<h1>Development Notes</h1>
-<h2>Adding Extentions</h2>
+<h2>Adding Extensions</h2>
<p>
To add a new GL extension to Mesa you have to do at least the following.
</pre>
</li>
<li>
- In the src/mesa/glapi/ directory, add the new extension functions and
+ In the src/mapi/glapi/gen/ directory, add the new extension functions and
enums to the gl_API.xml file.
Then, a bunch of source files must be regenerated by executing the
corresponding Python scripts.
If the new extension adds new GL state, the functions in get.c, enable.c
and attrib.c will most likely require new code.
</li>
+<li>
+ The dispatch tests check_table.cpp and dispatch_sanity.cpp
+ should be updated with details about the new extensions functions. These
+ tests are run using 'make check'
+</li>
</ul>
src/mesa/state_tracker/st_glsl_to_tgsi.cpp can serve as examples.
</p>
+<h2>Submitting patches</h2>
+
+<p>
+You should always run the Mesa Testsuite before submitting patches.
+The Testsuite can be run using the 'make check' command. All tests
+must pass before patches will be accepted, this may mean you have
+to update the tests themselves.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Patches should be sent to the Mesa mailing list for review.
+When submitting a patch make sure to use git send-email rather than attaching
+patches to emails. Sending patches as attachments prevents people from being
+able to provide in-line review comments.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+When submitting follow-up patches you can use --in-reply-to to make v2, v3,
+etc patches show up as replies to the originals. This usually works well
+when you're sending out updates to individual patches (as opposed to
+re-sending the whole series). Using --in-reply-to makes
+it harder for reviewers to accidentally review old patches.
+</p>
<h2>Marking a commit as a candidate for a stable branch</h2>
Here are some examples of such a note:
</p>
<ul>
- <li>NOTE: This is a candidate for the 9.0 branch.</li>
- <li>NOTE: This is a candidate for the 8.0 and 9.0 branches.</li>
- <li>NOTE: This is a candidate for the stable branches.</li>
+ <li>CC: <mesa-stable@lists.freedesktop.org></li>
+ <li>CC: "9.2 10.0" <mesa-stable@lists.freedesktop.org></li>
+ <li>CC: "10.0" <mesa-stable@lists.freedesktop.org></li>
</ul>
+Simply adding the CC to the mesa-stable list address is adequate to nominate
+the commit for the most-recently-created stable branch. It is only necessary
+to specify a specific branch name, (such as "9.2 10.0" or "10.0" in the
+examples above), if you want to nominate the commit for an older stable
+branch. And, as in these examples, you can nominate the commit for the older
+branch in addition to the more recent branch, or nominate the commit
+exclusively for the older branch.
+
+This "CC" syntax for patch nomination will cause patches to automatically be
+copied to the mesa-stable@ mailing list when you use "git send-email" to send
+patches to the mesa-dev@ mailing list. Also, if you realize that a commit
+should be nominated for the stable branch after it has already been committed,
+you can send a note directly to the mesa-stable@lists.freedesktop.org where
+the Mesa stable-branch maintainers will receive it. Be sure to mention the
+commit ID of the commit of interest (as it appears in the mesa master branch).
+
+The latest set of patches that have been nominated, accepted, or rejected for
+the upcoming stable release can always be seen on the
+<a href=http://cworth.org/~cworth/mesa-stable-queue/">Mesa Stable Queue</a>
+page.
<h2>Cherry-picking candidates for a stable branch</h2>
</p>
-<h3>Verify and update version info</h3>
-
-<dl>
- <dt>Makefile.am</dt>
- <dt>SConstruct</dt>
- <dt>Android.common.mk</dt>
- <dd>PACKAGE_VERSION</dd>
- <dt>configure.ac</dt>
- <dd>AC_INIT</dd>
-</dl>
+<h3>Verify and update version info in VERSION</h3>
<p>
Create a docs/relnotes/x.y.z.html file.
-The bin/shortlog_mesa.sh script can be used to create a HTML-formatted list
-of changes to include in the file.
+The bin/bugzilla_mesa.sh and bin/shortlog_mesa.sh scripts can be used to
+create the HTML-formatted lists of bugfixes and changes to include in the file.
Link the new docs/relnotes/x.y.z.html file into the main <a href="relnotes.html">relnotes.html</a> file.
</p>
<p>
Make an announcement on the mailing lists:
-<em>m</em><em>e</em><em>s</em><em>a</em><em>-</em><em>d</em><em>e</em><em>v</em><em>@</em><em>l</em><em>i</em><em>s</em><em>t</em><em>s</em><em>.</em><em>f</em><em>r</em><em>e</em><em>e</em><em>d</em><em>e</em><em>s</em><em>k</em><em>t</em><em>o</em><em>p</em><em>.</em><em>o</em><em>r</em><em>g</em>,
-<em>m</em><em>e</em><em>s</em><em>a</em><em>-</em><em>u</em><em>s</em><em>e</em><em>r</em><em>s</em><em>@</em><em>l</em><em>i</em><em>s</em><em>t</em><em>s</em><em>.</em><em>f</em><em>r</em><em>e</em><em>e</em><em>d</em><em>e</em><em>s</em><em>k</em><em>t</em><em>o</em><em>p</em><em>.</em><em>o</em><em>r</em><em>g</em>
+<em>mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org</em>,
+<em>mesa-users@lists.freedesktop.org</em>
and
-<em>m</em><em>e</em><em>s</em><em>a</em><em>-</em><em>a</em><em>n</em><em>n</em><em>o</em><em>u</em><em>n</em><em>c</em><em>e</em><em>@</em><em>l</em><em>i</em><em>s</em><em>t</em><em>s</em><em>.</em><em>f</em><em>r</em><em>e</em><em>e</em><em>d</em><em>e</em><em>s</em><em>k</em><em>t</em><em>o</em><em>p</em><em>.</em><em>o</em><em>r</em><em>g</em>
+<em>mesa-announce@lists.freedesktop.org</em>
</p>
</div>
projects / mesa.git / blobdiff