Mesa Saw Fewer Patches This Year But Valve's Contributions Took The Top Spot

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Mesa Saw Fewer Patches This Year But Valve's Contributions Took The Top Spot

While the Mesa 3D graphics drivers saw many new features and improvements land in 2024, on a Git commit basis it's actually at a several year low in terms of new commits. Here are the numbers as well as a look at the most active contributors to Mesa, including a Valve open-source graphics driver developer now taking the top spot...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-2024-Git-Activity

[risho]

This seems like an unfair title. It may be down over last year but it is still up significantly over the 10 year average. Doesn't seem like a concerning level of falloff at all to me. On top of that maybe it's just me but I've seen way more interesting things relating to mesa over the last year than I have in the past. Stuff like nvk, vulkan video, asahi's gpu driver, etc. sure most of this stuff existed before this year, but this is the year where a lot of this stuff is finally bearing fruit and becoming usable.