Newer mesa packages

[Vroomfondel]

I'm wondering why we're not seeing regular updates to the AHS mesa libraries? - It's on 23.1.2 and there are 7 newer bugfix releases to 23.1.

[dolphin_oracle]

just haven't gotten to it yet. i see there are newer packages in sid.

[Stevo]

I'll take a look, but I recall that the upstream versions added Rust as a build-dependency, then began requiring newer versions of Rust to build than we have, and trying to backport a newer Rust quickly (at least for my limited skills) goes off the rails, through a farm field, and off a cliff.

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sudo apt install sl

sl -a

[Vroomfondel]

Sad. Does the point release of 23.1.9 require a newer rust as well?

I guess the requirement is for rusticl, which would be nice to get.

[dr-kart]

trying to backport a newer Rust quickly (at least for my limited skills) goes off the rails, through a farm field, and off a cliff

bad news
is there any light of hope yet?

[Stevo]

I suppose a better source for answers about possible backports would be the Debian Mesa packager's mailing list.

But I think there has been only one backport of Mesa in Debian in the last decade...Maybe there's an Ubuntu PPA somewhere.

[dr-kart]

mesa 23.3.3-3 MIGRATED to testing

https://tracker.debian.org/news/1497175 ... o-testing/

[dr-kart]

so we can't just easily port it from debian testing?

[dr-kart]

https://packages.debian.org/source/book ... ports/mesa

Finally!
Mesa 24 is in Debian backports.

[Stevo]

Has any brave soul tried it yet?