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-<H1>Mesa 6.5.3 Release Notes / (in progress)</H1>
+<H1>Mesa 6.5.3 Release Notes / April 27, 2007</H1>
<p>
-Mesa 6.5.3 is a 6.5 follow-on development release with many internal changes.
+Mesa 6.5.3 is a development release with many changes and new features.
+Mesa 7.0 is expected to follow shortly.
</p>
<h2>MD5 checksums</h2>
<pre>
-TBD
+39f33ea64e34e2d5b20640b008b57649 MesaLib-6.5.3.tar.gz
+46359457147c469745f24b5074a186f0 MesaLib-6.5.3.tar.bz2
+a8946fa861634ce15971396f47992c41 MesaLib-6.5.3.zip
+08e26948d57eaca74d02a530b2d8106e MesaDemos-6.5.3.tar.gz
+8af91773ab2653fe537499676b05f2e8 MesaDemos-6.5.3.tar.bz2
+783f81b171bf89b0929abc894efd25a6 MesaDemos-6.5.3.zip
+9467d415388fe1ad82991fb20704b812 MesaGLUT-6.5.3.tar.gz
+360843e46b7ebb6909290b023f9b26fa MesaGLUT-6.5.3.tar.bz2
+7686065e5c15a30de08a1610860b6840 MesaGLUT-6.5.3.zip
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+<h2>Shared library numbering</h2>
+<p>
+Mesa 6.5.3 supports the OpenGL 2.0/2.1 API. However, the (unix)
+shared library version is still 1.5 (i.e. libGL.so.1.5.xxxxxx).
+Bumping the shared library version to 2.x would cause linking problems
+with existing OpenGL applications. Since OpenGL 2.x is backward
+compatible with OpenGL 1.x the shared library version number doesn't
+have to be incremented (which would indicate an incompatible ABI).
+</p>
+<p>
+Other OpenGL vendors name their OpenGL 2.x libraries libGL.so.1.0.xxxxx
+for the same reason.
+</p>
+
+
+
<h2>New features</h2>
<ul>
-<li>OpenGL 2.0 support.
-<li>Entirely new Shading Language code generator.
+<li>OpenGL 2.0 and 2.1 API support.
+<li>Entirely new Shading Language code generator. See the
+<a href="shading.html">Shading Language</a> page for more information.
<li>Much faster software execution of vertex, fragment shaders.
-<li>New vertex buffer object infrastructure (replaces old array_cache code).
+<li>New vertex buffer object (vbo) infrastructure
<li>Updated glext.h file (version 39)
-<li>Updated glxext.h file (version 18)
+<li>Updated glxext.h file (version 19)
<li>GL_MAX_DRAWBUFFERS is now 4 (software rendering) so
"multiple render targets" are really supported.
</ul>
@@ -43,18 +69,22 @@ TBD
<li>Overlapping glCopyPixels with negative Y zoom didn't work (bug 10521)
<li>Fixed a number of framebuffer/renderbuffer reference counting bugs
<li>Fixed a few bugs in software-emulated alpha planes
+<li>Assorted minor bug fixes in glCopy/DrawPixels, glPixelZoom, etc.
+<li>Assorted DRI driver bug fixes.
+<li>Fixed a number of bugs that prevented "depth-peeling" rendering from working.
</ul>
<h2>Internal code changes</h2>
-
<ul>
-<li>Massive changes to the Shading Language compiler.
-<li>The _MaintainTnlProgram, _MaintainTexEnvProgram, _TexEnvProgram and
-_TnlProgram fields have been moved.
-<li>The ctx->Vertex/FragmentProgram._Current fields point to the program
-in effect, whether it comes from a shader, user-program or generated
-fixed-function program.
+<li>Old array_cache module replaced by new vbo module. All geometry
+rendering is now cast in the form of vertex buffer objects.
+<li>Massive changes to the Shading Language compiler and related state.
+<li>Vertex/fragment shaders are compiled into GPU instructions and
+programs very similar to GL_ARB_vertex/fragment_program.
+<li>Vertex and fragment programs are executed with the same code now.
+<li>The SSE-optimized vertex program path has been removed since it didn't
+support more than 12 temp registers, didn't support branching/looping, etc.
</ul>
@@ -72,17 +102,17 @@ fixed-function program.
Driver Status
---------------------- ----------------------
DRI drivers varies with the driver
-XMesa/GLX (on Xlib) implements OpenGL 2.0
-OSMesa (off-screen) implements OpenGL 2.0
+XMesa/GLX (on Xlib) implements OpenGL 2.1
+OSMesa (off-screen) implements OpenGL 2.1
+Windows/Win32 implements OpenGL 2.1
Glide (3dfx Voodoo1/2) implements OpenGL 1.3
-SVGA implements OpenGL 1.3
-Wind River UGL implements OpenGL 1.3
-Windows/Win32 implements OpenGL 1.5
-DJGPP implements OpenGL 1.5
-GGI implements OpenGL 1.3
-BeOS implements OpenGL 1.5
-Allegro needs updating
-D3D needs updating
+SVGA unsupported
+Wind River UGL unsupported
+DJGPP unsupported
+GGI unsupported
+BeOS unsupported
+Allegro unsupported
+D3D unsupported
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