Silly Question RE: Latest SVN Builds

[Per-Scan]

I am really excited about the new menu code being added to ZDoom and have been following it's development as closely as I can (considering a total lack of technical knowledge on my part!).

I noticed that after build 2735 or thereabouts the menu code was described, to my mind, as pretty much functional. Today I downloaded the lastest SVN build (2739(2744))from the DRD Team site hoping to play around with the new menu system, GUI mouse control and on-screen keyboard only to find that nothing had changed. I presume it's more a case of the code is there it's that it's not implemented in the GUI yet but that's not how I read the posts and changelog... Am I missing something? Any explanations are welcome and appreciated.

[Gez]

The SVN builds are of the main trunk, not of the experimental branches. If you look at the changelog, you'll see each entry is now prefixed with something like "zdoom → trunk" or "zdoom → menu branch".

Using branches allows to develop new features or rewrite core elements without affecting the main development trunk. This helps because often these work-in-progress things could disrupt normal operation of the port, so we can wait until something is completed and stabilized before folding it back to the trunk.

This is now [wiki=Subversion_repository#Experimental_branches]on the wiki[/wiki].

[Per-Scan]

Thanks for the response (and the wiki article!). It all makes sense now. I'll just be a little more patient... and observant!

[NeuralStunner]

If you look, you may occasionally find builds of these in the Expirimental section. For instance, there's a 2714 build there right now.

[Per-Scan]

If you look, you may occasionally find builds of these in the Expirimental section. For instance, there's a 2714 build there right now.

Yeah, I had seen that but thanks for sharing anyway. I've messed around with that build but it's pre-mouse control menu. I'll keep checking periodically just in case someone sneaks a build out.

[Gez]

r2747 is up.