As per #36436, we now need C++17's guaranteed copy elision feature to
solve ambiguities in Variant.
Core developers discussed the idea to move from C++14 to C++17 as our
minimum required C++ standard, and all agreed. Note that this doesn't
mean that Godot is going to be written in "modern C++", but we'll use
modern features where they make sense to simplify our "C with classes"
codebase. Apart from new code written recently, most of the codebase
still has to be ported to use newer features where relevant.
Proper support for C++17 means that we need recent compiler versions:
- GCC 7+
- Clang 6+
- VS 2017 15.7+
Additionally, C++17's `std::shared_mutex` (conditionally used by
`vk_mem_alloc.h` when C++17 support is enabled) is only available in
macOS 10.12+, so we increase our minimum supported version.
Due to the port to Vulkan and complete redesign of the rendering backend,
the `drivers/gles3` code is no longer usable in this state and is not
planned to be ported to the new architecture.
The GLES2 backend is kept (while still disabled and non-working) as it
will eventually be ported to serve as the low-end renderer for Godot 4.0.
Some GLES3 features might be selectively ported to the updated GLES2
backend if there's a need for them, and extensions we can use for that.
So long, OpenGL driver bugs!
Happy new year to the wonderful Godot community!
We're starting a new decade with a well-established, non-profit, free
and open source game engine, and tons of further improvements in the
pipeline from hundreds of contributors.
Godot will keep getting better, and we're looking forward to all the
games that the community will keep developing and releasing with it.
Mime type definitions are usually named like the mime type they define,
i.e. x-godot-project in our case.
It was introduced with reverse DNS naming as that's what FlatHub favors,
so it will need to be renamed there.
This should eventually be rewritten to properly test IO features,
but this would be part of a bigger work on adding a proper testing
framework for Godot features.
Fixes#2454.
These files did not serve a real purpose since `icon.png` can be used
as the AppImage icon, and a .desktop file can be found at
`misc/dist/linux/godot.desktop` with the same contents.
Ignacio Etcheverry
Aaron Franke
Rémi Verschelde
Hugo Locurcio
bruvzg
Fabio Alessandrelli
Catchawink
Relintai
Enzo Ferrari
Bastiaan Olij
Leonardo Giovanni Scur
Vasiliy Makarov
Allan Davis
Sam Green
PrestonKnopp
qarmin
Leon Krause
Yasha Borevich