News
+ +April 3, 2020
+Mesa 20.0.4 is released. This is an emergency release which reverts a serious SPIR-V regression in the 20.0.3 release. Users of 20.0.3 are recommended to upgrade immediately.
+April 1, 2020
+Mesa 20.0.3 is released. This is a bug fix release.
+March 18, 2020
+Mesa 20.0.2 is released. This is a bug fix release.
+March 9, 2020
+Mesa 19.3.5 is released. This is a bug fix release, and the final 19.3.x release. Users are encouraged to migrate to 20.0.x in order to obtain future fixes.
+March 5, 2020
+Mesa 20.0.1 is released. This is a bug fix release.
+February 19, 2020
+Mesa 20.0.0 is released. This is a new development release. See the release notes for more information about this release.
+February 13, 2020
+Mesa 19.3.4 is released. This is a bug fix release.
+January 28, 2020
+Mesa 19.3.3 is released. This is a bug fix release.
+January 9, 2020
+Mesa 19.3.2 is released. This is a bug fix release.
+December 18, 2019
+Mesa 19.2.8 is released. This is a bug fix release.
+December 18, 2019
+Mesa 19.3.1 is released. This is a bug fix release.
+December 12, 2019
+Mesa 19.3.0 is released. This is a new development release. See the release notes for mor information about this release.
+December 4, 2019
+Mesa 19.2.7 is released. This is a bug fix release.
+November 21, 2019
+Mesa 19.2.6 is released. This is a bug fix release.
+November 20, 2019
+Mesa 19.2.5 is released. This is a bug fix release.
+November 13, 2019
+Mesa 19.2.4 is released. This is an emergency bugfix release, all users of 19.2.3 are recomended to upgrade immediately.
+November 6, 2019
+Mesa 19.2.3 is released. This is a bug fix release.
+October 24, 2019
+Mesa 19.2.2 is released. This is a bug fix release.
+October 21, 2019
++Mesa 19.1.8 is released. +This is a bug-fix release. +
++NOTE: It is anticipated that 19.1.8 will be the final release in the +19.1 series. Users of 19.1 are encouraged to migrate to the 19.2 +series in order to obtain future fixes. +
+ +October 9, 2019
+Mesa 19.2.1 is released. This is a bug fix release.
+September 25, 2019
++Mesa 19.2.0 is released. +This is a new development release. See the release notes for more +information about this release +
+ +September 17, 2019
++Mesa 19.1.7 is released. +This is a bug-fix release. +
+ +September 3, 2019
++Mesa 19.1.6 is released. +This is a bug-fix release. +
+ +August 23, 2019
++Mesa 19.1.5 is released. +This is a bug-fix release. +
+ +August 7, 2019
++Mesa 19.1.4 is released. +This is a bug-fix release. +
+ +July 23, 2019
++Mesa 19.1.3 is released. +This is a bug-fix release. +
+ +July 9, 2019
++Mesa 19.1.2 is released. +This is a bug-fix release. +
+ +June 26, 2019
++Mesa 19.0.8 is released. +This is an emergency bug fix release. Users of 19.0.7 should updated to 19.0.8 +or 19.1.1 immediately. +
+ +June 25, 2019
++Mesa 19.1.1 is released. +This is a bug-fix release. +
+ +June 24, 2019
++Mesa 19.0.7 is released. +This is a bug-fix release. +
++NOTE: It is anticipated that 19.0.7 will be the final release in the +19.0 series. Users of 19.0 are encouraged to migrate to the 19.1 +series in order to obtain future fixes. +
+ +June 11, 2019
++Mesa 19.1.0 is released. +This is a new development release. See the release notes for more +information about this release +
+June 5, 2019
++Mesa 19.0.6 is released. +This is a bug-fix release. +
+May 21, 2019
Mesa 19.0.5 is released. @@ -1546,9 +1675,9 @@ with a new test that does over 130 tests of the shading language and built-in functions.
-April 2007
+April 4, 2007
-Thomas Hellström of Tungsten Graphics has written a whitepaper +Thomas Hellström of Tungsten Graphics has written a whitepaper describing the new DRI memory management system.
@@ -1946,7 +2075,7 @@ d2b5ba32b53e0ad0576c637a4cc1fb41 MesaDemos-5.1.zip -November 12, 2003
+November 12, 2003
New Mesa 5.0.2 tarballs have been uploaded to SourceForge which fix a @@ -1999,7 +2128,7 @@ Mesa 5.0.2 has been released. This is a stable, bug-fix release. -
June 2003
+June 8, 2003
Mesa's directory tree has been overhauled. @@ -2082,7 +2211,8 @@ Many of the old plain-text files have been converted to html and modernized.
November 13, 2002
Mesa 5.0 has been released. This is a stable release which implements the OpenGL 1.4 specification. -
New: + +New: - OpenGL 1.4 support (glGetString(GL_VERSION) returns "1.4") - removed some overlooked debugging code - glxinfo updated to support GLX_ARB_multisample @@ -2109,7 +2239,8 @@ Bug fixes:October 29, 2002
Mesa 4.1 has been released. This is a new development release. For a stable release, get 4.0.4. -
New: + +New: - GL_NV_vertex_program extension - GL_NV_vertex_program1_1 extension - GL_ARB_window_pos extension @@ -2163,7 +2294,8 @@ The Mesa FAQ has been rewritten.October 3, 2002
Mesa 4.0.4 has been released. This is a stable bug-fix release. -
New: + +New: - GL_NV_texture_rectangle extension - updated glext.h header (version 17) - updated DOS driver (Daniel Borca) @@ -2193,7 +2325,8 @@ The Mesa FAQ has been rewritten.June 25, 2002
Mesa 4.0.3 has been released. This is a stable bug-fix release. -
New: + +New: - updated GL/glext.h file (version 15) - corrected MMX blend code (Jose Fonseca) - support for software-based alpha planes in Windows driver @@ -2222,7 +2355,8 @@ The Mesa FAQ has been rewritten.April 2, 2002
Mesa 4.0.2 has been released. This is a stable bug-fix release. -
New: + +New: - New DOS (DJGPP) driver written by Daniel Borca - New driver interface functions for TCL drivers (such as Radeon DRI) - GL_RENDERER string returns "Mesa Offscreen16" or "Mesa Offscreen32" @@ -2248,7 +2382,8 @@ The Mesa FAQ has been rewritten.December 17, 2001
Mesa 4.0.1 has been released. This is a stable bug-fix release. -
New: + +New: - better sub-pixel sample positions for AA triangles (Ray Tice) - slightly faster blending for (GL_ZERO, GL_ONE) and (GL_ONE, GL_ZERO) Bug fixes: @@ -2277,7 +2412,8 @@ The Mesa FAQ has been rewritten.October 22, 2001
Mesa 4.0 has been released. This is a stable release. -
New: + +New: - Mesa 4.0 implements the OpenGL 1.3 specification - GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip extension - GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp extension (aka GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp) @@ -2309,7 +2445,8 @@ The Mesa FAQ has been rewritten.June 21, 2001
Mesa 3.5 has been released. This is a new development release. -
New: + +New: - internals of Mesa divided into modular pieces (Keith Whitwell) - 100% OpenGL 1.2 conformance (passes all conformance tests) - new AA line algorithm @@ -2542,21 +2679,28 @@ ftp, and CVS services aren't fully restored yet. Please be patient.-Brian
June 7, 1999
-RPMS of the nVidia RIVA server can be found at
+ftp://ftp.mesa3d.org/mesa/misc/nVidia/
.RPMS of the nVidia RIVA server can be found at + +ftp://ftp.mesa3d.org/mesa/misc/nVidia/.
June 2, 1999
nVidia has released some Linux binaries for xfree86 3.3.3.1, along with the full source, which includes GLX acceleration -based on Mesa 3.0. They can be downloaded from
+based on Mesa 3.0. They can be downloaded from + +https://www.nvidia.com/Products.nsf/htmlmedia/software_drivers.html.https://www.nvidia.com/Products.nsf/htmlmedia/software_drivers.html
.May 24, 1999
-Beta 2 of Mesa 3.1 has been make available at
ftp://ftp.mesa3d.org/mesa/beta/
. -If you are into the quake scene, you may want to try this out, as it contains some -optimizations specifically in the Q3A rendering path. +Beta 2 of Mesa 3.1 has been make available at +ftp://ftp.mesa3d.org/mesa/beta/. If you are into the +quake scene, you may want to try this out, as it contains some optimizations +specifically in the Q3A rendering path. +
May 13, 1999
For those interested in the integration of Mesa into XFree86 4.0, Precision Insight -has posted their lowlevel design documents at
+has posted their lowlevel design documents at +www.precisioninsight.com.http://www.precisioninsight.com
.May 13, 1999
May 1999 - John Carmack of id Software, Inc. has made a donation of @@ -2594,9 +2738,11 @@ http://www.quake3arena.com/news/glopt.htmlMarch 18, 1999
The new webpages are now online. Enjoy, and let me know if you find any errors. +
February 16, 1999
SGI releases its -GLX source code.
+GLX source code. +January 22, 1999
www.mesa3d.org established