Hi, Gaya, On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Gaia Clary <gaia.cl...@machinimatrix.org>wrote:
> Hi, Arystanbek > > Thank you very much for the detailed analysis of the reports. > I am currently maintaining the following Wiki page for > organizing the current efforts to improve Collada: > > > http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:2.5/Source/Development/Todo/Import_Export#OpenCollada > > Thanks for writing this page. It helps me to keep track of existing bugs and lets me annotate bugs as I study them. > I think that is the best place to merge your analysis into that page. > I also believe that due to the current activities some of the reports > have been solved already. > > It would be helpful if you could take a quick look at the > "green" reports and give your feedback if these are really > fixed by now. > > Also do you have any advice on how we actually can verify > that a certain collada export contains what it should contain ? > > Do you know about some sort of "test viewer" ? > For static meshes i currently use MeshLab to verify that > the data is readable and consistent. But the main issues are > with exporting animation data (armatures, weights, etc...) > > At the moment i only can verify that the exported rig and > the mesh weights are now recognized from the > Second Life Importer. But it would be of a much higher value > if there where some "Collada standard viewer" where we can > check the exports. > > If such an option exists maybe even from OpenCollada, then > it would be just great to get that to work :) > > cheers, > Gaia > > Am 06.02.2012 22:17, schrieb Arystanbek Dyussenov: > > I have looked through all COLLADA bugs in the bug tracker, both open and > > closed, and divided them into two categories: bugs in the existing > > functionality (I called them "core bugs", because I think they are the > part > > of the main functionality, which has to constantly work well) and > features > > not yet implemented. > > > > The result you can see > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BPNqt9j3lASpfqbi17JUQawNLeahpjAVrbor7eSV_N8/edit > > . > > > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 2:51 AM, Arystanbek Dyussenov<arysta...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Campbell Barton<ideasma...@gmail.com > >wrote: > >> > >>> These goals are too fuzzy for a GSOC project, the 3 main priorities > >>> you list are speculative - designing new shiny architecture without > >>> tangible results is a mistake. > >>> > >>> Further, I don't think finishing off Collada makes for a good GSOC > >>> project. The current problematic compatibility issues make for too > >>> much of an unpredictable project. > >>> > >> I purposely left out the details to make the whole picture clear to all. > >> The suggested goals are based on my experience working on the project > and > >> on the real analysis that I conducted in order to understand the current > >> situation. > >> > >> > >>> - Maybe there are a few main bugs that only need fixing before its > >>> generally useful... > >>> - Maybe its far more work then we can expect from a GSOC project > >>> - Maybe we need to kick out opencollada (and use something else)... > >>> > >> The developers need good architecture to feel themselves comfortable > with > >> the code. But rewriting the architecture as well as introduction of > >> automated testing requires considerable effort, so sponsoring is > necessary. > >> > >> > >>> Since nobody seems to have a good handle on this, I think we're better > >>> off having this resolved outside of GSOC. > >>> Where motivated devs can focus on key issues without trying to fit > >>> this into a 10week project. > >>> > >>> If these devs want to re-factor the code or cleanup the architecture, > >>> they can go ahead since they will be having to work with the new code > >>> anyway. > >>> > >> I wrote this proposal because I think I can, using my knowledge, improve > >> the current situation and direct the project in the direction, where it > >> will begin to bring the desired results. > >> > >> -- > >> Best regards, > >> Arystanbek Dyussenov > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > -- Best regards, Arystanbek Dyussenov _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers