Suggestion: Create a new release

[tvoeroes]

Hello, I was using the v3.0.1 version of the library and was getting some Vulkan validation errors. I tracked the errors back to an issue that was fixed in 1022be6 (22. Jun 2022). In my opinion, such a fix deserves a version bump.

[adam-sawicki-a]

New release is planned, but for now I recommend to always use latest code form the main branch. It is kept in a good state, with no broken builds, unfinished or untested features.

[scribam]

Having a new release will make the changes available for the Vulkan SDK. In the release notes https://vulkan.lunarg.com/doc/sdk/1.3.243.0/windows/release_notes.html, part "SDK Components", you can see the tag 3.0.1 is used for AMD Memory Allocator.

[juan-lunarg]

Note. We are going to use current ToT (0e89587) for the upcoming Vulkan SDK. Based on input from @adam-sawicki-a and @neurotok.

[juan-lunarg]

Note: Vulkan SDK 1.3.250 uses 0e89587 instead of the 3.0.1 tag.

If there is a new release of Vulkan-Memory-Allocator the gpuopen webpage should also be updated. It's currently listing 3.0.0 as the latest release.

https://gpuopen.com/vulkan-memory-allocator/

Considering we release

[mjrister]

New release is planned, but for now I recommend to always use latest code form the main branch. It is kept in a good state, with no broken builds, unfinished or untested features.

If the main branch is kept in a good state, why can't this be used to create a new minor release? This is problematic because the official documentation references APIs that are not in the 3.0.1 release (e.g., vmaCopyMemoryToAllocation). Also, for users of vcpkg, I don't believe there is an option to upgrade a port based on a specific git commit and even if there was, it's unclear what commit to use.

[adam-sawicki-a]

What is left to do before calling it a new release is mostly CI build for Linux. Builds on Travis CI stopped working more than a year ago:
https://app.travis-ci.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/VulkanMemoryAllocator
Any help in setting up some free CI builds for Linux is welcome. Would GitHub Actions work? It doesn't need to launch any GPU workload, just test if the code compiles. Preferably on both Clang and GCC.

[adam-sawicki-a]

A new release has been tagged: https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/VulkanMemoryAllocator/releases/tag/v3.1.0

I am sorry it took so long. I will try to create new releases more frequently whenever there is a major fix or addition to the library code.