v2.2 for Blender 2.93 LTS Release

[OmarEmaraDev]

We need to release a new version v2.2 for Blender 2.93 LTS. Note that this version uses Python 3.9, which will be our only supported version. This issue outlines the work needed to do the release.

Documentation

• v.2.2.0
  • Release notes.
  • Node Reference.
• v.2.2.1
  • Release notes.
  • Node Reference.
• v.2.2.2
  • Release notes.
  • Node Reference.

Developers who contributed code to the release are welcome to contribute their respective changes, possibly more. Use the CHANGELOG file to identify the changes and propagate those changes to the documentation.

Stoppers

• Blender crashes while creating new object using mesh object output node #1756.
• [KeyError: 10] when "Read Midi File" Node parses some midi file #1726.

Publish

• Tag release.
• Bump version.
• Update workflow.
• Update website.
• MacOS Arm Builds.

[OmarEmaraDev]

As far as I remember, the main contributors to this release are @3DSinghVFX, @harisreedhar, and @kdsin23. Let me know if you can help with the preparations for the release.

[3DSinghVFX]

@OmarEmaraDev I'll help with the release. Can you please let me know the tentative date of the release?

[OmarEmaraDev]

@3DSinghVFX Work will be done in the master branch. The only reason I put the subversions above is to organize things and track progress. There is no specific release date, we will release once we are ready, so no hurry. I believe you have commit access, so you can commit directly, open a pull request when it doubt. Other developers can open pull requests.

[harisreedhar]

@OmarEmaraDev Sure i can help with the release.

[3DSinghVFX]

@3DSinghVFX Work will be done in the master branch. The only reason I put the subversions above is to organize things and track progress. There is no specific release date, we will release once we are ready, so no hurry. I believe you have commit access, so you can commit directly, open a pull request when it doubt. Other developers can open pull requests.

@OmarEmaraDev Okay, thanks for the information.

[marcan]

Any chances of getting an arm64 (Apple Silicon) macOS build too? I'd be happy to help with the build if needed, since I have the hardware.

[OmarEmaraDev]

Hi @marcan, can you create an ARM build from the v2.2-for-blender-v2.93 branch?

[marcan]

I made a build and it seems to run fine, but the test suite has a bunch of failures, all of this form:

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ERROR: algorithms.lists (unittest.loader._FailedTest)
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ImportError: Failed to import test module: algorithms.lists
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Applications/Blender.app/Contents/Resources/2.93/python/lib/python3.9/unittest/loader.py", line 470, in _find_test_path
    package = self._get_module_from_name(name)
  File "/Applications/Blender.app/Contents/Resources/2.93/python/lib/python3.9/unittest/loader.py", line 377, in _get_module_from_name
    __import__(name)
  File "/Users/marcan/software/an2/animation_nodes/animation_nodes/algorithms/lists/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from . shuffle import shuffle, getShuffleFunction
  File "animation_nodes/algorithms/lists/shuffle.pyx", line 8, in init animation_nodes.algorithms.lists.shuffle
    from ... sockets.info import getSocketClass
ImportError: attempted relative import beyond top-level package

Is this expected?

[marcan]

Nevermind, it seems I had something left over from an old install...

Edit: Turns out if you run Blender from the directory level one up from the animation_nodes source tree, it gets confused because apparently it tries to import things from there first :-)

[marcan]

Here you go! https://mrcn.st/t/animation_nodes_v2_2_macOS_py39.zip

[OmarEmaraDev]

Thanks @marcan!