[Mesa3d-dev] Re: [ogl-sample] SGI SI GLU integration

[Olivier M. <Oli...@cy...>]

Brian Paul wrote:
> 
> Olivier Michel wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Sorry, I was off last week and I am just back from holidays reading my
> > 142 e-mails...
> > Apparently Dave commited a number of changes I requested. However, it is
> > apparently not yet complete (since the glu.h header is not yet fixed, it
> > still includes the OpenGL 1.0 compatibility lines), but I guess Dave is
> > currently working working on that...
> > Hence my RPM .spec file doesn't work yet from the CVS source (the glu.h
> > file still needs to be patched by hand). However, I can provide all what
> > I have:
> >
> > 1) The method to patch the glu.h and build the rpm from my modified
> > .spec file. This might be useful to build binary rpms for other
> > platforms. I will send them upon request.
> >
> > 2) The binary package for linux i386 (it is already available from
> > ftp://ftp.cyberbotics.com as mentioned in a previous e-mail, along with
> > a RPM package for Mesa without its GLU).
> >
> > Otherwise, we have to wait for Dave to fix the glu.h problem and to
> > add/merge my RPM .spec file to the CVS tree.
> >
> > I will rebuild the binary RPMs for linux i386 for both SGI SI GLU and
> > Mesa core GL (without GLU) as soon as Mesa-3.3 is out. However, I would
> > appreciate if they could be hosted somewhere else than on my ftp site
> > (since it cannot support high traffic).
> 
> You shouldn't have to wait for a Mesa release to put out the SI GLU
> package.

Sure. It is already available on ftp://ftp.cyberbotics.com and is not
likely to change when Mesa-3.3 is out. I will eventually rebuild it if
bug fixes are commited.

> I was hoping to release Mesa 3.2.1 and 3.3 this week but a last-minute
> bug regression in evaluators is postponing that, probably until after
> SIGGRAPH.  Dave's probably busy preparing for SIGGRAPH too.
> 
> So, I might be two weeks before we're all ready.

All right.

> > By the way, how should I name the final versions of those packages ?
> >
> > mesa-without-glu-3.3-1.i386.rpm and sgi-si-glu-1.3-1.i386.rpm, or simply
> > Mesa-3.3-1.i386.rpm and sgi-glu-1.3-1.i386.rpm ?
> 
> I prefer the later.

That's fine for me.

> > Another option could be to merge Mesa and SGI GLU into a single RPM
> > binary package named Mesa-with-sgi-glu-3.3-1.i386.rpm or simply
> > Mesa-3.3-1.i386.rpm (in this case, the RPM build process will be a bit
> > more tricky, but that's not a problem for me).
> 
> I'd rather keep the packages separate.  I expect that the GLU package
> won't be updated as often as Mesa.  Also, it would make the Mesa package
> smaller.
>
> > Personaly, I like the idea of the Mesa-3.3-1.i386.rpm containing
> > everything, but this might be conficting with other versions using Mesa
> > GLU. By the way, Brian, will you officially drop Mesa GLU, i.e., remove
> > it from Mesa distribution and recommanding to use SGI GLU instead ?
> 
> Yes, I'd like to drop Mesa's GLU at some point but I haven't worked
> out the details.
> 
> -Brian

It's not easy because the demos and examples need a GLU to work...

-Olivier