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Blender PDF Release Log
 
This is an unofficial PDF version of the Blender Release Log pages you can find here:http://www.blender.org/development/release−logs/ 
About this PDF
I produced this PDF copy for a test: I thought a release log should be a single document, in order to showimprovements from the current release backwards in time. Related pages on Blender.org site are separated andso the timeline is not intuitive, i think. Being available asa single PDF, an thus much more readable, printableand shareable, it could be a better promoting material in some occasions.Who knows? I am sharing this just tosee what other people thinks of it. I've read that Blender documentation is released under the Open ContentLicense (http://opencontent.org/opl.shtml). This license is reported at the end of this pages, below. I am tryingto stick to this licence, but i'm no licence expert: if you feel something is wrong, just let me know why andpossibly how to fix.I did not modify the content of the web pages except for removing the navigational parts typical of a webpage, which are not needed in a "book", since you don't have to browse through web link, but scroll pages. Inthe same way, I converted other sections of the wiki to PDF and you can find them in the same place wherethis PDF was (see below). The release log web pages are updated, i think, after each release shows up in theweb site, so it doesn't make much sense to update this PDF if there is no news.
My modifications to web pages
The "processing" I'm referring to is, basically, remove graphical page headers, footers, navigational menus,and other minor html tags that could alter the PDF page structure or distract the eye from the real docs textand pics. The basic principle I follow is: I want to keep only the documentation text and pics, and externallinks if needed, without anything else, and keep the readability as best as I can.I hope to be able to be able to convert those web pages to pdf until there's a better alternative but, as webcontent can obviously change, something may go wrong. I can't double check all the pages any time. It willsurely improve my Blender knowledge :D but there are simply too many pages. If you note some weirdness orbroken section, let me know, i'll try to fix it.
Where to find this PDF
Up to now, you should be able to find it here:http://www.letworyinteractive.com/b/category/blender/ . If anychange should happen, i'll post on major forums/blogs for everyone to know.
How to contact me
I do this in the spare time so i can't spend too much time on it but if you want to suggest me improvements orother ways to do this, or alternatives, please feel free to do so. Here's how: "m.ardito" is the username and thedomain is "libero.it". you know how to use them ;). Please don't post the "reconstructed" address, in no webpage, blog, mailing list or newsgroup, anywhere. I already have enough spam to deal with! Thanks.Have fun! Marco Ardito
Open Content License
OpenContent License (OPL)
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