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
