[Bf-committers] Nightly builds on Steam and Snap stores

[James Monteath]

Hi Ray,

Good point. I will move all the "How to get Blender Buildbot builds"
instructions to a new page on Monday.

Thanks !

On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 7:09 PM Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers <
bf-committers at blender.org> wrote:

> Is the developer wiki is the ideal place to
> communicate with end-users?
>
> There's no denying these are pretty good looking
> docs with plenty of screenshots, the top of the
> page is clearly aimed at developers and will
> just scare off most end users that do manage to
> find it. (end users are unlikely to visit the
> dev wiki)
>
> Even if they do find it, and make it past the first page
> there's following progression:
>
> - Pipeline talk - end-user: Eek!
> - Downloading from the website! - end-user: Yay
> - Scary looking 10 line regex - end-user: Eek!
> - Using steam! - end-user: Yay
>
> This page just seems to have no idea who its
> audience is and it makes for a somewhat
> incoherent experience for all parties involved.
>
> --Ray
>
> On 2021-07-16 9:40 a.m., James Monteath via Bf-committers wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Nightly builds are now available on Steam (BETA) test branches and Snap
> > channels.
> >
> > **Steam**
> > The automated delivery of *2.93 / 2.83 LTS - Candidates*
> > and *3.0 - Alpha* builds are now accessible via Steam (BETA) Test
> branches.
> > Blender nightly builds are available for all supported platforms on
> Steam.
> >
> > Using Steam Test Branches:
> >
> https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Infrastructure/BuildBot#Using_Steam_Test_Branches
> >
> > **Snap**
> > For Linux systems with Snap support, *2.93 / 2.83 LTS - Candidates*
> > and *3.0 - Alpha *builds can be refreshed using channels.
> >
> > Using Snap Test Channels:
> >
> https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Infrastructure/BuildBot#Using_Snap_Test_Channels
> >
> > Cheers !
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