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19 <h2>November
13,
2019</h2><p><a href=
"relnotes/19.2.4.html">Mesa
19.2.4</a> is released. This is an emergency bugfix release, all users of
19.2.3 are recomended to upgrade immediately.
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20 <h2>November
6,
2019</h2><p><a href=
"relnotes/19.2.3.html">Mesa
19.2.3</a> is released. This is a bug fix release.
</p><h2>October
24,
2019</h2><p><a href=
"relnotes/19.2.2.html">Mesa
19.2.2</a> is released. This is a bug fix release.
</p><h2>October
21,
2019</h2>
22 <a href=
"relnotes/19.1.8.html">Mesa
19.1.8</a> is released.
23 This is a bug-fix release.
26 NOTE: It is anticipated that
19.1.8 will be the final release in the
27 19.1 series. Users of
19.1 are encouraged to migrate to the
19.2
28 series in order to obtain future fixes.
31 <h2>October
9,
2019</h2><p><a href=
"relnotes/19.2.1.html">Mesa
19.2.1</a> is released. This is a bug fix release.
</p><h2>September
25,
2019</h2>
33 <a href=
"relnotes/19.2.0.html">Mesa
19.2.0</a> is released.
34 This is a new development release. See the release notes for more
35 information about this release
38 <h2>September
17,
2019</h2>
40 <a href=
"relnotes/19.1.7.html">Mesa
19.1.7</a> is released.
41 This is a bug-fix release.
44 <h2>September
3,
2019</h2>
46 <a href=
"relnotes/19.1.6.html">Mesa
19.1.6</a> is released.
47 This is a bug-fix release.
50 <h2>August
23,
2019</h2>
52 <a href=
"relnotes/19.1.5.html">Mesa
19.1.5</a> is released.
53 This is a bug-fix release.
56 <h2>August
7,
2019</h2>
58 <a href=
"relnotes/19.1.4.html">Mesa
19.1.4</a> is released.
59 This is a bug-fix release.
62 <h2>July
23,
2019</h2>
64 <a href=
"relnotes/19.1.3.html">Mesa
19.1.3</a> is released.
65 This is a bug-fix release.
70 <a href=
"relnotes/19.1.2.html">Mesa
19.1.2</a> is released.
71 This is a bug-fix release.
74 <h2>June
26,
2019</h2>
76 <a href=
"relnotes/19.0.8.html">Mesa
19.0.8</a> is released.
77 This is an emergency bug fix release. Users of
19.0.7 should updated to
19.0.8
78 or
19.1.1 immediately.
81 <h2>June
25,
2019</h2>
83 <a href=
"relnotes/19.1.1.html">Mesa
19.1.1</a> is released.
84 This is a bug-fix release.
87 <h2>June
24,
2019</h2>
89 <a href=
"relnotes/19.0.7.html">Mesa
19.0.7</a> is released.
90 This is a bug-fix release.
93 NOTE: It is anticipated that
19.0.7 will be the final release in the
94 19.0 series. Users of
19.0 are encouraged to migrate to the
19.1
95 series in order to obtain future fixes.
98 <h2>June
11,
2019</h2>
100 <a href=
"relnotes/19.1.0.html">Mesa
19.1.0</a> is released.
101 This is a new development release. See the release notes for more
102 information about this release
104 <h2>June
5,
2019</h2>
106 <a href=
"relnotes/19.0.6.html">Mesa
19.0.6</a> is released.
107 This is a bug-fix release.
110 <h2>May
21,
2019</h2>
112 <a href=
"relnotes/19.0.5.html">Mesa
19.0.5</a> is released.
113 This is a bug-fix release.
118 <a href=
"relnotes/19.0.4.html">Mesa
19.0.4</a> is released.
119 This is a bug-fix release.
122 <h2>April
24,
2019</h2>
124 <a href=
"relnotes/19.0.3.html">Mesa
19.0.3</a> is released.
125 This is a bug-fix release.
128 <h2>April
10,
2019</h2>
130 <a href=
"relnotes/19.0.2.html">Mesa
19.0.2</a> is released.
131 This is a bug-fix release.
134 <h2>April
5,
2019</h2>
136 <a href=
"relnotes/18.3.6.html">Mesa
18.3.6</a> is released.
137 This is a bug-fix release.
140 NOTE: It is anticipated that
18.3.6 will be the final release in the
141 18.3 series. Users of
18.3 are encouraged to migrate to the
19.0
142 series in order to obtain future fixes.
145 <h2>March
27,
2019</h2>
147 <a href=
"relnotes/19.0.1.html">Mesa
19.0.1</a> is released.
148 This is a bug-fix release.
151 <h2>March
18,
2019</h2>
153 <a href=
"relnotes/18.3.5.html">Mesa
18.3.5</a> is released.
154 This is a bug-fix release.
157 <h2>March
13,
2019</h2>
159 <a href=
"relnotes/19.0.0.html">Mesa
19.0.0</a> is released.
160 This is a new development release. See the release notes for more
161 information about this release
164 <h2>February
18,
2019</h2>
166 <a href=
"relnotes/18.3.4.html">Mesa
18.3.4</a> is released.
167 This is a bug-fix release.
170 <h2>January
31,
2019</h2>
172 <a href=
"relnotes/18.3.3.html">Mesa
18.3.3</a> is released.
173 This is a bug-fix release.
176 <h2>January
17,
2019</h2>
178 <a href=
"relnotes/18.3.2.html">Mesa
18.3.2</a> is released.
179 This is a bug-fix release.
182 <h2>December
27,
2018</h2>
184 <a href=
"relnotes/18.2.8.html">Mesa
18.2.8</a> is released.
185 This is a bug-fix release.
188 NOTE: It is anticipated that
18.2.8 will be the final release in the
189 18.2 series. Users of
18.2 are encouraged to migrate to the
18.3
190 series in order to obtain future fixes.
193 <h2>December
13,
2018</h2>
195 <a href=
"relnotes/18.2.7.html">Mesa
18.2.7</a> is released.
196 This is a bug-fix release.
199 <h2>December
11,
2018</h2>
201 <a href=
"relnotes/18.3.1.html">Mesa
18.3.1</a> is released.
202 This is a bug-fix release.
205 <h2>December
7,
2018</h2>
207 <a href=
"relnotes/18.3.0.html">Mesa
18.3.0</a> is released. This is a
208 new development release. See the release notes for more information
212 <h2>November
28,
2018</h2>
214 <a href=
"relnotes/18.2.6.html">Mesa
18.2.6</a> is released.
215 This is a bug-fix release.
218 <h2>November
15,
2018</h2>
220 <a href=
"relnotes/18.2.5.html">Mesa
18.2.5</a> is released.
221 This is a bug-fix release.
224 <h2>October
31,
2018</h2>
226 <a href=
"relnotes/18.2.4.html">Mesa
18.2.4</a> is released.
227 This is a bug-fix release.
230 <h2>October
19,
2018</h2>
232 <a href=
"relnotes/18.2.3.html">Mesa
18.2.3</a> is released.
233 This is a bug-fix release.
236 <h2>October
5,
2018</h2>
238 <a href=
"relnotes/18.2.2.html">Mesa
18.2.2</a> is released.
239 This is a bug-fix release.
242 <h2>September
24,
2018</h2>
244 <a href=
"relnotes/18.1.9.html">Mesa
18.1.9</a> is released.
245 This is a bug-fix release.
248 NOTE: It is anticipated that
18.1.9 will be the final release in the
249 18.1 series. Users of
18.1 are encouraged to migrate to the
18.2
250 series in order to obtain future fixes.
253 <h2>September
21,
2018</h2>
255 <a href=
"relnotes/18.2.1.html">Mesa
18.2.1</a> is released.
256 This is a bug-fix release.
259 <h2>September
7,
2018</h2>
261 <a href=
"relnotes/18.1.8.html">Mesa
18.1.8</a> and
262 <a href=
"relnotes/18.2.0.html">Mesa
18.2.0</a> are released.
264 These are, respectively, a bug-fix release from the
18.1 branch and a
265 new development release. See the release notes for more information
269 <h2>August
24,
2018</h2>
271 <a href=
"relnotes/18.1.7.html">Mesa
18.1.7</a> is released.
272 This is a bug-fix release.
275 <h2>August
13,
2018</h2>
277 <a href=
"relnotes/18.1.6.html">Mesa
18.1.6</a> is released.
278 This is a bug-fix release.
281 <h2>July
27,
2018</h2>
283 <a href=
"relnotes/18.1.5.html">Mesa
18.1.5</a> is released.
284 This is a bug-fix release.
287 <h2>July
13,
2018</h2>
289 <a href=
"relnotes/18.1.4.html">Mesa
18.1.4</a> is released.
290 This is a bug-fix release.
293 <h2>June
29,
2018</h2>
295 <a href=
"relnotes/18.1.3.html">Mesa
18.1.3</a> is released.
296 This is a bug-fix release.
299 <h2>June
15,
2018</h2>
301 <a href=
"relnotes/18.1.2.html">Mesa
18.1.2</a> is released.
302 This is a bug-fix release.
305 <h2>June
3,
2018</h2>
307 <a href=
"relnotes/18.0.5.html">Mesa
18.0.5</a> is released.
308 This is a bug-fix release.
311 NOTE: It is anticipated that
18.0.5 will be the final release in the
312 18.0 series. Users of
18.0 are encouraged to migrate to the
18.1
313 series in order to obtain future fixes.
316 <h2>June
1,
2018</h2>
318 <a href=
"relnotes/18.1.1.html">Mesa
18.1.1</a> is released.
319 This is a bug-fix release.
322 <h2>May
18,
2018</h2>
324 <a href=
"relnotes/18.1.0.html">Mesa
18.1.0</a> is released. This is a
325 new development release. See the release notes for more information
329 <h2>May
17,
2018</h2>
331 <a href=
"relnotes/18.0.4.html">Mesa
18.0.4</a> is released.
332 This is a bug-fix release.
337 <a href=
"relnotes/18.0.3.html">Mesa
18.0.3</a> is released.
338 This is a bug-fix release.
341 <h2>April
28,
2018</h2>
343 <a href=
"relnotes/18.0.2.html">Mesa
18.0.2</a> is released.
344 This is a bug-fix release.
347 <h2>April
18,
2018</h2>
349 <a href=
"relnotes/18.0.1.html">Mesa
18.0.1</a> is released.
350 This is a bug-fix release.
353 <h2>April
18,
2018</h2>
355 <a href=
"relnotes/17.3.9.html">Mesa
17.3.9</a> is released.
356 This is a bug-fix release.
359 NOTE: It is anticipated that
17.3.9 will be the final release in the
360 17.3 series. Users of
17.3 are encouraged to migrate to the
18.0
361 series in order to obtain future fixes.
364 <h2>April
03,
2018</h2>
366 <a href=
"relnotes/17.3.8.html">Mesa
17.3.8</a> is released.
367 This is a bug-fix release.
370 <h2>March
27,
2018</h2>
372 <a href=
"relnotes/18.0.0.html">Mesa
18.0.0</a> is released. This is a
373 new development release. See the release notes for more information
377 <h2>March
21,
2018</h2>
379 <a href=
"relnotes/17.3.7.html">Mesa
17.3.7</a> is released.
380 This is a bug-fix release.
383 <h2>February
26,
2018</h2>
385 <a href=
"relnotes/17.3.6.html">Mesa
17.3.6</a> is released.
386 This is a bug-fix release.
389 <h2>February
19,
2018</h2>
391 <a href=
"relnotes/17.3.5.html">Mesa
17.3.5</a> is released.
392 This is a bug-fix release.
395 <h2>February
15,
2018</h2>
397 <a href=
"relnotes/17.3.4.html">Mesa
17.3.4</a> is released.
398 This is a bug-fix release.
401 <h2>January
18,
2018</h2>
403 <a href=
"relnotes/17.3.3.html">Mesa
17.3.3</a> is released.
404 This is a bug-fix release.
407 <h2>January
8,
2018</h2>
409 <a href=
"relnotes/17.3.2.html">Mesa
17.3.2</a> is released.
410 This is a bug-fix release.
413 <h2>December
22,
2017</h2>
415 <a href=
"relnotes/17.2.8.html">Mesa
17.2.8</a> is released.
416 This is a bug-fix release.
419 NOTE: It is anticipated that
17.2.8 will be the final release in the
420 17.2 series. Users of
17.2 are encouraged to migrate to the
17.3
421 series in order to obtain future fixes.
424 <h2>December
21,
2017</h2>
426 <a href=
"relnotes/17.3.1.html">Mesa
17.3.1</a> is released.
427 This is a bug-fix release.
430 <h2>December
14,
2017</h2>
432 <a href=
"relnotes/17.2.7.html">Mesa
17.2.7</a> is released.
433 This is a bug-fix release.
436 <h2>December
8,
2017</h2>
438 <a href=
"relnotes/17.3.0.html">Mesa
17.3.0</a> is released. This is a
439 new development release. See the release notes for more information
443 <h2>November
25,
2017</h2>
445 <a href=
"relnotes/17.2.6.html">Mesa
17.2.6</a> is released.
446 This is a bug-fix release.
449 <h2>November
10,
2017</h2>
451 <a href=
"relnotes/17.2.5.html">Mesa
17.2.5</a> is released.
452 This is a bug-fix release.
455 <h2>October
30,
2017</h2>
457 <a href=
"relnotes/17.2.4.html">Mesa
17.2.4</a> is released.
458 This is a bug-fix release.
461 <h2>October
19,
2017</h2>
463 <a href=
"relnotes/17.2.3.html">Mesa
17.2.3</a> is released.
464 This is a bug-fix release.
467 <h2>October
2,
2017</h2>
469 <a href=
"relnotes/17.2.2.html">Mesa
17.2.2</a> is released.
470 This is a bug-fix release.
473 <h2>September
25,
2017</h2>
475 <a href=
"relnotes/17.1.10.html">Mesa
17.1.10</a> is released.
476 This is a bug-fix release.
479 NOTE: It is anticipated that
17.1.10 will be the final release in the
480 17.1 series. Users of
17.1 are encouraged to migrate to the
17.2
481 series in order to obtain future fixes.
484 <h2>September
17,
2017</h2>
486 <a href=
"relnotes/17.2.1.html">Mesa
17.2.1</a> is released.
487 This is a bug-fix release.
490 <h2>September
8,
2017</h2>
492 <a href=
"relnotes/17.1.9.html">Mesa
17.1.9</a> is released.
493 This is a bug-fix release.
496 <h2>September
4,
2017</h2>
498 <a href=
"relnotes/17.2.0.html">Mesa
17.2.0</a> is released. This is a
499 new development release. See the release notes for more information
503 <h2>August
28,
2017</h2>
505 <a href=
"relnotes/17.1.8.html">Mesa
17.1.8</a> is released.
506 This is a bug-fix release.
509 <h2>August
21,
2017</h2>
511 <a href=
"relnotes/17.1.7.html">Mesa
17.1.7</a> is released.
512 This is a bug-fix release.
515 <h2>August
7,
2017</h2>
517 <a href=
"relnotes/17.1.6.html">Mesa
17.1.6</a> is released.
518 This is a bug-fix release.
521 <h2>July
14,
2017</h2>
523 <a href=
"relnotes/17.1.5.html">Mesa
17.1.5</a> is released.
524 This is a bug-fix release.
527 <h2>June
30,
2017</h2>
529 <a href=
"relnotes/17.1.4.html">Mesa
17.1.4</a> is released.
530 This is a bug-fix release.
533 <h2>June
19,
2017</h2>
535 <a href=
"relnotes/17.1.3.html">Mesa
17.1.3</a> is released.
536 This is a bug-fix release.
539 <h2>June
5,
2017</h2>
541 <a href=
"relnotes/17.1.2.html">Mesa
17.1.2</a> is released.
542 This is a bug-fix release.
545 <h2>June
1,
2017</h2>
547 <a href=
"relnotes/17.0.7.html">Mesa
17.0.7</a> is released.
548 This is a bug-fix release.
551 NOTE: It is anticipated that
17.0.7 will be the final release in the
17.0
552 series. Users of
17.0 are encouraged to migrate to the
17.1 series in order
553 to obtain future fixes.
556 <h2>May
25,
2017</h2>
558 <a href=
"relnotes/17.1.1.html">Mesa
17.1.1</a> is released.
559 This is a bug-fix release.
562 <h2>May
12,
2017</h2>
564 <a href=
"relnotes/17.0.6.html">Mesa
17.0.6</a> is released.
565 This is a bug-fix release.
568 <h2>May
10,
2017</h2>
570 <a href=
"relnotes/17.1.0.html">Mesa
17.1.0</a> is released. This is a
571 new development release. See the release notes for more information
575 <h2>April
28,
2017</h2>
577 <a href=
"relnotes/17.0.5.html">Mesa
17.0.5</a> is released.
578 This is a bug-fix release.
581 <h2>April
17,
2017</h2>
583 <a href=
"relnotes/17.0.4.html">Mesa
17.0.4</a> is released.
584 This is a bug-fix release.
587 <h2>April
1,
2017</h2>
589 <a href=
"relnotes/17.0.3.html">Mesa
17.0.3</a> is released.
590 This is a bug-fix release.
593 <h2>March
20,
2017</h2>
595 <a href=
"relnotes/13.0.6.html">Mesa
13.0.6</a> and
596 <a href=
"relnotes/17.0.2.html">Mesa
17.0.2</a> are released.
598 These are bug-fix releases from the
13.0 and
17.0 branches, respectively.
601 NOTE: It is anticipated that
13.0.6 will be the final release in the
13.0
602 series. Users of
13.0 are encouraged to migrate to the
17.0 series in order
603 to obtain future fixes.
606 <h2>March
4,
2017</h2>
608 <a href=
"relnotes/17.0.1.html">Mesa
17.0.1</a> is released.
609 This is a bug-fix release.
612 <h2>February
20,
2017</h2>
614 <a href=
"relnotes/13.0.5.html">Mesa
13.0.5</a> is released.
615 This is a bug-fix release.
618 <h2>February
13,
2017</h2>
620 <a href=
"relnotes/17.0.0.html">Mesa
17.0.0</a> is released. This is a
621 new development release. See the release notes for more information
625 <h2>February
1,
2017</h2>
627 <a href=
"relnotes/13.0.4.html">Mesa
13.0.4</a> is released.
628 This is a bug-fix release.
631 <h2>January
23,
2017</h2>
633 <a href=
"relnotes/12.0.6.html">Mesa
12.0.6</a> is released.
634 This is a bug-fix release.
637 NOTE: This is an extra release for the
12.0 stable branch, as per developers'
638 feedback. It is anticipated that
12.0.6 will be the final release in the
12.0
639 series. Users of
12.0 are encouraged to migrate to the
13.0 series in order
640 to obtain future fixes.
643 <h2>January
5,
2017</h2>
645 <a href=
"relnotes/13.0.3.html">Mesa
13.0.3</a> is released.
646 This is a bug-fix release.
649 <h2>December
5,
2016</h2>
651 <a href=
"relnotes/12.0.5.html">Mesa
12.0.5</a> is released.
652 This is a bug-fix release.
655 NOTE: It is anticipated that
12.0.5 will be the final release in the
12.0
656 series. Users of
12.0 are encouraged to migrate to the
13.0 series in order
657 to obtain future fixes.
660 <h2>November
28,
2016</h2>
662 <a href=
"relnotes/13.0.2.html">Mesa
13.0.2</a> is released.
663 This is a bug-fix release.
666 <h2>November
14,
2016</h2>
668 <a href=
"relnotes/13.0.1.html">Mesa
13.0.1</a> is released.
669 This is a bug-fix release.
672 <h2>November
10,
2016</h2>
674 <a href=
"relnotes/12.0.4.html">Mesa
12.0.4</a> is released.
675 This is a bug-fix release.
678 <h2>November
1,
2016</h2>
680 <a href=
"relnotes/13.0.0.html">Mesa
13.0.0</a> is released. This is a
681 new development release. See the release notes for more information
685 <h2>September
15,
2016</h2>
687 <a href=
"relnotes/12.0.3.html">Mesa
12.0.3</a> is released.
688 This is a bug-fix release.
691 <h2>September
2,
2016</h2>
693 <a href=
"relnotes/12.0.2.html">Mesa
12.0.2</a> is released.
694 This is a bug-fix release.
697 <h2>July
8,
2016</h2>
699 <a href=
"relnotes/12.0.1.html">Mesa
12.0.1</a> is released.
700 This is a bug-fix release, resolving build issues in the r600 and
705 <a href=
"relnotes/12.0.0.html">Mesa
12.0.0</a> is released. This is a
706 new development release. See the release notes for more information
712 <a href=
"relnotes/11.1.4.html">Mesa
11.1.4</a> and
713 <a href=
"relnotes/11.2.2.html">Mesa
11.2.2</a> are released.
715 These are bug-fix releases from the
11.1 and
11.2 branches, respectively.
718 NOTE: It is anticipated that
11.1.4 will be the final release in the
11.1.4
719 series. Users of
11.1 are encouraged to migrate to the
11.2 series in order
720 to obtain future fixes.
723 <h2>April
17,
2016</h2>
725 <a href=
"relnotes/11.1.3.html">Mesa
11.1.3</a> and
726 <a href=
"relnotes/11.2.1.html">Mesa
11.2.1</a> are released.
728 These are bug-fix releases from the
11.1 and
11.2 branches, respectively.
731 <h2>April
4,
2016</h2>
733 <a href=
"relnotes/11.2.0.html">Mesa
11.2.0</a> is released. This is a
734 new development release. See the release notes for more information
738 <h2>February
10,
2016</h2>
740 <a href=
"relnotes/11.1.2.html">Mesa
11.1.2</a> is released.
741 This is a bug-fix release.
744 <h2>January
22,
2016</h2>
746 <a href=
"relnotes/11.0.9.html">Mesa
11.0.9</a> is released.
747 This is a bug-fix release.
750 NOTE: It is anticipated that
11.0.9 will be the final release in the
11.0
751 series. Users of
11.0 are encouraged to migrate to the
11.1 series in order
752 to obtain future fixes.
755 <h2>January
13,
2016</h2>
757 <a href=
"relnotes/11.1.1.html">Mesa
11.1.1</a> is released.
758 This is a bug-fix release.
761 <h2>December
21,
2015</h2>
763 <a href=
"relnotes/11.0.8.html">Mesa
11.0.8</a> is released.
764 This is a bug-fix release.
767 <h2>December
15,
2015</h2>
769 <a href=
"relnotes/11.1.0.html">Mesa
11.1.0</a> is released. This is a new
770 development release. See the release notes for more information about
774 <h2>December
9,
2015</h2>
776 <a href=
"relnotes/11.0.7.html">Mesa
11.0.7</a> is released.
777 This is a bug-fix release.
780 Mesa demos
8.3.0 is also released.
781 See the
<a href=
"https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-announce/2015-December/000191.html">announcement
</a> for more information about the release.
782 You can download it from
<a href=
"ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/demos/8.3.0/">ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/demos/
8.3.0/
</a>.
785 <h2>November
21,
2015</h2>
787 <a href=
"relnotes/11.0.6.html">Mesa
11.0.6</a> is released.
788 This is a bug-fix release.
791 <h2>November
11,
2015</h2>
793 <a href=
"relnotes/11.0.5.html">Mesa
11.0.5</a> is released.
794 This is a bug-fix release.
797 <h2>October
24,
2015</h2>
799 <a href=
"relnotes/11.0.4.html">Mesa
11.0.4</a> is released.
800 This is a bug-fix release.
803 <h2>October
10,
2015</h2>
805 <a href=
"relnotes/11.0.3.html">Mesa
11.0.3</a> is released.
806 This is a bug-fix release.
809 <h2>October
3,
2015</h2>
811 <a href=
"relnotes/10.6.9.html">Mesa
10.6.9</a> is released.
812 This is a bug-fix release.
815 NOTE: It is anticipated that
10.6.9 will be the final release in the
10.6
816 series. Users of
10.6 are encouraged to migrate to the
11.0 series in order
817 to obtain future fixes.
820 <h2>September
28,
2015</h2>
822 <a href=
"relnotes/11.0.2.html">Mesa
11.0.2</a> is released.
823 This is a bug-fix release.
826 <h2>September
26,
2015</h2>
828 <a href=
"relnotes/11.0.1.html">Mesa
11.0.1</a> is released.
829 This is a bug-fix release.
832 <h2>September
20,
2015</h2>
834 <a href=
"relnotes/10.6.8.html">Mesa
10.6.8</a> is released.
835 This is a bug-fix release.
838 <h2>September
12,
2015</h2>
840 <a href=
"relnotes/11.0.0.html">Mesa
11.0.0</a> is released. This is a new
841 development release. See the release notes for more information about
845 <h2>September
10,
2015</h2>
847 <a href=
"relnotes/10.6.7.html">Mesa
10.6.7</a> is released.
848 This is a bug-fix release.
851 <h2>September
4,
2015</h2>
853 <a href=
"relnotes/10.6.6.html">Mesa
10.6.6</a> is released.
854 This is a bug-fix release.
857 <h2>August
22,
2015</h2>
859 <a href=
"relnotes/10.6.5.html">Mesa
10.6.5</a> is released.
860 This is a bug-fix release.
863 <h2>August
11,
2015</h2>
865 <a href=
"relnotes/10.6.4.html">Mesa
10.6.4</a> is released.
866 This is a bug-fix release.
869 <h2>July
26,
2015</h2>
871 <a href=
"relnotes/10.6.3.html">Mesa
10.6.3</a> is released.
872 This is a bug-fix release.
875 <h2>July
11,
2015</h2>
877 <a href=
"relnotes/10.6.2.html">Mesa
10.6.2</a> is released.
878 This is a bug-fix release.
881 <h2>July
04,
2015</h2>
883 <a href=
"relnotes/10.5.9.html">Mesa
10.5.9</a> is released.
884 This is a bug-fix release.
887 NOTE: It is anticipated that
10.5.9 will be the final release in the
10.5
888 series. Users of
10.5 are encouraged to migrate to the
10.6 series in order
889 to obtain future fixes.
892 <h2>June
29,
2015</h2>
894 <a href=
"relnotes/10.6.1.html">Mesa
10.6.1</a> is released.
895 This is a bug-fix release.
898 <h2>June
20,
2015</h2>
900 <a href=
"relnotes/10.5.8.html">Mesa
10.5.8</a> is released.
901 This is a bug-fix release.
904 <h2>June
14,
2015</h2>
906 <a href=
"relnotes/10.6.0.html">Mesa
10.6.0</a> is released. This is a new
907 development release. See the release notes for more information about
911 <h2>June
07,
2015</h2>
913 <a href=
"relnotes/10.5.7.html">Mesa
10.5.7</a> is released.
914 This is a bug-fix release.
917 <h2>May
23,
2015</h2>
919 <a href=
"relnotes/10.5.6.html">Mesa
10.5.6</a> is released.
920 This is a bug-fix release.
923 <h2>May
11,
2015</h2>
925 <a href=
"relnotes/10.5.5.html">Mesa
10.5.5</a> is released.
926 This is a bug-fix release.
929 <h2>April
24,
2015</h2>
931 <a href=
"relnotes/10.5.4.html">Mesa
10.5.4</a> is released.
932 This is a bug-fix release.
935 <h2>April
12,
2015</h2>
937 <a href=
"relnotes/10.5.3.html">Mesa
10.5.3</a> is released.
938 This is a bug-fix release.
941 <h2>March
28,
2015</h2>
943 <a href=
"relnotes/10.5.2.html">Mesa
10.5.2</a> is released.
944 This is a bug-fix release.
947 <h2>March
20,
2015</h2>
949 <a href=
"relnotes/10.4.7.html">Mesa
10.4.7</a> is released.
950 This is a bug-fix release.
953 <h2>March
13,
2015</h2>
955 <a href=
"relnotes/10.5.1.html">Mesa
10.5.1</a> is released.
956 This is a bug-fix release.
959 <h2>March
06,
2015</h2>
961 <a href=
"relnotes/10.5.0.html">Mesa
10.5.0</a> is released. This is a new
962 development release. See the release notes for more information about
966 <h2>March
06,
2015</h2>
968 <a href=
"relnotes/10.4.6.html">Mesa
10.4.6</a> is released.
969 This is a bug-fix release.
972 <h2>February
21,
2015</h2>
974 <a href=
"relnotes/10.4.5.html">Mesa
10.4.5</a> is released.
975 This is a bug-fix release.
978 <h2>February
06,
2015</h2>
980 <a href=
"relnotes/10.4.4.html">Mesa
10.4.4</a> is released.
981 This is a bug-fix release.
984 <h2>January
24,
2015</h2>
986 <a href=
"relnotes/10.4.3.html">Mesa
10.4.3</a> is released.
987 This is a bug-fix release.
990 <h2>January
12,
2015</h2>
992 <a href=
"relnotes/10.3.7.html">Mesa
10.3.7</a>
993 and
<a href=
"relnotes/10.4.2.html">Mesa
10.4.2</a> are released.
995 These are bug-fix releases from the
10.3 and
10.4 branches, respectively.
998 NOTE: It is anticipated that
10.3.7 will be the final release in the
10.3
999 series. Users of
10.3 are encouraged to migrate to the
10.4 series in order
1000 to obtain future fixes.
1003 <h2>December
29,
2014</h2>
1005 <a href=
"relnotes/10.3.6.html">Mesa
10.3.6</a>
1006 and
<a href=
"relnotes/10.4.1.html">Mesa
10.4.1</a> are released.
1008 These are bug-fix releases from the
10.3 and
10.4 branches, respectively.
1011 <h2>December
14,
2014</h2>
1013 <a href=
"relnotes/10.4.html">Mesa
10.4</a> is released. This is a new
1014 development release. See the release notes for more information about
1018 <h2>December
5,
2014</h2>
1020 <a href=
"relnotes/10.3.5.html">Mesa
10.3.5</a> is released.
1021 This is a bug-fix release.
1024 <h2>November
21,
2014</h2>
1026 <a href=
"relnotes/10.3.4.html">Mesa
10.3.4</a> is released.
1027 This is a bug-fix release.
1030 <h2>November
8,
2014</h2>
1032 <a href=
"relnotes/10.3.3.html">Mesa
10.3.3</a> is released.
1033 This is a bug-fix release.
1036 <h2>October
24,
2014</h2>
1038 <a href=
"relnotes/10.3.2.html">Mesa
10.3.2</a> is released.
1039 This is a bug-fix release.
1042 <h2>October
12,
2014</h2>
1044 <a href=
"relnotes/10.2.9.html">Mesa
10.2.9</a>
1045 and
<a href=
"relnotes/10.3.1.html">Mesa
10.3.1</a> are released.
1047 These are bug-fix releases from the
10.2 and
10.3 branches, respectively.
1050 NOTE: It is anticipated that
10.2.9 will be the final release in the
10.2
1051 series. Users of
10.2 are encouraged to migrate to the
10.3 series in order
1052 to obtain future fixes.
1055 <h2>September
19,
2014</h2>
1057 <a href=
"relnotes/10.3.html">Mesa
10.3</a> is released. This is a new
1058 development release. See the release notes for more information about
1062 Also,
<a href=
"relnotes/10.2.8.html">Mesa
10.2.8</a> is released.
1063 This is a bug fix release from the
10.2 branch.
1066 <h2>September
6,
2014</h2>
1068 <a href=
"relnotes/10.2.7.html">Mesa
10.2.7</a> is released.
1069 This is a bug-fix release.
1072 <h2>August
19,
2014</h2>
1074 <a href=
"relnotes/10.2.6.html">Mesa
10.2.6</a> is released.
1075 This is a bug-fix release.
1078 <h2>August
2,
2014</h2>
1080 <a href=
"relnotes/10.2.5.html">Mesa
10.2.5</a> is released.
1081 This is a bug-fix release.
1084 <h2>July
18,
2014</h2>
1086 <a href=
"relnotes/10.2.4.html">Mesa
10.2.4</a> is released.
1087 This is a bug-fix release.
1090 <h2>July
7,
2014</h2>
1092 <a href=
"relnotes/10.2.3.html">Mesa
10.2.3</a> is released.
1093 This is a bug-fix release.
1096 <h2>July
5,
2014</h2>
1099 Mesa demos
8.2.0 is released.
1100 See the
<a href=
"https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-announce/2014-July/000100.html">announcement
</a> for more information about the release.
1101 You 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>.
1104 <h2>June
24,
2014</h2>
1106 <a href=
"relnotes/10.1.6.html">Mesa
10.1.6</a>
1107 and
<a href=
"relnotes/10.2.2.html">Mesa
10.2.2</a> are released.
1109 These are bug-fix releases from the
10.1 and
10.2 branches, respectively.
1112 <h2>June
6,
2014</h2>
1114 <a href=
"relnotes/10.2.1.html">Mesa
10.2.1</a> is released. This release
1115 only fixes a build error in the radeonsi driver that was introduced between
1116 10.2-rc5 and the
10.2 final release.
1119 <h2>June
6,
2014</h2>
1121 <a href=
"relnotes/10.2.html">Mesa
10.2</a> is released. This is a new
1122 development release. See the release notes for more information about
1126 Also,
<a href=
"relnotes/10.1.5.html">Mesa
10.1.5</a> is released.
1127 This is a bug fix release from the
10.1 branch.
1130 <h2>May
20,
2014</h2>
1132 <a href=
"relnotes/10.1.4.html">Mesa
10.1.4</a> is released.
1133 This is a bug-fix release.
1136 <h2>May
9,
2014</h2>
1138 <a href=
"relnotes/10.1.3.html">Mesa
10.1.3</a> is released.
1139 This is a bug-fix release, and is being released sooner than
1140 originally scheduled to fix a performance regression (vmware
1141 swapbuffers falling back to software) introduced to the
1145 <h2>May
5,
2014</h2>
1147 <a href=
"relnotes/10.1.2.html">Mesa
10.1.2</a> is released.
1148 This is a bug-fix release.
1151 <h2>April
18,
2014</h2>
1153 <a href=
"relnotes/10.1.1.html">Mesa
10.1.1</a> is released.
1154 This is a bug-fix release.
1157 <h2>April
18,
2014</h2>
1159 <a href=
"relnotes/10.0.5.html">Mesa
10.0.5</a> is released.
1160 This is a bug-fix release.
1163 NOTE: Since the
10.1.1 release is being released concurrently, it is
1164 anticipated that
10.0.5 will be the final release in the
10.0
1165 series. Users of
10.0 are encouraged to migrate to the
10.1 series in
1166 order to obtain future fixes.
1169 <h2>March
12,
2014</h2>
1171 <a href=
"relnotes/10.0.4.html">Mesa
10.0.4</a> is released.
1172 This is a bug-fix release.
1175 <h2>March
4,
2014</h2>
1177 <a href=
"relnotes/10.1.html">Mesa
10.1</a> is released.
1178 This is a new development release.
1179 See the release notes for more information about the release.
1182 <h2>February
3,
2014</h2>
1184 <a href=
"relnotes/10.0.3.html">Mesa
10.0.3</a> is released.
1185 This is a bug-fix release.
1188 <h2>January
9,
2014</h2>
1190 <a href=
"relnotes/10.0.2.html">Mesa
10.0.2</a> is released.
1191 This is a bug-fix release.
1194 <h2>December
12,
2013</h2>
1196 <a href=
"relnotes/10.0.1.html">Mesa
10.0.1</a>
1197 and
<a href=
"relnotes/9.2.5.html">Mesa
9.2.5</a> are released.
1198 These are both bug-fix releases.
1201 <h2>November
30,
2013</h2>
1203 <a href=
"relnotes/10.0.html">Mesa
10.0</a> is released.
1204 This is a new development release.
1205 See the release notes for more information about the release.
1208 <h2>November
27,
2013</h2>
1210 <a href=
"relnotes/9.2.4.html">Mesa
9.2.4</a> is released.
1211 This is a bug fix release.
1214 <h2>November
13,
2013</h2>
1216 <a href=
"relnotes/9.2.3.html">Mesa
9.2.3</a> is released.
1217 This is a bug fix release.
1220 <h2>October
18,
2013</h2>
1222 <a href=
"relnotes/9.2.2.html">Mesa
9.2.2</a> is released.
1223 This is a bug fix release.
1226 <h2>October
4,
2013</h2>
1228 <a href=
"relnotes/9.2.1.html">Mesa
9.2.1</a> and
1229 <a href=
"relnotes/9.1.7.html">Mesa
9.1.7</a> are released,
1230 both bug-fix releases.
1233 <h2>August
27,
2013</h2>
1235 <a href=
"relnotes/9.2.html">Mesa
9.2</a> is released.
1236 This is a new development release.
1237 See the release notes for more information about the release.
1240 <h2>August
1,
2013</h2>
1242 <a href=
"relnotes/9.1.6.html">Mesa
9.1.6</a> is released.
1243 This is a bug fix release.
1246 <h2>July
17,
2013</h2>
1248 <a href=
"relnotes/9.1.5.html">Mesa
9.1.5</a> is released.
1249 This is a bug fix release.
1252 <h2>July
1,
2013</h2>
1254 <a href=
"relnotes/9.1.4.html">Mesa
9.1.4</a> is released.
1255 This is a bug fix release.
1258 <h2>May
21,
2013</h2>
1260 <a href=
"relnotes/9.1.3.html">Mesa
9.1.3</a> is released.
1261 This is a bug fix release.
1264 <h2>April
30,
2013</h2>
1266 <a href=
"relnotes/9.1.2.html">Mesa
9.1.2</a> is released.
1267 This is a bug fix release.
1270 <h2>March
19,
2013</h2>
1272 <a href=
"relnotes/9.1.1.html">Mesa
9.1.1</a> is released.
1273 This is a bug fix release.
1276 <h2>February
24,
2013</h2>
1279 Mesa demos
8.1.0 is released.
1280 See the
<a href=
"https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2013-February/035180.html">announcement
</a> for more information about the release.
1281 You 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>.
1285 <h2>February
22,
2013</h2>
1288 <a href=
"relnotes/9.1.html">Mesa
9.1</a> is released.
1289 This is a new development release.
1290 See the release notes for more information about the release.
1294 <h2>February
21,
2013</h2>
1297 <a href=
"relnotes/9.0.3.html">Mesa
9.0.3</a> is released.
1298 This is a bug fix release.
1302 <h2>January
22,
2013</h2>
1305 <a href=
"relnotes/9.0.2.html">Mesa
9.0.2</a> is released.
1306 This is a bug fix release.
1310 <h2>November
16,
2012</h2>
1313 <a href=
"relnotes/9.0.1.html">Mesa
9.0.1</a> is released.
1314 This is a bug fix release.
1318 <h2>October
24,
2012</h2>
1321 <a href=
"relnotes/8.0.5.html">Mesa
8.0.5</a> is released.
1322 This is a bug fix release.
1326 <h2>October
8,
2012</h2>
1329 <a href=
"relnotes/9.0.html">Mesa
9.0</a> is released.
1330 This is the first version of Mesa to support OpenGL
3.1 and GLSL
1.40
1331 (with the i965 driver).
1332 See the release notes for more information about the release.
1336 <h2>July
10,
2012</h2>
1339 <a href=
"relnotes/8.0.4.html">Mesa
8.0.4</a> is released.
1340 This is a bug fix release.
1344 <h2>May
18,
2012</h2>
1347 <a href=
"relnotes/8.0.3.html">Mesa
8.0.3</a> is released.
1348 This is a bug fix release.
1352 <h2>March
21,
2012</h2>
1355 <a href=
"relnotes/8.0.2.html">Mesa
8.0.2</a> is released.
1356 This is a bug fix release.
1360 <h2>February
16,
2012</h2>
1363 <a href=
"relnotes/8.0.1.html">Mesa
8.0.1</a> is released. This is a bug fix
1364 release. See the release notes for more information about the release.
1367 <h2>February
9,
2012</h2>
1370 <a href=
"relnotes/8.0.html">Mesa
8.0</a> is released.
1371 This is the first version of Mesa to support OpenGL
3.0 and GLSL
1.30
1372 (with the i965 driver).
1373 See the release notes for more information about the release.
1377 <h2>November
27,
2011</h2>
1380 <a href=
"relnotes/7.11.2.html">Mesa
7.11.2</a> is released. This is a bug fix
1381 release. This release was made primarily to fix build problems with
7.11.1 on
1382 Mandriva and to fix problems related to glCopyTexImage to luminance-alpha
1383 textures. The later was believed to have been fixed in
7.11.1 but was not.
1386 <h2>November
17,
2011</h2>
1389 <a href=
"relnotes/7.11.1.html">Mesa
7.11.1</a> is released. This is a bug
1393 <h2>July
31,
2011</h2>
1396 <a href=
"relnotes/7.11.html">Mesa
7.11</a> (final) is released. This is a new
1397 development release.
1400 <h2>June
13,
2011</h2>
1403 <a href=
"relnotes/7.10.3.html">Mesa
7.10.3</a> is released. This is a bug
1407 <h2>April
6,
2011</h2>
1410 <a href=
"relnotes/7.10.2.html">Mesa
7.10.2</a> is released. This is a bug
1414 <h2>March
2,
2011</h2>
1417 <a href=
"relnotes/7.9.2.html">Mesa
7.9.2</a> and
1418 <a href=
"relnotes/7.10.1.html">Mesa
7.10.1</a> are released. These are
1419 stable releases containing bug fixes since the
7.9.1 and
7.10 releases.
1423 <h2>October
4,
2010</h2>
1426 <a href=
"relnotes/7.9.html">Mesa
7.9</a> (final) is released. This is a new
1427 development release.
1431 <h2>September
27,
2010</h2>
1434 <a href=
"relnotes/7.9.html">Mesa
7.9.0-rc1
</a> is released. This is a
1435 release candidate for the
7.9 development release.
1439 <h2>June
16,
2010</h2>
1442 <a href=
"relnotes/7.8.2.html">Mesa
7.8.2</a> is released. This is a bug-fix
1443 release collecting fixes since the
7.8.1 release.
1447 <h2>April
5,
2010</h2>
1450 <a href=
"relnotes/7.8.1.html">Mesa
7.8.1</a> is released. This is a bug-fix
1451 release for a few critical issues in the
7.8 release.
1455 <h2>March
28,
2010</h2>
1457 <a href=
"relnotes/7.7.1.html">Mesa
7.7.1</a> is released. This is a bug-fix
1458 release fixing issues found in the
7.7 release.
1461 Also,
<a href=
"relnotes/7.8.html">Mesa
7.8</a> is released. This is a new
1462 development release.
1467 <h2>December
21,
2009</h2>
1469 <a href=
"relnotes/7.6.1.html">Mesa
7.6.1</a> is released. This is a bug-fix
1470 release fixing issues found in the
7.6 release.
1473 Also,
<a href=
"relnotes/7.7.html">Mesa
7.7</a> is released. This is a new
1474 development release.
1478 <h2>September
28,
2009</h2>
1480 <a href=
"relnotes/7.6.html">Mesa
7.6</a> is released. This is a new feature
1481 release. Those especially concerned about stability may want to wait for the
1482 follow-on
7.6.1 bug-fix release.
1485 <a href=
"relnotes/7.5.2.html">Mesa
7.5.2</a> is also released.
1486 This is a stable release fixing bugs since the
7.5.1 release.
1490 <h2>September
3,
2009</h2>
1492 <a href=
"relnotes/7.5.1.html">Mesa
7.5.1</a> is released.
1493 This is a bug-fix release which fixes bugs found in version
7.5.
1497 <h2>July
17,
2009</h2>
1499 <a href=
"relnotes/7.5.html">Mesa
7.5</a> is released.
1500 This is a new features release. People especially concerned about
1501 stability may want to wait for the follow-on
7.5.1 bug-fix release.
1505 <h2>June
23,
2009</h2>
1507 <a href=
"relnotes/7.4.4.html">Mesa
7.4.4</a> is released.
1508 This is a stable release that fixes a regression in the i915/i965 drivers
1509 that slipped into the
7.4.3 release.
1513 <h2>June
19,
2009</h2>
1515 <a href=
"relnotes/7.4.3.html">Mesa
7.4.3</a> is released.
1516 This is a stable release fixing bugs since the
7.4.2 release.
1520 <h2>May
15,
2009</h2>
1522 <a href=
"relnotes/7.4.2.html">Mesa
7.4.2</a> is released.
1523 This is a stable release fixing bugs since the
7.4.1 release.
1527 <h2>April
18,
2009</h2>
1529 <a href=
"relnotes/7.4.1.html">Mesa
7.4.1</a> is released.
1530 This is a stable release fixing bugs since the
7.4 release.
1534 <h2>March
27,
2009</h2>
1536 <a href=
"relnotes/7.4.html">Mesa
7.4</a> is released.
1537 This is a stable release fixing bugs since the
7.3 release.
1541 <h2>January
22,
2009</h2>
1543 <a href=
"relnotes/7.3.html">Mesa
7.3</a> is released.
1544 This is a new development release.
1545 Mesa
7.4 will follow and will have bug fixes relative to
7.3.
1549 <h2>September
20,
2008</h2>
1551 <a href=
"relnotes/7.2.html">Mesa
7.2</a> is released.
1552 This is a stable, bug-fix release.
1556 <h2>August
26,
2008</h2>
1558 <a href=
"relnotes/7.1.html">Mesa
7.1</a> is released.
1559 This is a new development release.
1560 It should be relatively stable, but those especially concerned about
1561 stability should wait for the
7.2 release or use Mesa
7.0.4 (the
1562 previous stable release).
1566 <h2>August
16,
2008</h2>
1568 <a href=
"relnotes/7.0.4.html">Mesa
7.0.4</a> is released.
1569 This is a bug-fix release.
1573 <h2>April
4,
2008</h2>
1575 <a href=
"relnotes/7.0.3.html">Mesa
7.0.3</a> is released.
1576 This is a bug-fix release.
1580 <h2>January
24,
2008</h2>
1583 Added a new page describing the Mesa Cell driver.
1588 <h2>November
13,
2007</h2>
1591 Gallium3D is the codename for the new Mesa device driver architecture
1592 which is currently under development.
1595 Gallium3D development is taking place on the
<em>gallium-
0.1</em> branch
1596 of the git repository.
1597 Currently, there's only a software-only driver and an Intel i915/
945 driver
1598 but other drivers will be coming...
1602 <h2>November
10,
2007</h2>
1604 <a href=
"relnotes/7.0.2.html">Mesa
7.0.2</a> is released.
1605 This is a bug-fix release.
1609 <h2>August
3,
2007</h2>
1611 <a href=
"relnotes/7.0.1.html">Mesa
7.0.1</a> is released.
1612 This is a bug-fix release.
1616 <h2>June
22,
2007</h2>
1618 <a href=
"relnotes/7.0.html">Mesa
7.0</a> is released.
1619 This is a stable release featuring OpenGL
2.1 support.
1623 <h2>April
27,
2007</h2>
1625 <a href=
"relnotes/6.5.3.html">Mesa
6.5.3</a> is released.
1626 This is a development release which will lead up to the Mesa
7.0 release
1627 (which will advertise OpenGL
2.1 API support).
1631 <h2>March
26,
2007</h2>
1633 The new Shading Language compiler branch has been merged into the git
1634 master branch. This is a step toward hardware support for the OpenGL
1635 2.0 Shading Language and will be included in the next Mesa release.
1636 In conjunction,
<a href=
"http://glean.sf.net">Glean
</a> has been updated
1637 with a new test that does over
130 tests of the
1638 shading language and built-in functions.
1641 <h2>April
4,
2007</h2>
1643 Thomas Hellstr
öm of Tungsten Graphics has written a whitepaper
1644 describing the new DRI memory management system.
1647 <h2>December
5,
2006</h2>
1649 Mesa is now using git as its source code management system.
1650 The previous CVS repository should no longer be used.
1651 See the
<a href=
"repository.html">repository page
</a> for more information.
1654 <h2>December
2,
2006</h2>
1656 <a href=
"relnotes/6.5.2.html">Mesa
6.5.2</a> has been released.
1657 This is a new development release.
1660 <h2>September
15,
2006</h2>
1662 <a href=
"relnotes/6.5.1.html">Mesa
6.5.1</a> has been released.
1663 This is a new development release.
1666 <h2>March
31,
2006</h2>
1668 <a href=
"relnotes/6.5.html">Mesa
6.5</a> has been released.
1669 This is a new development release.
1673 <h2>February
2,
2006</h2>
1675 <a href=
"relnotes/6.4.2.html">Mesa
6.4.2</a> has been released.
1676 This is stable, bug-fix release.
1680 <h2>November
29,
2005</h2>
1682 <a href=
"relnotes/6.4.1.html">Mesa
6.4.1</a> has been released.
1683 This is stable, bug-fix release.
1688 <h2>October
24,
2005</h2>
1690 <a href=
"relnotes/6.4.html">Mesa
6.4</a> has been released.
1691 This is stable, bug-fix release.
1695 <h2>August
19,
2005</h2>
1697 Mesa
6.3.2 has been released.
1698 Note: there was no public release of version
6.3.1.
1700 <a href=
"versions.html#6.3.2">Changes in version
6.3.1</a>
1702 The MD5 checksums are:
1705 98192e45ed8d69113688f89f90869346 MesaLib-
6.3.2.tar.gz
1706 0df27701df0924d17ddf41185efa8ce1 MesaLib-
6.3.2.tar.bz2
1707 ccb2423aab77fc7e81ce628734586140 MesaLib-
6.3.2.zip
1708 9d0fca0a7d051c34a0b485423fb3e85d MesaDemos-
6.3.2.tar.gz
1709 96708868450c188205e42229b5d813c4 MesaDemos-
6.3.2.tar.bz2
1710 c5102501e609aa8996d832fafacb8ab9 MesaDemos-
6.3.2.zip
1714 <h2>July
20,
2005</h2>
1716 Mesa
6.3 has been released.
1717 This is a development release with new features, changes and bug fixes.
1721 - GL_EXT_framebuffer_object extension
1722 - GL_ARB_draw_buffers extension
1723 - GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object extension
1724 - GL_OES_read_format extension (Ian Romanick)
1725 - DirectFB driver (Claudio Ciccani)
1726 - x86_64 vertex transformation code (Mikko T.)
1728 - added -stereo option for glxgears demo (Jacek Rosik)
1729 - updated the PBuffer demo code in xdemos/ directory
1730 - glDeleteTextures/Programs/Buffers() now makes the object ID
1731 available for immediate re-use
1732 - assorted
64-bit clean-ups fixes (x86_64 and Win64)
1733 - lots of internal changes for GL_EXT_framebuffer_object
1735 - some functions didn't support PBO functionality
1736 - glGetTexImage didn't convert color index images to RGBA as required
1737 - fragment program texcoords were sometimes wrong for points and lines
1738 - fixed problem with negative dot product in arbfplight, fplight demos
1739 - fixed bug in perspective correction of antialiased, textured lines
1740 - querying GL_POST_CONVOLUTION_ALPHA_BIAS_EXT returned wrong value
1741 - fixed a couple per-pixel fog bugs (Soju Matsumoto)
1742 - glGetBooleanv(GL_FRAGMENT_PROGRAM_BINDING_NV) was broken
1743 - fixed float parsing bug in ARB frag/vert programs (bug
2520)
1744 - XMesaGetDepthBuffer() returned incorrect value for bytesPerValue
1745 - GL_COLOR_MATERIAL with glColor3 didn't properly set diffuse alpha
1746 - glXChooseFBConfig() crashed if attribList pointer was NULL
1747 - program state.light[n].spot.direction.w was wrong value (bug
3083)
1748 - fragment program fog option required glEnable(GL_FOG) - wrong.
1749 - glColorTable() could produce a Mesa implementation error (bug
3135)
1750 - RasterPos could get corrupted by color index rendering path
1751 - Removed bad XTranslateCoordinates call when rendering to Pixmaps
1752 - glPopAttrib() didn't properly restore GL_TEXTURE_GEN enable state
1753 - fixed a few Darwin compilation problems
1756 The MD5 checksums are:
1759 0236f552d37514776945d5a013e5bb7b MesaLib-
6.3.tar.gz
1760 60e1a8f78c4a8c7750a1e95753190986 MesaLib-
6.3.tar.bz2
1761 ca7c950fbace68c70caa822322db7223 MesaLib-
6.3.zip
1762 25ea801645b376c014051804fe4974b2 MesaDemos-
6.3.tar.gz
1763 9248e74872ea88c57ec25c900c295057 MesaDemos-
6.3.tar.bz2
1764 8537dfa734ef258dcc7272097558d434 MesaDemos-
6.3.zip
1768 <h2>December
9,
2004</h2>
1770 Mesa
6.2.1 has been released.
1771 This is a stable release which just fixes bugs since the
6.2 release.
1775 - don't apply regular fog or color sum when using a fragment program
1776 - glProgramEnvParameter4fARB always generated an error on
1777 GL_FRAGMENT_PROGRAM_ARB (fdo bug
1645)
1778 - glVertexAttrib3svNV and glVertexAttrib3svARB were broken
1779 - fixed width/height mix-up in glSeparableFilter2D()
1780 - fixed regression in glCopyPixels + convolution
1781 - glReadPixels from a clipped front color buffer didn't always work
1782 - glTexImage didn't accept GL_RED/GREEN/BLUE as the format
1783 - Attempting queries/accesses of VBO
0 weren't detected as errors
1784 - paletted textures failed if the palette had fewer than
256 entries
1786 - fixed a bunch of compiler warnings found with gcc
3.4
1787 - bug reports should to go bugzilla.freedesktop.org
1790 The MD5 checksums are:
1793 80008a92f6e055d3bfdde2cf331ec3fa MesaLib-
6.2.1.tar.gz
1794 f43228cd2bf70f583ef3275c1c545421 MesaLib-
6.2.1.tar.bz2
1795 dec26cfd40116ad021020fea2d94f652 MesaLib-
6.2.1.zip
1796 2c7af3c986a7571c8713c8bfee7e49e3 MesaDemos-
6.2.1.tar.gz
1797 3cac74667b50bcbd4f67f594fb4224a2 MesaDemos-
6.2.1.tar.bz2
1798 75b3edd12eb2b370caf05f29b99e508a MesaDemos-
6.2.1.zip
1802 <h2>October
2,
2004</h2>
1804 Mesa
6.2 has been released.
1805 This is a stable release which just fixes bugs since the
6.1 release.
1809 - enabled GL_ARB_texture_rectangle (same as GL_NV_texture_rectangle)
1810 - updated Doxygen support (Jose Fonseca)
1812 - some GGI driver updates (Christoph Egger, bug
1025977)
1814 - Omit GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two from list of OpenGL
1.5 features
1815 - fixed a few compilation issues on IRIX
1816 - fixed a matrix classification bug (reported by Wes Bethel)
1817 - we weren't reseting the vertex/fragment program error state
1818 before parsing (Dave Reveman)
1819 - adjust texcoords for sampling texture rectangles (Dave Reveman)
1820 - glGet*(GL_MAX_VERTEX_ATTRIBS_ARB) wasn't implemented
1821 - repeated calls to glDeleteTexture(t) could lead to a crash
1822 - fixed potential ref count bugs in VBOs and vertex/fragment programs
1823 - spriteblast demo didn't handle window size changes correctly
1824 - glTexSubImage didn't handle pixels=NULL correctly for PBOs
1825 - fixed color index mode glDrawPixels bug (Karl Schultz)
1828 The MD5 checksums are:
1831 9e8f34b059272dbb8e1f2c968b33bbf0 MesaLib-
6.2.tar.gz
1832 3d6a6362390b6a37d3cb2e615f3ac7db MesaLib-
6.2.tar.bz2
1833 6cfd7895d28e695c0dbbed9469564091 MesaLib-
6.2.zip
1834 3e06e33b0809f09855cb60883b8bdfef MesaDemos-
6.2.tar.gz
1835 9d160009c3dfdb35fe7e4088c9ba8f85 MesaDemos-
6.2.tar.bz2
1836 856f7ec947122eb3c8985ebc2f654dcd MesaDemos-
6.2.zip
1840 <h2>August
18,
2004</h2>
1842 Mesa
6.1 has been released.
1843 This is a new development release (version
6.2 will be a stabilization
1848 - Revamped Makefile system
1849 - glXUseRotatedXFont() utility (see xdemos/xuserotfont.c)
1850 - internal driver interface changes related to texture object
1851 allocation, vertex/fragment programs, BlendEquationSeparate, etc.
1852 - option to walk triangle edges with double-precision floats
1853 (Justin Novosad of Discreet) (see config.h file)
1854 - support for AUX buffers in software GLX driver
1855 - updated glext.h to version
24 and glxext.h to version
6
1856 - new MESA_GLX_FORCE_ALPHA and MESA_GLX_DEPTH_BITS env vars
1857 - updated BeOS support (Philippe Houdoin)
1859 - fragment fog interpolation is perspective corrected now
1860 - new glTexImage code, much cleaner, may be a bit faster
1862 - glArrayElement in display lists didn't handle generic vertex attribs
1863 - glFogCoord didn't always work properly
1864 - ARB_fragment_program fog options didn't work
1865 - frag prog TEX instruction no longer incorrectly divides s,t,r by q
1866 - ARB frag prog TEX and TEXP instructions now use LOD=
0
1867 - glTexEnviv in display lists didn't work
1868 - glRasterPos didn't do texgen or apply texture matrix
1869 - GL_DOUBLE-valued vertex arrays were broken in some cases
1870 - fixed texture rectangle edge/border sampling bugs
1871 - sampling an incomplete texture in a fragment program would segfault
1872 - glTexImage was missing a few error checks
1873 - fixed some minor glGetTexParameter glitches
1874 - GL_INTENSITY was mistakenly accepted as a
<format
> to glTexImage
1875 - fragment program writes to RC/HC register were broken
1876 - fixed a few glitches in GL_HP_occlusion_test extension
1877 - glBeginQueryARB and glEndQueryARB didn't work inside display lists
1878 - vertex program state references were broken
1879 - fixed triangle color interpolation bug on AIX (Shane Blackett)
1880 - fixed a number of minor memory leaks (bug #
1002030)
1883 The MD5 checksums are:
1886 c9284d295ebcd2e0486cc3cd54e5863c MesaLib-
6.1.tar.gz
1887 5de1f53ec0709f60fc68fdfed57351f3 MesaLib-
6.1.tar.bz2
1888 483e77cac4789a5d36c42f3c0136d6d8 MesaLib-
6.1.zip
1889 8c46cfa6f9732acc6f6c25724aad0246 MesaDemos-
6.1.tar.gz
1890 89bfe0f6c69b39fd0ebd9fff481a4e9b MesaDemos-
6.1.tar.bz2
1891 161268531fcc6f0c5a056430ee97e0c1 MesaDemos-
6.1.zip
1896 <h2>April
2,
2004</h2>
1899 Mesa
6.0.1 has been released.
1900 This release basically just fixes bugs since the
6.0. release.
1904 - upgraded glext.h to version
22
1905 - new build targets (Dan Schikore)
1906 - new linux-x86-opteron build target (Heath Feather)
1908 - glBindProgramARB didn't update all necessary state
1909 - fixed build problems on OpenBSD
1910 - omit CVS directories from tarballs
1911 - glGetTexImage(GL_COLOR_INDEX) was broken
1912 - fixed an infinite loop in t
&l module
1913 - silenced some valgrind warnings about using unitialized memory
1914 - fixed some compilation/link glitches on IRIX (Mike Stephens)
1915 - glBindProgram wasn't getting compiled into display lists
1916 - GLX_FBCONFIG_ID wasn't recognized in glXChooseFBConfig() (bug
888079)
1917 - two-sided lighting and vertex program didn't work (bug
887330)
1918 - stores to program parameter registers in vertex state programs
1920 - fixed glOrtho bug found with gcc
3.2.2 (RH9)
1921 - glXCreateWindow() wasn't fully implemented (bug
890894)
1922 - generic vertex attribute arrays didn't work in display lists
1923 - vertex buffer objects' default usage and access fields were wrong
1924 - glDrawArrays with start!=
0 was broken
1925 - fragment program PK2H, UP2H, UP4B and UP4UB instructions were broken
1926 - linux-osmesa16-static config didn't work
1927 - fixed a few color index rendering problems (bug
910687)
1928 - glInterleavedArrays didn't respect GL_CLIENT_ACTIVE_TEXTURE
1929 - OSMesa RGB and BGR modes were broken
1930 - glProgramStringARB mistakenly required a null-terminated string
1931 - fragment program XPD instruction was incorrect
1932 - glGetMaterial() didn't work reliably
1935 The MD5 checksums are:
1938 011be0e79666c7a6eb9693fbf9348653 MesaLib-
6.0.1.tar.gz
1939 b7f14088c5c2f14490d2739a91102112 MesaLib-
6.0.1.tar.bz2
1940 bf0510cf0a2b87d64cdd317eca3f1db1 MesaLib-
6.0.1.zip
1941 b7b648599e0aaee1c4ffc554a2a9139e MesaDemos-
6.0.1.tar.gz
1942 dd6aadfd9ca8e1cfa90c6ee492bc6f43 MesaDemos-
6.0.1.tar.bz2
1943 eff71d59c211825e949199852f5a2316 MesaDemos-
6.0.1.zip
1947 <h2>January
16,
2004</h2>
1950 Mesa
6.0 has been released. This is a stabilization of the
5.1 release
1951 and primarily just incorporates bug fixes.
1955 - full OpenGL
1.5 support
1956 - updated GL/glext.h file to version
21
1958 - changed max framebuffer size to
4Kx4K (MAX_WIDTH/HEIGHT in config.h)
1960 - fixed bug in UNCLAMPED_FLOAT_TO_UBYTE macro; solves a color
1962 - updated suno5-gcc configs
1963 - glColor3 functions sometimes resulted in undefined alpha values
1964 - fixed FP divide by zero error seen on VMS with xlockmore, others
1965 - fixed vertex/fragment program debug problem (bug
873011)
1966 - building on AIX with gcc works now
1967 - glDeleteProgramsARB failed for ARB fragment programs (bug
876160)
1968 - glDrawRangeElements tried to modify potentially read-only storage
1969 - updated files for building on Windows
1973 <h2>December
28,
2003</h2>
1976 The Mesa CVS server has been moved to
<a href=
"https://www.freedesktop.org">
1977 freedesktop.org
</a> because of problems with SourceForge's anonymous
1982 <h2>December
17,
2003</h2>
1985 Mesa
5.1 has been released. This is a new development release.
1986 Mesa
6.0 will be the next stable release and will support all
1987 OpenGL
1.5 features.
1991 - reorganized directory tree
1992 - GL_ARB_vertex/fragment_program extensions (Michal Krol
& Karl Rasche)
1993 - GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3 extension (Ian Romanick)
1994 - GL_SGI_texture_color_table extension (Eric Plante)
1995 - GL_NV_fragment_program extension
1996 - GL_NV_light_max_exponent extension
1997 - GL_EXT_texture_rectangle (identical to GL_NV_texture_rectangle)
1998 - GL_ARB_occlusion_query extension
1999 - GL_ARB_point_sprite extension
2000 - GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two extension
2001 - GL_IBM_multimode_draw_arrays extension
2002 - GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp extension (Ian Romanick)
2003 - GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object extension
2004 - new X86 feature detection code (Petr Sebor)
2005 - less memory used for display lists and vertex buffers
2006 - demo of per-pixel lighting with a fragment program (demos/fplight.c)
2007 - new version (
18) of glext.h header
2008 - new spriteblast.c demo of GL_ARB_point_sprite
2009 - faster glDrawPixels in X11 driver in some cases (see relnotes/
5.1)
2010 - faster glCopyPixels in X11 driver in some cases (see relnotes/
5.1)
2012 - really enable OpenGL
1.4 features in DOS driver.
2013 - fixed issues in glDrawPixels and glCopyPixels for very wide images
2014 - glPixelMapf/ui/usv()'s size parameter is GLsizei, not GLint
2015 - fixed some texgen bugs reported by Daniel Borca
2016 - fixed wglMakeCurrent(NULL, NULL) bug (#
835861)
2017 - fixed glTexSubImage3D z-offset bug (Cedric Gautier)
2018 - fixed RGBA blend enable bug (Ville Syrjala)
2019 - glAccum is supposed to be a no-op in selection/feedback mode
2020 - fixed texgen bug #
597589 (John Popplewell)
2022 - dropped API trace feature (src/Trace/)
2023 - documentation overhaul. merged with website content. more html.
2024 - glxgears.c demo updated to use GLX swap rate extensions
2025 - glTexImage1/
2/
3D now allows width/height/depth =
0
2026 - disable SPARC asm code on Linux (bug
852204)
2029 The MD5 checksums are:
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5.1.tar.gz
2033 67b3b8d3f7f4c8c44904551b851d01af MesaLib-
5.1.tar.bz2
2034 6dd19ffa750ec7f634e370a987505c9d MesaLib-
5.1.zip
2035 e0214d4ebb22409dfa9262f2b52fd828 MesaDemos-
5.1.tar.gz
2036 066c9aff4fd924405de1ae9bad5ec9a7 MesaDemos-
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2037 d2b5ba32b53e0ad0576c637a4cc1fb41 MesaDemos-
5.1.zip
2041 <h2>November
12,
2003</h2>
2044 New Mesa
5.0.2 tarballs have been uploaded to SourceForge which fix a
2045 number of automake/libtool problems.
2048 The new MD5 checksums are:
2051 a9dcf3ff9ad1b7d6ce73a0df7cff8b5b MesaLib-
5.0.2.tar.gz
2052 7b4bf9261657c2fca03796d4955e6f50 MesaLib-
5.0.2.tar.bz2
2053 79c141bddcbad557647535d02194f346 MesaLib-
5.0.2.zip
2054 952d9dc823dd818981d1a648d7b2668a MesaDemos-
5.0.2.tar.gz
2055 b81fafff90995025d2f25ea02b786642 MesaDemos-
5.0.2.tar.bz2
2056 a21be975589e8a2d1871b6bb7874fffa MesaDemos-
5.0.2.zip
2060 <h2>September
5,
2003</h2>
2063 Mesa
5.0.2 has been released. This is a stable, bug-fix release.
2067 - fixed texgen problem causing texcoord's Q to be zero (stex3d)
2068 - default GL_TEXTURE_COMPARE_MODE_ARB was wrong
2069 - GL_CURRENT_MATRIX_NV query was wrong
2070 - GL_CURRENT_MATRIX_STACK_DEPTH_NV query was off by one
2071 - GL_LIST_MODE query wasn't correct
2072 - GL_FOG_COORDINATE_SOURCE_EXT query wasn't supported
2073 - GL_SECONDARY_COLOR_ARRAY_SIZE_EXT query returned wrong value
2074 - blended, wide lines didn't always work correctly (bug
711595)
2075 - glVertexAttrib4svNV w component was always
1
2076 - fixed bug in GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip (missing return)
2077 - GL_DEPTH_TEXTURE_MODE = GL_ALPHA didn't work correctly
2078 - a few Solaris compilation fixes
2079 - fixed glClear() problem for DRI drivers (non-existant stencil, etc)
2080 - fixed int/REAL mixup in GLU NURBS curve evaluator (Eric Cazeaux)
2081 - fixed delete [] bug in SI GLU (bug
721765) (Diego Santa Cruz)
2082 - glFog() didn't clamp fog colors
2083 - fixed bad float/int conversion for GL_TEXTURE_PRIORITY in the
2084 gl[Get]TexParameteri[v] functions
2085 - fixed invalid memory references in glTexGen functions (bug
781602)
2086 - integer-valued color arrays weren't handled correctly
2087 - glDrawPixels(GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT) with glPixelZoom didn't work
2088 - GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias is part of
1.4, overlooked in
5.0.1
2090 - build GLUT with -fexceptions so C++ apps propogate exceptions
2094 <h2>June
8,
2003</h2>
2097 Mesa's directory tree has been overhauled.
2098 Things are better organized now with some thought toward future needs.
2101 In CVS, the latest Mesa
5.1 development code is now rooted under the
2102 <b>Mesa-newtree/
</b> directory. The old top-level
<b>Mesa/
</b> directory
2103 holds the Mesa
5.0.x code which will be abandoned at some point.
2107 <h2>March
30,
2003</h2>
2110 Mesa
5.0.1 has been released. This is a stable, bug-fix release.
2114 - DOS driver updates from Daniel Borca
2115 - updated GL/gl_mangle.h file (Bill Hoffman)
2117 - auto mipmap generation for cube maps was broken (bug
641363)
2118 - writing/clearing software alpha channels was unreliable
2119 - minor compilation fixes for OS/
2 (Evgeny Kotsuba)
2120 - fixed some bad assertions found with shadowtex demo
2121 - fixed error checking bug in glCopyTexSubImage2D (bug
659020)
2122 - glRotate(angle, -x,
0,
0) was incorrect (bug
659677)
2123 - fixed potential segfault in texture object validation (bug
659012)
2124 - fixed some bogus code in _mesa_test_os_sse_exception_support (Linus)
2125 - fix fog stride bug in tnl code for h/w drivers (Michel Danzer)
2126 - fixed glActiveTexture / glMatrixMode(GL_TEXTURE) bug (#
669080)
2127 - glGet(GL_CURRENT_SECONDARY_COLOR) should return
4 values, not
3
2128 - fixed compilation problem on Solaris7/x86 (bug
536406)
2129 - fixed prefetch bug in
3DNow! code (Felix Kuhling)
2130 - fixed NeXT build problem (FABSF macro)
2131 - glDrawPixels Z values when glPixelZoom!=
1 were invalid (bug
687811)
2132 - zoomed glDraw/CopyPixels with clipping sometimes failed (bug
689964)
2133 - AA line and triangle Z values are now rounded, not truncated
2134 - fixed color interpolation bug when GLchan==GLfloat (bug
694461)
2135 - glArePrograms/TexturesResident() wasn't
100% correct (Jose Fonseca)
2136 - fixed a minor GL_COLOR_MATERIAL bug
2137 - NV vertex program EXP instruction was broken
2138 - glColorMask misbehaved with X window / pixmap rendering
2139 - fix autoconf/libtool GLU C++ linker problem on Linux (a total hack)
2140 - attempt to fix GGI compilation problem when MesaDemos not present
2141 - NV vertex program ARL-relative fetches didn't work
2143 - use glPolygonOffset in gloss demo to avoid z-fighting artifacts
2144 - updated winpos and pointblast demos to use ARB extensions
2145 - disable SPARC normal transformation code (bug
673938)
2146 - GLU fixes for OS/
2 (Evgeny Kotsuba)
2149 MD5 checksums follow:
2152 b80f8b5d53a3e9f19b9fde5af0c542f0 MesaLib-
5.0.1.tar.gz
2153 513b4bbd7d38951f05027179063d876b MesaLib-
5.0.1.tar.bz2
2154 eebd395678f4520d33b267e5d5c22651 MesaLib-
5.0.1.zip
2155 49d7feaec6dc1d2091d7c3cc72a9b320 MesaDemos-
5.0.1.tar.gz
2156 37190374a98c3c892f0698be9ca3acf0 MesaDemos-
5.0.1.tar.bz2
2157 becd8bf17f5791361b4a54ba2a78e5c9 MesaDemos-
5.0.1.zip
2162 <h2>March
7,
2003</h2>
2164 Website and documentation overhaul.
2167 The website content and Mesa documentation (from the doc/ directory) have
2168 been merged together.
2169 All the documentation files have been entered into the CVS repository.
2170 Many of the old plain-text files have been converted to html and modernized.
2174 <h2>November
13,
2002</h2>
2175 <p>Mesa
5.0 has been released. This is a stable release which
2176 implements the OpenGL
1.4 specification.
2178 - OpenGL
1.4 support (glGetString(GL_VERSION) returns
"1.4")
2179 - removed some overlooked debugging code
2180 - glxinfo updated to support GLX_ARB_multisample
2181 - GLUT now support GLX_ARB_multisample
2182 - updated DOS driver (Daniel Borca)
2184 - GL_POINT and GL_LINE-mode polygons didn't obey cull state
2185 - fixed potential bug in _mesa_align_malloc/calloc()
2186 - fixed missing triangle bug when running vertex programs
2187 - fixed a few HPUX compilation problems
2188 - FX (Glide) driver didn't compile
2189 - setting GL_TEXTURE_BORDER_COLOR with glTexParameteriv() didn't work
2190 - a few EXT functions, like glGenTexturesEXT, were no-ops
2191 - a few OpenGL
1.4 functions like glFogCoord*, glBlendFuncSeparate,
2192 glMultiDrawArrays and glMultiDrawElements were missing
2193 - glGet*(GL_ACTIVE_STENCIL_FACE_EXT) was broken
2194 - Pentium
4 Mobile was mistakenly identified as having
3DNow!
2195 - fixed one-bit error in point/line fragment Z calculation
2196 - fixed potential segfault in fakeglx code
2197 - fixed color overflow problem in DOT3 texture env mode
2201 <h2>October
29,
2002</h2>
2202 <p>Mesa
4.1 has been released. This is a new development release.
2203 For a stable release, get
4.0.4.
2205 - GL_NV_vertex_program extension
2206 - GL_NV_vertex_program1_1 extension
2207 - GL_ARB_window_pos extension
2208 - GL_ARB_depth_texture extension
2209 - GL_ARB_shadow extension
2210 - GL_ARB_shadow_ambient extension
2211 - GL_EXT_shadow_funcs extension
2212 - GL_ARB_point_parameters extension
2213 - GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar
2214 - GL_NV_point_sprite extension
2215 - GL_NV_texture_rectangle extension
2216 - GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays extension
2217 - GL_EXT_stencil_two_side extension
2218 - GLX_SGIX_fbconfig and GLX_SGIX_pbuffer extensions
2219 - GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once extension (Ian Romanick)
2220 - massive overhaul/simplification of software rasterizer module,
2221 many contributions from Klaus Niederkrueger
2222 - faster software texturing in some cases (i.e. trilinear filtering)
2223 - new OSMesaGetProcAddress() function
2224 - more blend modes implemented with MMX code (Jose Fonseca)
2225 - added glutGetProcAddress() to GLUT
2226 - added GLUT_FPS env var to compute frames/second in glutSwapBuffers()
2227 - pbinfo and pbdemo PBuffer programs
2228 - glxinfo -v prints transprent pixel info (Gerd Sussner)
2230 - better mipmap LOD computation (prevents excessive blurriness)
2231 - OSMesaMakeCurrent() didn't recognize buffer size changes
2232 - assorted conformance fixes for
16-bit/channel rendering
2233 - texcombine alpha subtraction mode was broken
2234 - fixed some blend problems when GLchan==GLfloat (Gerk Huisma)
2235 - clamp colors to [
0,
1] in OSMesa if GLchan==GLfloat (Gerk Huisma)
2236 - fixed divide by zero error in NURBS tessellator (Jon Perry)
2237 - fixed GL_LINEAR fog bug by adding clamping
2238 - fixed FP exceptions found using Alpha CPU
2239 -
3dfx/glide driver render-to-window feature was broken
2240 - added missing GLX_TRANSPARENT_RGB token to glx.h
2241 - fixed error checking related to paletted textures
2242 - fixed reference count error in glDeleteTextures (Randy Fayan)
2244 - New spec file and Python code to generate some GL dispatch files
2245 - Glide driver defaults to
"no" with autoconf/automake
2246 - floating point color channels now clamped to [
0,inf)
2247 - updated demos/stex3d with new options
2251 <h2>October
4,
2002</h2>
2253 The
<a href=
"faq.html">Mesa FAQ
</a> has been rewritten.
2256 <h2>October
3,
2002</h2>
2257 <p>Mesa
4.0.4 has been released. This is a stable bug-fix release.
2259 - GL_NV_texture_rectangle extension
2260 - updated glext.h header (version
17)
2261 - updated DOS driver (Daniel Borca)
2262 - updated BeOS R5 driver (Philippe Houdoin)
2263 - added GL_IBM_texture_mirror_repeat
2264 - glxinfo now takes -l option to print interesting OpenGL limits info
2265 - GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture extension
2266 - GL_APPLE_client_storage extension (for some DRI drivers only)
2267 - GL_MESA_pack_invert extension
2269 - fixed GL_LINEAR fog bug by adding clamping
2270 - fixed FP exceptions found using Alpha CPU
2271 -
3dfx MESA_GLX_FX=window (render to window) didn't work
2272 - fixed memory leak in wglCreateContest (Karl Schultz)
2273 - define GLAPIENTRY and GLAPI if undefined in glu.h
2274 - wglGetProcAddress didn't handle all API functions
2275 - when testing for OpenGL
1.2 vs
1.3, check for GL_ARB_texture_cube_map
2276 - removed GL_MAX_CONVOLUTION_WIDTH/HEIGHT from glGetInteger/Float/etc()
2277 - error checking in compressed tex image functions had some glitches
2278 - fixed AIX compile problem in src/config.c
2279 - glGetTexImage was using pixel unpacking instead of packing params
2280 - auto-mipmap generation for cube maps was incorrect
2282 - max texture units reduced to six to accommodate texture rectangles
2283 - removed unfinished GL_MESA_sprite_point extension code
2286 <h2>June
25,
2002</h2>
2287 <p>Mesa
4.0.3 has been released. This is a stable bug-fix release.
2289 - updated GL/glext.h file (version
15)
2290 - corrected MMX blend code (Jose Fonseca)
2291 - support for software-based alpha planes in Windows driver
2292 - updated GGI driver (Filip Spacek)
2294 - glext.h had wrong values for GL_DOT3_RGB[A]_EXT tokens
2295 - OSMesaMakeCurrent() didn't recognize buffer size changes
2296 - assorted conformance fixes for
16-bit/channel rendering
2297 - texcombine alpha subtraction mode was broken
2298 - fixed lighting bug with non-uniform scaling and display lists
2299 - fixed bug when deleting shared display lists
2300 - disabled SPARC cliptest assembly code (Mesa bug
544665)
2301 - fixed a couple Solaris compilation/link problems
2302 - blending clipped glDrawPixels didn't always work
2303 - glGetTexImage() didn't accept packed pixel types
2304 - glPixelMapu[is]v() could explode given too large of pixelmap
2305 - glGetTexParameter[if]v() didn't accept GL_TEXTURE_MAX_ANISOTROPY_EXT
2306 - glXCopyContext() could lead to segfaults
2307 - glCullFace(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK) didn't work (bug
572665)
2309 - lots of C++ (g++) code clean-ups
2310 - lots of T
&L updates for the Radeon DRI driver
2312 - mipmap LOD computation (fixed for Mesa
4.1)
2315 <h2>April
2,
2002</h2>
2316 <p>Mesa
4.0.2 has been released. This is a stable bug-fix release.
2318 - New DOS (DJGPP) driver written by Daniel Borca
2319 - New driver interface functions for TCL drivers (such as Radeon DRI)
2320 - GL_RENDERER string returns
"Mesa Offscreen16" or
"Mesa Offscreen32"
2321 if using deep color channels
2322 - latest GL/glext.h and GL/glxext.h headers from SGI
2324 - GL_BLEND with non-black texture env color wasn't always correct
2325 - GL_REPLACE with GL_RGB texture format wasn't always correct (alpha)
2326 - glTexEnviv( pname != GL_TEXTURE_ENV_COLOR ) was broken
2327 - glReadPixels was sometimes mistakenly clipped by the scissor box
2328 - glDraw/ReadPixels didn't catch all the errors that they should have
2329 - Fixed
24bpp rendering problem in Windows driver (Karl Schultz)
2330 -
16-bit GLchan mode fixes (m_trans_tmp.h, s_triangle.c)
2331 - Fixed
1-bit float-
>int conversion bug in glDrawPixels(GL_DEPTH_COMP)
2332 - glColorMask as sometimes effecting glXSwapBuffers()
2333 - fixed a potential bug in XMesaGarbageCollect()
2334 - N threads rendering into one window didn't work reliably
2335 - glCopyPixels didn't work for deep color channels
2336 - improved
8 -
> 16bit/channel texture image conversion (Gerk Huisma)
2337 - glPopAttrib() didn't correctly restore user clip planes
2338 - user clip planes failed for some perspective projections (Chromium)
2341 <h2>December
17,
2001</h2>
2342 <p>Mesa
4.0.1 has been released. This is a stable bug-fix release.
2344 - better sub-pixel sample positions for AA triangles (Ray Tice)
2345 - slightly faster blending for (GL_ZERO, GL_ONE) and (GL_ONE, GL_ZERO)
2347 - added missing break statements in glGet*() for multisample cases
2348 - fixed uninitialized hash table mutex bug (display lists / texobjs)
2349 - fixed bad teximage error check conditional (bug
476846)
2350 - fixed demos readtex.c compilation problem on Windows (Karl Schultz)
2351 - added missing glGet() query for GL_MAX_TEXTURE_LOD_BIAS_EXT
2352 - silence some compiler warnings (gcc
2.96)
2353 - enable the #define GL_VERSION_1_3 in GL/gl.h
2354 - added GL
1.3 and GLX
1.4 entries to gl_mangle.h and glx_mangle.h
2355 - fixed glu.h typedef problem found with MSDev
6.0
2356 - build libGL.so with -Bsymbolic (fixes bug found with Chromium)
2357 - added missing 'const' to glXGetContextIDEXT() in glxext.h
2358 - fixed a few glXGetProcAddress() errors (texture compression, etc)
2359 - fixed start index bug in compiled vertex arrays (Keith)
2360 - fixed compilation problems in src/SPARC/glapi_sparc.S
2361 - fixed triangle strip
"parity" bug found in VTK medical1 demo (Keith)
2362 - use glXGetProcAddressARB in GLUT to avoid extension linking problems
2363 - provoking vertex of flat-shaded, color-index triangles was wrong
2364 - fixed a few display list bugs (GLUT walker, molecule, etc) (Keith)
2365 - glTexParameter didn't flush the vertex buffer (Ray Tice)
2366 - feedback attributes for glDraw/CopyPixels and glBitmap were wrong
2367 - fixed bug in normal length caching (ParaView lighting bug)
2370 <h2>October
22,
2001</h2>
2371 <p>Mesa
4.0 has been released. This is a stable release.
2373 - Mesa
4.0 implements the OpenGL
1.3 specification
2374 - GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip extension
2375 - GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp extension (aka GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp)
2376 - GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat extension
2377 - WindML UGL driver (Stephane Raimbault)
2378 - added OSMESA_MAX_WIDTH/HEIGHT queries
2379 - attempted compiliation fixes for Solaris
5,
7 and
8
2380 - updated glext.h and glxext.h files
2381 - updated Windows driver (Karl Schultz)
2383 - added some missing GLX
1.3 tokens to include/GL/glx.h
2384 - GL_COLOR_MATRIX changes weren't recognized by teximage functions
2385 - glCopyPixels with scale and bias was broken
2386 - glRasterPos with lighting could segfault
2387 - glDeleteTextures could leave a dangling pointer
2388 - Proxy textures for cube maps didn't work
2389 - fixed a number of
16-bit color channel bugs
2390 - fixed a few minor memory leaks
2391 - GLX context sharing was broken in
3.5
2392 - fixed state-update bugs in glPopClientAttrib()
2393 - fixed glDrawRangeElements() bug
2394 - fixed a glPush/PopAttrib() bug related to texture binding
2395 - flat-shaded, textured lines were broken
2396 - fixed a dangling pointer problem in the XMesa code (Chris Burghart)
2397 - lighting didn't always produce the correct alpha value
2398 - fixed
3DNow! code to not read past end of arrays (Andrew Lewycky)
2402 <h2>June
21,
2001</h2>
2403 <p>Mesa
3.5 has been released. This is a new development release.
2405 - internals of Mesa divided into modular pieces (Keith Whitwell)
2406 -
100% OpenGL
1.2 conformance (passes all conformance tests)
2407 - new AA line algorithm
2408 - GL_EXT_convolution extension
2409 - GL_ARB_imaging subset
2410 - OSMesaCreateContextExt() function
2411 - GL_ARB_texture_env_add extension (same as GL_EXT_texture_env_add)
2412 - GL_MAX_TEXTURE_UNITS_ARB now defaults to eight
2413 - GL_EXT_fog_coord extension (Keith Whitwell)
2414 - GL_EXT_secondary_color extension (Keith Whitwell)
2415 - GL_ARB_texture_env_add extension (same as GL_EXT_texture_env_add)
2416 - GL_SGIX_depth_texture extension
2417 - GL_SGIX_shadow and GL_SGIX_shadow_ambient extensions
2418 - demos/shadowtex.c demo of GL_SGIX_depth_texture and GL_SGIX_shadow
2419 - GL_ARB_texture_env_combine extension
2420 - GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 extension
2421 - GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp (aka GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp)
2422 - OSMesaCreateContextExt() function
2423 - libOSMesa.so library, contains the OSMesa driver interface
2424 - GL/glxext.h header file for GLX extensions
2425 - somewhat faster software texturing, fogging, depth testing
2426 - all color-index conformance tests now pass (only
8bpp tested)
2427 - SPARC assembly language TCL optimizations (David Miller)
2428 - GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap extension
2430 - fbiRev and tmuRev were unitialized when using Glide3
2431 - fixed a few color index mode conformance failures; all pass now
2432 - now appling antialiasing coverage to alpha after texturing
2433 - colors weren't getting clamped to [
0,
1] before color table lookup
2434 - fixed RISC alignment errors caused by COPY_4UBV macro
2435 - drawing wide, flat-shaded lines could cause a segfault
2436 - vertices now snapped to
1/
16 pixel to fix rendering of tiny triangles
2438 - SGI's Sample Implementation (SI)
1.3 GLU library replaces Mesa GLU
2439 - new libOSMesa.so library, contains the OSMesa driver interface
2443 <h2>May
17,
2001</h2>
2444 <p>Mesa
3.4.2 has been released. This is basically just a bug-fix release.
2445 Here's what's new:
</p>
2447 - deleting the currently bound texture could cause bad problems
2448 - using fog could result in random vertex alpha values
2449 - AA triangle rendering could touch pixels outside right window bound
2450 - fixed byteswapping problem in clear_32bit_ximage() function
2451 - fixed bugs in wglUseFontBitmapsA(), by Frank Warmerdam
2452 - fixed memory leak in glXUseXFont()
2453 - fragment sampling in AA triangle function was off by
1/
2 pixel
2454 - Windows: reading pixels from framebuffer didn't always work
2455 - glConvolutionFilter2D could segfault or cause FP exception
2456 - fixed segfaults in FX and X drivers when using tex unit
1 but not
0
2457 - GL_NAND logicop didn't work right in RGBA mode
2458 - fixed a memory corruption bug in vertex buffer reset code
2459 - clearing the softwara alpha buffer with scissoring was broken
2460 - fixed a few color index mode fog bugs
2461 - fixed some bad assertions in color index mode
2462 - fixed FX line 'stipple' bug #
420091
2464 - optimized writing mono-colored pixel spans to X pixmaps
2465 - increased max viewport size to
2048 x
2048
2469 <h2>April
29,
2001</h2>
2470 <p>New Mesa website
</p>
2471 <p>Mark Manning produced the new website. Thanks, Mark!
</p>
2474 <h2>February
14,
2001</h2>
2475 <p>Mesa
3.4.1 has been released. Here's what's new:
</p>
2477 - fixed some Linux build problems
2478 - fixed some Windows build problems
2479 - GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 extension (Gareth Hughes)
2481 - added RENDER_START/RENDER_FINISH macros for glCopyTexImage in DRI
2482 - various state-update code changes needed for DRI bugs
2483 - disabled pixel transfer ops in glColorTable commands, not needed
2484 - fixed bugs in glCopyConvolutionFilter1D/
2D, glGetConvolutionFilter
2485 - updated sources and fixed compile problems in widgets-mesa/
2486 - GLX_PBUFFER enum value was wrong in glx.h
2487 - fixed a glColorMaterial lighting bug
2488 - fixed bad args to Read/WriteStencilSpan in h/w stencil clear function
2489 - glXCopySubBufferMESA() Y position was off by one
2490 - Error checking of glTexSubImage3D() was broken (bug
128775)
2491 - glPopAttrib() didn't restore all derived Mesa state correctly
2492 - Better glReadPixels accuracy for
16bpp color - fixes lots of OpenGL
2493 conformance problems at
16bpp.
2494 - clearing depth buffer with scissoring was broken, would segfault
2495 - OSMesaGetDepthBuffer() returned bad bytesPerValue value
2496 - fixed a line clipping bug (reported by Craig McDaniel)
2497 - fixed RGB color over/underflow bug for very tiny triangles
2499 - NURBS or evaluator surfaces inside display lists don't always work
2502 <h2>November
3,
2000</h2>
2503 <p>Mesa
3.4 has been released. Here's what's new since the
3.3 release:
</p>
2505 - optimized glDrawPixels for glPixelZoom(
1,-
1)
2507 - widgets-mesa/src/*.c files were missing from
3.3 distro
2508 - include/GL/mesa_wgl.h file was missing from
3.3 distro
2509 - fixed some Win32 compile problems
2510 - texture object priorities weren't getting initialized to
1.0
2511 - glAreTexturesResident return value was wrong when using hardware
2512 - glXUseXFont segfaulted when using
3dfx driver (via MESA_GLX_FX)
2513 - glReadPixels with GLushort packed types was broken
2514 - fixed a few bugs in the GL_EXT_texture_env_combine texture code
2515 - glPush/PopAttrib(GL_ENABLE_BIT) mishandled multi-texture enables
2516 - fixed some typos/bugs in the VB code
2517 - glDrawPixels(GL_COLOR_INDEX) to RGB window didn't work
2518 - optimized glDrawPixels paths weren't being used
2519 - per-fragment fog calculation didn't work without a Z buffer
2520 - improved blending accuracy, fixes Glean blendFunc test failures
2521 - glPixelStore(GL_PACK/UNPACK_SKIP_IMAGES) wasn't handled correctly
2522 - glXGetProcAddressARB() didn't always return the right address
2523 - gluBuild[
12]DMipmaps() didn't grok the GL_BGR pixel format
2524 - texture matrix changes weren't always detected (GLUT projtex demo)
2525 - fixed random color problem in vertex fog code
2526 - fixed Glide-related bug that let Quake get a
24-bit Z buffer
2528 - finished internal support for compressed textures for DRI
2531 <h2>April
24,
2000</h2>
2532 <p>Mesa
3.2 has been released. Here's what's new since the beta release:
</p>
2534 - fixed memcpy bugs in span.c
2535 - fixed missing glEnd problem in demos/tessdemo.c
2536 - fixed bug when clearing
24bpp Ximages
2537 - fixed clipping problem found in Unreal Tournament
2538 - fixed Loki's
"ice bug" and
"crazy triangles" seen in Heretic2
2539 - fixed Loki's
3dfx RGB vs BGR bug
2540 - fixed Loki's
3dfx smooth/flat shading bug in SoF
2542 - updated docs/README file
2543 - use bcopy() optimizations on FreeBSD
2544 - re-enabled the optimized persp_textured_triangle() function
2547 <h2>March
23,
2000</h2>
2548 <p>I've just upload the Mesa
3.2 beta
1 files to SourceForge at
<a href=
"https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3">https://sourceforge.net/project/filelist.php?group_id=
3</a></p>
2549 <p>3.2 (note even number) is a stabilization release of Mesa
3.1 meaning it's mainly
2551 <p>Here's what's changed:
</p>
2554 - mixed drawing of lines and bitmaps sometimes had wrong colors
2555 - added missing glHintPGI() function
2556 - fixed a polygon culling bug
2557 - fixed bugs in gluPartialDisk()
2558 - Z values in selection mode were wrong
2559 - added missing tokens:
2560 GL_SMOOTH_POINT_SIZE_RANGE
2561 GL_SMOOTH_POINT_SIZE_GRANULARITY
2562 GL_SMOOTH_LINE_WIDTH_RANGE
2563 GL_SMOOTH_LINE_WIDTH_GRANULARITY
2564 GL_ALIASED_POINT_SIZE_RANGE
2565 GL_ALIASED_LINE_WIDTH_RANGE
2566 - fixed glCopyPixels when copying from back to front buffer
2567 - GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array tokens had _SGI suffix instead of _EXT
2568 - glDrawRangeElements(GL_LINES,
0,
1,
2, type, indices) was broken
2569 - glDeleteTextures() didn't decrement reference count correctly
2570 - GL_SRCA_ALPHA_SATURATE blend mode didn't work correctly
2571 - Actual depth of transformation matrix stacks was off by one
2572 -
24bpp visuals didn't address pixels correctly
2573 - mipmap level of detail (lambda) calculation simplified, more accurate
2574 -
101691 - Polygon clipping and GL_LINE
2575 -
101928 - Polygon clipping and GL_LINE (same fix as above)
2576 -
101808 - Non-glVertexArrays tristrip bug
2577 -
101971 - find_last_3f on Dec OSF (worked around)
2578 -
102369 - segv on dec osf (possibly a duplicate of the above)
2579 -
102893 - orientations of modelview cause segfault
2581 - updated SVGA Linux driver
2582 - added the MESA_FX_NO_SIGNALS env var, see docs/README
.3DFX
2583 - build libGLw.a (Xt/OpenGL drawing area widget) library by default
2584 - changed -O2 to -O3 for a number of gcc configs
2586 - glXCopyContext's mask parameter is now unsigned long, per GLX spec
2589 <p>Please report any problems with this release ASAP. Bugs should be filed on the
2590 Mesa3D website at sourceforge.
2592 <p>After
3.2 is wrapped up I hope to release
3.3 beta
1 soon afterward.
</p>
2595 <h2>December
17,
1999</h2>
2596 <p>A Slashdot interview with Brian about Mesa (questions submitted by Slashdot readers)
2597 can be found at
<a href=
"https://slashdot.org/interviews/99/12/17/0927212.shtml">https://slashdot.org/interviews/
99/
12/
17/
0927212.shtml
</a>.
</p>
2599 <h2>December
14,
1999</h2>
2600 <p>Mesa
3.1 is released!
</p>
2602 <h2>September
21,
1999</h2>
2603 <p>There appear to be two new files on the ftp site,
<code>MesaLib-
3.1beta3.tar.gz
</code>
2604 and
<code>MesaDemos-
3.1beta3.tar.gz
</code>,
2605 that seem to be... yes, I've just received confirmation from the beta center, they
2606 are indeed the
<b>THIRD
</b> beta release of Mesa
3.1! Happy Days. Happy Days. Thanks
2607 Keith Whitwell for preparing these for us during Brian's absence.
</p>
2609 <h2>August
30,
1999</h2>
2610 <p>I'm pleased to announce that I've accepted a position with Precision Insight,
2611 Inc. effective October,
1999. I'll be leaving Avid Technology in September.
</p>
2612 <p>I've been working on Mesa in my spare time for over five years. With Precision
2613 Insight I now have the opportunity to devote my full attention to advancing Mesa
2614 and OpenGL on Linux.
</p>
2615 <p>While I'll be focused on Linux, the X Window System, and hardware acceleration,
2616 my work will continue to be open sourced and available to any other programmers who
2617 may want to contribute to it, or use it for other projects or platforms
</p>
2618 <p>PS: I'm going to be traveling until Sep
6 and won't be reading email until then.
</p>
2620 <h2>August
23,
1999</h2>
2621 <p>Anonymous CVS access is back online so suck up all the bandwidth you can afford.
2622 Note that this is a new archive, so you will need to re-checkout the archive. That
2623 means don't
<i>cvs update
</i> from a previous download.
</p>
2625 <h2>August
17,
1999</h2>
2626 <p>A report from the SIGGRAPH '
99 Linux/OpenGL
2627 BOF meeting is now available.
</p>
2630 <h2>August
14,
1999</h2>
2631 <p><a href=
"https://www.mesa3d.org">www.mesa3d.org
</a> is having
2632 technical problems due to hardware failures at VA Linux systems. The Mac pages,
2633 ftp, and CVS services aren't fully restored yet. Please be patient.
</p>
2636 <h2>June
7,
1999</h2>
2637 <p>RPMS of the nVidia RIVA server can be found at
2638 <a href=
"ftp://ftp.mesa3d.org/mesa/misc/nVidia/">
2639 ftp://ftp.mesa3d.org/mesa/misc/nVidia/
</a>.
</p>
2641 <h2>June
2,
1999</h2>
2642 <p><a href=
"https://www.nvidia.com/">nVidia
</a> has released some Linux binaries for
2643 xfree86
3.3.3.1, along with the
<b>full source
</b>, which includes GLX acceleration
2644 based on Mesa
3.0. They can be downloaded from
2645 <a href=
"https://www.nvidia.com/Products.nsf/htmlmedia/software_drivers.html">
2646 https://www.nvidia.com/Products.nsf/htmlmedia/software_drivers.html
</a>.
</p>
2648 <h2>May
24,
1999</h2>
2649 <p>Beta
2 of Mesa
3.1 has been make available at
2650 <a href=
"ftp://ftp.mesa3d.org/mesa/beta/">ftp://ftp.mesa3d.org/mesa/beta/
</a>. If you are into the
2651 quake scene, you may want to try this out, as it contains some optimizations
2652 specifically in the Q3A rendering path.
2654 </p><h2>May
13,
1999</h2>
2655 <p>For those interested in the integration of Mesa into XFree86
4.0, Precision Insight
2656 has posted their lowlevel design documents at
2657 <a href=
"http://www.precisioninsight.com">www.precisioninsight.com
</a>.
</p>
2659 <h2>May
13,
1999</h2>
2660 <pre>May
1999 - John Carmack of id Software, Inc. has made a donation of
2661 US$
10,
000 to the Mesa project to support its continuing development.
2662 Mesa is a free implementation of the OpenGL
3D graphics library and id's
2663 newest game, Quake
3 Arena, will use Mesa as the
3D renderer on Linux.
2665 The donation will go to Keith Whitwell, who has been optimizing Mesa to
2666 improve performance on
3d hardware. Thanks to Keith's work, many
2667 applications using Mesa
3.1 will see a dramatic performance increase
2668 over Mesa
3.0. The donation will allow Keith to continue working on
2669 Mesa full time for some time to come.
2671 For more information about Mesa see www.mesa3d.org. For more
2672 information about id Software, Inc. see www.idsoftware.com.
2674 --------------------------------
2676 This donation from John/id is very generous. Keith and I are very
2681 <h2>May
1,
1999</h2>
2682 <p>John Carmack made an interesting .plan update yesterday:
</p>
2684 I put together a document on optimizing OpenGL drivers for Q3 that should be helpful to the various Linux
3D teams.
2686 http://www.quake3arena.com/news/glopt.html
2689 <h2>April
7,
1999</h2>
2690 <p>Updated the Mesa contributors section and added links to RPM Mesa packages.
</p>
2692 <h2>March
18,
1999</h2>
2693 <p>The new webpages are now online. Enjoy, and let me know if you find any errors.
2695 </p><h2>February
16,
1999</h2>
2696 <p><a href=
"https://www.sgi.com/">SGI
</a> releases its
2697 <a href=
"http://web.archive.org/web/20040805154836/http://www.sgi.com/software/opensource/glx/download.html">GLX source code
</a>.
2700 <h2>January
22,
1999</h2>
2701 <p><a href=
"https://www.mesa3d.org">www.mesa3d.org
</a> established
</p>