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Which branch is the next major release?!
« on: January 14, 2016, 11:03:19 pm »
Atm I am using the master to get the latest SFML version. Is there another branch I am missing?! I read stuff about SFML 3.0?! Main got last updated a month ago, just wondering :)
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Re: Which branch is the next major release?!
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2016, 04:31:15 am »
We don't have a branch for the next major release, i.e. SFML 3.0. Which also means there has been no development for that. Whenever we talk about SFML 3 it's mostly due to API breaking changes that we can not implement in SFML 2.x or C++11 support which we can neither mix into SFML 2.x.

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Re: Which branch is the next major release?!
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2016, 11:20:02 am »
We don't have a branch for the next major release, i.e. SFML 3.0. Which also means there has been no development for that. Whenever we talk about SFML 3 it's mostly due to API breaking changes that we can not implement in SFML 2.x or C++11 support which we can neither mix into SFML 2.x.

All the latest development can be found on the master branch.

Then I will stick to the master branch :) Thanks for clarification, eXpl0it3r!
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Re: Which branch is the next major release?!
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2016, 10:46:48 pm »
There are also a lot of unmerged development branches prefixed with feature/ or bugfix/. As implied by their names, those implement new features and bugfixes and are considered to be merged into the master branch as soon as they're ready. Pull requests give you an overview over potential merge candidates, including those from the many SFML contributors.

So not only if you look for a specific feature not yet in master, you might find it there -- we highly appreciate feedback to open pull requests, as that helps us improve the quality. Very valuable is the testing of the code on your own system(s), but also feedback about APIs or online code reviews are helpful.

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