23.3.0-rc1

Preview Mesa3D 23.3.0-rc1 per #159 request. Only MSVC build is provided. As a regression from 23.2.1, d3d10sw failed to build.

Feedback info

• Windows 7 / Server 2008 R2 support remained in place for the time being as this poll results were 57% in favor of keeping support at release time.
• Unit tests were removed from release package as this poll results were 42% in favor of providing them at release time.

Build script

• MSVC build: Finish LLVM 17 support;
• Mesa3D: Fix GLES build disabling logic;
• Misc: Fetch Resource Hacker over HTTPS;
• MSVC build: Update zlib and LLVM dependencies;
• MSVC build: Update DirectX headers to what is expected to be 1.611.0 stable.

Release notes

• Fix dead links to Mesa3D release notes.

Sponsorship

• Extended till November 2024.

Out of tree patches

• Swrast patch supporting LLVM 17 only applies to 23.2 and up.

Build environment updates

• MSVC