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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. The most prolific contributor to Mesa this year was Samuel Pitoiset of Valve's Linux graphics team. Following Pitoiset was Alyssa Rosenzweig with Collabora working on the Arm Mali and Apple graphics drivers and then Faith Ekstrand, Eric Engestrom, Mike Blumenkrantz, and Marek Olšák.

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