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11 <h1>The Mesa 3D Graphics Library</h1>
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Andreas Bollecd5c7c2012-06-12 09:05:03 +0200[diff] [blame]17<h1>Help Wanted / To-Do List</h1>
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]18
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Brian Paulf9010722005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000[diff] [blame]20We can always use more help with the Mesa project.
21Here are some specific ideas and areas where help would be appreciated:
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Brian Paulf9010722005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000[diff] [blame]24<ol>
Brian7f80dc12007-10-31 09:44:01 -0600[diff] [blame]25<li>
Brian Paulb6c41fd2009-01-22 09:58:52 -0700[diff] [blame]26<b>Driver patching and testing.</b>
Eric Engestrom30cf9ff2017-02-09 02:10:17 +0000[diff] [blame]27Patches are often posted to the <a href="https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev">mesa-dev mailing list</a>, but aren't
Brian Paulb6c41fd2009-01-22 09:58:52 -0700[diff] [blame]28immediately checked into git because not enough people are testing them.
29Just applying patches, testing and reporting back is helpful.
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31<b>Driver debugging.</b>
Andreas Bolla73c59b2012-09-18 19:31:28 +0200[diff] [blame]32There are plenty of open bugs in the <a href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Mesa">bug database</a>.
Brian Paulb6c41fd2009-01-22 09:58:52 -0700[diff] [blame]33<li>
34<b>Remove aliasing warnings.</b>
35Enable gcc -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -fstrict-aliasing and track down aliasing
Brian7f80dc12007-10-31 09:44:01 -0600[diff] [blame]36issues in the code.
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Brian Paulb6c41fd2009-01-22 09:58:52 -0700[diff] [blame]38<b>Contribute more tests to
Eric Engestrom30cf9ff2017-02-09 02:10:17 +0000[diff] [blame]39<a href="https://piglit.freedesktop.org/">Piglit</a>.</b>
Brian Paulf9010722005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000[diff] [blame]40</ol>
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]41
Andreas Bolld9d84062012-06-26 20:47:05 +0200[diff] [blame]42<p>
43You can find some further To-do lists here:
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Andreas Boll48e4eb62012-10-02 14:05:44 +0200[diff] [blame]45
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47<b>Common To-Do lists:</b>
48</p>
Andreas Bolld9d84062012-06-26 20:47:05 +0200[diff] [blame]49<ul>
Eric Engestrom30cf9ff2017-02-09 02:10:17 +0000[diff] [blame]50 <li><a href="https://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/tree/docs/features.txt">
Eric Engestromd5899b32016-08-30 21:16:26 +0100[diff] [blame]51 <b>features.txt</b></a> - Status of OpenGL 3.x / 4.x features in Mesa.</li>
Andreas Boll48e4eb62012-10-02 14:05:44 +0200[diff] [blame]52</ul>
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Timothy Arceri3fdd6762017-08-21 11:39:33 +1000[diff] [blame]55<b>Legacy Driver specific To-Do lists:</b>
Andreas Boll48e4eb62012-10-02 14:05:44 +0200[diff] [blame]56</p>
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Eric Engestrom30cf9ff2017-02-09 02:10:17 +0000[diff] [blame]58 <li><a href="https://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/R600ToDo">
Andreas Boll48e4eb62012-10-02 14:05:44 +0200[diff] [blame]59 <b>r600g</b></a> - Driver for ATI/AMD R600 - Northern Island.</li>
Eric Engestrom30cf9ff2017-02-09 02:10:17 +0000[diff] [blame]60 <li><a href="https://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/R300ToDo">
Andreas Boll48e4eb62012-10-02 14:05:44 +0200[diff] [blame]61 <b>r300g</b></a> - Driver for ATI R300 - R500.</li>
Andreas Bolld9d84062012-06-26 20:47:05 +0200[diff] [blame]62</ul>
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]63
64<p>
Brian Paulb6c41fd2009-01-22 09:58:52 -0700[diff] [blame]65If you want to do something new in Mesa, first join the Mesa developer's
Brian Paulf9010722005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000[diff] [blame]66mailing list.
67Then post a message to propose what you want to do, just to make sure
68there's no issues.
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]69</p>
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Andreas Bolldf2be222012-06-12 09:05:22 +0200[diff] [blame]71<p>
Brian Paulf9010722005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000[diff] [blame]72Anyone is welcome to contribute code to the Mesa project.
73By doing so, it's assumed that you agree to the code's licensing terms.
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]74</p>
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Brian Paulf9010722005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000[diff] [blame]77Finally:
Andreas Bolldf2be222012-06-12 09:05:22 +0200[diff] [blame]78</p>
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]79
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]80<ol>
Brian Paulf9010722005-02-10 15:18:26 +0000[diff] [blame]81<li>Try to write high-quality code that follows the existing style.
82<li>Use uniform indentation, write comments, use meaningful identifiers, etc.
83<li>Test your code thoroughly. Include test programs if appropriate.
Brian Paul0b27ace2003-03-08 17:38:57 +0000[diff] [blame]84</ol>
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