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

[Aaron Carlisle]

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On Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 07:39 Brecht Van Lommel via Bf-committers <
bf-committers at blender.org> wrote:

> 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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