[Bf-committers] SSL dependency

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

>> Anyone here feeling comfortable in removing the openssl dependency in
>> Blender?
>
> I have some ideas for openssl: Integrating access to web based  
> 3D-Object
> repositories. C3AN: Comprehensive 3D Archive Network.

Could be served with an external app as well. This is too specific to  
define it as an integrated blender feature.

> Wasn't that the idea of NaN, to generate some revenue from those  
> features?

Yes, but thats the past. For an open source project it is beyond the  
scope i guess.

>> My proposal is to remove that from Blender, and only keep the
>> 'compression' option for .blend files. I know (some) artists like the
>> sign or encrypt feature, but that could be served with an external
>> application as well.
>
> But that wouldn't work for Browser-integrated players and PDAs then,  
> or am I
> wrong?

PDA is a different topic. The 3d browser plugin was a remarkable  
achievement, but we couldn't manage to make it run well for other  
browsers than Windows IE... I think development of such a plugin  
requires an organisation level we are really far from now, and most  
likely something we shouldn't aim for.
When the Solid library comes back in Blender, we can evaluate how many  
people like to maintain the current engine. There are a lot of issues  
to solve in that area still.

> In my opinion, encryption and signing are features that are necessary  
> for
> some artists and companies to adopt Blender.

Some yes, but more from a commercial exploitation focus. I think other  
features are far more interesting to attract artists and professional  
users:
- import/export 3d file formats
- integrated (mpg) movie in/out, audio support
- support for external renderers
- more advanced python api, to allow 'plugins'
- improved modeling/animation tools
- interface issues in general... (compatibility, "modernisation")

I also doubt Maya/3DS/SI/LW etc. have "locking and signing" built-in.

We've discussed the required focus for blender projects a few times  
before. I prefer to support attempts to reduce the technological  
complexity for blender quite some; in its code base and its dependecies  
and its amount of features.
Focus could be at 'tools for artists', creating 3d content in general.  
Anyhoo, would love to get more feedback on it from people here.

-Ton-


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