[Bf-committers] Blender developers meeting notes, 2017-07-16

Hi all, Here are the notes from today's 14 UTC meeting in irc.freenode.net #blendercoders. 1) Blender 2.79 release - Test build 2 ready! https://download.blender.org/release/Blender2.79/ - The first 2.79 release candidate then can be made after next Sunday, just in time for Siggraph. - Release log is shaping up. Thanks Brecht van Lommel and Vuk Gardašević (lijenstina): https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.79 - Tracker, tracker, tracker! Everyone help! https://developer.blender.org/maniphest/project/2/type/Bug/query/open/ 2) Blender 2.8 - Everyone's very happy with the attention for the 2.8 viewport project! Keep the demos coming. - We expect more demos and feedback on the new workspaces, layers, depsgraph, grease pencil, asset manager and manipulators in the coming months. - Freestyle for 2.8 - Ton Roosendaal will check with Tamito Kajiyama. - Tomorrow the crew will send a detailed 2.8 planning/report, as usual. 3) Google Summer of Code - Reminder: if you need test builds, any committer use buildbot to make a build with a patch: https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Doc/Process/Buildbot_Experimental - In a week reviews for the 2nd evaluation starts. Students should be able to show first working prototypes or tests. Share screenshots or (youtube) videos on your wiki! Laters, -Ton- -------------------------------------------------------- Ton Roosendaal - ton at blender.org - www.blender.org Chairman Blender Foundation, Director Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A, 1018 AD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands