[Bf-committers] Blender developer meeting minutes August 21, 2011

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi all,

Here's a summary of today's topics:

1) Blender 2.59 status

- Release reports are all good, no showstoppers really, so not an 'a'  
release needed (yet?)

- OpenCollada compile fails on Linux Fedora.

2) Blender 2.60 planing

- Release cycle proposal approved. Thomas updates the doc.
   http://www.blender.org/bf/blencon.jpg (summary)
   (Martin Poirier amendment will be added "first week of BCon1, only  
module-owner approved fixes")

- FFmpeg 0.8 migration will start.

- Pepper branch: work on sound and animation system could go in, other  
branches probably too (motion capture file import, GE animation,  
Collada work). Proposal is to give at least a week everyone time for  
code review, via online codereview:
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Doc/Tools/CodeReview
Brecht & Campbell will help too, especially when reviews lack next  
sunday.

- Peter Schlaile's branch on Sequencer Proxies approved, can go to trunk

- Cycles render engine and Motion Tracking (tomato) is for 2.61.

- Particle 2010 branch: approved. (Framing/looping feature hidden for  
now).

- Other branches? Can people who added their branches ready here  
report if things are ready for final review?
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:2.6/Source/Development/Merge_And_Integration_Plan

- Schedule proposal for current release cycle:
  BCon1 is now.
  BCon2 start: 1 sept (final targets for 2.60 defined)
  BCon3 start: 22 sept (branch mergers final)
  BCon4 start 2 oct (testbuild, fixing only)
  BCon5 start 9 oct (svn frozen, release a few days after)

- Git discussion: we'll happily await a proposal, with a plan for how  
and who will tackle the tasks, keep history and SCM browse, what  
consequences would be for non-git experienced developers, why not Hg,  
like that.

3) Other projects

- Ton reports Development Fund is reaching 1000/month. Will contact  
Jeroen Bakker to discuss OpenCL compositor project completion.

- NVidia mailed as Siggraph follow-up, to support Mango project &  
developers with high-end cards, including Tesla. With AMD/ATI an  
appointment has been made at IBC conference Amsterdam (early  
September). Cooperation with Intel OpenGL team will be set up too.

4) Google Summer of Code.

- Official "Pencils down" is tomorrow! Best GSoC ever! Not every  
student is finished though, but there's general interest to continue  
after the deadline too.

- Students who want to get their work in 2.60 can discuss it with  
mentor how to prepare submission.

Regards,

-Ton-

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Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands