On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 06:44:46PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > DRI with Mesa-4.0.4 - as suggested for shipping with XFree86-4.3: > > > > http://document.ihg.uni-duisburg.de/bitmap/Radeon/Mesa-4.0.4.png > > Is the 4.0.4 screenshot from after I merged fixes from the trunk?
I believe so. The screenshot dates on "2002-12-13 18:04" (CET) and the CVS update was taken very few hours before. I must admit that I was a bit lazy today so I didn't want to retype the whole message .... so I'd add something here. The most interesting thing (for _me_) is the evidence, that the picture does _not_ differ dependent on the X server I use. I can throw in different X server binaries, but the real difference becomes obvious when I change the underlying OpenGL libraries - wether they com from SuSE-8.1, from DRI/Mesa-4.0.4 or from DRI/Mesa/5.x This implies - as I understand the topic - that the Mesa libraries have far the most influence on what the user looks at. > Well, it doesn't look that much better, does it? Do you really think > it's worth rushing in Mesa 5 for that? To be honest, the branch with Mesa-4.0.4 is currently not worth talking about when it comes to using FlightGear. I built a _lot_ of DRI (Mesa-4.x) trees during the past months to have the impression that improvement is unlikely to happen here. So Mesa-5.x appears to be the big step that promises - for me - an XFree86 release that I would count on. > Sure, the 'old' code has > problems, but at least it's well tested with all drivers. You can always > use DRI CVS or 4.2.0 if that suits you better. If the user had to consider XFree86-4.3 as 'broken' because of non functional OpenGL support, so why should people use it ? These are disproportionate strong words, but I believe the 'user' will think this way once he has the decision to make, Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility Learn to use your power at OSDN's High Performance Computing Channel http://hpc.devchannel.org/ _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
