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diff --git a/io_blend_utils/README.md b/io_blend_utils/README.md index 436ec684..e3f3b0a0 100644 --- a/io_blend_utils/README.md +++ b/io_blend_utils/README.md @@ -10,17 +10,23 @@ Bundling BAM with Blender ------------------------- Blender is bundled with a version of [BAM](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/blender-bam/). -To update this version, first build a new `wheel <http://pythonwheels.com/>`_ file in +To update this version, first build a new [wheel](http://pythonwheels.com/) file in BAM itself: python3 setup.py bdist_wheel -Then copy this wheel to Blender: +Since we do not want to have binaries in the addons repository, unpack this wheel to Blender +by running: - cp dist/blender_bam-xxx.whl /path/to/blender/release/scripts/addons/io_blend_utils/ + python3 install_whl.py /path/to/blender-asset-manager/dist/blender_bam-xxx.whl -Remove old wheels that are still in `/path/to/blender/release/scripts/addons/io_blend_utils/` -before committing. +This script also updates `__init__.py` to update the version number and path of the extracted +wheel, and removes any pre-existing older versions of the BAM wheels. + +The version number and `.whl` extension are maintained in the directory name on purpose. +This way it is clear that it is not a directory to import directly into Blender itself. +Furthermore, I (Sybren) hope that it helps to get changes made in the addons repository +back into the BAM repository. Running bam-pack from the wheel @@ -29,4 +35,3 @@ Running bam-pack from the wheel This is the way that Blender runs bam-pack: PYTHONPATH=./path/to/blender_bam-xxx.whl python3 -m bam.pack - |