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+<HTML>
+
+<TITLE>Development Notes</TITLE>
+
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="mesa.css"></head>
+
+<BODY>
+
+<H1>Development Notes</H1>
+
+
+<H2>Adding Extentions</H2>
+
+<p>
+To add a new GL extension to Mesa you have to do at least the following.
+
+<ul>
+<li>
+ If glext.h doesn't define the extension, edit include/GL/gl.h and add
+ code like this:
+ <pre>
+ #ifndef GL_EXT_the_extension_name
+ #define GL_EXT_the_extension_name 1
+ /* declare the new enum tokens */
+ /* prototype the new functions */
+ /* TYPEDEFS for the new functions */
+ #endif
+ </pre>
+</li>
+<li>
+ In the src/mesa/glapi/ directory, add the new extension functions and
+ enums to the gl_API.xml file.
+ Then, a bunch of source files must be regenerated by executing the
+ corresponding Python scripts.
+</li>
+<li>
+ Add a new entry to the <code>gl_extensions</code> struct in mtypes.h
+</li>
+<li>
+ Update the <code>extensions.c</code> file.
+</li>
+<li>
+ From this point, the best way to proceed is to find another extension,
+ similar to the new one, that's already implemented in Mesa and use it
+ as an example.
+</li>
+<li>
+ If the new extension adds new GL state, the functions in get.c, enable.c
+ and attrib.c will most likely require new code.
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+
+<H2>Coding Style</H2>
+
+<p>
+Mesa's code style has changed over the years. Here's the latest.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Comment your code! It's extremely important that open-source code be
+well documented. Also, strive to write clean, easily understandable code.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+3-space indentation
+</p>
+
+<p>
+If you use tabs, set them to 8 columns
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Brace example:
+</p>
+<pre>
+ if (condition) {
+ foo;
+ }
+ else {
+ bar;
+ }
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+Here's the GNU indent command which will best approximate my preferred style:
+</p>
+<pre>
+ indent -br -i3 -npcs --no-tabs infile.c -o outfile.c
+</pre>
+
+
+<p>
+Local variable name example: localVarName (no underscores)
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Constants and macros are ALL_UPPERCASE, with _ between words
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Global variables are not allowed.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Function name examples:
+</p>
+<pre>
+ glFooBar() - a public GL entry point (in dispatch.c)
+ _mesa_FooBar() - the internal immediate mode function
+ save_FooBar() - retained mode (display list) function in dlist.c
+ foo_bar() - a static (private) function
+ _mesa_foo_bar() - an internal non-static Mesa function
+</pre>
+
+
+<H2>Making a New Mesa Release</H2>
+
+<p>
+These are the instructions for making a new Mesa release.
+</p>
+
+<H3>Get latest source files</H3>
+<p>
+Use git to get the latest Mesa files from the git repository, from whatever
+branch is relevant.
+</p>
+
+
+<H3>Verify and update version info</H3>
+<p>
+Create/edit the docs/relnotes-x.y.html file to document what's new in the release.
+Add the new relnotes-x.y.html file to <a href="relnotes.html">relnotes.html</a>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Update the MESA_MAJOR, MESA_MINOR and MESA_TINY version numbers in
+configs/default.
+Also update the VERSION line in the top-level Makefile.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Make sure the values in src/mesa/main/version.h are correct.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Update the docs/news.html file and docs/download.html files.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Check in all updates to git.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Tag the files with the release name (in the form <b>mesa_X_Y</b>)
+with: <code>git tag -a mesa_X_Y</code>
+Then: <code>git push origin mesa_X_Y</code>
+</p>
+
+
+<H3>Make the tarballs</H3>
+<p>
+Make a symbolic link from $(DIRECTORY) to 'Mesa'. For example,
+<code>ln -s Mesa Mesa-7.5</code>
+This is needed in order to make a correct tar file in the next step.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Make the distribution files. From inside the Mesa directory:
+<pre>
+ make tarballs
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+After the tarballs are created, the md5 checksums for the files will
+be computed.
+Add them to the docs/relnotes-X.Y.html file.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Copy the distribution files to a temporary directory, unpack them,
+compile everything, and run some demos to be sure everything works.
+</p>
+
+<H3>Update the website and announce the release</H3>
+<p>
+Follow the directions on SourceForge for creating a new "release" and
+uploading the tarballs.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Basically, to upload the tarball files with:
+<br>
+<code>
+rsync -avP ssh Mesa*-X.Y.* USERNAME@frs.sourceforge.net:uploads/
+</code>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Update the web site by copying the docs/ directory's files to
+/home/users/b/br/brianp/mesa-www/htdocs/ with:
+<br>
+<code>
+sftp USERNAME,mesa3d@web.sourceforge.net
+</code>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Make an announcement on the mailing lists:
+<em>m</em><em>e</em><em>s</em><em>a</em><em>3</em><em>d</em><em>-</em><em>d</em><em>e</em><em>v</em><em>@</em><em>l</em><em>i</em><em>s</em><em>t</em><em>s</em><em>.</em><em>s</em><em>f</em><em>.</em><em>n</em><em>e</em><em>t</em>,
+<em>m</em><em>e</em><em>s</em><em>a</em><em>3</em><em>d</em><em>-</em><em>u</em><em>s</em><em>e</em><em>r</em><em>s</em><em>@</em><em>l</em><em>i</em><em>s</em><em>t</em><em>s</em><em>.</em><em>s</em><em>f</em><em>.</em><em>n</em><em>e</em><em>t</em>
+and
+<em>m</em><em>e</em><em>s</em><em>a</em><em>3</em><em>d</em><em>-</em><em>a</em><em>n</em><em>n</em><em>o</em><em>u</em><em>n</em><em>c</em><em>e</em><em>@</em><em>l</em><em>i</em><em>s</em><em>t</em><em>s</em><em>.</em><em>s</em><em>f</em><em>.</em><em>n</em><em>e</em><em>t</em>
+</p>
+
+
+
+</body>
+</html>