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<bitbasher>
hi hi .. can anyone tell me what release lazy union feature was added ? i would like to document it
<bitbasher>
and .. what does lazy union actually do? if i enable the feature will i see a difference in preview? in rendering? in export to ,obj or .stl?
<teepee>
the only documentation it needs is: this is not going to be release in the current form
<bitbasher>
right .. then i will only mention it in the page for the features.
<teepee>
a not that it's unfinished and unlikely to stick around might be useful if it's mentioned at all
<teepee>
*a note
<bitbasher>
should i mark it deprecated ? will the non-ever-going-to-be-a-feature get removed in future?
<teepee>
no, deprecated does not fit here as it's never released
<teepee>
well, it either needs to be fixed an changed quite a bit or replaced alltogether
<bitbasher>
well .. there is a check box on the feature page .. that makes it a bit released no?
<teepee>
no
<bitbasher>
sorta like a bit pregnant? heh he
<teepee>
if you build a release version it will be forced to off
<teepee>
so you *must* build with -DEXPERIMENTAL
<bitbasher>
ah .. that is the distinction
<bitbasher>
oh? then dev snap is built with experimental ON ?
<teepee>
nightly builds are built with experimental on, otherwise what would be the point to have it at all?
<teepee>
the only process problem is that we have never managed to get releases out in shorter intervals
<bitbasher>
hey .. how the experimental things get into a dev snap is not obvious
<teepee>
hm?
<bitbasher>
i think a FAQ about experimental features and dev snap might be of use then
<bitbasher>
rather than documenting prefs > features (tab) that are only visible in a dev snap
<teepee>
snap not meaning snap packages but snapshots?
<bitbasher>
yes
<teepee>
please don't do that in documentation, that's confusing
<bitbasher>
development snapshots
<teepee>
as we have Snap packages as in Ubuntu Snap Store
<bitbasher>
exactly .. so a mention of experimental features in FAQ would do better
<bitbasher>
good .. the docs will shows the prefs > features from the 2021.01 release with a pointer to the FAQ .. unless there would be a better place for the dev snap / experimental features?
<teepee>
?
<teepee>
there is no prefs>features in 2021.01
<teepee>
that's the whole point as mentioned earlier
<bitbasher>
ah .. my bad .. i sorta auto-clicked on the Advanced tab
<bitbasher>
so no .. no features tab in 2021 release
<teepee>
no feature tab in *any* release, ever
<bitbasher>
yep .. i get that now .. just being slow on the uptake
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<bitbasher>
i see that .. i will make sure polyhedron is back in place
<bitbasher>
is there an ECHO format .. there is mention of it being an export option in the docs about $preview not being valid when doing a render from the command line
<teepee>
I think that was changed
<teepee>
hmm, maybe not, needs to be tested :)
<bitbasher>
i think so too .. ECHO is not on the list in the export.cc code
<teepee>
that was about $preview
<teepee>
there is an echo format as output as that is used for testing
<bitbasher>
oh .. so it is command line only ?
<teepee>
probably, it's more a test/debug option than a generally useful export format
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<teepee>
on the other hand, it's good to know people do you the documentation :)
<teepee>
so it's worthwhile to limit breakage as much as possible