[Bf-committers] Re: Version skipping

[Austin Benesh]

erwin at erwincoumans.com wrote:

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> It would be nice if coming versions can ship with Bullet in the 
> gameengine too. I got some support for scons (bandoler) and makefiles 
> (Hans!).
> Also I want to remove some old bugs, and perhaps add a few new ;-)
> Erwin
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> Ton Roosendaal writes:
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>> Hi all,
>> I mentioned it as an idea to Daniel last night, but notice he 
>> already  took action immediately! :)
>> Because of the amount of changes in the code, with associated  
>> version-conversions (armature/pose system, modifier system), it's 
>> safer  to move the version number up now. That way (new) files saved 
>> won't go  through the list of non-needed hacks to get things working, 
>> and is  testing version-conversions more secure.
>> It also means we need a formal decision on the migration path... all  
>> issues I intended to make a proposal for first!
>> Proposal: next official release will be 2.40, targeted somewhere in  
>> October (?).
>> We can bump up two intermediate release codes:
>> Done now: depgraph, armature/pose recode, modifier system recode
>> 2.38: rvk/action/nla system, action/nla editors recode, etc.
>>       render pipeline changes (to be announced!)
>> 2.39: Tuhopuu UI migration (?)
>>       Final testing, testing builds
>> The SoC migration (after approval) should fit in somewhere too. 
>> Right  now don't have a lot of time for making a planning, will try 
>> to present  one before next sunday meeting!
>> Sorry this wasn't communicated earlier...
>> -Ton-
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Hi,
this plan sounds great. A 2.40 release would present all the new 
features much better than a 2.38 release. One thing I was thinking 
should be worked on, though, is support for 16 bit components in the 
image libs. With the addition of OpenEXR, this is becoming more 
apparently necessary.

    - Austin