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Date:      Wed, 26 Feb 2003 01:08:46 +0200
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Mesa
Message-ID:  <20030225230846.GA1114@vega.vega.com>
In-Reply-To: <xzpsmuct2x1.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 11:23:54PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> writes:
> > I assume there are issues getting the newer version to work with all
> > the ports that depend on it.  If you're willing to solve these
> > problems then I'm sure we can get it updated.  The first step is for
> > you to test the new Mesa version with most or all of the ports that
> > require it, and identify the failures.
> 
> I am sure that in two years, we could at the very least have found a
> way for Mesa 3 to coexist with newer versions so that ports which had
> not yet been converted could go on using the old version.
> 
> Reality check, people: Mesa-wise, we are two major versions behind the
> rest of the world.

In addition to what I've told in my previous messages, check www.mesa3d.org,
there is a special very clean FAQ item on that:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.4 How do I upgrade my DRI installation to use a new Mesa release?
You don't! The Mesa source code lives inside the XFree86/DRI source tree
and gets compiled into the individual DRI driver modules. If you try to
install Mesa over an XFree86/DRI installation, you'll lose hardware
rendering (because Mesa's libGL.so is different than the XFree86 libGL.so). 

The DRI developers will incorporate the latest release of Mesa into the
DRI drivers when the time is right. 
------------------------------------------------------------------------

It would be nice if you had studied the topic before starting spreading
FUDs.

-Maxim



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