[Bf-committers] Blender developer meeting minutes August 21, 2011

[Shaul Kedem]

> - Ton reports Development Fund is reaching 1000/month. Will contact
> Jeroen Bakker to discuss OpenCL compositor project completion.

Hi,
 Can you list the prioritization of projects that are candidates to receive
development funds?

 It's obvious that such a list is a moving target, but knowing where BF will
put the money to use can put devs in the right direction,

Shaul


On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org> wrote:

> 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
> Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands
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