13 Mesa uses an even/odd version number scheme like the Linux kernel.
14 Odd numbered versions (such as 5.1) designate new developmental releases.
15 Even numbered versions (such as 6.0) designate stable releases.
17 Mesa version 6.0 signifies two things:
19 1. A stabilization of the 5.1 development release
20 2. Implementation of the OpenGL 1.5 specification
23 Note that the Mesa major version number is incremented with the OpenGL
26 Mesa 1.x == OpenGL 1.0
27 Mesa 2.x == OpenGL 1.1
28 Mesa 3.x == OpenGL 1.2
29 Mesa 4.x == OpenGL 1.3
30 Mesa 5.x == OpenGL 1.4
31 Mesa 6.x == OpenGL 1.5
38 Mesa 5.1 already had all the new features of OpenGL 1.5, implemented as
39 extensions. These extensions were simply promoted to standard features:
41 GL_ARB_occlusion_query extension
42 GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two extension
43 GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object extension
50 Mesa advertises itself as either OpenGL 1.2 or OpenGL 1.3 depending on
51 the device driver. For example, if the driver enables all the ARB
52 extensions which are part of OpenGL 1.3 then glGetString(GL_VERSION)
53 will return "1.3". Otherwise, it'll return "1.2".
55 A number of Mesa's software drivers haven't been actively maintained for
56 some time. We rely on volunteers to maintain many of the drivers.
57 Here's the current status of all included drivers:
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62 XMesa (Xlib) implements OpenGL 1.5
63 OSMesa (off-screen) implements OpenGL 1.5
64 FX (3dfx Voodoo1/2) implements OpenGL 1.3
65 SVGA implements OpenGL 1.3
66 Wind River UGL implements OpenGL 1.3
67 Windows/Win32 implements OpenGL 1.5
68 DJGPP implements OpenGL 1.5
69 GGI implements OpenGL 1.3
70 BeOS implements OpenGL 1.5
71 Allegro needs updating
80 See the VERSIONS file for more details about bug fixes, etc. in Mesa 6.0.
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