docs/release_checklist.md

Release checklist

Viggle/Meridian has been public since 2026-09-15. The 2026-09-18 update replaced the first release's fused transformer with two LoRA adapters; the original weights remain under legacy/. This page records what shipped and which checks are still open.

Settled

• Weights are uploaded. teacher_lora/ is the re-camera adapter on the unmodified MiniMax-H3 transformer; turbo_lora/ is the DMD student distilled against it. legacy/transformer/ and legacy/lora/ are the first release, kept so earlier results stay reproducible.
• The Hub destination is Viggle/Meridian. The older Viggle/Viggle-Recam identifier was never a working download and must not be restored as one.
• Uploads go through the release directory's own push.py, which uses allow-patterns only. The archived push_docs.py targets a different repository and is not a current uploader.

Still open

• Public-use clearance, including for the NBA footage and figures, remains pending. The presentation examples are research previews; retain source credits and edit records before choosing publication assets.
• Low-memory configurations, including RTX 4090, are community integration targets, not validated support.
• Fast point-cloud preview helps inspect an authored path; it does not guarantee generated-view fidelity.

Presentation and review

• Replace local preview links with cleared publication assets.
• Method video strips use actual matched frames; the 3D points and camera path are explicitly schematic. Retain this distinction and the source provenance.
• Studio overview is recorded and preview-only; capture and review a matching generated take before extending it to demonstrate final generation.
• Complete continuous visual motion review; automated playback and sampled frames are not sufficient.
• Retain exact camera controls if presenting an isolated space/time ablation.
• Confirm permission to use every source clip and to publish the corresponding demonstrations.
• Keep source-time labels accurate when comparing live, retimed, and held sequences.
• Verify the reported timing against a retained run log before publishing it as a headline result.
• Do not add a speedup ratio, quality comparison, ablation, or metric without supporting results.
• Upload referenced presentation media with the Markdown.

Retained provenance

• Current example sources and edit notes
• Teaser credits
• Method figure sources
• Studio recording notes
• Training and distillation