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9<H1>Development Notes</H1>
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11
12<H2>Adding Extentions</H2>
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14<p>
Brian Paul51830612004-08-17 14:08:59 +0000[diff] [blame]15To add a new GL extension to Mesa you have to do at least the following.
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]16
Brian Paul51830612004-08-17 14:08:59 +0000[diff] [blame]17<ul>
18<li>
19 If glext.h doesn't define the extension, edit include/GL/gl.h and add
20 code like this:
21 <pre>
22 #ifndef GL_EXT_the_extension_name
23 #define GL_EXT_the_extension_name 1
24 /* declare the new enum tokens */
25 /* prototype the new functions */
26 /* TYPEDEFS for the new functions */
27 #endif
28 </pre>
29</li>
30<li>
31 In the src/mesa/glapi/ directory, add the new extension functions and
32 enums to the gl_API.xml file.
33 Then, a bunch of source files must be regenerated by executing the
34 corresponding Python scripts.
35</li>
36<li>
Brian Paulbb086292006-09-21 22:53:15 +0000[diff] [blame]37 Add a new entry to the <code>gl_extensions</code> struct in mtypes.h
38</li>
39<li>
40 Update the <code>extensions.c</code> file.
41</li>
42<li>
43 From this point, the best way to proceed is to find another extension,
44 similar to the new one, that's already implemented in Mesa and use it
45 as an example.
Brian Paul51830612004-08-17 14:08:59 +0000[diff] [blame]46</li>
47<li>
Brian Paul65b79052004-11-22 17:49:15 +0000[diff] [blame]48 If the new extension adds new GL state, the functions in get.c, enable.c
Brian Paul51830612004-08-17 14:08:59 +0000[diff] [blame]49 and attrib.c will most likely require new code.
50</li>
51</ul>
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]52
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54
55<H2>Coding Style</H2>
56
57<p>
58Mesa's code style has changed over the years. Here's the latest.
59</p>
60
61<p>
62Comment your code! It's extremely important that open-source code be
63well documented. Also, strive to write clean, easily understandable code.
64</p>
65
66<p>
673-space indentation
68</p>
69
70<p>
71If you use tabs, set them to 8 columns
72</p>
73
74<p>
75Brace example:
76</p>
77<pre>
78 if (condition) {
79 foo;
80 }
81 else {
82 bar;
83 }
84</pre>
85
86<p>
87Here's the GNU indent command which will best approximate my preferred style:
88</p>
89<pre>
Brian Paule3f41ce2006-03-31 23:10:21 +0000[diff] [blame]90 indent -br -i3 -npcs --no-tabs infile.c -o outfile.c
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]91</pre>
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93
94<p>
95Local variable name example: localVarName (no underscores)
96</p>
97
98<p>
99Constants and macros are ALL_UPPERCASE, with _ between words
100</p>
101
102<p>
Brian Paul65b79052004-11-22 17:49:15 +0000[diff] [blame]103Global variables are not allowed.
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]104</p>
105
106<p>
107Function name examples:
108</p>
109<pre>
110 glFooBar() - a public GL entry point (in dispatch.c)
111 _mesa_FooBar() - the internal immediate mode function
112 save_FooBar() - retained mode (display list) function in dlist.c
113 foo_bar() - a static (private) function
114 _mesa_foo_bar() - an internal non-static Mesa function
115</pre>
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117
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]118<H2>Making a New Mesa Release</H2>
119
120<p>
121These are the instructions for making a new Mesa release.
122</p>
123
Brian Paul65b79052004-11-22 17:49:15 +0000[diff] [blame]124<H3>Get latest source files</H3>
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]125<p>
Brian Paul84c5e482009-06-23 19:21:04 -0600[diff] [blame]126Use git to get the latest Mesa files from the git repository, from whatever
127branch is relevant.
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]128</p>
129
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]130
Brian Paul65b79052004-11-22 17:49:15 +0000[diff] [blame]131<H3>Verify and update version info</H3>
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]132<p>
Brian Paul84c5e482009-06-23 19:21:04 -0600[diff] [blame]133Create/edit the docs/relnotes-x.y.html file to document what's new in the release.
134Add the new relnotes-x.y.html file to <a href="relnotes.html">relnotes.html</a>.
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]135</p>
136
137<p>
Brian Paul84c5e482009-06-23 19:21:04 -0600[diff] [blame]138Update the MESA_MAJOR, MESA_MINOR and MESA_TINY version numbers in
Dan Nicholson00994ac2008-04-30 15:06:00 -0700[diff] [blame]139configs/default.
Brian Paul84c5e482009-06-23 19:21:04 -0600[diff] [blame]140Also update the VERSION line in the top-level Makefile.
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]141</p>
142
143<p>
Dan Nicholson00994ac2008-04-30 15:06:00 -0700[diff] [blame]144Make sure the values in src/mesa/main/version.h are correct.
Brian Paul65b79052004-11-22 17:49:15 +0000[diff] [blame]145</p>
146
147<p>
Brian Paule3f41ce2006-03-31 23:10:21 +0000[diff] [blame]148Update the docs/news.html file and docs/download.html files.
Brian Paul65b79052004-11-22 17:49:15 +0000[diff] [blame]149</p>
150
151<p>
Brian Paul84c5e482009-06-23 19:21:04 -0600[diff] [blame]152Check in all updates to git.
Brian Paul65b79052004-11-22 17:49:15 +0000[diff] [blame]153</p>
154
155<p>
Brian Paul84c5e482009-06-23 19:21:04 -0600[diff] [blame]156Tag the files with the release name (in the form <b>mesa_X_Y</b>)
157with: <code>git tag -a mesa_X_Y</code>
158Then: <code>git push origin mesa_X_Y</code>
Brian Paul65b79052004-11-22 17:49:15 +0000[diff] [blame]159</p>
160
161
162<H3>Make the tarballs</H3>
163<p>
Brian Paul9cef3ef2004-10-02 15:43:14 +0000[diff] [blame]164Make a symbolic link from $(DIRECTORY) to 'Mesa'. For example,
Brian Paul84c5e482009-06-23 19:21:04 -0600[diff] [blame]165<code>ln -s Mesa Mesa-7.5</code>
Brian Paul65b79052004-11-22 17:49:15 +0000[diff] [blame]166This is needed in order to make a correct tar file in the next step.
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]167</p>
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169<p>
170Make the distribution files. From inside the Mesa directory:
171<pre>
Brian Paul9cef3ef2004-10-02 15:43:14 +0000[diff] [blame]172 make tarballs
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]173</pre>
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175<p>
Brian Paul65b79052004-11-22 17:49:15 +0000[diff] [blame]176After the tarballs are created, the md5 checksums for the files will
177be computed.
Brian Paul84c5e482009-06-23 19:21:04 -0600[diff] [blame]178Add them to the docs/relnotes-X.Y.html file.
Brian Paul65b79052004-11-22 17:49:15 +0000[diff] [blame]179</p>
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181<p>
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]182Copy the distribution files to a temporary directory, unpack them,
183compile everything, and run some demos to be sure everything works.
184</p>
185
Brian Paul65b79052004-11-22 17:49:15 +0000[diff] [blame]186<H3>Update the website and announce the release</H3>
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]187<p>
Brian Paul65b79052004-11-22 17:49:15 +0000[diff] [blame]188Follow the directions on SourceForge for creating a new "release" and
189uploading the tarballs.
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]190</p>
191
192<p>
Brian Paul84c5e482009-06-23 19:21:04 -0600[diff] [blame]193Basically, to upload the tarball files with:
194<br>
195<code>
196rsync -avP ssh Mesa*-X.Y.* USERNAME@frs.sourceforge.net:uploads/
197</code>
198</p>
199
200<p>
Brian Paul65b79052004-11-22 17:49:15 +0000[diff] [blame]201Update the web site by copying the docs/ directory's files to
Brian Paul84c5e482009-06-23 19:21:04 -0600[diff] [blame]202/home/users/b/br/brianp/mesa-www/htdocs/ with:
203<br>
204<code>
205sftp USERNAME,mesa3d@web.sourceforge.net
206</code>
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]207</p>
208
209<p>
Brian Paulefe56712003-03-19 19:15:28 +0000[diff] [blame]210Make an announcement on the mailing lists:
211<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>,
212<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>
213and
214<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>
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