605Smrg        - fixed a glColorMaterial lighting bug
1445848b8605Smrg        - fixed bad args to Read/WriteStencilSpan in h/w stencil clear function
1446848b8605Smrg        - glXCopySubBufferMESA() Y position was off by one
1447848b8605Smrg        - Error checking of glTexSubImage3D() was broken (bug 128775)
1448848b8605Smrg        - glPopAttrib() didn't restore all derived Mesa state correctly
1449848b8605Smrg        - Better glReadPixels accuracy for 16bpp color - fixes lots of OpenGL
1450848b8605Smrg          conformance problems at 16bpp.
1451848b8605Smrg        - clearing depth buffer with scissoring was broken, would segfault
1452848b8605Smrg        - OSMesaGetDepthBuffer() returned bad bytesPerValue value
1453848b8605Smrg        - fixed a line clipping bug (reported by Craig McDaniel)
1454848b8605Smrg        - fixed RGB color over/underflow bug for very tiny triangles
1455848b8605Smrg    Known problems:
1456848b8605Smrg        - NURBS or evaluator surfaces inside display lists don't always work
1457848b8605Smrg</pre>
1458848b8605Smrg
1459848b8605Smrg<h2>November 3, 2000</h2>
1460848b8605Smrg<p>Mesa 3.4 has been released. Here's what's new since the 3.3 release:</p>
1461848b8605Smrg<pre>    New:
1462848b8605Smrg    - optimized glDrawPixels for glPixelZoom(1,-1)
1463848b8605Smrg    Bug Fixes:
1464848b8605Smrg    - widgets-mesa/src/*.c files were missing from 3.3 distro
1465848b8605Smrg    - include/GL/mesa_wgl.h file was missing from 3.3 distro
1466848b8605Smrg    - fixed some Win32 compile problems
1467848b8605Smrg    - texture object priorities weren't getting initialized to 1.0
1468848b8605Smrg    - glAreTexturesResident return value was wrong when using hardware
1469848b8605Smrg    - glXUseXFont segfaulted when using 3dfx driver (via MESA_GLX_FX)
1470848b8605Smrg    - glReadPixels with GLushort packed types was broken
1471848b8605Smrg    - fixed a few bugs in the GL_EXT_texture_env_combine texture code
1472848b8605Smrg    - glPush/PopAttrib(GL_ENABLE_BIT) mishandled multi-texture enables
1473848b8605Smrg    - fixed some typos/bugs in the VB code
1474848b8605Smrg    - glDrawPixels(GL_COLOR_INDEX) to RGB window didn't work
1475848b8605Smrg    - optimized glDrawPixels paths weren't being used
1476848b8605Smrg    - per-fragment fog calculation didn't work without a Z buffer
1477848b8605Smrg    - improved blending accuracy, fixes Glean  blendFunc test failures
1478848b8605Smrg    - glPixelStore(GL_PACK/UNPACK_SKIP_IMAGES) wasn't handled correctly
1479848b8605Smrg    - glXGetProcAddressARB() didn't always return the right address
1480848b8605Smrg    - gluBuild[12]DMipmaps() didn't grok the GL_BGR pixel format
1481848b8605Smrg    - texture matrix changes weren't always detected (GLUT projtex demo)
1482848b8605Smrg    - fixed random color problem in vertex fog code
1483848b8605Smrg    - fixed Glide-related bug that let Quake get a 24-bit Z buffer
1484848b8605Smrg    Changes:
1485848b8605Smrg    - finished internal support for compressed textures for DRI
1486848b8605Smrg</pre>
1487848b8605Smrg
1488848b8605Smrg<h2>April 24, 2000</h2>
1489848b8605Smrg<p>Mesa 3.2 has been released. Here's what's new since the beta release:</p>
1490848b8605Smrg<pre>    Bug fixes:
1491848b8605Smrg    - fixed memcpy bugs in span.c
1492848b8605Smrg    - fixed missing glEnd problem in demos/tessdemo.c
1493848b8605Smrg    - fixed bug when clearing 24bpp Ximages
1494848b8605Smrg    - fixed clipping problem found in Unreal Tournament
1495848b8605Smrg    - fixed Loki's "ice bug" and "crazy triangles" seen in Heretic2
1496848b8605Smrg    - fixed Loki's 3dfx RGB vs BGR bug
1497848b8605Smrg    - fixed Loki's 3dfx smooth/flat shading bug in SoF
1498848b8605Smrg    Changes:
1499848b8605Smrg    - updated docs/README file
1500848b8605Smrg    - use bcopy() optimizations on FreeBSD
1501848b8605Smrg    - re-enabled the optimized persp_textured_triangle() function
1502848b8605Smrg</pre>
1503848b8605Smrg
1504848b8605Smrg<h2>March 23, 2000</h2>
1505848b8605Smrg<p>I've just upload the Mesa 3.2 beta 1 files to SourceForge at <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3">http://sourceforge.net/project/filelist.php?group_id=3</a></p>
1506848b8605Smrg<p>3.2 (note even number) is a stabilization release of Mesa 3.1 meaning it's mainly
1507848b8605Smrgjust bug fixes.</p>
1508848b8605Smrg<p>Here's what's changed:</p>
1509848b8605Smrg<pre>
1510848b8605Smrg    Bug fixes:
1511848b8605Smrg        - mixed drawing of lines and bitmaps sometimes had wrong colors
1512848b8605Smrg        - added missing glHintPGI() function
1513848b8605Smrg        - fixed a polygon culling bug
1514848b8605Smrg        - fixed bugs in gluPartialDisk()
1515848b8605Smrg        - Z values in selection mode were wrong
1516848b8605Smrg        - added missing tokens:
1517848b8605Smrg            GL_SMOOTH_POINT_SIZE_RANGE
1518848b8605Smrg            GL_SMOOTH_POINT_SIZE_GRANULARITY
1519848b8605Smrg            GL_SMOOTH_LINE_WIDTH_RANGE
1520848b8605Smrg            GL_SMOOTH_LINE_WIDTH_GRANULARITY
1521848b8605Smrg            GL_ALIASED_POINT_SIZE_RANGE
1522848b8605Smrg            GL_ALIASED_LINE_WIDTH_RANGE
1523848b8605Smrg        - fixed glCopyPixels when copying from back to front buffer
1524848b8605Smrg        - GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array tokens had _SGI suffix instead of _EXT
1525848b8605Smrg        - glDrawRangeElements(GL_LINES, 0, 1, 2, type, indices) was broken
1526848b8605Smrg        - glDeleteTextures() didn't decrement reference count correctly
1527848b8605Smrg        - GL_SRCA_ALPHA_SATURATE blend mode didn't work correctly
1528848b8605Smrg        - Actual depth of transformation matrix stacks was off by one
1529848b8605Smrg        - 24bpp visuals didn't address pixels correctly
1530848b8605Smrg        - mipmap level of detail (lambda) calculation simplified, more accurate
1531848b8605Smrg        - 101691 - Polygon clipping and GL_LINE
1532848b8605Smrg        - 101928 - Polygon clipping and GL_LINE (same fix as above)
1533848b8605Smrg        - 101808 - Non-glVertexArrays tristrip bug
1534848b8605Smrg        - 101971 - find_last_3f on Dec OSF (worked around)
1535848b8605Smrg        - 102369 - segv on dec osf (possibly a duplicate of the above)
1536848b8605Smrg        - 102893 - orientations of modelview cause segfault
1537848b8605Smrg    New:
1538848b8605Smrg        - updated SVGA Linux driver
1539848b8605Smrg        - added the MESA_FX_NO_SIGNALS env var, see docs/README.3DFX
1540848b8605Smrg        - build libGLw.a (Xt/OpenGL drawing area widget) library by default
1541848b8605Smrg        - changed -O2 to -O3 for a number of gcc configs
1542848b8605Smrg    Changes:
1543848b8605Smrg        - glXCopyContext's mask parameter is now unsigned long, per GLX spec
1544848b8605Smrg</pre>
1545848b8605Smrg
1546848b8605Smrg<p>Please report any problems with this release ASAP. Bugs should be filed on the
1547848b8605SmrgMesa3D website at sourceforge.<br>
1548848b8605SmrgAfter 3.2 is wrapped up I hope to release 3.3 beta 1 soon afterward.</p>
1549848b8605Smrg<p>-- Brian</p>
1550848b8605Smrg
1551848b8605Smrg<h2>December 17, 1999</h2>
1552848b8605Smrg<p>A Slashdot interview with Brian about Mesa (questions submitted by Slashdot readers)
1553848b8605Smrgcan be found at <a href="http://slashdot.org/interviews/99/12/17/0927212.shtml">http://slashdot.org/interviews/99/12/17/0927212.shtml</a>.</p>
1554848b8605Smrg
1555848b8605Smrg<h2>December 14, 1999</h2>
1556848b8605Smrg<p>Mesa 3.1 is released!</p>
1557848b8605Smrg
1558848b8605Smrg<h2>September 21, 1999</h2>
1559848b8605Smrg<p>There appear to be two new files on the ftp site, <code>MesaLib-3.1beta3.tar.gz</code>
1560848b8605Smrgand <code>MesaDemos-3.1beta3.tar.gz</code>,
1561848b8605Smrgthat seem to be... yes, I've just received confirmation from the beta center, they
1562848b8605Smrgare indeed the <b>THIRD</b> beta release of Mesa 3.1! Happy Days. Happy Days. Thanks
1563848b8605SmrgKeith Whitwell for preparing these for us during Brian's absence.</p>
1564848b8605Smrg
1565848b8605Smrg<h2>August 30, 1999</h2>
1566848b8605Smrg<p>I'm pleased to announce that I've accepted a position with Precision Insight,
1567848b8605SmrgInc. effective October, 1999. I'll be leaving Avid Technology in September.</p>
1568848b8605Smrg<p>I've been working on Mesa in my spare time for over five years. With Precision
1569848b8605SmrgInsight I now have the opportunity to devote my full attention to advancing Mesa
1570848b8605Smrgand OpenGL on Linux.</p>
1571848b8605Smrg<p>While I'll be focused on Linux, the X Window System, and hardware acceleration,
1572848b8605Smrgmy work will continue to be open sourced and available to any other programmers who
1573848b8605Smrgmay want to contribute to it, or use it for other projects or platforms</p>
1574848b8605Smrg<p>PS: I'm going to be traveling until Sep 6 and won't be reading email until then.</p>
1575848b8605Smrg
1576848b8605Smrg<h2>August 23, 1999</h2>
1577848b8605Smrg<p>Anonymous CVS access is back online so suck up all the bandwidth you can afford.
1578848b8605SmrgNote that this is a new archive, so you will need to re-checkout the archive. That
1579848b8605Smrgmeans don't <i>cvs update</i> from a previous download.</p>
1580848b8605Smrg
1581848b8605Smrg<h2>August 17, 1999</h2>
1582848b8605Smrg<p>A report from the SIGGRAPH '99 Linux/OpenGL
1583848b8605SmrgBOF meeting is now available.</p>
1584848b8605Smrg<p>-Brian</p>
1585848b8605Smrg
1586848b8605Smrg<h2>August 14, 1999</h2>
1587848b8605Smrg<p><a href="http://www.mesa3d.org">www.mesa3d.org</a> is having
1588848b8605Smrgtechnical problems due to hardware failures at VA Linux systems. The Mac pages,
1589848b8605Smrgftp, and CVS services aren't fully restored yet. Please be patient.</p>
1590848b8605Smrg<p>-Brian</p>
1591848b8605Smrg
1592848b8605Smrg<h2>June 7, 1999</h2>
1593848b8605Smrg<p>RPMS of the nVidia RIVA server can be found at <code>ftp://ftp.mesa3d.org/mesa/misc/nVidia/</code>.</p>
1594848b8605Smrg
1595848b8605Smrg<h2>June 2, 1999</h2>
1596848b8605Smrg<p><a href="http://www.nvidia.com/">nVidia</a> has released some Linux binaries for
1597848b8605Smrgxfree86 3.3.3.1, along with the <b>full source</b>, which includes GLX acceleration
1598848b8605Smrgbased on Mesa 3.0. They can be downloaded from <code>http://www.nvidia.com/Products.nsf/htmlmedia/software_drivers.html</code>.</p>
1599848b8605Smrg
1600848b8605Smrg<h2>May 24, 1999</h2>
1601848b8605Smrg<p>Beta 2 of Mesa 3.1 has been make available at <code>ftp://ftp.mesa3d.org/mesa/beta/</code>.
1602848b8605SmrgIf you are into the quake scene, you may want to try this out, as it contains some
1603848b8605Smrgoptimizations specifically in the Q3A rendering path.
1604848b8605Smrg
1605848b8605Smrg<h2>May 13, 1999</h2>
1606848b8605Smrg<p>For those interested in the integration of Mesa into XFree86 4.0, Precision Insight
1607848b8605Smrghas posted their lowlevel design documents at <code>http://www.precisioninsight.com</code>.</p>
1608848b8605Smrg
1609848b8605Smrg<h2>May 13, 1999</h2>
1610848b8605Smrg<pre>May 1999 - John Carmack of id Software, Inc. has made a donation of
1611848b8605SmrgUS$10,000 to the Mesa project to support its continuing development.
1612848b8605SmrgMesa is a free implementation of the OpenGL 3D graphics library and id's
1613848b8605Smrgnewest game, Quake 3 Arena, will use Mesa as the 3D renderer on Linux.
1614848b8605Smrg
1615848b8605SmrgThe donation will go to Keith Whitwell, who has been optimizing Mesa to
1616848b8605Smrgimprove performance on 3d hardware.  Thanks to Keith's work, many
1617848b8605Smrgapplications using Mesa 3.1 will see a dramatic performance increase
1618848b8605Smrgover Mesa 3.0.  The donation will allow Keith to continue working on
1619848b8605SmrgMesa full time for some time to come.
1620848b8605Smrg
1621848b8605SmrgFor more information about Mesa see www.mesa3d.org.  For more
1622848b8605Smrginformation about id Software, Inc. see www.idsoftware.com.
1623848b8605Smrg
1624848b8605Smrg--------------------------------
1625848b8605Smrg
1626848b8605SmrgThis donation from John/id is very generous.  Keith and I are very
1627848b8605Smrggrateful.
1628848b8605Smrg
1629848b8605Smrg</pre>
1630848b8605Smrg
1631848b8605Smrg<h2>May 1, 1999</h2>
1632848b8605Smrg<p>John Carmack made an interesting .plan update yesterday:</p>
1633848b8605Smrg<blockquote>
1634848b8605Smrg    <i>"I put together a document on optimizing OpenGL drivers for Q3 that
1635848b8605Smrg    should be helpful to the various Linux 3D teams.</i><br>
1636848b8605Smrg    http://www.quake3arena.com/news/glopt.html"
1637848b8605Smrg</blockquote>
1638848b8605Smrg
1639848b8605Smrg<h2>April 7, 1999</h2>
1640848b8605Smrg<p>Updated the Mesa contributors section and added links to RPM Mesa packages.</p>
1641848b8605Smrg
1642848b8605Smrg<h2>March 18, 1999</h2>
1643848b8605Smrg<p>The new webpages are now online. Enjoy, and let me know if you find any errors.
1644848b8605Smrg
1645848b8605Smrg<h2>February 16, 1999</h2>
1646848b8605Smrg<p><a href="http://www.sgi.com/">SGI</a> releases its
1647848b8605Smrg<a href="http://www.sgi.com/software/opensource/glx/">GLX source code</a>.</p>
1648848b8605Smrg
1649848b8605Smrg<h2>January 22, 1999</h2>
1650848b8605Smrg<p><a href="http://www.mesa3d.org">www.mesa3d.org</a> established</p>
1651848b8605Smrg
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