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  2.                         Mesa 6.4 Release Notes
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  4.                            October 24, 2005
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  8. Introduction
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  11. Mesa uses an even/odd version number scheme like the Linux kernel.
  12. Odd numbered versions (such as 6.3) designate new developmental releases.
  13. Even numbered versions (such as 6.4) designate stable releases.
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  16. 6.4 is a bug-fix release.  See the VERSIONS file for details.
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  20. GLUT tarball
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  23. Starting with 6.4, the GLUT library sources are distributed in a separate
  24. tarball.  This was done at the request of Linux distro vendors who prefer
  25. to use freeglut.
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  30. Driver                  Status
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  32. DRI drivers             varies with the driver
  33. XMesa (Xlib)            implements OpenGL 1.5
  34. OSMesa (off-screen)     implements OpenGL 1.5
  35. Windows/Win32           implements OpenGL 1.5
  36. Glide (3dfx Voodoo1/2)  requires updates       
  37. SVGA                    requires updates
  38. DJGPP                   requires updates
  39. GGI                     requires updates
  40. BeOS                    requires updates
  41. Allegro                 requires updates
  42. D3D                     requires updates
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  44. The drivers which require updates mostly need to be updated to work
  45. with the new gl_renderbuffer / gl_framebuffer infrastructure introduced
  46. in Mesa 6.3.
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