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11<H1>Mesa 7.8 Release Notes / date TBD</H1>
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14Mesa 7.8 is a new development release.
15People who are concerned with stability and reliability should stick
16with a previous release or wait for Mesa 7.8.1.
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19Mesa 7.8 implements the OpenGL 2.1 API, but the version reported by
20glGetString(GL_VERSION) depends on the particular driver being used.
21Some drivers don't support all the features required in OpenGL 2.1.
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24See the <a href="install.html">Compiling/Installing page</a> for prerequisites
25for DRI hardware acceleration.
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35<h2>New features</h2>
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37<li>GL_NV_conditional_render extension (swrast driver only)
38<li>GL_EXT_draw_buffers2 extension (swrast and i965 driver only)
39<li>GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions extension (for swrast, i965, and Gallium drivers)
40<li>Much improved support for <a href="egl.html">EGL in Mesa</a>
41<li>New state trackers for <a href="opengles.html">OpenGL ES 1.1 and 2.0</a>
42<li>Dedicated documentation for Gallium
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46<h2>Bug fixes</h2>
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48<li>Massive improvements to the Gallium driver for R300-R500 Radeons; this
49    driver is now moderately stable but not terribly performant.
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55<li>TBD
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