[Mesa3d-dev] Mesa 3.3 released

[Brian P. <br...@va...>]

I've just uploaded the Mesa 3.3 files to www.sourceforge.net.
They can be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/project/filelist.php?group_id=3

Following the Linux kernel even/odd release number policy, Mesa 3.3
is considered to be a development version.  Mesa 3.2.1 is the latest
stable release.

Mesa 3.3 should be pretty reliable though as it's been in use by
XFree86/DRI for a few months now.  If you try Mesa 3.3 and find
a problem, please report it to the Mesa bug database on sourceforge.net
I hope to release the 3.4/stable version in a timely manner.

Here's what's new in version 3.3:
    New:
	- antialiased triangles now implemented
	- GL_EXT_texture_env_add texture mode extension
	- GLX 1.3 API
	- support for separate draw/read buffers (ie GL_SGI_make_current_read)
	- thread-safe API dispath
	- improved glxinfo program
	- demos/texdown program to measure texture download performance
	- glext.h header file
	- demos/geartrain program
	- GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias extension
	- demos/lodbias program
	- further optimized glRead/DrawPixels for 16-bit TrueColor X visuals
	- GLX_EXT_visual_rating extension (a no-op, however)
	- GL_HP_occlusion_test extension (for X and OS/Mesa drivers)
	- demos/occlude program
	- GL_SGIS_pixel_texture and GL_SGIX_pixel_texture extensions
	- demos/pixeltex program
	- GL_SGI_color_matrix extension
	- GL_SGI_color_table extension
	- GL_EXT_histogram extension
	- GL_ARB_texture_cube_map extension
	- added xdemos/glxheads and xdemos/manywin
	- demos/texenv.c demo
	- GL_EXT_texture_env_combine extension (by Holger Waechtler)
	- Xlib driver is now thread-safe (see xdemos/glthreads)
    Bug Fixes:
	- various GL conformance failures fixed since 3.2.1
    Changes:
	- gl.h now uses #defines instead of C enums for all tokens
	- glu.h now uses #defines instead of C enums for all tokens
	- moved programs from 3Dfx/demos/ into demos/ directory

I think that's ten new extensions altogether!

I'm also happy to report that Mesa 3.3 passes all the OpenGL 1.1
conformance tests, except for antialiased lines in a few situations.
I plan to rewrite the AA line algorithm for the next release.
Keith Whitwell helped a lot in fixing the remaining conformance bugs.

For more details on the internal changes to Mesa 3.3 please read the
docs/RELNOTES-3.3 file.

-Brian

PS: I'll be away at SIGGRAPH all next week and won't be reading/replying
to email too often.  I'll see some of you there!