Dev:WeeklyMeetingAgenda/2005-09-25th

Agenda for 25th September 2005

rvks / Shape

• Ton has a proposal merging joeri & monkeyboi ideas and is working on it see <a href="http://www.blender.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5235&start=45&sid=a2fd4463e6376246c6a07e0e5241449f">RVK forum thread</a> for more

bpy ui panels

• Campbell Barton has a need, and a pretty clear idea about the the UI design. A proposal of the implementation is needed.
• integration of python-implemented tools to normal UI needs discussion

ui porting from tuhopuu

• Ton and Matt are working on this
• send comments to Matt via forums or e-mail

soc merge status update

• fluidsim is in cvs, being worked on there
  • libelbeem.a is big, N_Thome is cleaning and must do so
• pytex is being made thread safe
• Alexander reports concerning booleans and ffmpeg: both students fix final bugs and provide patches against bf-cvs
  • issue with ffmpeg: including a specific version to blender, to avoid version probs. a proposal & patch needed for decision. also needs work before merge.

defcon status / release schedule

• we will enter bcon3 during the beginning week.
• 2.4alpha1 targeted at next weekend (technically 2.39 for do_versions())
  • documentation needed! some new things are there like http://www.blender.org/cms/Radial_Blend_Type.677.0.html and http://orange.blender.org/blog/bendy-bones
  • please keep antont up-to-date about the docs in the writing

• further pre-releases and 2.4 final (perhaps Nov1) targeted later
• scripts for release:
  • Tom M. makes a list for next meeting

what does orange need

• hair?
• sequencer?:
  • not load everything to RAM
  • strip with keys: see where to set them
  • zooming & scaling is weird
  • better layering solution
    • filters like alpha
    • add as layer property and not as seperate effect strip .. if ppl make seq. patches Ton can check them