Development Status
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:Date: {localdate}

Current Phase::
    [big green                   ]#Development#
//  [big purple yellow-background]#Convergence#
//  [big navy   aqua-background  ]#Release preparation#

-> link:{ldoc}/technical/code/GitBranching.html[Git-flow] +
-> link:{ldoc}/technical/infra/Release.html[Release]




Objectives
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At the current stage of development, the focus is primarily on the
overall integration of fundamental functionality at all levels of
the code base. A sequence of
link:{ldoc}/design/governance/integration.html[Integration steps]
has been defined, each driven by some pivotal functionality,
to be implemented as a »Vertical Slice«.

Our Goal is to integrate an ongoing render process, with a render
pipeline in the engine and video output in the UI.

- A network of Render Nodes can now be built and invoked [green]#✔#
- 🗘 The provisional buffer memory manager needs to be improved next,
  to resolve a mismatch between the _Buffer Protocol_ and the
  _Output Sink Protocol_, so that the target buffer of an output
  sink can be used seamlessly within the Render Node network.
- Another point to be resolved next is to decide upon the design
  of the _Vierwer Output Connection_, which shall be used as an
  anchor point for the running playback process.
- Next we need a solution how to integrate some _Video Output_ solution
  into the Lumiera UI (-> see the link:/research/videoDisplay/[recent research]),
  so that it can be represented as an _Output{nbsp}Slot_.
- After that, we could look into the integration of _Job Planning_
  this _Output Slot_ with the _Scheduler_.
- Once this has been accomplished, it should be possible to fill in
  the remaining parts into the _Play Process_ implementation.
- Furthermore we still need some provisional solution how to
  trigger all this new functionality from the UI.




Current Release
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[red]#Lumiera is not usable yet#.

- A »Preview Release« was
  https://git.lumiera.org/?p=LUMIERA;a=tag;h=refs/tags/v0.pre.04[published at Dec 2, 2025]

- link:/debian[DEB packages]
  were built for »Trixie« and »Noble«


Changelog
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