Even Phoronix articles are starting to sound frustrated about this, damn
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Mesa 23.2 was supposed to be released as stable in August but that lapsed after a five week hiatus compared to the usual weekly release candidates.
Two weeks later Mesa 23.2-rc3 remains the latest version and no word when the -rc4 will arrive let alone final.
At this point it’s possible Mesa 23.2 stable won’t be out until Q4.
It’s unfortunate for the autumn Linux distribution releases that wait for the Mesa 3D stable releases to debut before pulling them in, such as jeopardizing Ubuntu 23.10 now for including Mesa 23.2.
Mesa 23.2 does have many new graphics driver features but the usual release management stumble.
The Mesa 23.1 series continues to be managed by Eric Engestrom.
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