OpenCollada is optional but important. It is not just a wishful feature, it is an important productivity feature (just like assistive technologies are more than mere wishes).
https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Doc/Building_Blender And opencollada-dev is already in Ubuntu's official repository. $ apt-cache show opencollada-dev Description-en: Stream based reader and writer library for COLLADA files (development files) Please take immediate steps. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058777 Title: [needs-packaging] OpenCollada library (for blender Collada import/export plugins) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1058777/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs