[Mesa-dev] 7.8.3 release

[Brian Paul]

On 10/21/2010 03:29 PM, tom fogal wrote:
> tom fogal<tfogal at sci.utah.edu>  writes:
>> Brian Paul<brianp at vmware.com>  writes:
>>> On 08/23/2010 10:12 AM, tom fogal wrote:
>>>> Anyway the point of this mail is that I'd like to push whomever
>>>> does these things (Ian?) to create a 7.8.3 release.
>>>
>>> Tom, I'll merge your branch and do some testing here.
>>>
>>> I'd be happy to make the 7.8.3 release at any time.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> I still have a few tests to do myself.  I'm sure I'll find the time
>> for it over the next week; if you want to do an RC, I'd say go for it
>> whenever you'd like, otherwise please give me a bit :)
>
> This dropped off my radar, sorry.
>
> I found a uniform handling problem with 7.8, but it's hard to track
> down and only effects one of our code paths with big red 'broken'
> signs on it anyway.  Further, major upgrades are a pain for us because
> minor rasterization changes have large implications on our test suite.
> Finally, current 7.8 branch fixes a couple issues which are biting us
> pretty hard.
>
> Thus: I'd really like to push for a 7.8.3 release.  Current branch head
> is fine for that, AFAIR...

I wasn't sure 7.8.3 was needed anymore so I was going to discard it. 
I guess I could cut a release though.

Have you tried 7.9?  If there are rasterization or other issues w/ 7.9 
can you file bug reports?

-Brian