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Re: xlibmesa naming and relationships



On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 10:57:39AM -0500, Branden Robinson scrawled:
> On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 11:15:10AM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > xlibmesa3-gl suggests that it's Mesa version 3. Which it isn't.
> 
> Well, yes, actually I think it is:
> 
>   From: David Dawes <dawes@XFree86.Org>
>   To: cvs-commit@xfree86.org
>   Subject: CVS Update: xc (branch: )
>   Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 11:30:12 -0700 (PDT)
>   Message-Id: <200108171830.f7HIUCf19386@public.xfree86.org>
> 
>   CVSROOT:        /home/x-cvs
>   Module name:    xc
>   Changes by:     dawes@public.xfree86.org.       01/08/17 11:30:12
> 
>   xc/extras/Mesa
> 
>   Update of /home/x-cvs/xc/extras/Mesa
>   In directory public.xfree86.org:/home/dawes/mesa_3_4_branch/import
> 
>   Log Message:
>   Mesa version 3.4.2 snapshot at 20010817
> [...]
> 
> Mesa 4 wasn't merged onto HEAD until 22 Feb 2002, and I don't think XFree86
> 4.2.1 has it.
> 
> Corrections welcome.

While you may be right, we're talking about different things. :)

Marcelo was wondering why I bumped the name to xlibmesa4-* for my
packages, and I pointed out that having xlibmesa3-*, for Mesa 4, would
be horrifically stupid and misleading.

So, while I can't fault your logic of Mesa 3 being in 4.2.1 ... ;)

-- 
Daniel Stone                                     <dstone@trinity.unimelb.edu.au>
Developer, Trinity College, University of Melbourne

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