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Package request: mesa-amber

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Description

Package name

mesa-amber

Package homepage

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/blob/amber/docs/relnotes/21.3.9.rst

Description

Legacy intel video drivers were removed from the mesa package and moved to mesa-amber.

"After Mesa 21.3, all non-Gallium DRI drivers were removed from the Mesa source-tree. These drivers are still being maintained to some degree, but only on the amber branch, and only for critical fixes.

These drivers include:
Radeon
r200
i915
i965
Nouveau (the DRI driver for NV04-NV20)"

Reference Documentation:
https://docs.mesa3d.org/amber.html
https://archlinux.org/packages/?q=mesa-amber

Does the requested package meet the package requirements?

System, Compiled, Required

Is the requested package released?

Yes

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the Mesa 21.3.9 release notes and the referenced Mesa amber documentation, then compare the Arch Linux mesa-amber package entry. Done means a mesa-amber package is added to Void's package collection and satisfies the stated system, compiled, and required package requirements.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
linux, shell
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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