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11<H1>Mesa 7.9 Release Notes / date TBD</H1>
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14Mesa 7.9 is a new development release.
15People who are concerned with stability and reliability should stick
16with a previous release or wait for Mesa 7.9.1.
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19Mesa 7.9 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>New, improved GLSL compiler written by Intel.
38    See the <a href="shading.html"> Shading Language</a> page for
39    more information.
40<li>GL_EXT_timer_query extension (i965 driver only)
41<li>GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample extension (intel drivers, MAX_SAMPLES = 1)
42<li>GL_ARB_texture_swizzle extension (alias of GL_EXT_texture_swizzle)
43<li>GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex, GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow
44    and GL_EXT_draw_buffers2 in Gallium drivers
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55<li>The Mesa demo/test programs have been moved into a separate git
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57<li>GL/glext.h file upgraded to version 64
58<li>GL/glxext.h file upgraded to version 32
59<li>GL/wglext.h file upgraded to version 22
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