2.8.3 Release

The 2.8.3 release adds new features and bug fixes to the 2.8.2 release. 2.8.3 includes API changes; applications built with OSG 2.8.2 might require modification to build with 2.8.3 (especially osgAnimation-based applications).

SVN Checkout

2.8.3 development is being done on the 2.8 branch. To test the current development head revision, checkout an OSG tree using the URL:

http://www.openscenegraph.org/svn/osg/OpenSceneGraph/branches/OpenSceneGraph-2.8

Features

• Mac OS X 10.6 support.
• New FBX plugin.
• New ply plugin (through r11237).
• New ffmpeg plugin.
• Latest 3ds plugin, with new writer capability.
• Latest osgAnimation NodeKit.
• Latest ImageIO plugin.
• Latest QuickTime plugin.
• Latest Inventor plugin.
• Workaround for multisampled FBO driver bug on Mac OS X.
• Fixes for ac, 3dc, dds, and OpenFlight plugins.
• Fixes for OcclusionQueryNode.
• Fix for osgUtil::Optimizer.
• Fix for osgDB::concatPaths().

Schedule

All dates are 2010.

Date	Status	Description
12 March	Passed	All change requests posted.
17 March	In progress	All code changes committed.
22 March		All Xcode and genwrapper changes committed.
22 March		Revisit merging 11207 (OS X static initializer mod).
22 March		Release candidate 1.
23-30 March		Testing period.
31 March		Release.

Status

"Latest" means the module was taken from svn head 11206, unless noted otherwise.

Status	Description
Done	MSFBO fix for Mac OS X
Done	* 10664 First appeared in 2.8.2b
Done	Latest osgAnimation
done	* Several revisions merged as a block file copy.
Done	* 10671 Core changes required for osgAnimation.
Done	* 10672 Core changes required for osgAnimation.
Done	* 11009 (only the portion applicable to the BVH plugin, so that it is now compatible with current osgAnimation).
Done	* 10487 Update to osgAnimation examples.
Done	* 10625 Update to osgAnimation examples.
Done	* 10697 Update to osgAnimation examples.
Done	* 10722 Update to osgAnimation examples.
Done	* 10753 Update to osgAnimation examples.
Done	* 10923 Update to osgAnimation examples.
Done	* 11009 Updates to osgAnimation examples.
Done	Latest FBX plugin (modified to use the old osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options namespace).
Done	* 11111 Core changes required for FBX plugin.
Done	Mac OS X 10.6 support.
Done	* 9879 Support for OS X Cocoa windowing.
Done	* 9895 add'l mods for DarwinUtils.
Done	* 10208 bug fix for GraoicsWindowCocoa.
Done	* 10340 add'l mods for DarwinUtils and Cocoa.
Done	* 10417 add'l mods for DarwinUtils and Cocoa.
Done	* 10456 bug fix for GraoicsWindowCocoa.
Done	* 10622 bug fix for DarwinUtils.
Done	* 10858 add'l mods for GraoicsWindowCocoa.
Done	* 10887 add'l mods for GraoicsWindowCocoa.
Done	Latest Imageio plugin.
Done	* 9880 Imageio plugin base.
Done	* 10623 bug fix for Imageio.
Done	* 10854 enhancement for Imageio.
Done	* 10855 bug fix for Imageio.
Done	Latest QuickTime plugin.
Done	* 9769 bug fix for QuickTime.
Done	* 9932 enhancement for QuickTime.
Done	* 10788 bug fix for QuickTime.
Done	* 10891 bug fix for QuickTime.
Done	* 11019 bug fix for QuickTime.
Done	* 11035 bug fix for QuickTime.
Done	Fixes for OcclusionQueryNode.
Done	* 10933 Changes for DataVariance and static_cast.
Done	* 11127 Fix flickering issues from LOD, near plane.
Done	Fix for osgUtil Optimizer.
Done	* 11131 Fix for FlattenStaticTransforms handling of multiparented Transforms.
Done	Latest Inventor plugin.
Done	* 11032 Major enhancements to Inventor plugin.
Done	* 11033 Updated FindInventor?.cmake.
Done	* 11034 Bug fix for Inventor plugin.
Done	Fix for osgDB concatPaths().
Done	* 10818 Fix for concatPaths, add getcwd functionality.
Done	Fixes for ac, 3dc, dds, and OpenFlight plugins.
Done	* 10010 fix for 3dc plugin.
Done	* 10758 fix for ac plugin.
Done	* 11175 fix for ac plugin.
Done	* 10264 Fix for dds plugin.
Done	* 9959 Fix for OpenFlight? plugin.
Done	* 10084 Fix for OpenFlight? plugin.
Done	* 10283 Fix for OpenFlight? plugin.
Done	* 10440 Fix for OpenFlight? plugin.
Done	* 10491 Fix for OpenFlight? plugin.
Done	* 10761 Fix for OpenFlight? plugin.
Done	* 11159 Fix for OpenFlight? plugin.
Done	New ply plugin (through r11237).
Done	* 10012-10014, 10040, 10041, 10079, and 10080.
Done	* 10149 and 11237.
Done	Updated 3ds (with writer capability).
Done	* 9906, 10076, and 10088.
Done	* 10057 osgDB enhancement (required for 3ds).
Done	* 10128, 10805, 10853, 10914, 10932, 10938, and 10941-10942.
Done	* 10945, 11056, 11123, 11173, 11180, 11194, and 11203.
Done	* Backport 3ds usage of OSG_NOTIFY to osg::notify.
Done	New ffmpeg plugin.
Done	* 9816-9818, 9826-9827, 9837-9843, 9847, 9850, and 9854.
Done	* 9856-9857, 9860-9861, 9865, 9869,and 9885
	Xcode updates for new osgAnimation.
	Updated wrappers for new osgAnimation.
	11207 Fix for static initializers on OS X.