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 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
