Pre-built binaries

[grische]

Would it be possible to provide pre-built binaries for releases?

If there is some interest, I might be able to start creating a small Github Actions CI pipeline to get started. Actions is free for open source repos.

[bfloch]

Hi,
Thanks for you request.

Github actions is on the roadmap but we did not want to wait for it before publishing this repo.
Our plan was to build for the vfxplaform, Windows and potentially MacOS.

We'd be happy to collaborate on a common setup with you to get the ball rolling.

It should be noted though that we also plan to handle most of our build dependencies via (also freely available) rez packages in the future - but that's something that we can work towards at a later stage.

[grische]

@bfloch a small update from my side:

With a lot of help from @LazyDodo, I created a Github Actions CI for the Cycles standalone repository:
https://github.com/grische/cycles/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Build+Standalone+Cycles%22

The workflow will generate static Cycles libraries for macOS, Linux and Windows. It currently depends on both https://developer.blender.org/D8788 and https://developer.blender.org/D8769 to be merged, but I don't think there huge opposition from upstream regarding those.

Once all those patches are merged, I intend to create automatic releases so there are more stable artifacts.

EDIT: If there is interest, I don't mind adding you as collaborators.

[statixVFX]

Can I add a pretty please request for prebuilt linux bins too ?