diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a48af9b..ee198fb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ blender-2.49b-repack.tar.bz2
 /blender-2.78b.tar.gz
 /blender-2.78b-amd-gpu-support.patch
 /blender-2.78c.tar.gz
+/blender-2.79.tar.gz
diff --git a/blender-2.76-droid.patch b/blender-2.76-droid.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a40cbed..0000000
--- a/blender-2.76-droid.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-diff -uNr blender-2.78c.orig/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_font_i18n.c blender-2.78c/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_font_i18n.c
---- blender-2.78c.orig/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_font_i18n.c	2017-02-13 06:08:03.000000000 -0800
-+++ blender-2.78c/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_font_i18n.c	2017-03-11 21:25:50.361053885 -0800
-@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
- {
- #ifdef WITH_INTERNATIONAL
- 	if (unifont_ttf == NULL) {
--		const char * const fontpath = BKE_appdir_folder_id(BLENDER_DATAFILES, "fonts");
-+		const char * const fontpath = "/usr/share/fonts/blender";
- 		if (fontpath) {
- 			char unifont_path[1024];
- 
-@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
- {
- #ifdef WITH_INTERNATIONAL
- 	if (unifont_mono_ttf == NULL) {
--		const char *fontpath = BKE_appdir_folder_id(BLENDER_DATAFILES, "fonts");
-+		const char * const fontpath = "/usr/share/fonts/blender";
- 		if (fontpath) {
- 			char unifont_path[1024];
- 
-diff -uNr blender-2.78c.orig/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt blender-2.78c/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
---- blender-2.78c.orig/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-02-24 06:09:19.000000000 -0800
-+++ blender-2.78c/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-03-13 10:59:14.815315973 -0700
-@@ -370,9 +370,8 @@
- # localization
- if(WITH_INTERNATIONAL)
- 	install(
--		DIRECTORY
--			${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/datafiles/fonts
--		DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/datafiles
-+		DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/datafiles/fonts/
-+		DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/fonts/blender
- 	)
- 
- 	set(_locale_dir "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/datafiles/locale")
diff --git a/blender-2.78a-linux-definition-ppc64.patch b/blender-2.78a-linux-definition-ppc64.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e13792a..0000000
--- a/blender-2.78a-linux-definition-ppc64.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
---- blender-2.78a/extern/glog/src/stacktrace_powerpc-inl.h.debug	2016-10-24 23:13:56.000000000 +0900
-+++ blender-2.78a/extern/glog/src/stacktrace_powerpc-inl.h	2016-11-12 14:55:59.832015717 +0900
-@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@
-       result[n++] = *(sp+2);
- #elif defined(_CALL_SYSV)
-       result[n++] = *(sp+1);
--#elif defined(__APPLE__) || (defined(__linux) && defined(__PPC64__))
-+#elif defined(__APPLE__) || (defined(__linux__) && defined(__PPC64__))
-       // This check is in case the compiler doesn't define _CALL_AIX/etc.
-       result[n++] = *(sp+2);
--#elif defined(__linux)
-+#elif defined(__linux__)
-       // This check is in case the compiler doesn't define _CALL_SYSV.
-       result[n++] = *(sp+1);
- #else
diff --git a/blender-2.78a-locale.patch b/blender-2.78a-locale.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a59dbf..0000000
--- a/blender-2.78a-locale.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur blender-2.78a.old/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_appdir.h blender-2.78a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_appdir.h
---- blender-2.78a.old/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_appdir.h	2017-01-29 23:04:06.554693018 +0100
-+++ blender-2.78a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_appdir.h	2017-01-29 23:08:38.102468829 +0100
-@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
- 	BLENDER_SYSTEM_DATAFILES    = 52,
- 	BLENDER_SYSTEM_SCRIPTS      = 53,
- 	BLENDER_SYSTEM_PYTHON       = 54,
-+	BLENDER_SYSTEM_LOCALE       = 55,
- };
- 
- /* for BKE_appdir_folder_id_version only */
-diff -Naur blender-2.78a.old/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.c blender-2.78a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.c
---- blender-2.78a.old/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.c	2017-01-29 23:04:06.556693053 +0100
-+++ blender-2.78a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.c	2017-01-29 23:08:38.103468846 +0100
-@@ -398,6 +398,9 @@
- 			if (get_path_system(path, "python", subfolder, "BLENDER_SYSTEM_PYTHON", ver)) break;
- 			return NULL;
- 
-+		case BLENDER_SYSTEM_LOCALE:
-+			BLI_strncpy(path, "/usr/share/locale", FILE_MAX); break;
-+
- 		default:
- 			BLI_assert(0);
- 			break;
-diff -Naur blender-2.78a.old/source/blender/blentranslation/intern/blt_lang.c blender-2.78a/source/blender/blentranslation/intern/blt_lang.c
---- blender-2.78a.old/source/blender/blentranslation/intern/blt_lang.c	2017-01-29 23:04:06.566693229 +0100
-+++ blender-2.78a/source/blender/blentranslation/intern/blt_lang.c	2017-01-29 23:08:38.104468864 +0100
-@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@
- 	num_locales = num_locales_menu = 0;
- }
- 
--static void fill_locales(void)
-+static void fill_locales(char *locale_path)
- {
--	const char * const languages_path = BKE_appdir_folder_id(BLENDER_DATAFILES, "locale");
-+	const char * const languages_path = locale_path;
- 	char languages[FILE_MAX];
- 	LinkNode *lines = NULL, *line;
- 	char *str;
-@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
- 
- 	free_locales();
- 
--	BLI_join_dirfile(languages, FILE_MAX, languages_path, "languages");
-+	BLI_join_dirfile(languages, FILE_MAX, locale_path, "languages");
- 	line = lines = BLI_file_read_as_lines(languages);
- 
- 	/* This whole "parsing" code is a bit weak, in that it expects strictly formatted input file...
-@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
- void BLT_lang_init(void)
- {
- #ifdef WITH_INTERNATIONAL
--	const char * const messagepath = BKE_appdir_folder_id(BLENDER_DATAFILES, "locale");
-+	const char * const messagepath = BKE_appdir_folder_id(BLENDER_SYSTEM_LOCALE, NULL);
- #endif
- 
- 	/* Make sure LANG is correct and wouldn't cause std::rumtime_error. */
-@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
- #ifdef WITH_INTERNATIONAL
- 	if (messagepath) {
- 		bl_locale_init(messagepath, TEXT_DOMAIN_NAME);
--		fill_locales();
-+		fill_locales(messagepath);
- 	}
- 	else {
- 		printf("%s: 'locale' data path for translations not found, continuing\n", __func__);
-diff -Naur blender-2.78a.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt blender-2.78a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
---- blender-2.78a.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-01-29 23:08:17.342103709 +0100
-+++ blender-2.78a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-01-29 23:09:04.788938173 +0100
-@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
- 	)
- 
- 	set(_locale_dir "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/datafiles/locale")
--	set(_locale_target_dir ${TARGETDIR_VER}/datafiles/locale)
-+	set(_locale_target_dir ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/locale)
- 
- 	file(GLOB _po_files "${_locale_dir}/po/*.po")
- 	foreach(_po_file ${_po_files})
diff --git a/blender-2.78a-manpages.patch b/blender-2.78a-manpages.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f8a3b04..0000000
--- a/blender-2.78a-manpages.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,157 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur blender-2.78a.old/doc/manpage/blenderplayer.1 blender-2.78a/doc/manpage/blenderplayer.1
---- blender-2.78a.old/doc/manpage/blenderplayer.1	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
-+++ blender-2.78a/doc/manpage/blenderplayer.1	2017-01-29 23:10:44.556692826 +0100
-@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
-+.TH "BLENDERPLAYER" "1" "October 17, 2011" "Blender 2\&.60 (sub 0)"
-+.SH "NAME"
-+blenderplayer \- the blender game engine runner
-+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
-+usage:   blenderplayer [\-w [w h l t]] [\-f [fw fh fb ff]] [\-g gamengineoptions] [\-s stereomode] [\-m aasamples] filename.blend
-+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
-+.B blenderplayer
-+is the 3D and physics game engine
-+.SH "OPTIONS"
-+.PP
-+.B -h
-+: Prints this command summary
-+.PP
-+.B -w
-+: display in a window
-+  optional parameters
-+    w = window width
-+    h = window height
-+    l = window left coordinate
-+    t = window top coordinate
-+    Note: If w or h is defined, both must be defined.
-+    Also, if l or t is defined, all options must be used.
-+.PP
-+.B -f
-+: start game in full screen mode
-+  optional parameters
-+    fw = full screen mode pixel width
-+    fh = full screen mode pixel height
-+    fb = full screen mode bits per pixel
-+    ff = full screen mode frequency
-+    Note: If fw or fh is defined, both must be defined.
-+    Also, if fb is used, fw and fh must be used. ff requires all options.
-+.PP
-+.B -s
-+: start player in stereo
-+.PP
-+    depending on the type of stereo you want:
-+.PP
-+    stereomode: hwpageflip
-+        (Quad buffered shutter glasses)
-+.PP
-+    syncdoubling
-+        (Above Below)
-+.PP
-+    sidebyside
-+        (Left Right)
-+.PP
-+    anaglyph
-+        (Red\-Blue glasses)
-+.PP
-+    vinterlace
-+        (Vertical interlace for autostereo display)
-+.PP
-+.B -D
-+: start player in dome mode
-+.PP
-+    Optional parameters:
-+.PP
-+        angle = field of view in degrees
-+.PP
-+        tilt  = tilt angle in degrees
-+.PP
-+        warpdata = a file to use for warping the image (absolute path)
-+.PP
-+        mode = fisheye (Fisheye), truncatedfront (Front\-Truncated),
-+               truncatedrear (Rear\-Truncated), cubemap(Cube Map),
-+               sphericalpanoramic (Spherical Panoramic)
-+.PP
-+               depending on the type of dome you are using
-+.PP
-+.B -m
-+: maximum anti-aliasing (eg. 2,4,8,16)
-+.PP
-+.B -i
-+: parent windows ID
-+.PP
-+.B -d
-+: turn debugging on
-+.PP
-+.B -g
-+: game engine options
-+.RS 4
-+.TP 29
-+Name
-+Default      Description
-+.TP
-+---------------------------
-+------------------------------------
-+.TP
-+fixedtime
-+0         "Enable all frames"
-+.TP
-+nomipmap
-+0         Disable mipmaps
-+.TP
-+show_framerate
-+0         Show the frame rate
-+.TP
-+show_properties
-+0         Show debug properties
-+.TP
-+show_profile
-+0         Show profiling information
-+.TP
-+blender_material
-+0         Enable material settings
-+.TP
-+ignore_deprecation_warnings
-+1         Ignore deprecation warnings
-+.RE
-+.PP
-+.B -
-+: all arguments after this are ignored, allowing python to access them from sys.argv
-+.SH "EXAMPLES"
-+.TP
-+.B blenderplayer -w 320 200 10 10 -g noaudio //home//user//filename.blend
-+Launch blenderplayer in window mode with size 320x200 at 10 pixels from left and 10 pixels
-+from top of the screen without audio.
-+.TP
-+.B blenderplayer -g show_framerate = 0 //home//user//filename.blend
-+Disable framerate reports.
-+.TP
-+.B blenderplayer -i 232421 -m 16 //home//user//filename.blend
-+Launch blenderplayer embedded in an existing window and set antialiasing to 16.
-+
-+.SH "SEE ALSO"
-+.B blender(1)
-+
-+.br
-+.SH AUTHORS
-+This manpage was written for a Debian by Kevin Roy <kiniou@gmail.com>.
-diff -Naur blender-2.78a.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt blender-2.78a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
---- blender-2.78a.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-01-29 23:10:25.810363127 +0100
-+++ blender-2.78a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-01-29 23:10:44.556692826 +0100
-@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@
- 			FILES
- 				${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/freedesktop/blender.desktop
- 				${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/freedesktop/icons/scalable/apps/blender.svg
-+				${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/manpage/blenderplayer.1
- 			DESTINATION "."
- 		)
- 
-@@ -502,6 +503,10 @@
- 				FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/blender.1
- 				DESTINATION share/man/man1
- 			)
-+			install(
-+				FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/manpage/blenderplayer.1
-+				DESTINATION share/man/man1
-+			)
- 		endif()
- 
- 		# misc files
diff --git a/blender-2.78a-scripts.patch b/blender-2.78a-scripts.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c7397c2..0000000
--- a/blender-2.78a-scripts.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur blender-2.78a.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt blender-2.78a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
---- blender-2.78a.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-01-29 23:06:07.131813650 +0100
-+++ blender-2.78a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-01-29 23:06:33.772282188 +0100
-@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@
- 	endif()
- 
- 	install(
--		DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/scripts
--		DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}
-+		DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/scripts/
-+		DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/blender/scripts/
- 		PATTERN ".git" EXCLUDE
- 		PATTERN ".gitignore" EXCLUDE
- 		PATTERN ".arcconfig" EXCLUDE
diff --git a/blender-2.78a-thumbnailer.patch b/blender-2.78a-thumbnailer.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 618bb72..0000000
--- a/blender-2.78a-thumbnailer.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur blender-2.78a.old/blender.thumbnailer blender-2.78a/blender.thumbnailer
---- blender-2.78a.old/blender.thumbnailer	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
-+++ blender-2.78a/blender.thumbnailer	2017-01-29 23:04:47.528413638 +0100
-@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
-+[Thumbnailer Entry]
-+TryExec=/usr/share/blender/scripts/blender-thumbnailer.py
-+Exec=/usr/share/blender/scripts/blender-thumbnailer.py %i %o
-+MimeType=application/x-blender;
-diff -Naur blender-2.78a.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt blender-2.78a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
---- blender-2.78a.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-01-29 23:04:25.162020270 +0100
-+++ blender-2.78a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-01-29 23:04:47.529413656 +0100
-@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@
- 		)
- 		install(
- 			PROGRAMS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/bin/blender-thumbnailer.py
--			DESTINATION bin
-+			DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/blender/scripts
- 		)
- 		set(BLENDER_TEXT_FILES_DESTINATION share/doc/blender)
- 	endif()
diff --git a/blender-2.78a-unversioned-system-path.patch b/blender-2.78a-unversioned-system-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c788c9d..0000000
--- a/blender-2.78a-unversioned-system-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur blender-2.78a.old/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsUnix.cpp blender-2.78a/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsUnix.cpp
---- blender-2.78a.old/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsUnix.cpp	2017-01-29 23:04:06.462691400 +0100
-+++ blender-2.78a/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsUnix.cpp	2017-01-29 23:12:27.057495546 +0100
-@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
- 
- const GHOST_TUns8 *GHOST_SystemPathsUnix::getSystemDir(int, const char *versionstr) const
- {
-+	/* ignore versionstr when building the system path */
-+	versionstr = "";
-+
- 	/* no prefix assumes a portable build which only uses bundled scripts */
- 	if (static_path) {
- 		static string system_path = string(static_path) + "/blender/" + versionstr;
-diff -Naur blender-2.78a.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt blender-2.78a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
---- blender-2.78a.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-01-29 23:12:09.267182657 +0100
-+++ blender-2.78a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-01-29 23:12:27.058495563 +0100
-@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
- 		if(WITH_INSTALL_PORTABLE)
- 			set(TARGETDIR_VER ${BLENDER_VERSION})
- 		else()
--			set(TARGETDIR_VER share/blender/${BLENDER_VERSION})
-+			set(TARGETDIR_VER share/blender)
- 		endif()
- 	endif()
- 
diff --git a/blender-2.78b-amd-gpu-support.patch b/blender-2.78b-amd-gpu-support.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d3568cf..0000000
--- a/blender-2.78b-amd-gpu-support.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff -ru blender-2.78b.orig/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_extensions.c blender-2.78b/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_extensions.c
---- blender-2.78b.orig/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_extensions.c	2017-02-09 01:49:32.000000000 -0800
-+++ blender-2.78b/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_extensions.c	2017-02-24 23:28:45.158724978 -0800
-@@ -173,7 +173,10 @@
- 		GG.device = GPU_DEVICE_INTEL;
- 		GG.driver = GPU_DRIVER_OFFICIAL;
- 	}
--	else if (strstr(renderer, "Mesa DRI R") || (strstr(renderer, "Gallium ") && strstr(renderer, " on ATI "))) {
-+	else if ((strstr(renderer, "Mesa DRI R")) ||
-+             (strstr(renderer, "Gallium ") && strstr(renderer, " on ATI ")) ||
-+             (strstr(renderer, "Gallium ") && strstr(renderer, " on AMD ")))
-+   {
- 		GG.device = GPU_DEVICE_ATI;
- 		GG.driver = GPU_DRIVER_OPENSOURCE;
- 	}
diff --git a/blender-2.78c-openvdb3-abi.patch b/blender-2.78c-openvdb3-abi.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 593c75e..0000000
--- a/blender-2.78c-openvdb3-abi.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur blender-2.78c.old/CMakeLists.txt blender-2.78c/CMakeLists.txt
---- blender-2.78c.old/CMakeLists.txt	2017-04-24 09:21:40.471125097 +0200
-+++ blender-2.78c/CMakeLists.txt	2017-04-24 09:26:45.583477649 +0200
-@@ -250,6 +250,10 @@
- option(WITH_OPENVDB       "Enable features relying on OpenVDB" OFF)
- option(WITH_OPENVDB_BLOSC "Enable blosc compression for OpenVDB, only enable if OpenVDB was built with blosc support" OFF)
- 
-+if(WITH_OPENVDB)
-+    add_definitions(-DOPENVDB_3_ABI_COMPATIBLE)
-+endif()
-+
- # GHOST Windowing Library Options
- option(WITH_GHOST_DEBUG   "Enable debugging output for the GHOST library" OFF)
- mark_as_advanced(WITH_GHOST_DEBUG)
diff --git a/blender-2.79-droid.patch b/blender-2.79-droid.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec5f101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blender-2.79-droid.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+diff -Naur blender-2.79.old/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_font_i18n.c blender-2.79/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_font_i18n.c
+--- blender-2.79.old/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_font_i18n.c	2017-09-11 06:34:59.000000000 +0200
++++ blender-2.79/source/blender/blenfont/intern/blf_font_i18n.c	2017-09-12 14:12:51.239473283 +0200
+@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
+ {
+ #ifdef WITH_INTERNATIONAL
+ 	if (unifont_ttf == NULL) {
+-		const char * const fontpath = BKE_appdir_folder_id(BLENDER_DATAFILES, "fonts");
++		const char * const fontpath = "/usr/share/fonts/blender";
+ 		if (fontpath) {
+ 			char unifont_path[1024];
+ 
+@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
+ {
+ #ifdef WITH_INTERNATIONAL
+ 	if (unifont_mono_ttf == NULL) {
+-		const char *fontpath = BKE_appdir_folder_id(BLENDER_DATAFILES, "fonts");
++		const char * const fontpath = "/usr/share/fonts/blender";
+ 		if (fontpath) {
+ 			char unifont_path[1024];
+ 
+diff -Naur blender-2.79.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt blender-2.79/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
+--- blender-2.79.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-09-12 05:44:18.000000000 +0200
++++ blender-2.79/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-09-12 14:12:51.239473283 +0200
+@@ -359,9 +359,8 @@
+ # localization
+ if(WITH_INTERNATIONAL)
+ 	install(
+-		DIRECTORY
+-			${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/datafiles/fonts
+-		DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}/datafiles
++		DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/datafiles/fonts/
++		DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/fonts/blender
+ 	)
+ 
+ 	set(_locale_dir "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/datafiles/locale")
diff --git a/blender-2.79-locale.patch b/blender-2.79-locale.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a57e9f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blender-2.79-locale.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+diff -Naur blender-2.79.old/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_appdir.h blender-2.79/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_appdir.h
+--- blender-2.79.old/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_appdir.h	2017-09-12 05:44:17.000000000 +0200
++++ blender-2.79/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_appdir.h	2017-09-12 14:18:41.069008086 +0200
+@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
+ 	BLENDER_SYSTEM_DATAFILES    = 52,
+ 	BLENDER_SYSTEM_SCRIPTS      = 53,
+ 	BLENDER_SYSTEM_PYTHON       = 54,
++	BLENDER_SYSTEM_LOCALE       = 55,
+ };
+ 
+ /* for BKE_appdir_folder_id_version only */
+diff -Naur blender-2.79.old/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.c blender-2.79/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.c
+--- blender-2.79.old/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.c	2017-09-12 05:44:17.000000000 +0200
++++ blender-2.79/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.c	2017-09-12 14:18:41.070008105 +0200
+@@ -421,6 +421,9 @@
+ 			if (get_path_system(path, path_len, "python", subfolder, "BLENDER_SYSTEM_PYTHON", ver)) break;
+ 			return NULL;
+ 
++		case BLENDER_SYSTEM_LOCALE:
++			BLI_strncpy(path, "/usr/share/locale", FILE_MAX); break;
++
+ 		default:
+ 			BLI_assert(0);
+ 			break;
+diff -Naur blender-2.79.old/source/blender/blentranslation/intern/blt_lang.c blender-2.79/source/blender/blentranslation/intern/blt_lang.c
+--- blender-2.79.old/source/blender/blentranslation/intern/blt_lang.c	2017-09-11 06:34:59.000000000 +0200
++++ blender-2.79/source/blender/blentranslation/intern/blt_lang.c	2017-09-12 14:18:41.070008105 +0200
+@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@
+ 	num_locales = num_locales_menu = 0;
+ }
+ 
+-static void fill_locales(void)
++static void fill_locales(char *locale_path)
+ {
+-	const char * const languages_path = BKE_appdir_folder_id(BLENDER_DATAFILES, "locale");
++	const char * const languages_path = locale_path;
+ 	char languages[FILE_MAX];
+ 	LinkNode *lines = NULL, *line;
+ 	char *str;
+@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
+ 
+ 	free_locales();
+ 
+-	BLI_join_dirfile(languages, FILE_MAX, languages_path, "languages");
++	BLI_join_dirfile(languages, FILE_MAX, locale_path, "languages");
+ 	line = lines = BLI_file_read_as_lines(languages);
+ 
+ 	/* This whole "parsing" code is a bit weak, in that it expects strictly formatted input file...
+@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
+ void BLT_lang_init(void)
+ {
+ #ifdef WITH_INTERNATIONAL
+-	const char * const messagepath = BKE_appdir_folder_id(BLENDER_DATAFILES, "locale");
++	const char * const messagepath = BKE_appdir_folder_id(BLENDER_SYSTEM_LOCALE, NULL);
+ #endif
+ 
+ 	/* Make sure LANG is correct and wouldn't cause std::rumtime_error. */
+@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
+ #ifdef WITH_INTERNATIONAL
+ 	if (messagepath) {
+ 		bl_locale_init(messagepath, TEXT_DOMAIN_NAME);
+-		fill_locales();
++		fill_locales(messagepath);
+ 	}
+ 	else {
+ 		printf("%s: 'locale' data path for translations not found, continuing\n", __func__);
+diff -Naur blender-2.79.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt blender-2.79/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
+--- blender-2.79.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-09-12 14:18:20.233618882 +0200
++++ blender-2.79/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-09-12 14:18:41.070008105 +0200
+@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
+ 	)
+ 
+ 	set(_locale_dir "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/datafiles/locale")
+-	set(_locale_target_dir ${TARGETDIR_VER}/datafiles/locale)
++	set(_locale_target_dir ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/locale)
+ 
+ 	file(GLOB _po_files "${_locale_dir}/po/*.po")
+ 	foreach(_po_file ${_po_files})
diff --git a/blender-2.79-manpages.patch b/blender-2.79-manpages.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c180a8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blender-2.79-manpages.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+diff -Naur blender-2.79.old/doc/manpage/blenderplayer.1 blender-2.79/doc/manpage/blenderplayer.1
+--- blender-2.79.old/doc/manpage/blenderplayer.1	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ blender-2.79/doc/manpage/blenderplayer.1	2017-09-12 14:20:26.719981643 +0200
+@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
++.TH "BLENDERPLAYER" "1" "October 17, 2011" "Blender 2\&.60 (sub 0)"
++.SH "NAME"
++blenderplayer \- the blender game engine runner
++.SH "SYNOPSIS"
++usage:   blenderplayer [\-w [w h l t]] [\-f [fw fh fb ff]] [\-g gamengineoptions] [\-s stereomode] [\-m aasamples] filename.blend
++.SH "DESCRIPTION"
++.B blenderplayer
++is the 3D and physics game engine
++.SH "OPTIONS"
++.PP
++.B -h
++: Prints this command summary
++.PP
++.B -w
++: display in a window
++  optional parameters
++    w = window width
++    h = window height
++    l = window left coordinate
++    t = window top coordinate
++    Note: If w or h is defined, both must be defined.
++    Also, if l or t is defined, all options must be used.
++.PP
++.B -f
++: start game in full screen mode
++  optional parameters
++    fw = full screen mode pixel width
++    fh = full screen mode pixel height
++    fb = full screen mode bits per pixel
++    ff = full screen mode frequency
++    Note: If fw or fh is defined, both must be defined.
++    Also, if fb is used, fw and fh must be used. ff requires all options.
++.PP
++.B -s
++: start player in stereo
++.PP
++    depending on the type of stereo you want:
++.PP
++    stereomode: hwpageflip
++        (Quad buffered shutter glasses)
++.PP
++    syncdoubling
++        (Above Below)
++.PP
++    sidebyside
++        (Left Right)
++.PP
++    anaglyph
++        (Red\-Blue glasses)
++.PP
++    vinterlace
++        (Vertical interlace for autostereo display)
++.PP
++.B -D
++: start player in dome mode
++.PP
++    Optional parameters:
++.PP
++        angle = field of view in degrees
++.PP
++        tilt  = tilt angle in degrees
++.PP
++        warpdata = a file to use for warping the image (absolute path)
++.PP
++        mode = fisheye (Fisheye), truncatedfront (Front\-Truncated),
++               truncatedrear (Rear\-Truncated), cubemap(Cube Map),
++               sphericalpanoramic (Spherical Panoramic)
++.PP
++               depending on the type of dome you are using
++.PP
++.B -m
++: maximum anti-aliasing (eg. 2,4,8,16)
++.PP
++.B -i
++: parent windows ID
++.PP
++.B -d
++: turn debugging on
++.PP
++.B -g
++: game engine options
++.RS 4
++.TP 29
++Name
++Default      Description
++.TP
++---------------------------
++------------------------------------
++.TP
++fixedtime
++0         "Enable all frames"
++.TP
++nomipmap
++0         Disable mipmaps
++.TP
++show_framerate
++0         Show the frame rate
++.TP
++show_properties
++0         Show debug properties
++.TP
++show_profile
++0         Show profiling information
++.TP
++blender_material
++0         Enable material settings
++.TP
++ignore_deprecation_warnings
++1         Ignore deprecation warnings
++.RE
++.PP
++.B -
++: all arguments after this are ignored, allowing python to access them from sys.argv
++.SH "EXAMPLES"
++.TP
++.B blenderplayer -w 320 200 10 10 -g noaudio //home//user//filename.blend
++Launch blenderplayer in window mode with size 320x200 at 10 pixels from left and 10 pixels
++from top of the screen without audio.
++.TP
++.B blenderplayer -g show_framerate = 0 //home//user//filename.blend
++Disable framerate reports.
++.TP
++.B blenderplayer -i 232421 -m 16 //home//user//filename.blend
++Launch blenderplayer embedded in an existing window and set antialiasing to 16.
++
++.SH "SEE ALSO"
++.B blender(1)
++
++.br
++.SH AUTHORS
++This manpage was written for a Debian by Kevin Roy <kiniou@gmail.com>.
+diff -Naur blender-2.79.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt blender-2.79/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
+--- blender-2.79.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-09-12 14:20:11.165691089 +0200
++++ blender-2.79/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-09-12 14:20:26.719981643 +0200
+@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@
+ 			FILES
+ 				${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/freedesktop/blender.desktop
+ 				${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/freedesktop/icons/scalable/apps/blender.svg
++				${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/manpage/blenderplayer.1
+ 			DESTINATION "."
+ 		)
+ 
+@@ -490,6 +491,10 @@
+ 				FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/blender.1
+ 				DESTINATION share/man/man1
+ 			)
++			install(
++				FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/manpage/blenderplayer.1
++				DESTINATION share/man/man1
++			)
+ 		endif()
+ 
+ 		# misc files
diff --git a/blender-2.79-openvdb3-abi.patch b/blender-2.79-openvdb3-abi.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a6d5ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blender-2.79-openvdb3-abi.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -Naur blender-2.79.old/CMakeLists.txt blender-2.79/CMakeLists.txt
+--- blender-2.79.old/CMakeLists.txt	2017-09-12 05:44:17.000000000 +0200
++++ blender-2.79/CMakeLists.txt	2017-09-12 14:25:57.685127782 +0200
+@@ -252,6 +252,10 @@
+ option(WITH_OPENVDB       "Enable features relying on OpenVDB" OFF)
+ option(WITH_OPENVDB_BLOSC "Enable blosc compression for OpenVDB, only enable if OpenVDB was built with blosc support" OFF)
+ 
++if(WITH_OPENVDB)
++    add_definitions(-DOPENVDB_3_ABI_COMPATIBLE)
++endif()
++
+ # GHOST Windowing Library Options
+ option(WITH_GHOST_DEBUG   "Enable debugging output for the GHOST library" OFF)
+ mark_as_advanced(WITH_GHOST_DEBUG)
diff --git a/blender-2.79-scripts.patch b/blender-2.79-scripts.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f0aa4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blender-2.79-scripts.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -Naur blender-2.79.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt blender-2.79/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
+--- blender-2.79.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-09-12 14:17:03.361182908 +0200
++++ blender-2.79/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-09-12 14:17:22.264536022 +0200
+@@ -342,8 +342,8 @@
+ 	endif()
+ 
+ 	install(
+-		DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/scripts
+-		DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}
++		DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/scripts/
++		DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/blender/scripts/
+ 		PATTERN ".git" EXCLUDE
+ 		PATTERN ".gitignore" EXCLUDE
+ 		PATTERN ".arcconfig" EXCLUDE
diff --git a/blender-2.79-thumbnailer.patch b/blender-2.79-thumbnailer.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59a71fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blender-2.79-thumbnailer.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff -Naur blender-2.79.old/blender.thumbnailer blender-2.79/blender.thumbnailer
+--- blender-2.79.old/blender.thumbnailer	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ blender-2.79/blender.thumbnailer	2017-09-12 14:14:51.034711054 +0200
+@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
++[Thumbnailer Entry]
++TryExec=/usr/share/blender/scripts/blender-thumbnailer.py
++Exec=/usr/share/blender/scripts/blender-thumbnailer.py %i %o
++MimeType=application/x-blender;
+diff -Naur blender-2.79.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt blender-2.79/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
+--- blender-2.79.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-09-12 14:15:10.335071584 +0200
++++ blender-2.79/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-09-12 14:14:51.034711054 +0200
+@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@
+ 		)
+ 		install(
+ 			PROGRAMS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/bin/blender-thumbnailer.py
+-			DESTINATION bin
++			DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/blender/scripts
+ 		)
+ 		set(BLENDER_TEXT_FILES_DESTINATION share/doc/blender)
+ 	endif()
diff --git a/blender-2.79-unversioned-system-path.patch b/blender-2.79-unversioned-system-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0818fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blender-2.79-unversioned-system-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff -Naur blender-2.79.old/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsUnix.cpp blender-2.79/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsUnix.cpp
+--- blender-2.79.old/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsUnix.cpp	2017-09-12 14:49:10.055232962 +0200
++++ blender-2.79/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsUnix.cpp	2017-09-12 14:50:46.149035501 +0200
+@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
+ 
+ const GHOST_TUns8 *GHOST_SystemPathsUnix::getSystemDir(int, const char *versionstr) const
+ {
++	/* ignore versionstr when building the system path */
++	versionstr = "";
++
+ 	/* no prefix assumes a portable build which only uses bundled scripts */
+ 	if (static_path) {
+ 		static string system_path = string(static_path) + "/blender/" + versionstr;
+diff -Naur blender-2.79.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt blender-2.79/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
+--- blender-2.79.old/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-09-12 14:49:10.243236700 +0200
++++ blender-2.79/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt	2017-09-12 14:50:46.149035501 +0200
+@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
+ 		if(WITH_INSTALL_PORTABLE)
+ 			set(TARGETDIR_VER ${BLENDER_VERSION})
+ 		else()
+-			set(TARGETDIR_VER share/blender/${BLENDER_VERSION})
++			set(TARGETDIR_VER share/blender)
+ 		endif()
+ 	endif()
+ 
diff --git a/blender.spec b/blender.spec
index 652d2dc..405d676 100644
--- a/blender.spec
+++ b/blender.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%global blender_api 2.78
+%global blender_api 2.79
 
 # Turn off the brp-python-bytecompile script
 %global __os_install_post %(echo '%{__os_install_post}' | sed -e 's!/usr/lib[^[:space:]]*/brp-python-bytecompile[[:space:]].*$!!g')
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 
 Name:       blender
 Epoch:      1
-Version:    %{blender_api}c
-Release:    6%{?dist}
+Version:    %{blender_api}
+Release:    1%{?dist}
 
 Summary:    3D modeling, animation, rendering and post-production
 License:    GPLv2
@@ -30,20 +30,13 @@ Source5:    %{name}.xml
 Source6:    %{name}.appdata.xml
 Source10:   macros.%{name}
 
-Patch0:     %{name}-2.76-droid.patch
-Patch1:     %{name}-2.78a-thumbnailer.patch
-Patch2:     %{name}-2.78a-scripts.patch
-Patch3:     %{name}-2.78a-locale.patch
-Patch4:     %{name}-2.78a-manpages.patch
-Patch5:     %{name}-2.78a-unversioned-system-path.patch
-
-# For ppc64le build, currently being discussed on
-# https://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-committers/2016-November/047844.html
-Patch6:     %{name}-2.78a-linux-definition-ppc64.patch
-# GPU: Consider latest Gallium driver an official ATI/AMD
-# https://developer.blender.org/rB927a168b077fa5182168068315c4fb0ea998edb6
-Patch7:     %{name}-2.78b-amd-gpu-support.patch
-Patch8:     %{name}-2.78c-openvdb3-abi.patch
+Patch0:     %{name}-2.79-droid.patch
+Patch1:     %{name}-2.79-thumbnailer.patch
+Patch2:     %{name}-2.79-scripts.patch
+Patch3:     %{name}-2.79-locale.patch
+Patch4:     %{name}-2.79-manpages.patch
+Patch5:     %{name}-2.79-unversioned-system-path.patch
+Patch6:     %{name}-2.79-openvdb3-abi.patch
 
 # Development stuff
 BuildRequires:  boost-devel
@@ -298,6 +291,9 @@ fi
 %{_fontbasedir}/%{name}/
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Sep 13 2017 Simone Caronni <negativo17@gmail.com> - 1:2.79-1
+- Update to 2.79.
+
 * Tue Sep 12 2017 Simone Caronni <negativo17@gmail.com> - 1:2.78c-6
 - Rebuild for updated OpenVDB 4.0.2 update.
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 722f9c9..7f4aff7 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (blender-2.78c.tar.gz) = dee09e6ac19c4eeab71d64ad9581df1bb043a3de97586206b07aeb9aa55e68ecfc3a96d39835bcec20c72fb73a5eb418b349af7abe66d906a1e660caa1e4d267
+SHA512 (blender-2.79.tar.gz) = 9b81c41882f4e150476ebda5b301b78c2d35ea918394c8a01671fc031f7cb7a34b5a3d68b6a345f6d23fd9ecedd25bc0bd24f9f9b3ec771237ac4496bbde7d2f