Tracker: v9.1

[ibgreen]

Bugs

• https://github.com/visgl/luma.gl/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+milestone%3A9.0.0

Code

• Enable strictNullChecks - @ibgreen
• bundle size optimization: core module - @ibgreen - core module bundle size investigation #2000
• Implement simple WebGPU support for constant attributes (generate repeated buffers)
• make readPixels*() to CommandEncoder) and update all usage
• Refactor: Simplify Texture class - @ibgreen
• Refactor: Move async handling from coreTexture to engine AsyncTexture - @ibgreen
• Cleanup engine Transform code needs to be webgl "independent".
• Remove WebGL-specific topologies - @ibgreen
• Cleanup core helper exports - @ibgreen

Shaders / shadertools

• Support for "struct / array" uniform type decls in shader modules (for multiple lights in lighting module).
• Fix fp64 under Apple M1 fp64 shader emulation not working under Apple M1 Max #1764
• Port PBR shader to WGSL
• Port other modules to WGSL
• Define module conventions for WGSL (more limited, cannot inject varyings etc, performance wise too )
• Feature: Support single source WGSL shader - @ibgreen
• Feature: Support WGSL in modules (minimal) - @ibgreen

Tests

• Move all tests to getTestDevices() system
• Restore all luma.gl render tests (update golden images?) - @Pessimistress
• Tests: Port all classic webgl test suites to core classes (Copy tests from webgl-legacy into api-tests)

Docs

• tutorials - need to be ported to v9 (currently marked as outdated
• api guide shaderlayout - probably needs a pass to align with latest API
• api guide bindings - likely needs a pass
• engine BufferTransform / TextureTransform docs - @donmccurdy
• engine Model docs have never been good - arguably the most important page in the docs
• gltf @luma.gl/gltf module docs - @felixpalmer

Examples

• Examples: Fix api/cubemap example
• Examples: Fix api/texture-3d example
• Examples: Restore original glTF example (environment lighting etc)
• Examples: Restore loaders.gl glTF example
• Examples: Restore glfx example (so that we can test / showcase postprocessing modules) - P2 - TBD
• Examples: Fix DOF example? - P2- Currently uses custom uniform buffer and custom post processing code. Rewrite as standard example.