v2.11.0-alpha release checklist

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This discussion aims to list all tasks to be completed in order to release a v2.11.0-alpha version. Important: this discussion is restricted to v2.11.0-alpha.

General

• Decide what date we precisely target for v2.11.0-alpha release
• Decide what Deadline we retain for additional changes to be accepted inv 2.11.0-alpha (see main discussion)*
• Prepare announcements

LuxCoreDeps

• Clean the code (conanfile, github actions etc.)
• Add feature to record build information (compiler name, compiler version, build timestamp, SDK, deps versions...) in the deps archive
• Decide what version of nvrtc we pin in dependencies (it will be 13.0.88)
• Ensure there is no more vulnerability (https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/LuxCoreDeps/security/code-scanning)
• Merge for_v1.1into main
• Define next version numbering - 2.0.0
• Release LuxCoreDeps 2.0.0
• Write Change log

LuxCore

• Update deps pointer in LuxCore to LuxCoreDeps 2.0.0
• In wheel dependencies (pyproject.toml), synchronize nvrtc version to the one selected in LuxCoreDeps
• Add a hook in CMakeLists for distro packagers, to allow replacement of Conan deps with distro's ones (the hook should gather all FindPackage) The feature is easy to implement, but useless. Previous design choices (among them embedding dependency executables, like OIDN) makes the build too tricky. We'll stick to make deps && make
• Show build information provided by deps
• Identify and implement additional enhancements
• Check for_v2.11
• Push for_v2.11 into master
• Release wheels v2.11.0-alpha0
• Publish wheels on PyPi
• Release samples
• Write Change log

BlendLuxCore

• Identify and implement additional enhancements
• Update BlendLuxCore pointer to LuxCore version
• Check for_v2.11
• Merge for_v2.11 branch into master
• Release BLC v2.11.0-alpha0
• Write Change log

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LuxCoreDeps Change Log for V2.0.0

blender dependency removal. LuxCore should be agnostic towards Blender, from now
nvrtc upgraded to 13.0.8
embree upgraded to version 4
Use of jpeg-turbo instead of plain jpeg
General update of all dependencies
Port of MacOS builds to Github macos-15 runners, due to closure announcement for macos-13 runner
tbb activation for OpenImageIO
Compliance to new Conda Terms of Service acceptation policy