[Mesa3d-dev] GLU tessellator (was something completely OT)

[Gareth H. <ga...@pr...>]

Olivier Michel wrote:
> 
> I found two serious bugs in the GLU tesselator. I reported these bugs on
> the sourceforge bug tracking system. They are easy to reproduce on linux
> using gtklookat-0.8.2 (which uses libvrml97-0.8.2) and loading the two
> VRML files I mention in the bug report.

Okay, here's the deal, for the record:

Brian and I have discussed this, and we have decided to replace Mesa's
GLU with the SI's one RSN.

I am still working on my new code, as I know of at least one obscure bug
in SGI's version that I'd like to avoid.  I will continue to work on
this until I'm finished, and then Brian and I will compare the two
implementations and decide on which version to use.

I could say I'm rather busy at the moment with other things like DRI
driver development, but that would be a severe understatement.  I'm
hoping that one day I will actually have sufficient time to devote a
week to this, as that would get me a long way towards being done.

The current tessellator in Mesa is just plain broken.  I actually
understand the problem space now, which is why I'm not fixing the old
code, rather replacing it entirely.

-- Gareth