[Bf-committers] SDL library upgrade

[Sergey Sharybin]

I would hate making SDL2 a mandatory package to be installed before you can
even start blender. That'd be just undiscussable stupid. Can even add
"period" here.

The status of the wrangler is so-called "works for me (tm)", the patch is
under review now https://developer.blender.org/D878

Hereby, linux department reports ready to go SDL-2.0 ;)

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Martijn Berger <martijn.berger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In general I do not think we should be to dogmatic in terms of library
> versions across platforms. Run-time loading is however a cool solution and
> I guess it fits really well for SDL.
> Blender has been ready for this for some time thanks to Campbell but I am
> unsure if we are actively using the improvements SDL2 brings like joystick
> hot-plugging etc.
>
> Quick questions:
> What is the state of the wrangler ?
>
> Other then that it seems a very doable and worthwhile goal (for the next
> release ?)
>
>
> Martijn
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Sergey Sharybin <sergey.vfx at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > This is actually coming from a conversation with Martijn about switching
> to
> > SDL-2.0 on Windows, but we need to make everyone informed.
> >
> > So basically the need of upgrade on Windows is caused by some issues
> > happening with SDL-1.2 (which is currently used for all platforms) on
> > Windows 8. So switching to SDL-2.0 would make more windows users happy
> with
> > blender.
> >
> > But we need to keep libraries in sync for the release, which means OSX
> and
> > Linux maintainers would need to do modifications to the release
> environment
> > and libraries. It shouldn't be hard, because SDL-2.0 was out for quite
> some
> > time now and Blender itself is totally ready for it.
> >
> > So the proposal would be:
> >
> > - Martijn takes care of SDL-2.0 on Windows. If needed Sergey helps him.
> > - Jens would need to take care of OSX
> > - Sergey takes care of Linux builds, for this we'll need to finish the
> SDL
> > wrangler patch (which makes SDL libraries load on runtime and if library
> is
> > not found Blender still works, just doesn't allow to use SDL for sound
> and
> > joystick).
> >
> > What does it mean for artists? Well, for OSX and Windows they wouldnt'
> see
> > any difference (apart from some some solved issues). Neither those who
> runs
> > existing builds, nor those who compiles blender themselves.
> >
> > For Linux users it'll mean in order to use SDL (sound and joystick) SDL2
> is
> > to be installed. If this library is not installed, blender WILL run, just
> > wouldn't let use SDL functionality. This doesn't seem difficult to
> install
> > if needed, even for current Debian stable (which tends to be quite old)
> > there's an official backport for SDL2.
> >
> > --
> > With best regards, Sergey Sharybin
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With best regards, Sergey Sharybin