FS#58144 - [mesa] Update to mesa 18 breaks a game

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Shimi Chen (shimi) - Friday, 06 April 2018, 17:06 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Wednesday, 18 April 2018, 16:19 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
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Details

The upgrade to version 18 made a game I am playing not work anymore (more information at https://community.sigames.com/topic/431966-fm18-crashes-immidiately-on-launch/). At first I thought this is an issue with the proprietary game not being standards-compliant. However, looking at the mesa release notes (https://mesa3d.org/relnotes/18.0.0.html) reveals that this is considered a "development" release, which came with a warning: "People who are concerned with stability and reliability should stick with a previous release or wait for Mesa 18.0.1".

Shouldn't it then have been appropriate to wait until 18.0.1 to push the update into the repositories?
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Wednesday, 18 April 2018, 16:19 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  mesa 18.0.0-4
Comment by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Friday, 06 April 2018, 17:35 GMT
You aren't forced to -Syu when such new stuff comes in but this is Arch linux and not some distribution that stays with outdated software. Either downgrade or work with upstream to fix it if it hasn't been solved in mesa-git.

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