Very nice work, René
On Fri, Oct 23, 2020, 12:49 René Dudfield <ren...@gmail.com> wrote: > > *5 more sleeps (not including extra naps) until the 20th & 2.0 release > day.* > > > A few little releases in a busy few days. > > python3 -m pip install pygame==2.0.0.dev22 >> > > https://github.com/pygame/pygame/releases/tag/2.0.0.dev22 > https://github.com/pygame/pygame/releases/tag/2.0.0.dev20 > https://github.com/pygame/pygame/releases/tag/2.0.0.dev18 > > Several very difficult to find and fix issues with alpha blending were > fixed in this release. > > - First pass at backwards compatible pygame alpha blit > <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2213> by @MyreMylar > <https://github.com/MyreMylar> > > The new alpha blitter has an SSE2 and arm NEON implementation, and keeps > compatibility with pygame 1. > > Also some progress on other issues, including these... > > - Fix twitchy key tests on raspi > <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2234> by @ankith26 > <https://github.com/ankith26> > - Better unit tests for event module > <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2236> by @ankith26 > <https://github.com/ankith26> > - Fix messed up SSE 4.2 removal > <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2233> > > More compatible manylinux wheels (Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic and CPUs without SSE > 4.2), some documentation improvements, and pygame.midi fixes. > > - Disable SSE 4.2 stuff because it does not do runtime detection on > old CPUs. <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2228> > - Use manylinux2010 for pypy and manylinux1 for other pythons > <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2229> > - Doc updates (SDL2 -> pygame 2) > <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2211> by @ankith26 > <https://github.com/ankith26> > - Fix pygame.midi so tests and example runs on py3 and py2 > <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2230> > > > Thanks to everyone. > > ciao! > (for now) > > > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 9:21 PM René Dudfield <ren...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> pip install pygame==2.0.0.dev16 >> >> The 28th of October 2020 will be the pygame >> <https://pygame.org/wiki/about> 2.0 release date, because pygame turns >> 20 years of age. >> >> We reached two important milestones with this pre-release. Firstly the >> old game 'solarwolf' is working fine with no known issues on pygame 2. The >> second stone we passed by on the road to PyPy <https://www.pypy.org/> >> goodness is that we are releasing binary wheels for PyPy on mac, windows, >> and linux. PyPy is a different implementation of python that is highly >> compatible and can be extremely fast. >> >> Here's a little youtube video of solarwolf on PyPy and SDL2 >> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8EWruyKYZc>... >> [image: solarwolf on SDL2 and pypy] >> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8EWruyKYZc> >> >> If you watched the video to the end, you'll note there's a crash. We >> still have some way to go before everything in pygame is working with PyPy. >> "solarwolf" using cpython and pygame 2 is running deliciously and glitch >> free. >> >> Critical backwards compatibility fixes for pygame 2 >> >> First up, some 'critical' improvements that have been made to pygame. >> 'critical' labeled issues are ones are backwards incompatible issues >> stopping a pygame 2 release. >> >> Dan Lawrence @MyreMylar <https://github.com/MyreMylar> >> >> - Making RLE flags & RLE behaviour more consistent between pygame 1 >> and pygame 2 <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2189>, so that a >> lot more types of surfaces draw correctly and that "solarwolf" works >> really >> nicely. >> >> Ankith @ankith26 <https://github.com/ankith26> >> >> - Fix repeated VIDEOEXPOSE events >> <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2161>, so apps do not get >> dozens of extra nonsensical VIDEOEXPOSE events on Windows. >> >> René Dudfield @illume <https://github.com/illume> >> >> - Added portmidi package for conan MacOS >> <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2187> so that pygame.midi >> works on MacOS again. >> - Set icon on macos like the other platforms with SDL2 >> <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2194>, so the default icon is >> there again for MacOS. >> >> bugs, worms, shiny-shiny, and such >> >> Dan Lawrence @MyreMylar <https://github.com/MyreMylar> >> >> - Missing mouse_doc.h file >> <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2179> >> - Fix for missed braces in get_flags() >> <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2182> >> - Adding a premul_alpha helper method to Color class >> <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2142> >> - One of the math.c functions still used deprecated UTF functions >> <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2209> >> >> René Dudfield @illume <https://github.com/illume> >> >> - Test that pygame with SDL2 blit gives same results as SDL1 blit >> <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2192> >> - CI speedups <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2196> >> - Skip a lot of failing tests on pypy, build pypy wheels on mac+travis >> <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2204> >> - pypy and manylinux2010 <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2212> >> because PyPy needs manylinux2010, an old PR from @takluyver >> <https://github.com/takluyver> was resurrected and changed a bit so >> we can use manylinux2010. >> >> @robertpfeiffer <https://github.com/robertpfeiffer> >> >> - Add Setup.Android.SDL2.in, and default icons to STRIPPED build >> <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2203> is an improvement for >> better Android support. >> >> @Starbuck5 <https://github.com/Starbuck5> >> >> - Fix docs build failure on Sphinx 3 >> <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2206>, so we can use the >> current version of the Sphinx documentation tool. >> >> Josip Komljenović @MightyJosip <https://github.com/MightyJosip> >> >> - Type hints for Vector swizzles & sprite groups >> <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2200> >> - draw.line fix with thick lines. More of the line was clipped off on >> screen borders than expected >> <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2199> is a fix for an issue >> @siggisv <https://github.com/siggisv> found with line drawing. >> >> Sigurður Sveinn Halldórsson @siggisv <https://github.com/siggisv> >> >> - Document expected behavior of draw.aaline() >> <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2190> >> >> Ankith @ankith26 <https://github.com/ankith26> >> >> - Doc improvements for WINDOWEVENT, MOUSEWHEEL, event and misc >> <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/2149> >> >> This time 4 'critical' backwards compatibility issues were fixed since >> the last release. >> ------------------------------ >> >> - 6 open 'critical' issues >> >> <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Acritical> >> (backwards compatibility issues reported by people), and 35 closed (last >> release: 7 open, 32 closed). >> - merged PRs >> >> <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed+merged%3A2020-10-12..2020-10-20+sort%3Aupdated-desc+> >> - 2090 Commits since 1.9.6 stable release >> <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/compare/1.9.6...2.0.0.dev16> >> - 80 Commits since 2.0.0.dev14 pre release >> <https://github.com/pygame/pygame/compare/2.0.0.dev14...2.0.0.dev16> >> >>
