Re: [Mesa3d-dev] Bug in z-depth

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

Allen Akin wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 08:16:30AM -0600, Brian Paul wrote:
> |
> | There's two possible solutions:
> |
> | 1. Modify Crystal Space to specify GLX_DEPTH_SIZE=1 or GLX_DEPTH_SIZE=16.
> |
> | 2. Modify Mesa so that a 16-bit (the default) depth buffer is chosen if
> | GLX_DEPTH_SIZE is between 1 and 16.
> |
> | Any comments?
> 
> I'd go for the second one.  I've never been a great fan of the
> glXChooseVisual semantics, but I think that option is a reasonable way
> to patch them up.

Done.

glXChooseVisual() really is poorly designed.  Serious apps should
avoid it and use a better visual selection method.

-Brian