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1848b8605Smrg 2848b8605Smrg Mesa 6.4 Release Notes 3848b8605Smrg 4848b8605Smrg October 24, 2005 5848b8605Smrg 6848b8605Smrg 7848b8605Smrg 8848b8605SmrgIntroduction 9848b8605Smrg------------ 10848b8605Smrg 11848b8605SmrgMesa uses an even/odd version number scheme like the Linux kernel. 12848b8605SmrgOdd numbered versions (such as 6.3) designate new developmental releases. 13848b8605SmrgEven numbered versions (such as 6.4) designate stable releases. 14848b8605Smrg 15848b8605Smrg 16848b8605Smrg6.4 is a bug-fix release. See the VERSIONS file for details. 17848b8605Smrg 18848b8605Smrg 19848b8605Smrg 20848b8605SmrgGLUT tarball 21848b8605Smrg------------ 22848b8605Smrg 23848b8605SmrgStarting with 6.4, the GLUT library sources are distributed in a separate 24848b8605Smrgtarball. This was done at the request of Linux distro vendors who prefer 25848b8605Smrgto use freeglut. 26848b8605Smrg 27848b8605Smrg 28848b8605Smrg 29848b8605Smrg 30848b8605SmrgDriver Status 31848b8605Smrg---------------------- ---------------------- 32848b8605SmrgDRI drivers varies with the driver 33848b8605SmrgXMesa (Xlib) implements OpenGL 1.5 34848b8605SmrgOSMesa (off-screen) implements OpenGL 1.5 35848b8605SmrgWindows/Win32 implements OpenGL 1.5 36848b8605SmrgGlide (3dfx Voodoo1/2) requires updates 37848b8605SmrgSVGA requires updates 38848b8605SmrgDJGPP requires updates 39848b8605SmrgGGI requires updates 40848b8605SmrgBeOS requires updates 41848b8605SmrgAllegro requires updates 42848b8605SmrgD3D requires updates 43848b8605Smrg 44848b8605SmrgThe drivers which require updates mostly need to be updated to work 45848b8605Smrgwith the new gl_renderbuffer / gl_framebuffer infrastructure introduced 46848b8605Smrgin Mesa 6.3. 47848b8605Smrg 48848b8605Smrg 49848b8605Smrg---------------------------------------------------------------------- 50