> From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris@redhat.com> <snip> > Mesa 4.x isn't ready for mainstream usage yet, due to various > instabilities that will get worked out over time, as such it > isn't integrated into XFree86 yet. It very much is not a > straightforward process, it is quite complicated for the > uninitiated, and frought with may possible problems which then > need troubleshooting, etc. > > I strongly urge anyone considering using Mesa 4.0 whom is not a > developer, to wait it out. I'm a developer/programmer, but not a Mesa developer and I think that's what you mean so I'll probably just wait. > >> I currently have no plans of packaging up Mesa 4.x (although I > >> would like to). > > > >Please clarify: you have no plans because it's not stable yet and want > >it to be stable before packaging it, or you because you don't have > >time, or some other reason. > > All of the above. I need to concentrate my time on things that > produce the best results with the software that we have right > now. > > > >Also, you mentioned in any earlier version that RawHide is updated > >daily (and only new packages that are really broken are reverted to > >earlier versions). Where is the best place to get update XFree86 RPMS > >from: > > > >ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris/testing/7.2/XFree86/ > > For XFree86 4.2.0 rpm's for RHL 7.2, yes. > > >from rawide? > > I build both for rawhide and for 7.2. The 7.2 rpm's are > identical to the rawhide rpm's only built in a _stable_ build > environment. Rawhide is only for bta testing, and is very likely > to be broken at any point in time. Much moreso than my 7.2 rpms. > > > >It appears right now that rawhide is more recent. > > That is false. Rawhide has a higher release number. The 7.2 > rpm's are identical only they have a 0.x release number so that > when the time comes _hopefully_ one can upgrade 7.2 to the final > RPM's without version skew. The 7.2 rpm's will always have a > release number less than -2, ie 0.*, 1.* > > >I'm more than willing to test new versions so I can help make > >certain the next version of Red Hat works great with the Radeon > >7500. And of course, I'm anxiously awaiting Mesa 4.x's inclusion > >to fix the Mesa 3.4.2 triangle strip bug that causes me problems > >:-). > > Well that's good to hear. ;o) Please bang on the 7.2 rpm's or > the rawhide ones if you're more daring, and as always, bugzilla > is where to dump any bugs. Thanks again for all the info. The rawhide ones are compiled with gcc 3.x (correct?) so a rebuild would be necessary on a 7.2 system (correct?). I'll probably stick with your RPMS compiled on a 7.2 system since this is my main home computer. The only thing I have from rawhide are the kerenel (2.4.17-0.6) and modutils (2.4.12-7) since they appeared to be compiled using gcc 2.96. I guess the other thing that made me think those XFree RPMS were older was your earlier message to this list: Sheesh, you're slow. 4.2.0-0.3 is already built, and 4.2.0-0.4 is on the way tomorrow sometime also (hopefully). ;o) The newest I can find at your site is still 4.2.0-0.2. I'm assuming you'll send announcements to this list whenever you make new ones available. Dave (who's thrilled to finally have good 3D support on his Linux box)
