[Bf-committers] Official announcement on Siggraph?

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi all,

Thanks for the feedback.

We'll draft a press release that clearly explains the roadmap, where  
the "2.5x series" is meant to further improve and validate the new  
Blender architecture.
However, I do think we can say that this first october version will be  
*usable* though, for many features up to par with the 2.49 version, and  
in many ways better even!

After Siggraph, we can draft a shortlist of 'release targets' for  
october, so we can clearly define the areas that should work, and the  
parts that's WIP still. Proper communication about the software status  
will help us a lot on getting good and useful reports back.

Laters,

-Ton-

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

On 30 Jul, 2009, at 13:33, Ton Roosendaal wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> (Cross posted to 2 lists)
>
> You know, the press loves good statements, and at the Siggraph exhibit
> we'll have a lot of good attention. We will print nice 'spec sheets'
> for Blender 2.5, and spread an official press release too.
>
> Just mentioning how great 2.5 is won't make good headlines... so we
> better just announce a real release date! :) So I'd like to propose to
> add this statement in our communication:
>
> "The first release of the 2.5x series is expected to be available in
> october 2009."
>
> We actually should move in august to make official testing builds
> available anyway, and open up a bugtracker for people to post reports
> in.
> I don't expect 2.5 is "ready" in october... but software is never ready
> anyway! Better release often, and improve by each step.
>
> Sounds like a plan? Serious objections should be posted quick, we will
> make our sheets and press releases sunday, in New Orleans.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Ton-
>
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