Release of next version

aheymann · Post by **aheymann** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:09 pm

Hallo

When can we expect the next version to be release (1.4.x)? I am hesitant to use any SVN versions and would rather base my development on stable released versions. What are the changes in the next version?

Thanks

Anton

rogerborg · Post by **rogerborg** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:53 pm

Aside: SVN versions only become stable when people use them and report bugs.

MasterGod · Post by **MasterGod** » Tue May 27, 2008 7:20 pm

/branches/releases/1.4 == stable..

aheymann · Post by **aheymann** » Wed May 28, 2008 7:52 am

Hallo

I am new the world of SVN. Does this mean, that I need to be able compile the library on my machine and then apply the patches to the source code. Which 'branch' is the best? or the latest? Please point me in the correct way.

Anton

hybrid · Post by **hybrid** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:04 am

The SVN repositories contain the latest development versions of the actual Irrlicht source code. You can download them, compile them, and that way use the very latest official development versions. But since it's just source code and stuff, you need to compile it on your own.
There are two supported branches, one is the latest "bleeding edge" development branch, called trunk in SVN terms. It contains new features, might use a modified API, and will become version 1.5 sometimes. The other one is branches/releases/1.4 which contains the upcoming 1.4.1 version.The current revision should more or less be equivalent to the 1.4.1 that will be officially released soon.

Zeuss · Post by **Zeuss** » Thu May 29, 2008 2:18 am

I try and keep my working copy of svn up to date with the trunk, I have found that it is almost always stable (I personally havn't had a bad build from the trunk). So if you do want the latest and greatest it is very possible to use it without much hinderance.

My major problem, is I like to maintain my own local copy of Irrlicht with some minor changes here and there, but I keep it in sync with my own svn server.

Thinking about it I should probably just restructure my project folders better.

Don't be hesistant about using the svn build, remember if you do an update to the latest trunk and it is broken, you can always rollback to the previous revision, and no harm has been caused.

BlindSide · Post by **BlindSide** » Fri May 30, 2008 3:59 am

Yes most of the time the SVN build has more bugs fixed than the pre-compiled version, although you may get unlucky and catch them at a bad time, so if it doesnt work for you the first time wait a few days and try again.

My major problem, is I like to maintain my own local copy of Irrlicht with some minor changes here and there, but I keep it in sync with my own svn server.

Haha, the way I get around that problem is submit all my modifications as patches.

Cheers