1) Blender 2.79 release

- Test build 2 ready!
https://download.blender.org/release/Blender2.79/

- The first 2.79 release candidate then can be made after next Sunday, just in time for Siggraph.

- Release log is shaping up. Thanks Brecht van Lommel and Vuk Gardašević (lijenstina):
https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.79

- Tracker, tracker, tracker! Everyone help!
https://developer.blender.org/maniphest/project/2/type/Bug/query/open/

2) Blender 2.8

- Everyone's very happy with the attention for the 2.8 viewport project! Keep the demos coming.

- We expect more demos and feedback on the new workspaces, layers, depsgraph, grease pencil, asset manager and manipulators in the coming months.

- Freestyle for 2.8 - Ton Roosendaal will check with Tamito Kajiyama.

- Tomorrow the crew will send a detailed 2.8 planning/report, as usual.

3) Google Summer of Code

- Reminder: if you need test builds, any committer use buildbot to make a build with a patch:
https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Doc/Process/Buildbot_Experimental

- In a week reviews for the 2nd evaluation starts. Students should be able to show first working
prototypes or tests. Share screenshots or (youtube) videos on your wiki!