From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.9 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DMARC_REJECT,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,PLING_QUERY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (mta01-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.41]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6727ABDB2 for ; Mon, 20 May 2002 08:31:24 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost ([213.105.250.141]) by mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020520133113.DONV28297.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@localhost> for ; Mon, 20 May 2002 14:31:13 +0100 Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 14:29:36 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9?= Fonseca To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Message-ID: <20020520142936.E8474@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Balsa 1.2.4 Subject: [gentoo-dev] Mesa >=3.5 masked!? Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: bfc68787-f241-4910-9ced-454650322cd9 X-Archives-Hash: 00fa415249500fdd1e77fd89b3f0381d I noticed that Mesa >= 3.5 is masked but I don't understand why. In package.mask says: #mesa 3.5 apparently breaks source compatibilty with 3.4.2 and we should #stay with 3.4.2 'cause so many apps depend on it. (drobbins, 26 Jan 2002) #sad but true, we're stuck at 3.4.2. # #think we should try mesa 4.0.1 sometime, although including glu in the xfree #ebuild seems to have good results. #azarah (29/01/2002) I don't see how the first comment can be true as Mesa is an implementation of the OpenGL standard which, besides of source compatibility, also has binary compatibility within a platform. Mesa releases notes also don't mention nothing like that. Regarding the second comment I found the referring bug number 245. It says that NVIDIA can't use the SGI libGLU.la 1.3 included in Mesa >=3.5. If so then why is the same SGI libGLU 1.3 available trhu the sgi-oss-glu ebuild? Stranger is that the "Nvidia OpenGL Configuration mini-HOWTO" (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Nvidia-OpenGL-Configuration/) uses Mesa 4.0.1 in the tutorial, but on the other hand the author does state that "not had time to test all the procedures"... So it seems that there is quite a bit of misunderstanding. Is it mine or should I fill in a bug report? José Fonseca