Re: Updated Debian XFree86 4.x mini-FAQ and status report
On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 05:30:15PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
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> * 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. What little feedback I've had so far indicates that people
> would rather wait for upstream to resolve this, so that we ship XFree86
> with its own version of libGLU.
I reiterate my initial feedback. Please don't disable DRI. DRI enables
development of serious 3D software. I am engaged in such development. It
is much easier for one such as I to work around the little GLU problem than
it is to work around Debian's not having DRI support.
--
Thomas E. Vaughan <thomas.vaughan@nssl.noaa.gov>
CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK, USA
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