As for the "fancy" release notes. Not everything that is in the wiki shows up there.
The communication team makes a selection on what is worth showing, what to simply mention, and what to leave only to the wiki. The "Blender Features in 5 minutes" and the reel editors also reverse the right to pick and choose what is highlighted. -Dalai- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dalai Felinto - da...@blender.org - www.blender.org Blender Development Coordinator Buikslotermeerplein 161, 1025 ET Amsterdam, the Netherlands Op vr 11 jun. 2021 om 15:11 schreef Brecht Van Lommel via Bf-committers < bf-committers@blender.org>: > Personally, I wouldn't change this. > > Add-ons authors are credited in the add-on preferences, where you go to > enable the add-on. The fact that they are bundled rather than installed > from an online repository (which is what we should do eventually) makes > little practical difference I think. > > For the release notes, I don't think we should be putting much emphasis on > add-ons that often have a UI/UX and design different than core Blender, > usually created by individuals without review. The freedom to do that > creates very useful functionality and leads to fast development, but I > wouldn't market that as part of Blender the product in the same way. > > The way I see it is that as an add-on author you get both the freedom and > the responsibility for development, docs, and marketing. If anything we > should decouple such things more, rather than integrating them. > > On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 6:07 AM Ryan Inch via Bf-committers < > bf-committers@blender.org> wrote: > > > Hi Dalai, > > I'm not talking about an add-on in particular, I'm referring to add-ons > > in general. > > > > In regard to your first point, we are agreed that the credit gen script > > is skipping add-ons; however, from what you've shown me, it looks like > > it would be easy to support. So I'm wondering why it is that add-ons > > are being skipped and what can be done to correct it for the 2.93 > release? > > > > In regard to your second point, I am aware that it is the responsibility > > of the developer to document changes in the wiki release notes, I do so > > for every release, and I thank you for your willingness to help with any > > problems accessing the wiki. I was, however, referring to the fancier > > release notes [1] that are compiled from the wiki release notes, and > > that these have been lacking a section for add-ons recently. So, what > > is required to have an add-ons section added to the 'fancy' release > notes? > > > > Ryan > > > > [1] https://www.blender.org/download/releases/2-93/ > > > > On 2021-06-07 06:00 AM, bf-committers-requ...@blender.org wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2021 10:05:36 +0200 > > > From: Dalai Felinto<da...@blender.org> > > > To: bf-blender developers<bf-committers@blender.org> > > > Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] Blender 2.93 Released! > > > Message-ID: > > > <CAKD4fWcP41W8FFQW+5Tc5cAEwY= > > zavhavyzc5rws4jbbg1m...@mail.gmail.com> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > > > Hi Ryan, > > > Are you talking about an add-on in particular? There are two related > but > > > separate topics in your email: > > > > > > 1. Contributors credit > > > The script that generates the credits [1] is indeed be skipping the > > add-on > > > repositories. > > > > > > 2. Release notes > > > It is the responsibility of any developer that contributes code, to > > > document the changes and mention them in the (wiki) release notes [2]. > If > > > an add-on maintainer needs wiki access they can contact me directly via > > > email or as dfelinto in blender.chat. > > > > > > [1] - > > > > > > https://developer.blender.org/diffusion/BDT/browse/master/utils/credits_git_gen.py > > > [2] - > https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Release_Notes/2.93/Add-ons > > > > > > -Dalai- > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Dalai Felinto -da...@blender.org -www.blender.org > > > Blender Development Coordinator > > > Buikslotermeerplein 161, 1025 ET Amsterdam, the Netherlands > > > > > > > > > Op za 5 jun. 2021 om 07:10 schreef Ryan Inch via Bf-committers < > > > bf-committers@blender.org>: > > > > > >> Congratulations on the release! Everything looks good, there seems to > > >> be tons of great improvements, > > >> and the reels are quite impressive. > > >> > > >> However, I have noticed that Add-ons are treated differently in the > > >> release notes. Judging by the emails from the bf-extensions mailing > > >> list, many of the Add-ons bundled with Blender receive dozens of > updates > > >> between each release, but this hasn't lately been advertised in the > > >> release notes (aside from the occasional mention in @SouthernShotty's > 5 > > >> minute videos, very grateful to him for that), plus the > > >> authors/maintainers and their commits to these Add-ons don't seem to > be > > >> credited on the credits page[1]. Since the Add-ons are bundled with > > >> Blender, is there a reason that they aren't credited at release? > > >> > > >> If the reason for this is, in part, that authors/maintainers aren't > > >> adding their changes to the wiki version of the > > >> release notes in time, then I would like to inquire as to when the > > >> cutoff for editing the wiki is to make it into the > > >> release notes, or what else could be done to have them included? > > >> > > >> Ryan Inch (Imaginer) > > >> Developer of the Collection Manager Add-on. > > >> > > >> [1]https://www.blender.org/about/credits/ > > >> > > >> On 2021-06-03 06:00 AM,bf-committers-requ...@blender.org wrote: > > >>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>> > > >>> Message: 1 > > >>> Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2021 19:18:32 +0200 > > >>> From: Dalai Felinto<da...@blender.org> > > >>> To: bf-blender developers<bf-committers@blender.org> > > >>> Subject: [Bf-committers] Blender 2.93 Released! > > >>> Message-ID: > > >>> < > > >> cakd4fwfyvsxy6ftazypgudjtnnxow1ftewsza4j5kbuwjkn...@mail.gmail.com> > > >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > >>> > > >>> Hi, > > >>> Blender 2.93 LTS is officially released. > > >>> > > >>> The release notes are here: > > >>> https://www.blender.org/download/releases/2-93/ > > >>> > > >>> You can check two great videos with everything 2.93 related: > > >>> * Reel:https://youtu.be/fxNlpQYRz7s > > >>> * Features:https://youtu.be/mnnMFJ3iWH0 > > >>> > > >>> Congratulations everyone! > > >>> -Dalai- > > >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>> Dalai Felinto -da...@blender.org -www.blender.org > > >>> Blender Development Coordinator > > >>> Buikslotermeerplein 161, 1025 ET Amsterdam, the Netherlands > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Bf-committers mailing list > > >> Bf-committers@blender.org > > >> https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > >> > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Subject: Digest Footer > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Bf-committers mailing list > > > Bf-committers@blender.org > > > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > End of Bf-committers Digest, Vol 946, Issue 1 > > > ********************************************* > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bf-committers mailing list > > Bf-committers@blender.org > > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers