[Bf-committers] Meeting Minutes, July 11, 2004

[Nathan Letwory]

IRC 2004/07/11

1) current projects
   * lscm (Brecht, Jens):
      - ready to port to bf-blender
      - irc/ml for location/how etc.
   * weighted creases (Ton R):
      - change shift+ekey mouse to scaling like
      - jumpy-bug needs to be solved, Ton communicates with Chris McF.
      - adaptive subdiv for post-2.34
   * particles (Ton R):
      - recalc particles- on deflector/forcefield panel
      - panel reorg: move particles to new context-sub option. Keeping old
effects in object menu.
      - Martin P added vortex, and will be working on more types field types.
   * yafray (Alejandro):
      - Alejandro came in after all - there've been fixes in yafray (GI,
pathlight, etc.)
      - could need more tests (Wybren, Chris B, Nathan L, Emilie), there
are still some issue left (big scenes, first renders).
      - documentation for release too (Wybren?)
      - buggy scenes to Alejandro!

2) install + standalone player status
   * installation policy:
http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Guides___Standards.87.0.html
   * Simon C, Nathan L, Ton R checking building of standalone and put up
test builds.
   * verify export to runtime
   * clean BLI_gethome() and friends as per installation policy (Simon,
Wouter, Nathan)
   * also remember to report to Kester (and help if remotely possible!)

3) small feats
   * helpmenu (see also Matts b3org.py script for opening browser through
script:
http://projects.blender.org/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/tuhopuu2/release/scripts/b3dorg.py?cvsroot=tuhopuu)
   - Willian adds webbrowser module to Python23.zip
   - the script will be used. With proper redirecting on server links will
never be outdated.

4) release:
   * feature freeze: Monday 12th of July, but commits for 2.34 projects
and normal activity of course still committed!

5) Next meeting: Sunday meetings: 16-18 CEST (GMT 14, Sao Paulo 11, New York
10, LA 7, Sydney 00)

Sidenotes: Rumor goes that Alexander finds MS windows more actractive.

/Nathan