Re: [simspark-devel] RoboCup Soccer Simulation Maintenance...

[Joschka B. <jos...@am...>]

Hi Yuan,

welcome back :-)

On Feb 20, 2008, at 1:59 AM, Yuan Xu wrote:

> It is well organized. The schedule is clear, I think.

OK, thank you.

> The date to release rcssserver3d-0.5.7 is coming,

Just to let everyone here know: I created a document in Google Docs  
to collect things concerning the simulator development and  
Maintenance Committee activities. You'll find the link below (let me  
know if you're interested, but can't access it). This includes the  
following suggestion for a (tentative) schedule:

02/25: Release rcssserver3d-0.5.7 include communication, the changes  
from Atlanta, and the patches/fixes posted after that (simRate,  
multithreading + internal rendering, etc.)
03/10: Release rcssserver3d-0.5.8: include Sander's changes  
concerning the composite bodies, improved rule tests (test bounding  
box instead of center point)
03/24: Release rcssserver3d-0.5.9: include fixes for external monitor  
+ multithreading, speed optimizations, improved vision perceptor
04/07: Release rcssserver3d-0.5.10: beta version of the simulator for  
RC08, include new robot and ball model
04/21: Release rcssserver3d-0.6rc1: release candidate #1 of the  
simulator for RC08, try to fix ODE settings
04/28: Release rcssserver3d-0.6rc2: release candidate #2 of the  
simulator for RC08, mainly bug fixes and polishing
05/07: Release rcssserver3d-0.6: final version for RC08, after that  
only bug fixes if they are causing serious trouble and changes don't  
affect the teams too much
07/14: RoboCup 2008 begins

I hope this is somewhat realistic.

> maybe we should make a alpha package firstly, and test it by MC  
> members.
>

Good idea, I would recommend this for every release, but it should be  
done rather soon.

> Let's make decision which features/patches should be included in  
> 0.5.7.
> As you have mentioned, simRate, multithreading + internal rendering
> should be included.

I don't have a full overview over what exactly has happened since  
Atlanta. I think it's best to check the SF Tracker for the patches  
and the mailing list archives, but this is difficult. Maybe we should  
write an email to the sserver-three-d list to ask for everybody who  
submitted a patch or a fix to check whether it ended up on the  
tracker, and if not, ask them to submit it there.

> And also communication,

Jan and Hesham both did tests with the communication. I'm not sure  
about the status, is it ready to included in a release?

> Composite bodies?

Sander has made good progress on this, but I think there are still  
some things left to be figured out concerning automatic adjustment of  
the center of mass for the composite bodies. Maybe Sander can give a  
rough estimate about the time frame this will take?

> I also hope I can make the external monitor working these days.
>

Great!

Cheers,
Joschka

> 2008/2/19, jos...@go...  
> <jos...@go...>:
>> Hey guys, I've shared this item with you using Google Docs.  To open
>> it, just click the link below. It's not too organized right now  
>> and I'm
>> not sure if the schedule is realistic, but it's a start. Let's keep
>> moving quickly on this, time's quite advanced already.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Joschka
>>
>> RoboCup Soccer Simulation Maintenance...
>> http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=djkzvqh_3d8w7g6cx&invite=
>>