Re: READ THIS; Debian XFree86 4.0.1 mini-FAQ
On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 03:40:03AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
>
> * The Mesa problem (specifically, the lack of libGLU.so) really has to
> be sorted out upstream if Debian is going to have a sensible handling
> of Mesa in our distribution. Alternatively, I can stop shipping the
> Mesa stuff altogether in the XFree86 packages until support is ready,
> but this will pretty much leave DRI out of the picture. I'd appreciate
> feedback on doing this. The XFree86 versions of the Mesa and OSMesa
> libraries can be added into woody at a later date without causing any
> real disruption. I'd appreciate feedback on the possibility of
> releasing 4.0.1-1 (or 4.0.2-1, or whatever) without the XFree86 version
> of Mesa.
If you do this, then please give fair warning because I want to be sure to
hold back on upgrading my packages. Although this stuff is experimental
and all, it has been working so wonderfully for me and my G400 that I have
been happily using woody/XF4 as my primary development environment for
C++/OpenGL. Needless to say, DRI is very important to me.
--
Thomas E. Vaughan <thomas.vaughan@nssl.noaa.gov>
CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK, USA
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