# MetaCrate 0.0.1 release candidate

MetaCrate 0.0.1 is the first native Rust release candidate for the pinned
LibreMetaverse compatibility surface. It is releasable only when the native
`release-candidate-audit` reports `status: "ok"`; a generated `blocked` report
is evidence of remaining work, never permission to waive it.

## Supported platform boundary

- Linux x86-64 is the fully built and executed release platform. All Gitea
  Actions jobs run on `ubuntu-latest` as required by repository policy.
- Portable, default-feature-disabled library surfaces are cross-compiled from
  Ubuntu for Windows GNU x86-64 and macOS x86-64. Those checks do not claim
  native runtime, installer, physical-device, CoreAudio, or WASAPI validation.
- Rust 1.97.1 is the release toolchain. Rust 1.96.0 is exercised separately and
  only supports the minimum-version compatibility claim.

## Features and prerequisites

The default `libremetaverse` build uses the pure-Rust `dds-bc67` image path.
Optional boundaries are explicit:

| Feature | Capability | Native/build prerequisite |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `jpeg2000` | J2K/JP2 through the safe OpenJPEG adapter | OpenJPEG 2.5.4 or newer |
| `rust-j2k` | J2K/JP2 through `RustJ2kCodec` | none; exact pure-Rust `j2k` 0.8.1 |
| `rust-skia` | BMP/GIF/ICO/JPEG/PNG/WBMP/WebP through `RustSkiaTextureCodec` | none; exact pure-Rust `skia-rs-codec` 0.3.0 and `image-webp` 0.2.4 |
| `skia` | PNG/JPEG/WebP and other Skia formats | Skia 0.99 target cache or documented source tools |
| `vorbis` | PCM to Ogg Vorbis | the locked `vorbis_rs` native build stack |
| default WebRTC | native ICE/DTLS/SRTP/RTP/SCTP and Opus | system libopus 1.3 or newer |
| `real-audio` | physical microphone/speaker I/O | ALSA on Linux, CoreAudio on macOS, WASAPI on Windows |

OpenJPEG and Opus are dynamically discovered through the reviewed adapters;
Skia and Vorbis can contribute bundled native material and therefore carry the
notices documented in `release/THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md`.

## Compatibility and intentional differences

The release maps 3,066 public types and 30,789 members from upstream commit
`2aa70bb68513b39795da5d13c88f31b86e85a3ba`. Rust naming, ownership, async,
event, cancellation, error, overload, and feature decisions are fixed in the
SemVer baseline. In particular, Rust uses snake-case methods, typed overload
names, `Result`, native futures, subscription guards, project-owned boundary
traits, and unknown-bit-retaining flags instead of reproducing C# syntax or CLR
runtime types. The 80 delegate/APM replacements are intentional and compiled by
the independent downstream fixture. Full recipes are in
[`api/SEMVER-AUDIT.md`](../api/SEMVER-AUDIT.md).

Vivox support is a native protocol adapter and does not bundle the proprietary
Vivox service. Physical audio and proprietary service validation remain manual.
Live grid validation targets the exact `GRID_LOGIN_URL` from `.env`; it uses
OpenSim response options and does not substitute a Second Life endpoint.

## Evidence and approval

The policy in `ci/release-candidate-policy.json` verifies, without silent
waivers:

- all 16 release/source packages share version 0.0.1 and all ten shipped native
  binaries remain in the artifact inventory;
- all 1,289 compatibility cases remain reviewed: 1,266 deterministic cases, 19
  explicit live cases, four benchmark cases, and zero pending/unreviewed/drift;
- production Rust contains zero `not_implemented`, `unimplemented_api!`,
  `todo!`, or `unimplemented!` failure paths;
- live tests contain no print-and-return success paths, fake and dedicated
  OpenSim evidence each contain nine unique successful sanitized stages, and
  the prior API/artifact/concurrency/documentation/provenance evidence remains
  valid;
- the release notes, checksums, Rust 1.97 toolchain, and Ubuntu-only workflows
  match policy.

Run the status gate with:

```sh
cargo run --locked -p metacrate-ci-matrix -- \
  release-candidate-audit --evidence /tmp/metacrate-release-candidate.json
```

The command uses create-new evidence semantics. It writes a complete blocker
inventory before returning failure, which makes an incomplete release visible
in CI. Fuzz-smoke is the sole check currently marked `deferred_by_user`; it is
not presented as passed and is not silently executed. No signing identity is
configured for 0.0.1, so `release/SHA256SUMS`, Gitea artifact retention, and the
provenance/license manifests are the configured authenticity controls.
