On 2002.02.22 21:13 Alan Hourihane wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 08:59:01PM +0000, Jos� Fonseca wrote:
> > On 2002.02.22 20:57 Alan Hourihane wrote:
> > >...
> > >libGLcore.a is the internal Mesa code that drives indirect GLX.
> > >
> > >If anything changes in Mesa, libGLcore.a changes too.
> > >
> > >Alan.
> > >
> >
> > It changes, but it doesn't break compatibility, does it? The same thing
> 
> > goes for libGLX. Both these libraries have they behavior pretty
> > standarized and are self contained so changes in their internals should
> 
> > not be noticed by the other components.
> > Assuming that nobody would download a 10 MB set of experimental 3D
> drivers
> > for get improvements of indirect rendering we probably should leave
> these
> > out.
> >
> What I meant is from a bug standpoint. If there's a bug in Mesa which
> is fixed, then libGLcore.a needs to be replaced. This is only to do
> with indirect rendering. A severe bug in Mesa can cause the Xserver to
> crash as it's loaded into the Xservers name space. We've already
> come across this a few times, and more recently with the NAN/INF
> problems.
> 
> Alan.
> 

But can't we assume that the user is upgrading from a stable XFree 4.2.0 
installation?

The worst part is that this particular library is the *only* one here that 
can't be stripped (I already tested this for Sergey long time ago), so it 
we will never cut the size of the drivers down...

Jos� Fonseca

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