[Bf-committers] Blender developer meeting minutes 26 dec 2010

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi all,

1) Blender 2.56-beta

- All seems to be ready for a new beta test build, more stable than  
ever!
- Proposal is to call for a release AHOY on wednesday - euro time. We  
then can prepare for the release on thursday or friday.
- Yes, we need urgent update on regression test files, is on Ton's todo!
- Splash: a bit late for a contest, we can pick one last cool shot  
from Sintel! For next release we can announce a contest again. Need to  
revise or reconfirm how to define contests and judging well.

Are the platform maintainers standy this week?

Platform maintainers:
- Linux: Ken Hughes (confirmed)
- Mac OS X: Damien Plisson
- Windows: Nathan Letwory

Roadmap: after 2.56 more efforts will go to the pending 2.5 todos. And  
then in 1-2 months maybe a first real almost-finished-no-beta :)

2) Other projects, branches

- Janne Karhu: he approved on Stephen Whitehorn "viscoelastic fluid  
particle springs" code, is almost ready for merge to trunk. Not real  
"new", but completes functionality for fluid particle system.  Will be  
submitted after 2.56.

Thanks,

-Ton-

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