[Bf-committers] Blender developer meeting notes, September 28, 2014

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

I forgot to add the link to the wiki project page:
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Doc/Projects

One of the targets is Martin Felke's fracture modifier!

-Ton-

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



On 28 Sep, 2014, at 17:40, Ton Roosendaal wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Here are the notes from this week's meeting in irc.freenode.net #blendercoders, 16h CEST.
> (I noticed a record breaking of 219 visitors in our channel during the meeting. Interesting!)
> 
> 1) Release review
> 
> - Blender 2.72 RC is out! Check http://www.blender.org for download and the log.
> 
> - Sofar reviews and reports are OK, official release might happen on thursday.
> 
> 2) Projects for 2.73
> 
> - Tamito Kajiyama: Freestyle memory optimization will go into 2.73 (BF-funded project result)
> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Kjym3/DevFundProject/2014
> 
> - Thomas Dinges proposes to make Cycles Default as target. 
> He will make a proposal to the list here next week, to outline which work should have to be completed for it (IO mostly).
> 
> - Freestyle built-in SVG exporter would be a 2.73 target too: 
>  https://developer.blender.org/D785
> 
> - Dun Liang (randon)'s Windows IME support patch could also go into 2.73 - allow better Asian character input.
> https://developer.blender.org/D765
> 
> - Jeroen Bakker: compositor memory management is ready for final review. updated with all comments:
> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Proposals/Compositor2014_p1.1_TD
> 
> - Multiview is going to be a candidate, check the great doc from Dalai Felinto
> http://www.dalaifelinto.com/blender-manual/render/workflows/multiview.html
> 
> - FBX: there are two addons, the 'experimental' one has the latest work on it. 
> Will get tested and improved for 2.73.
> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.6/Py/Scripts/Import-Export/Autodesk_FBX
> 
> 3) Other projects
> 
> - Joshua Leung shows preliminary support for editing (copying, moving/rotating/scaling, selecting) grease pencil strokes.
> http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=77822
> Could become target for next release, including fills. Work was inspired by Daniel Lara (Pepeland)!
> 
> - Bastien Montagne has first working results for mesh transfer data, current (still heavy wip) code is on
> https://developer.blender.org/D800
> 
> - Dalai Felinto and Benoit Bolsee had long sessions in Blender Institute about Game Engine work and possible Development Fund projects. 
> No direct outcome can be mentioned yet, but at least they'll carefully align work with the Viewport project.
> 
> - BTW: Campbell Barton and Sergey Sharybin will fly to Amsterdam on tuesday, to work in Blender Institute with Antonis, Lukas, and the rest of the Gooseberry film crew.
> 
> That's it, back to work!
> 
> 
> -Ton-
> 
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> Ton Roosendaal  -  ton at blender.org   -   www.blender.org
> Chairman Blender Foundation - Producer Blender Institute
> Entrepotdok 57A  -  1018AD Amsterdam  -  The Netherlands
> 
> 
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