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| author | Brian <brian@yutani.localnet.net> | 2007-04-19 14:24:58 -0600 |
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| committer | Brian <brian@yutani.localnet.net> | 2007-04-19 14:24:58 -0600 |
| commit | 535c37e85d9283f177825e7534e5d0abb4d93886 (patch) | |
| tree | 18059c21a7aaefbd0ea6ed45c09aaf468e9fcc5c /docs/relnotes-6.5.3.html | |
| parent | ba3d384e94faaedd4b1e0a90c1a765452bf594f3 (diff) | |
Notes about shared lib version. Document depth-peel fixes.
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diff --git a/docs/relnotes-6.5.3.html b/docs/relnotes-6.5.3.html index 8f6ea8bea..0d0398aaf 100644 --- a/docs/relnotes-6.5.3.html +++ b/docs/relnotes-6.5.3.html @@ -22,6 +22,22 @@ TBD </pre> +<h2>Shared library numbering</h2> +<p> +Mesa 6.5.3 supports the OpenGL 2.0/2.1 API. However, the (unix) +shared library version is still 1.5 (i.e. libGL.so.1.5.xxxxxx). +Bumping the shared library version to 2.x would cause linking problems +with existing OpenGL applications. Since OpenGL 2.x is backward +compatible with OpenGL 1.x the shared library version number doesn't +have to be incremented (which would indicate an incompatible ABI). +</p> +<p> +Other OpenGL vendors name their OpenGL 2.x libraries libGL.so.1.0.xxxxx +for the same reason. +</p> + + + <h2>New features</h2> <ul> <li>OpenGL 2.0 and 2.1 API support. @@ -47,6 +63,7 @@ TBD <li>Fixed a few bugs in software-emulated alpha planes <li>Assorted minor bug fixes in glCopy/DrawPixels, glPixelZoom, etc. <li>Assorted DRI driver bug fixes. +<li>Fixed a number of bugs that prevented "depth-peeling" rendering from working. </ul> |