Decision is for Blender to follow the VFX platform in 2023 and later (at least 2024). That means staying on Python 3.10 in 2023. Blender 3.7 LTS would then follow the VFX platform 2023, and 4.3 LTS would follow 2024, both maintained for two years.
2025 version is now final and has again disappointing weird handling of library versions (keeping some (very) old dependencies, ‘pre-accepting’ some not-yet-released versions for other libraries, with some other major dependencies being completely ignored, etc.). Nothing really new.
There are not many new arguments pro or against the VFX Reference Platform.
Further discussions and decision will follow.
Split out Asset System as its own module, rename Pipeline, Assets & I/O module to Pipeline & I/O
Asset System module has been created somewhat ‘by accident’ during phabricator to gitea migration, initially as a sub-module of the Pipeline one.
This notion of hierarchy (sub-modules) disappeared at some point, leaving the Asset module listed as its own in part of gitea main UI, and totally ignored in others.
There has been very little interaction between the Pipeline module and Assets activities over the past years.
Meeting agrees to this proposal.
Splitting VFX & Video module didn’t proceed (yet?)
There were too many diverging opinions from module members on how to handle the split.
Sergey wants to move on by splitting it into in (sub-)modules (in gitea this means: Modules labels under the same umbrella).
