Release_Notes

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                  OpenGL-??????
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

General Notes:

  * Added OpenGL::Matrix to support uniform shader matrices.

  * Unified VBO extension with mainline GL functions.

  * fixed some formatting/documentation issues

  * Fixed some outstanding bugs from sf.net

  * on win32, clean up mingw recognition and allow gmake

  * Restored support for GLX.

  * Fixed/improved a number of GLUT issues.

Highlights:

  * Fixed multi-texture constants/APIs/exports

  * fix OpenGL::Array RPN calculation issues on osx

  * Added missing glutStrokeLength implementation.

  * Fixed missing OUTPUT for several pogl_glut methods.

  * Updated GL Version definitions in Makefile.PL.

  * Fixed a c++ name-mangling issue that was breaking builds on Linux.

  * Improved FREEGLUT searching/linking for Linux and Mac OS X.

  * Fixed/improved GLUT version reporting in util/glversion.c.

  * Restored GLX interface support for Makefile.PL.

  * Enhanced test.pl for OpenGL::Shader and VBOs

  * suppress osx 10.9 deprecation warnings

  * Added GLUT_VERSION to exported constant values

  * fix OSX warnings about data types

  * Updated OpenGL::Array to support 2D matrices;
    added OpenGL::Array->get_dimensions method.

  * Added OpenGL::Matrix subclass of OpenGL::Array

  * Unified the following extensions into mainline GL functions:
    GL_EXT_vertex_array
    GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object
    GL_EXT_framebuffer_object
    GL_ARB_multitexture

  * Fixed sf.net #21 "delete functions removed from Mesa 10.6"

  * Fixed sf.net #22 "Perl::OpenGL make test fails (undefined
    symbol: glWindowPos4iMESA)".  NOTE: This is a duplicate
    report of the problem in bug #21 but it motivated this
    release.  Thanks for the report, Richard.

  * Fixed sf.net #20 "Prefer system GL/#gl.h on non-Win32"



+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                  OpenGL-0.6704
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

General Notes:

  * Fixes a number of bugs since the last release.  Thanks to
    Christian Walde, Olaf Dabrunz, and Alessandro Ranellucci for
    their contributions.

Highlights:

  * Fix item_count error in OpenGL::Array implementation

  * Fix POGL bug #12 re thread safety

  * Fix POGL bug #16 "Free to wrong pool" caused by calloc()



+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                  OpenGL-0.6703
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

General Notes:

 * Minor update to tolerate absence of several extensions removed
   in Mesa 9.2.0.  Thanks to Colin Watson for reporting and fixing
   the problem.


Highlights:

  * Tolerate absence of several extensions removed in Mesa 9.2.0



+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                  OpenGL-0.6702
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

General Notes:

 * This release fixes some minor build issures for Strawberry Perl 32bit
   where the wrong FreeGLUT library would be linked in---this failed at
   runtime during the 'perl Makefile.PL' step.

Highlights:

  * Clean up INSTALL, README, and bring more up-to-date.

  * Put util/strawberry.bat under git configuration management.

  * glutCloseFunc() feature has been disabled.  A warning is given
    the first time the close handler is called.

  * Strawberry perl builds are now detected and the build configuration
    is corrected.  This should allow for automated builds.



+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                  OpenGL-0.6701
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

General Notes:

 * This is a work-around release to work around a problem with
   segfaults during the glutCloseFunc() processing.  Until a
   real fix is found, the feature has been disabled.

Highlights:

  * glutCloseFunc() feature has been disabled.  A warning is given
    the first time the close handler is called.

  * Strawberry perl builds are now detected and the build configuration
    is corrected.  This should allow for automated builds.



+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                  OpenGL-0.67
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

General Notes:

 * This is a quick bugfix release to work around a build
   problem for Debian sid on AMD platforms.

Highlights:

  * Comment out failing tests in t/10_opengl_array.t.  Ideally,
    we could replace this implementation with something using
    pdls instead.

  * Some GLUT cleanup for POGL

  * Remove GL_TYPE_RGBA_FLOAT_ATI support.  The sid debian build
    for AMD has problems with this.

  * New example/glxgears.pl ported by Brian Medley (thanks!)

  * Removed OS/2 support code (no longer supported)

  * Various other fixes (see GIT_CHANGES)



+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                  OpenGL-0.66
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

General Notes:

 * This test adds skips for some tests from OpenGL::RPN
   under current development avoiding FAILs in automated
   builds due to known problems.

 * It is compatible with the Prima GUI toolkit and the
   Prima::OpenGL module.



+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                  OpenGL-0.65
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

General Notes:

 * This is a point release for the Perl OpenGL module (POGL)
   with new features, bugs fixed and improved documentation.
 
 * OS/2 is no longer supported by POGL directly.


Highlights:

  * Paul Seamons contributed full tessellation support,
    documentation for OpenGL::Tessellation, and a *major* set
    of fixes and POD for the existing OpenGL::Array module.

  * The cygwin build of POGL now supports either the native
    win32 platform drivers or the X11/GLX bindings (default).
    Use interface=w32api or interface=wgl as args to the
    perl Makefile.PL to select.  NOTE: you have to pick one
    or the other.  If you change, any dependencies such as
    PDL::Graphics::TriD will need to be recompiled.

  * The included FreeGLUT DLL has been upgraded to 2.6.0
    thanks to Rob/sisyphus.

  * Prima::OpenGL has been released by Dmitry Karasik which
    adds support for Perl OpenGL to his cross-platform GUI
    toolkit in addition to bug fixes and code cleanup.
    Thanks, Dmitry!  See http://search.cpan.org/~karasik/Prima-1.30/
    for details.



+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                  OpenGL-0.64_004
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

General Notes:

 * This is a CPAN developers release for the OpenGL module.

   - It is a snapshot of the current git development tree
     and everything may not work correctly or have complete
     documentation.

   - These release notes may not be fully complete.  Please
     see the git log for full details.

   - All tests may not pass, especially ones corresponding
     to issues in KNOWN_PROBLEMS.

   - Manual build/install is recommended although the
     cpan shell may be used by specifying the distribution
     path rather than just the module name, e.g.:

     cpan> get  CHM/OpenGL-0.64_004.tar.gz
     cpan> make CHM/OpenGL-0.64_004.tar.gz
     cpan> test CHM/OpenGL-0.64_004.tar.gz
     cpan> look CHM/OpenGL-0.64_004.tar.gz

  Highlights:

  * Add META.yml information to the build process

  * Fix bug in test.pl

  * First POGL code to be placed on new sf.net site.



+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                  OpenGL-0.64_003
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

  This is a CPAN developers release for the Perl OpenGL module with
  some minor fixes to improve buildability and updates and bug
  fixes to check.

  Highlights:

  * Fix interface=w32api to work for cygwin again.  Requires a
    current cygwin install---greater than 1.7.x.

  * Minor cleanup in Makefile.PL and documentation/readme updates
    reflecting the newly set up Perl OpenGL project at sf.net:

      http://sourceforge.net/projects/pogl/



+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                  OpenGL-0.64_002
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

  This is a CPAN developers release for the Perl OpenGL module with
  some minor fixes to improve buildability and updates and bug
  fixes to check.

  Highlights:

  * win32 freeglut.dll has been updated to 2.6.0, the
    current stable release.

  * Many fixes to OpenGL::Array and new tests for the
    functionality.  Still in progress but more complete
    and correct nonetheless.

  Please see the GIT_CHANGES file for more details.  Thanks.



+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                  OpenGL-0.64_001
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

  This is a point release for the Perl OpenGL module with
  some minor fixes to improve buildability.

  Highlights:

  * Newly revised GLU tesselation support provided
    by Paul Seamons.  See examples/tesselation.pl
    if you wish to test drive the functionality.

  Please see the GIT_CHANGES file for more details.  Thanks.



+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                  OpenGL-0.64
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

  This is a point release for the Perl OpenGL module with
  some minor fixes to improve buildability.

  Highlights:

  * Add Test::More as a prerequisite for OpenGL
    (it is used by the tests)

  * Work around a gcc 3.2.3 optimizer bug which caused
    build failures on some linux systems.

  Please see the GIT_CHANGES file for more details.  Thanks.



+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                  OpenGL-0.63_002 Release Notes                         |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

  This is a CPAN Developers release for testing purposes.
  Feedback welcome.

  Highlights:

  * Add Test::More as a prerequisite for OpenGL
    (it is used by the tests)

  Please see the GIT_CHANGES file for more details.  Thanks.



+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                  OpenGL-0.63_001 Release Notes                         |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

  This is a CPAN Developers release for testing purposes.
  Feedback welcome.

  Highlights:

  * Work around a gcc 3.2.3 optimizer bug which caused
    build failures on some linux systems.

  Please see the GIT_CHANGES file for more details.  Thanks.



+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                      OpenGL-0.63 Release Notes                         |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

  Highlights:

  * Make glpDisplay() handle all XOpenDisplay input
    argument and return the Display structure pointer.
    This allows glpDisplay to be used to check for
    the ability to open the X display avoiding a
    problem with glutInit exiting when no display
    is found.

  * Remove use Math::Trig from test.pl

  * Fix typo reported in OpenGL.pod

  * Add /usr/local/freeglut/* to Makefile.PL location

  Please see the GIT_CHANGES file for more details.  Thanks.



+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                      OpenGL-0.62 Release Notes                         |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

  Highlights:

  * Improved build support for Solaris OpenGL and FreeGLUT libraries.

  * Corrected install for win32 DLL.

  * Fixed build for AGL to only use AGL, not X11 on Mac OS X.

  * Fixed _have_freeglut() checks in test.pl and elsewhere.

  * Fix glut_const.h typos that broke some GLUT macros.  Exiting
    the FreeGLUT event loop should work.

  Please see the GIT_CHANGES file for more details.  Thanks.



+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                    OpenGL-0.61_001 Release Notes                       |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

  * Developers release to check out fix for FreeGLUT constants
    definitions and some include typos that caused them.  If this
    tests ok on CPAN Testers, it will become the stable release.

  * The fix means that exiting the FreeGLUT event loop should work.



+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                      OpenGL-0.61 Release Notes                         |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

  * FreeGLUT detection has been improved when both glut.h and freeglut.h
    are present on a system.

  * Fixed include path problems for glversion on Mac OS X.

  * Now builds out of the box on many linux, PC, and Mac OS X systems
    as a result of the move to FreeGLUT/GLUT for GUI operations.

  * This is the base release for the upcoming PDL-2.4.5 release with
    refactored 3D graphics using the Perl OpenGL module.

  * Improved Mac OS X build support, especially with GLUT (not FreeGLUT)
    and no X11 installed or server running.
    
  * Improved FreeGLUT binding and support for FreeGLUT vs GLUT.
    A number of bugs stomped.
    
  * Improved linux/GLX+X11 build support control although FreeGLUT or
    GLUT(on Mac OS X) is preferred for full functionality.
    
  * Fixed MinGW detection logic for ActivePerl configurations
    
  * Code clean up and bugs fixed.  Many were discovered as a result of
    the reconcilliation with PDL::Graphics::OpenGL requirements.
    
  * A few glp*() functions from PDL were added to POGL and confirmed
    consistent API with PDL::Graphics::OpenGL
    
  * glpcOpenWindow() is deprecated as an external, user visible function.
    The use of glpOpenWindow() is recommended.  It provides the exact
    same set of options and control.
    
  * Various documentation updates.
    
  * The test.pl demo program now works more robustly.

  * The mysterious freeglut font ... not found bug has been fixed!