On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 09:17:28PM +0000, José Fonseca wrote: > On 2002.02.22 21:13 Alan Hourihane wrote: > >On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 08:59:01PM +0000, Jos Fonseca wrote: > >> On 2002.02.22 20:57 Alan Hourihane wrote: > >> >... > >> >libGLcore.a is the internal Mesa code that drives indirect GLX. > >> > > >> >If anything changes in Mesa, libGLcore.a changes too. > >> > > >> >Alan. > >> > > >> > >> It changes, but it doesn't break compatibility, does it? The same thing > > > >> goes for libGLX. Both these libraries have they behavior pretty > >> standarized and are self contained so changes in their internals should > > > >> not be noticed by the other components. > >> Assuming that nobody would download a 10 MB set of experimental 3D > >drivers > >> for get improvements of indirect rendering we probably should leave > >these > >> out. > >> > >What I meant is from a bug standpoint. If there's a bug in Mesa which > >is fixed, then libGLcore.a needs to be replaced. This is only to do > >with indirect rendering. A severe bug in Mesa can cause the Xserver to > >crash as it's loaded into the Xservers name space. We've already > >come across this a few times, and more recently with the NAN/INF > >problems. > > > >Alan. > > > > But can't we assume that the user is upgrading from a stable XFree 4.2.0 > installation? > No. XFree86 4.2.0 is Mesa 3.4.x based, and it seems XFree86 4.3.0 will be Mesa 4.0.x based. A MAJOR update!
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