Abstract
Mesa has one of the best collaborative, multi-vendor, in-depth testing system found in the open source world. It has prevented countless regressions and increased the quality of the project to the point that it ships to millions of gamers through distributions or the Steam Deck.
Let’s take some time to reflect on what makes the project successful, its pain points for users and developers, and how it could be applied to other components of the graphics stack such as the Linux DRM subsystem, DXVK/VKD3D, IGT, …