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Progress report: bug fixes and delays

General, 08/25/09 (gmueckl)

Moonlight|3D only has seen some bug fixes and minor feature enhancements since the last progress report. Integrating an updated version of Qt Jambi proved to be slightly harder than expected and the encountered complications will delay the next release.

Development of Moonlight|3D has almost stalled during the last couple of months. Changes since the last status report include only slightly improved mesh rendering and some slight improvements to the Wavefront OBJ exporter: it can now export several objects or the whole scene.

Any new release should come with an updated version with Qt Jambi, because Qt Software (formerly Trolltech) has changed the license on the free version from GPL to LGPL. This finally allows binary versions of Moonlight|3D to keep the LGPL that the source only downloads already had. Putting this licensing quirk to rest will be a major relieve.

However, upgrading to Qt Jambi 4.5.x has been stalled by some obscure issues that caused a VM crash during the startup of Moonlight|3D. Eskil Blomfeld from Qt Software provided a patch for this issue shortly after I notified him of the problem. The support that these guys give for Qt Jambi - even for users of the free version - is simply amazing.

Still, Moonlight|3D has to undergo some testing with the new version of Qt Jambi before there can be another release. This will take its time and therefore we have no clue when the next version will finally appear. Just stay tuned and keep checking back!


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