On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 13:04 -0400, Fortier,Vincent [Montreal] wrote: > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De : Julien Cristau [mailto:jcristau@debian.org] > > Envoyé : 2 septembre 2009 15:08 > > À : Fortier,Vincent [Montreal] > > Cc : debian-x@lists.debian.org > > Objet : Re: MESA glut package? > > > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 13:43:24 -0400, Fortier,Vincent > > [Montreal] wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Is there any MESA glut package available? We have an > > application that > > > we are trying to port to debian but is uses off-screen > > rendering with > > > the original GLUT lib from an old mesa pacakge. It would be really > > > really interesting to have the choice between freeglut VS MESA glut > > > since freeglut does not allow rendering without an X. > > > > > No, we don't build Mark Kilgard's glut, which is included in mesa. > > AFAICT there used to be a separate glut package with this, > > but it got replaced with freeglut in 2004. > > Is there any process at Debian to ask / vote / propose a new package? > Because IMO that would be a good thing to offer the choice just like > it is done in the deb repository for so many other software :) > Further more because this is already a sub-component of the MESA > source code that is already provided.... Mark Kilgard's glut is thoroughly non-DFSG-free. The right thing to do (to the extent that anything involving glut can be considered "right") would be to improve freeglut to have that feature that the non-free glut did. -- Eric Anholt eric@anholt.net eric.anholt@intel.com
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