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+Mesa 7.8 Release Notes / March 28, 2010
+=======================================
+
+Mesa 7.8 is a new development release. People who are concerned with
+stability and reliability should stick with a previous release or wait
+for Mesa 7.8.1.
+
+Mesa 7.8 implements the OpenGL 2.1 API, but the version reported by
+glGetString(GL_VERSION) depends on the particular driver being used.
+Some drivers don't support all the features required in OpenGL 2.1.
+
+See the `Compiling/Installing page <../install.html>`__ for
+prerequisites for DRI hardware acceleration.
+
+MD5 checksums
+-------------
+
+::
+
+ 5fcfde5383eccb3e9fd665f08a0ea59b MesaLib-7.8.tar.gz
+ 85cb891eecb89aae4fdd3499cccd934b MesaLib-7.8.tar.bz2
+ 754f39593006effc1c8ec3c27c2f1296 MesaLib-7.8.zip
+ c3869c29fa6c3dbdd763f7428d271e12 MesaDemos-7.8.tar.gz
+ 9fe8ec184c7f78691e43c4c0a7f97d56 MesaDemos-7.8.tar.bz2
+ 063a96947f7b83d4ad789c6cf291b184 MesaDemos-7.8.zip
+ 5f4246756b7daaddb4fb3f970cad1e28 MesaGLUT-7.8.tar.gz
+ ca7048a4aa7a437dcc84cc2c7d731336 MesaGLUT-7.8.tar.bz2
+ b54581aeb79b585b158d6a32f94feff2 MesaGLUT-7.8.zip
+
+New features
+------------
+
+- GL_NV_conditional_render extension (swrast driver only)
+- GL_EXT_draw_buffers2 extension (swrast and i965 driver only)
+- GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions extension (for swrast, i965, and
+ Gallium drivers)
+- GL_EXT_texture_array extension (swrast driver only)
+- GL_APPLE_object_purgeable extension (swrast and i945/i965 DRI
+ drivers)
+- Much improved support for `EGL in Mesa <../egl.html>`__
+- New state trackers for `OpenGL ES 1.1 and 2.0 <../opengles.html>`__
+- Dedicated documentation for Gallium
+
+Bug fixes
+---------
+
+- Massive improvements to the Gallium driver for R300-R500 Radeons;
+ this driver is now moderately stable but not terribly performant.
+
+Changes
+-------
+
+- Removed support for color-index rendering
+- Removed support for GCC versions earlier than 3.3.0.