Note: Any members who can compile, are more then welcome to fill requests in this thread. I would like to keep all posted builds to this thread, so that the forums do not get cluttered by numerous builds, resulting in lots of old builds being left scattered throughout the forums long after the original development, and confusing new members.
Within reason, members are free to do as they see fit, however, before fulfilling requests, please consider this message from a1ex, and the intent with which I created this thread.
My bolding for emphasis.
If you look at the number of ML downloads (it exceeded 1 million downloads, without counting the 5D3, 7D and most recent ports), you will realize right away that relaxing the license for my postprocessing code would be like saying "here you have the perfect recipe to make a small fortune from my work, just take it, it's all free".
Unfortunately for some of you, this is not exactly my intention, and GPL is just a tool to prevent such situations from happening. I could have given this code away as public domain, but I chose to protect my work from being used without giving back.
Instead, I'm trying to build a community that does not just consume whatever we give to them, but I want this community to actually participate in the development process, help each other, and share the knowledge. We gave you some free software, we gave you a proof of concept that you found useful, and now we expect you all to take this software at the next level, and let us build upon your work, in the same way as you have built upon ours. I'm quite far from this utopian goal though, but this is the direction I want ML to go.
Thanks for taking your time to provide builds for the community.
A large amount of the recent development work has moved to the branch system. This is excellent, as it allows "power users" to help with that development, while keeping that development outside of the regular nightly builds, and reducing the chances for a large number of "bricks".
As an attempt to reduce the divide between knowledgeable developers, and useful contributors, I will provide a compile service.
The process will work like so. You state the camera you are using, and the features you would like to test. I will compile the build, and you will provide
feedback.
I only have a 5D3, and don't have time to test the builds I create for this camera (unless you specifically test the branches I also test), so naturally, these builds will be provided "as is", without any warranty, and if your camera melts when using these builds, you get to keep all of the melted bits. If you would like to help with this feedback, but are not comfortable with the risks involved, I would suggest waiting until feedback is received for a build you would like to test. At least then the build has been confirmed as working or not.
Please do not request builds if you are not comfortable with the risks involved, or if you are not sure you will have the time to provide
feedback. This is not a service for you to simply use these latest developments, for that you have to compile yourself. If I find that this service is being abused, or the feedback from users is lacking, I will naturally stop providing it.
Please do not share these builds. There are reasons why this development work is not readily available, and defeating this by sharing these builds will be considered abuse.
Also please do not request builds if you have a low post count, call me cynical, but a low post count is not an exemplary example of feedback. Of course, you can download an already requested build and provide feedback on that. I have an idea on who useful feedback users are, and post counts will not apply to them.
I've linked this a couple of times, but let me provide specific mention of it. This thread contains some excellent advice (thanks dmilligan) on how to provide feedback:
http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=9516.0Well, that was a long disclaimer, lets move onto the fun stuff.
To see what branches are available, check here:
https://bitbucket.org/hudson/magic-lantern/branchesMost of the branches also have a pull request:
https://bitbucket.org/hudson/magic-lantern/pull-requestsThese pull requests will have links to the relevant forum threads. Please read these specific threads first. They contain relevant information about the development work. Feel free to leave general feedback here, but please leave specific feedback regarding the development work in their specific threads.
As a last note, I haven't tested all branches personally yet, so there may be times where I cannot provide a requested build within a reasonable time frame.
The builds:
