Attendance:

Discussion:

• We need a 3.1.9 release, with the macports fix we missed and the fuzz fix. Cary will work on that. 

• ABI versioning and namespacing:

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  • Kimball: Been thinking about ABI versioning. I want C types without a version in the namespace. So that changes in the interface don’t change upstream function signatures.

  • Cary: What if we just stay on Imath_3_1 forever, is that a problem?

  • Could we make Imath header-only?

  • What is not inline already? ImathMatrixAlgo.cpp, ImathColorAlgo.cpp, ImathRandom.cpp, ImathFun.cpp, plus the float-half conversion tables.

  • The Matrix stuff could be inlined. The Random and Fun stuff could be retired.

  • The half tables could be retired, too. The algorithmic conversions are likely fast enough now. 

  • We could leave an empty .a, so that application build systems don’t complain about -lImath on the link line.

• Cary: project leadership and the chair role, I’m not able to do everything we need a chair to do.

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  • Kimball: I don’t have the capacity to do any more.

  • Cary: various categories of work: “Secretary” (note taking, etc), Software Management (releases, notes), Tech Support, Architect/Vision, Outward point of contact

  • Nick: I’m happy to take on more outreach, I’m already doing that for USD.

  • Larry: Think some more about the kinds of tasks that could be spread around.

• ASWF Dev Days:

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  • Larry: We should take part, we have lots that junior people should do.

  • Need to cull the list of potential tasks