Re: [Bf-committers] Future Releases with VR?

2020-04-10 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
UPBGE is a blender fork we do not maintain, so any questions you have on UPBGE you'll have to sort out with the people who work on it. Their community page [1] has several options of contacting them. Greetings, Ray [1] https://upbge.org/community.html   On 2020-04-10 12:58 a.m., Armani Bless vi

Re: [Bf-committers] Policies about patches modifying third-parties libraries.

2020-08-25 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
While i agree with "you should be able to build blender even with stock/system libraries" I however do not think that the bar for "oh we'll just add it to /extern" should be as low as it appears to be. I'd be very much in favor of *NOT* adding a behemoth like USD to `/extern` (~75 megs, twice t

Re: [Bf-committers] Support for 32-bit architectures

2020-11-16 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
I've always understood our position to be - We do not plan to break or remove 32 bit support. - Given we don't CI on 32 bit anymore, breakage can sometimes happen without us knowing. - If external parties supply patches to fix such breakage and they pass code review, we merge them. Even if they

Re: [Bf-committers] Code Quality Day - 4/Dec

2020-12-03 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
For the windows folks, I have enabled clang-tidy for windows so you can now join in on the fun, but there are some caveats that are important to be aware of. 1- It will only be configured if WITH_CLANG_TIDY is on in cmake. 2- Only supported in the IDE, no ninja or command line support at    this

Re: [Bf-committers] GPencil I/O Project: Request to integrate libharu lib to export PDF format

2020-12-09 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
I can't say I'm super thrilled to build cairo on windows, but if that's the direction we want to go, so be it. --Ray On 2020-12-09 11:19 a.m., Brecht Van Lommel via Bf-committers wrote: > I'm not sure there exists a simple utility to convert SVG to PDF that we > could include, if we want to go t

Re: [Bf-committers] Libraries source code

2020-12-10 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
I'm unsure what this would achieve beyond making the lib update process more frustrating than it already is? The deps builder we have its singe purpose is to facilitate the building of our SVN libs nothing more nothing less, its target audience is essentially 3 people (the mac/linux/windows pla

Re: [Bf-committers] GPencil I/O Project: Request to integrate libharu lib to export PDF format

2020-12-11 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
Seems reasonable (and I agree) however playing devils advocate: if we're going to need cairo down the road anyhow we may as well rip that band-aid off now and deal with the pain of building it rather than building libharu now and cairo later. --Ray On 2020-12-11 10:47 a.m., Brecht Van Lommel vi

Re: [Bf-committers] Libraries source code

2020-12-13 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
-- > Ton Roosendaal - t...@blender.org - www.blender.org > Chairman Blender Foundation, Director Blender Institute > Buikslotermeerplein 161, 1025 ET Amsterdam, the Netherlands > > > On 10/12/2020 16:02, Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers wrote: >> I'm unsure what this would a

Re: [Bf-committers] Libraries source code

2020-12-14 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
orm perspective. > I can gladly help out with the writing if no else from the "Platforms, Builds > & Tests" module can pick that up. I don't think the lack of documentation is due to lack of people wanting to document it, but as you probably noticed by now getting a decision

Re: [Bf-committers] GPencil I/O Project: Request to integrate libharu lib to export PDF format

2020-12-16 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
Soo.. this thread has a good run, lots of good feedback, but it still seems decision-less, I'll happily do the work to make this happen, but who makes the final call here? --Ray On 2020-12-15 9:19 p.m., Campbell Barton via Bf-committers wrote: > To follow up on previous messages: > > - On my

[Bf-committers] .git-blame-ignore-revs entries.

2020-12-28 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
All, What's going in with this file? there's 50+ commits in there and I disagree with virtually every single hash I sampled from it. If we want to hide large changes made by automated tools like the big clang-format [1] change, yeah awesome, but I really would still like to see smaller and clearl

Re: [Bf-committers] .git-blame-ignore-revs entries.

2020-12-28 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
On 2020-12-28 12:47 p.m., Ankit wrote: > Hello > I'm getting used to it. > I'll remove several commits soon, now that I have received the > feedback on the last commit, and will use stricter conditions in the future. I'd like to replace "stricter conditions" with "well defined/documented conditio

Re: [Bf-committers] .git-blame-ignore-revs entries.

2020-12-28 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
in git blame. >> If I see "cleanup" in the title, the onus is on the committer to make >> sure that it really is a cleanup. If that promise is kept, I don't see >> why a cleanup commit interests you. >> >>> Changes in this file don't even seem t

Re: [Bf-committers] No Monday or Tuesday meetings for the time being

2021-02-08 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
That seems somewhat strange and out of the blue (at least for me), the lack of reasoning for putting them on hold especially for the Tuesday ones you seem fond of is concerning, what am i missing here? --Ray On 2021-02-08 9:33 a.m., Dalai Felinto via Bf-committers wrote: > Hi, > The Monday (dev

Re: [Bf-committers] No Monday or Tuesday meetings for the time being

2021-02-09 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
i hear the Tuesday meetings are a joy --Ray On 2021-02-09 8:59 a.m., Dalai Felinto wrote: > Hi Ray, > > Which reasons do you see to keep the meeting(s)? > > Thanks, > Dalai > > Op ma 8 feb. 2021 om 17:46 schreef Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers > mailto:bf-committers@

Re: [Bf-committers] No Monday or Tuesday meetings for the time being

2021-02-09 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
uld be appreciated --Ray On 2021-02-09 9:14 a.m., Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers wrote: > i hear the Tuesday meetings are a joy > > --Ray > > On 2021-02-09 8:59 a.m., Dalai Felinto wrote: >> Hi Ray, >> >> Which reasons do you see to keep the meeting(s)? >>

Re: [Bf-committers] Blender developer week notes - 2021.02.15

2021-02-15 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
>* 2.93 bcon2 on 17 February. This is listed on developer.blender.org as march 17 on both the front page [1] and the 2.93 schedule [2] Did this change, or is it a typo? --Ray [1] https://developer.blender.org/ [2] https://developer.blender.org/project/view/125/ On 2021-02-15 11:19 a.m., Dala

Re: [Bf-committers] 2.93 modules roadmap confirmation 15/Mar 11 CET

2021-03-15 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
It felt somewhat strange to me for the modules to present their targets 2 days before the bcon1 deadline, I mean at this point all work should be done/in already, seems a little late to determine their feasibility. Perhaps it's better to do add a similar style meeting earlier in the process to sol

[Bf-committers] ASAN now supported on windows

2021-03-29 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
All, Normally I don't do notify bf-c on platform changes I do but this one seemed note worthy. I landed ASAN support (D7794) for windows a few minutes ago, it requires the latest VS update (16.9) but beyond that it functions the same way as it does on Linux,  just toggle `WITH_COMPILER_ASAN` ON i

[Bf-committers] C -> C++ Conversions / Failing build

2021-04-24 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
All, More and more code is getting converted to C++ and honestly couldn't be happier about that. What I'm less thrilled about is the way this is being done, devs work with GCC, don't test on windows, violate the standard (use of designated initializers in c++ breaks the build every...single ..tim

Re: [Bf-committers] VFX reference platform 2022 draft

2021-05-18 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
imho 3.9 is the only version they could have picked, the proposed release date for 3.10 is 2021-10-04 [1]. While the VFX platform aims to finalize in august [2]. I was rather vocal last year for them putting versions on that had not been released yet (some of which got delayed well into 2021) I'm h

Re: [Bf-committers] Simple steps to get an harmonious collaboration

2021-06-02 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
I'm somewhat confused on the goal some of the (proposed?) rules. But I'll just pick on the "Patch description should match the commit message."-rule for now not to make this longer than it needs to be.  Most people are much more verbose in their patch description, some have visual aids (images/cli

Re: [Bf-committers] Buildbot Update - June 14, 2021

2021-06-14 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
May I suggest moving the change log to the bottom of the page (or even better its own page) ? While I absolutely love having the change log, having users/devs scroll though it before they can learn how to use the build infra structure seems less than ideal, given the change log is not going to get

Re: [Bf-committers] Blender developer week notes - 2021.07.12

2021-07-13 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
Dalai, Think some small clarification is in order here Jesse is a very capable and diverse developer [1] Now he did have a few patches in my module (as he did in many others), and while I will happily commit contributors patches, there is a point where you go "wait? why am I still committing patc

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

2021-07-16 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
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

Re: [Bf-committers] JSON/YAML parsing in CPP

2021-09-15 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
My official position is : The platform module is not in the business of making library recommendations, or deciding what library does or doesn't go into blender. As long as the admins are willing to sign off on it, we'll build any library you want, with whatever options you require. When the rende

Re: [Bf-committers] Let's Encrypt SSL certificates incident on the blender.org servers

2021-09-30 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
For people having ssl issues with arcanist, the easiest solution is 1) grab the latest cacert.pem from https://curl.se/docs/caextract.html 2) copy it to [arcanist_installation_folder]/resources/ssl/custom.pem Pay attention to the slightly different filename it *NEEDS* to be custom.pem the origina

Re: [Bf-committers] Proposal for clarified VFX Reference Platform Support

2022-01-14 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
All right, looks like we're tiptoeing around the elephant in the room, time to rip that Band-Aid off (feels like this metaphor kinda got away from me, but I'm sticking with it!) Let’s not beat around the bush, no-one has ever complained about our OIIO, Boost, VDB or TBB versions. People get ..pass

Re: [Bf-committers] Proposal for clarified VFX Reference Platform Support

2022-01-17 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
> I don't really feel great about Python > being the only exception allowed to be digressed > from the platform. I think you're misunderstanding the VFX Platform goals, it has nothing to do with asset compatibility throughout the pipeline. Otherwise, it would specify what formats would have to be

Re: [Bf-committers] Proposal for clarified VFX Reference Platform Support

2022-01-17 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
he same and it's reasonable to assume we > continue being incompatible there. For other libraries, if it's not causing > incompatibility I don't even see that as deviating from the VFX platform. > If it does lead to incompatibility, I think we should take that into > c

Re: [Bf-committers] Proposal for clarified VFX Reference Platform Support

2022-01-19 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
The reason that is, most of the people involved are in the discussion are not in a position to make this decision (and that includes me) We can have good arguments on either side of following or not following, but none of us can decide. This is something that will have to be decided at the top. It

Re: [Bf-committers] Proposal for clarified VFX Reference Platform Support

2022-01-20 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
While I do not mind the practical nuts and bolts of this proposal at all, I do mind the language, referring to the VFX Platform as something worth looking at regarding file or platform compatibility is unfortunate. The Platform as is makes no attempt to manage file compatibility throughout the pip

Re: [Bf-committers] Proposal for clarified VFX Reference Platform Support

2022-01-20 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
of > the build environment makes my life much easier. So, I throw what little say > I have into getting Blender and the platform aligned. > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 11:22 AM Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers > wrote: > > While I do not mind the practical nuts and bolts

[Bf-committers] Retiring MSVC 2017 Support

2022-01-26 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
All, After years of loyal service we will be retiring support for MSVC 2017, making the new requirement at least MSVC 2019 16.9.16. The build scripts and wiki will be updated in the coming days to remove VS2017 support. If you have updated your VS 2019 installation in the last year you will like

[Bf-committers] Handling of user data.

2022-05-09 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
All, It's been years [1] (2018) since I last was rather vocal on this subject, but how is this [2] still happening? "Yes, blender deleted your data (and silently at that), that means it's working correctly!" cannot possibly be the best we can do, is it? While I'm excited with all the directions b

Re: [Bf-committers] Handling of user data.

2022-05-10 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
ease to the other. > > -- Bastien > > On 5/9/22 21:12, Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers wrote: >> All, >> >> It's been years [1] (2018) since I last was rather >> vocal on this subject, but how is this [2] still >> happening? "Yes, blender deleted y

Re: [Bf-committers] Handling of user data.

2022-05-12 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
, and it was a pain > in the butt. > > Could someone take a stab at explaining what this debate really is about, > in such a way that both sides would feel fairly represented? All I know > right now is that there's a disagreement about something that currently > feels over my hea

Re: [Bf-committers] Handling of user data.

2022-05-17 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
The core team has bought blender to where it is today, they seem to have a pretty good handle on things. I'm not sure design by committee on bf-c is what this problem was lacking. Just give 'm time, guys, they got this. --Ray On 2022-05-17 6:19 p.m., Harley Acheson via Bf-committers wrote: >> T

Re: [Bf-committers] move prebuilt libs from svn to git?

2022-06-17 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
=8<==[Editors note]=8<== I'll be honest I'm 100% convinced mailinator will ruin the little formatting I have done, I put a copy of this email on https://developer.blender.org/P3014. =8<8<8<8<== How much as I like the sentiment of "lets move to git will it solve all these problems" lets

Re: [Bf-committers] move prebuilt libs from svn to git?

2022-06-17 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
ing that > Brecht asked for the SVN compression to be disabled due to some client > problems. So, this will require some research, perhaps next week. > > Anyway, hopefully it helps a bit until I can review some more settings. > > Enjoy your weekend everyone! > > > D

Re: [Bf-committers] move prebuilt libs from svn to git?

2022-06-18 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
Except for you just now i don't think anyone is questioning the need for version control on the 3rd party dependencies. This tree was there long before i joined the blender project so can't give any insights on any controversy in creating it. However whenever this subject (why svn) comes up, it te

Re: [Bf-committers] Bump MacOS minimum requirements to 10.15 for Blender 3.5

2023-01-05 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
I have to admit, I don't have a whole lot of experience with macs, I have honestly no idea of the real-world impact of a version bump. However, given we committed to follow the VFX platform for 2023/2024 which targets 11.0 for 2023 shouldn't we either : a) Follow the VFX platform and Target 11.0

Re: [Bf-committers] Handling of user data.

2023-04-09 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
- > Ton Roosendaal - t...@blender.org - www.blender.org > Chairman Blender Foundation, CEO Blender Institute / Studio > Buikslotermeerplein 161, 1025 ET Amsterdam, the Netherlands > > > On 12/05/2022 22:17, Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers wrote: >> I don't think there&#x

[Bf-committers] CMake cleanup

2023-07-11 Thread Ray Molenkamp via Bf-committers
All, As some of you have possibly noticed, I have been making some changes/cleanups to our build system, some new and foreign concepts to some may have shown up. I was planning to send an update about this once the work was completed, but several community members have reached with various levels