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

[Brecht Van Lommel]

If renaming would break things for users that have already switched to
these channels, then I guess it's not worth changing the name.

For the docs, probably most discoverable would be to have a new page in the
menu on builder.blender.org for Steam and Snap? Seems like the easiest way
for users to find out about this, they will not be browsing the wiki.
Prettiest would be to embed the information there directly, simpler would
be to link to the wiki page.

Most of the "Downloading From Buildbot" section I would leave out. I don't
think we have to document things that should be obvious from looking at the
web page.

On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 9:08 PM James Monteath <james at blender.org> wrote:

>  Hi Brecht,
>
> * Daily Build - Alpha
>> * Daily Build - 2.93 LTS - Candidate
>> * Daily Build - 2.83 LTS - Candidate
>
>
> I will see what I can do with the names.
> They cannot be renamed but only replaced.
> Can take some time to coordinate a change since the Steam
> branch names are currently used by the Buildbot build pipeline.
>
> I'm also not sure what that launcher option is for? If it's for
>> blender-launcher.exe, that should just always be used.
>
>
> Still investigating how to add launchers correctly to Steam on BETA
> branches.
> Not really obvious and I can easily mess up all the other branches
> and the current live default app if not careful.
> I can work on this once Ray is happy with it.
>
> Thanks !
>
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 6:35 PM Brecht Van Lommel via Bf-committers <
> bf-committers at blender.org> wrote:
>
>> Maybe we can think of better names for Steam? "autotest" and "vdev" are
>> not
>> terminology for users. I would try to match the buildbot:
>>
>> * Daily Build - Alpha
>> * Daily Build - 2.93 LTS - Candidate
>> * Daily Build - 2.83 LTS - Candidate
>>
>> I'm also not sure what that launcher option is for? If it's for
>> blender-launcher.exe, that should just always be used.
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 5:41 PM James Monteath via Bf-committers <
>> bf-committers at blender.org> 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 !
>> > --
>> > James Monteath - james at blender.org - www.blender.org
>> > Blender DevOps Engineer
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