[Bf-committers] Blender developer meeting minutes August 21, 2011
Ton Roosendaal
ton at blender.org
Sun Aug 21 19:52:04 CEST 2011
Hi all,
Here's a summary of today's topics:
1) Blender 2.59 status
- Release reports are all good, no showstoppers really, so not an 'a'
release needed (yet?)
- OpenCollada compile fails on Linux Fedora.
2) Blender 2.60 planing
- Release cycle proposal approved. Thomas updates the doc.
http://www.blender.org/bf/blencon.jpg (summary)
(Martin Poirier amendment will be added "first week of BCon1, only
module-owner approved fixes")
- FFmpeg 0.8 migration will start.
- Pepper branch: work on sound and animation system could go in, other
branches probably too (motion capture file import, GE animation,
Collada work). Proposal is to give at least a week everyone time for
code review, via online codereview:
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Doc/Tools/CodeReview
Brecht & Campbell will help too, especially when reviews lack next
sunday.
- Peter Schlaile's branch on Sequencer Proxies approved, can go to trunk
- Cycles render engine and Motion Tracking (tomato) is for 2.61.
- Particle 2010 branch: approved. (Framing/looping feature hidden for
now).
- Other branches? Can people who added their branches ready here
report if things are ready for final review?
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:2.6/Source/Development/Merge_And_Integration_Plan
- Schedule proposal for current release cycle:
BCon1 is now.
BCon2 start: 1 sept (final targets for 2.60 defined)
BCon3 start: 22 sept (branch mergers final)
BCon4 start 2 oct (testbuild, fixing only)
BCon5 start 9 oct (svn frozen, release a few days after)
- Git discussion: we'll happily await a proposal, with a plan for how
and who will tackle the tasks, keep history and SCM browse, what
consequences would be for non-git experienced developers, why not Hg,
like that.
3) Other projects
- Ton reports Development Fund is reaching 1000/month. Will contact
Jeroen Bakker to discuss OpenCL compositor project completion.
- NVidia mailed as Siggraph follow-up, to support Mango project &
developers with high-end cards, including Tesla. With AMD/ATI an
appointment has been made at IBC conference Amsterdam (early
September). Cooperation with Intel OpenGL team will be set up too.
4) Google Summer of Code.
- Official "Pencils down" is tomorrow! Best GSoC ever! Not every
student is finished though, but there's general interest to continue
after the deadline too.
- Students who want to get their work in 2.60 can discuss it with
mentor how to prepare submission.
Regards,
-Ton-
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Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation ton at blender.org www.blender.org
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