[Bf-committers] Blender 2.8 - priorities reconsideration proposal (revised)

[Aaron Carlisle]

I am really surprised to see that the top-bar is being dropped for the
initial release as it seems to me that most of the work is done or close to
it with only a couple of design issues to be fixed.

Also, I do not see any mention of the asset engine. Is this still a target
or has this been dropped?

Aaron Carlisle

Picture taker | Bit cruncher | Pixel pusher | Document writer | Artist
Project administrator for the Blender 3D Documentation Project

On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org> wrote:

> Hi Dalai,
>
> Thanks for the update. The first version was a bit confusing indeed. (as
> if some targets got cancelled)
>
> I fully agree on keeping the focus as narrow and feasible as possible. The
> targets for 2.8 are very intimidating and complex. Let's now first finish
> all current ongoing projects and make it ready for daily use.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Ton-
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Ton Roosendaal  -  ton at blender.org   -   www.blender.org
> Chairman Blender Foundation, Director Blender Institute
> Entrepotdok 57A, 1018 AD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
>
> > On 20 Nov 2017, at 17:56, Dalai Felinto <dfelinto at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > *[Note: The first version I sent was a bit unclear, so this is the one to
> > be considered instead.]*
> > Dear all,
> >
> > While we are strong in our goal to release Blender 2.8 next year, we kept
> > adding project targets for it at a growing pace. Now it is the time to go
> > back and reconsider our priorities.
> >
> > Blender 2.8 is not ready for production work yet. This makes the timing
> not
> > right for the development to drive enough interest from everyone. And it
> > doesn’t make sense to pursuit the new Blender without our users and
> > volunteers to push the design of core components further.
> >
> > Therefore we are postponing as current 2.8 technical targets:
> >
> > * Top bar
> > * Manipulators
> > * Tools
> > * Workspace specific keymaps, add-ons.
> >
> > Manipulators and tools will still be around as an API for add-ons. So
> users
> > can still experiment with custom manipulators, facemaps and the tool
> system.
> >
> > That also means we can focus our strength on wrapping up the following
> > projects:
> >
> > * Finish workspaces (move object mode to workspace and polish interface)
> > * Collections, layers (user interface and groups)
> > * Eevee (feature polishing, performance)
> > * Drawing engines (Workbench engine)
> > * Modes (move settings to workspace, final overlay settings design)
> > * OpenGL offline render
> > * Multi-window (OpenGL non-shared resources manager)
> > * Static ID Override (replace proxies)
> > * Asset/preset browsing
> > * Templates (built-in support as with 2.79, none distributed by default).
> > * Grease pencil objects (draw engine, tools)
> > * Dependency graph improvements + copy on write
> > * Dynamic overrides
> >
> > Once these projects are on track (or finished), the postponed targets
> will
> > come back. This also depends on how many people can work on the projects.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Dalai
> > --
> > blendernetwork.org/dalai-felinto
> > www.dalaifelinto.com
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