[Bf-committers] Blender developer meeting notes, 29 april 2012

[Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com]

yes!! numpy should be part of python everywhere! :) cool idea. And of
course the rest of the topics are super exciting too! I'll test drive Tiles
:D

kisses,
Daniel Salazar
patazstudio.com


On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> 1) Blender 2.63 release
>
> - Everyone congratulations with release and BMesh completion!
>
> - As usual a lot of new bug reports streamed in. Campbell Barton mentions
> that several crucial fixes have been done already, it might require to do a
> 2.63a release.
>
> - Proposal: decide next sunday meeting, and if we do make an 'a' we
> backport the bug fixes to 2.63-release branch.
>
> - Campbell will add the bug fix list in wiki, on the release page (later).
> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.63
>
>
> 2) Other projects
>
> - Jeroen Bakker: New compositor project ("tiles") is almost finished. It's
> a target for 2.64.
>
> - Jeroen does a call for testers, preferably by artists who like to be
> closely (day to day) involved with checking fixes, feedback functionality
> and especially to help doing docs and videos! (Christian Krupa already
> volunteered, more welcome!)
>
> - Note, there's a special tracker for the compositor project! Jeroen
> expected 100s, not 2!
> http://projects.blender.org/tracker/?atid=524&group_id=9&func=browse
>
> - Ed Halley: New "Outline modifier" in progress
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5_huJm5vVo
>
> - Campbell added wire frame tool (in Face menu) to make solid wires:
> http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=30973
> http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=30971
>
> - Joerg Mueller will relicense his Audaspace as LGPL (2 or later). He will
> carefully check if everyone who added code there agrees.
>
> - Nicholas Bishop uploaded Sculpt masking for review:
>  http://codereview.appspot.com/6135048/
>
> - Thomas Dinges is testing the new  CUDA Toolkit 4.2 now, with support for
> the new Keppler cards (GTX 6xx).
>
> - Campbell proposes to include the Python math module Numpy (1 MB),
> ensuring it won't affect startup times.
>
> 3) Google summer of Code
>
> - Students welcome! Make sure you are signed up for the mailing lists
> (bf-committers, bf-blender-cvs).
>
> - Based on last year's success, we'll put students together in branches;
> to ensure they keep committing working and tested code!
>
> - Branch naming proposal:
> http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6532/ss20120429095415.png
> (But, Empanada gets merged with Bratwurst! Sorry Argentina :)
>
>
> -Ton-
>
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