[Bf-committers] Status of 2.35a/b

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

> Aw... That then removes the constant 'fun' at testing out new features  
> in beta mode as much. What about two different forks one for beta one  
> for super non buggy like someone mentioned before. That way fun could  
> still be had but you also keep blenders good name sake to outsiders.

I have no idea what you mean. I only talk about actions for the next  
few weeks, after that you can have as much fun with beta stuff again as  
usual.

-Ton-


>
>
> On Nov 25, 2004, at 5:34 PM, Ton Roosendaal wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> To prevent discussions going off topic :), this mail is not meant to  
>> discuss what we can do in general on release cycle improvements,  
>> stable/unstable releases, testing, or the like. It's imporant, but it  
>> is something we don't have to urgently decide on.
>>
>> What is important now is to pin down what to do with the current CVS  
>> version. Looking at the amount of fixes that were already done, and  
>> go on still, I'd like to stick to the proposal to keep CVS 'frozen',  
>> with exception for important fixes only. Just stabilizing...
>>
>> It is hard to predict in this phase what the right moment is to  
>> publish another binary release. We can review this sunday again - on  
>> mailing list and IRC meeting.
>> However, the current release does have a couple of disturbing errors,  
>> which is important not to keep online for too long. So I really hope  
>> we can do the final update/release asap, in 7-10 days.
>>
>> Still prefer to name that release 2.36, as result of three weeks  
>> stabilizing after all changes in 2.35. The work that's currently  
>> being scheduled - like for armatures, new transform, softbodies, UI  
>> work, raytrace patches, etc. will likely take a while, and at least  
>> it's good to then have a 'stable' release online to refer to.
>>
>> Schedule could be;
>>
>> - post big article on websites with links to test binaries, list of  
>> issues & solved bugs, and call for "last chance" to get your bugs  
>> fixed (I can do tomorrow)
>> - post test binaries (2.35c whatever) around sunday
>> - post final 2.36 release the week after.
>>
>> -Ton-
>>
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