FLOP:Improve mesa handling
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Funtoo Linux Optimization Proposal: Improve mesa handling
Improve handling of mesa and related packages to allow installation of multiple versions concurrently and selection between them. Create mesa-kit with one or more branches (-prime, -beta, -dev, -bleed) for each version in the tree.
Currently, mesa is not slotted and it installs links to drivers in locations that conflict with some vendor drivers (amdgpu-pro, specifically). To make managing mesa versions cleaner, I propose we extend the current eselect-mesa tool (or create a new tool) to also manage links across versions, not just drivers.
Conflicts appear to occur in: /usr/lib{32,64}/dri which currently contains symbolic links to the actual .so drivers in ../mesa -- adjusting this link and setting proper library paths should be most of the work needed.