Blender developer meeting notes, 21 August 2016

Ton Roosendaal writes:

1) Blender 2.78 release

• Release notes in progress
  • There’s a first testbuild available. Known issues with testbuild: OS X version seems to crash on start with Ndof. Not ready yet. Build does not include the new 2D Stabilize feature yet
• Brendon Murphy reports that the Add-on release notes are ready.
• 2d stabilize docs, WIP
  • This week a new test build needs to be made. A week later we could do
    the Release Candidate.

2) Other projects and 2.8

• Bastien Montagne added a “BF Blender:2.8 project” on tracker, which we can use for tasks and design reviews.
• Blender Foundation/Institute is in the process of hiring new part time or
  full time developers.

3) GSoC

• Final student reports are expected within 2 days!
• A week later the mentors should have filled in final reports.

Thanks,

-Ton-