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Date:      Wed, 26 Feb 2003 00:59:44 +0200
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Mesa
Message-ID:  <20030225225944.GA1038@vega.vega.com>
In-Reply-To: <xzpsmuct2x1.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
References:  <xzpvfz8t4ki.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20030225215814.GB79776@rot13.obsecurity.org> <xzpsmuct2x1.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>

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On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 11:23:54PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> writes:
> > I assume there are issues getting the newer version to work with all
> > the ports that depend on it.  If you're willing to solve these
> > problems then I'm sure we can get it updated.  The first step is for
> > you to test the new Mesa version with most or all of the ports that
> > require it, and identify the failures.
> 
> I am sure that in two years, we could at the very least have found a
> way for Mesa 3 to coexist with newer versions so that ports which had
> not yet been converted could go on using the old version.
> 
> Reality check, people: Mesa-wise, we are two major versions behind the
> rest of the world.

You are completely missing the point. Mesa is now included into
XFree86 (and the version included is exactly one currently in ports)
so that upgrade to 4.x or 5.x will change nothing unless you are running
an obsolete 3.x version of XFree86.

-Maxim

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