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Well, even though I lost the whole thing in a system crash, since I didn't have CVS access, it should be out in a few weeks.

I'm back in Gainesville, after a week of spring break. Since the release was unsuccessful in being done before break, I think we're going to polish it up and try to release 2-3 weeks.

The next release of libGDN is most likely to occur betweent the 6th and the 8th of March. Inother words, we have one month to get our asses in order and code the key parts of the next release.

We hope to get the following features in and done:

1. Request System: Pretty much garunteed, but how much it will be utilized in new components is questionable.

2. C++ Static Reflection System: Also highly likely, but may not be used heavily until later releases.... read more

The website is in the process of being updated. Check it out.

We've decided that doxygen is a much better way to go for the documentation.....doing it entirely by hand is very inefficient.

Updated the Matrix2, 3 and 4 classes with support for both Right Handed and Left Handed coordinate systems. Previously, they were mixed together. Coordinate System sent in as a template parameter. See the CVS for details

Documentation is scheduled for release by, at the latest, Sunday the 18th. This week, the 12th to the 18th, is documentation week. We're dropping the writing of new code and revision of old for a week of sample writing and documentation generation. Keep your eyes peeled for release soon.

I'm back in Gainesville:) We recieved reports of build problems on VC6 over the break. I'm working on those now and will release a patch. Hopefully tonite.

libGDN has released it's 3rd version. Check out the release notes in the downloads section.

The ResourceManager is finished, although the Archive class is not done so archive support is not available. It will be included in the next release on Wed.

The followowing things are in development or have already been developed and are expected in the next release.

1) HTML log output with color coded stream system.
2) Robust and verasatile Resource Manager with virtual file system and zip file support
3) Basic rendering interface for DirectX and likely OpenGL. Mainly device initialization and enumeration.
4)Texture management system using many of the systems.
5)Generic Arbitrary Associative Tree class with with file directory structure emulation functions.
6)Color class w/HTML color support.
7)WinSock wrapper by Programmer One
8)Memory Mapped Files and Stream IO system... read more

The next libGDN release, probably by the 19th of december, should embody the first version of the basic graphics subsystem as well as a texture manager and sample.

A new release of the libGDN source code as well as the library builds has been added. Some sections of new rendering code are not finished. Enjoy all the same.

We've has a lot of additions and modifications in the last few days. As soon as I get home and make a few revisions to existing code, i'll release a new version. RisingDragon has started a very preliminary declaration of the *basic* graphics subsystem. Since the library is intended to be componentized, it's very general. Take a look yourself in the CVS repository.

Work continues faster than ever. Take a look at the CVS repository if you don't believe me. I'll be gone for a few days (Wed. Through Sun,) for Thanksgiving. I'll try to write some documentation in that time.

I've added subprojects for each subsystem of the library - math, graphics, io, etc.
Now, if you wanna develop something or submit something - say you have a timer class - just add a task and say how much you've done, etc, (you might have to tell one of the admins) and go write!

The unedited log for the meeting is posted in CVSROOT directory. I'll be putting an edited version on the mailing list as soon as I can.

the libGDN project will have an organizational meeting in #libGDN on Afternet at 7pm EDT on 10-30-02.