cybercow wrote:i think 2.45 was the last Blender station on Irix, someone here told that unfortunately there will be no more versions for Irix

after Ton dropped SGI for a Mac; all the versions of Blender for IRIX came from someone that was part of this board. i used to do it until i ran out of time (and patience) then Jarndyce911 (Charles did it) up until recent versions.

if we want/need it, someone here has to take the time. it doesn't come from anywhere else anymore.

Doing a compile takes time and energy, and certainly for others' benefit.

With this in mind, I'd be willing to make a donation to someone who's up for taking the time to compile for IRIX, and I'm sure there's enough people in the IRIX community using the product that if we each chipped in it would make it worth someone's time.

November would be fine. Another bug fix release, 2.48 is coming out in a week or so (maybe less, RCs are being built right now) and there won't be another release for quite a while after that. As work has now begun on 2.50, which is a complete rewrite of the GUI code, and might not be ready till as late as next May.

So...how do we set up a bounty prize for the first one to produce a fully working current version blender...It should better be in CHF, GBP, Putin rubles.... or chinese yuan (since dollah and eeewwro will be worthless in a few weeks).

Charles started a thread somewhere asking for help to keep the Irix port going. A couple of people were posting in that thread but Charles didn't reply for a while and I've forgotten to look at it since...

He said the main issue is working around all the gcc-isms in the Blender code. He was willing to keep working on the Irix port he just didn't want to do all the work himself anymore...

Project:Temporarily lost at sea...Plan:World domination! Or something...

Well, that's the other question then, do we try to get Blender to compile in MipsPro? if so, then I can't help, since I don't have a mips pro license. But if we want to go with GCC, that I'm willing to tackle. Hey, I'd be willing to try and tackle MipsPro, but like I said, no compiler...

UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. -- Dennis Ritchie

directedition wrote:I think GCC is definitely the way to go. MIPSPro would certainly provide more solid binaries, but so few people have access to a licensed copy. I also imagine GCC would be much easier to do.

If we want a 2.48 release, they're posting final binaries on either thursday or friday. After that, we'll have to wait for 2.50

I'm sure GCC isn't all that bad. Having used them on SPARC processors in the past, it isn't as though its horrid.