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release: v0.9.0 — finalise PR #11 with CHANGELOG, version bump, stub cleanup
Closes the v0.9.0 release loop on top of Phase 9a-Newton + Phase 8b-Lite:

* CHANGELOG.md (NEW) — Keep-A-Changelog format, with v0.9.0 entry
  detailing all Phase 9a / 9b / 8b-Lite contents and the doc-audit
  corrections that landed via PR #10.

* CITATION.cff — version 0.7.0 → 0.9.0, date 2026-05-18 → 2026-05-22.

* Stale HDS-port stubs removed (13 GTEST_SKIPs total):
  - code/tests/test_spherical_functional.cpp
  - code/tests/test_hyper_ideal_functional.cpp
  - code/tests/test_hyper_ideal_hyperelliptic_utility.cpp
  These referenced a "HDS port (Phase 4)" that never happened —
  CoHDS was intentionally replaced by CGAL::Surface_mesh, and the
  functional tests live in code/tests/cgal/test_*_functional.cpp.

* Test-count updates everywhere:
  - Non-CGAL  36 → 23  (drop = 13 deleted stubs)
  - CGAL      176 → 227
  - Total     212 → 250  (+38 net, 0 skipped)
  Files: README.md, CLAUDE.md, CHANGELOG.md, scripts/try_it.sh,
         doc/api/tests.md, doc/contributing.md, doc/getting-started.md,
         doc/math/validation.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-22 04:27:24 +02:00

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# Getting Started
## Prerequisites
| Tool | Minimum | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| C++ compiler (GCC or Clang) | C++17 | GCC 11+ or Clang 14+ recommended |
| CMake | 3.20 | |
| Boost headers | 1.70 | Only for `-DWITH_CGAL_TESTS=ON` or `-DWITH_CGAL=ON` |
| Wayland/X11 dev headers | — | Only for `-DWITH_CGAL=ON` (viewer) |
All other dependencies (Eigen 3.4, CGAL 6.1.1, libigl 2.6, GLFW 3.4, GTest 1.14)
are bundled as tarballs in `code/deps/tarballs/` and extracted automatically at CMake
configure time. No internet access is required at build time (except GTest, fetched via
`FetchContent` from GitHub).
Install Boost on your system:
```bash
# Ubuntu / Debian
apt install libboost-dev
# macOS
brew install boost
```
---
## Clone
```bash
git clone https://codeberg.org/TMoussa/ConformalLabpp
cd ConformalLabpp
```
---
## Build modes
Three modes with increasing dependencies:
### Mode 1 — Fast tests (default, no system dependencies)
Pure-math tests: Clausen functions, hyper-ideal geometry, matrix utilities.
```bash
cmake -S code -B build
cmake --build build --target conformallab_tests -j$(nproc)
ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure
```
Expected: **23 tests pass**.
### Mode 2 — CGAL tests, headless (recommended for CI and development)
Full CGAL test suite. Requires Boost headers only — no display, no Wayland, no GLFW.
```bash
cmake -S code -B build -DWITH_CGAL_TESTS=ON
cmake --build build --target conformallab_cgal_tests -j$(nproc)
ctest --test-dir build -R "^cgal\." --output-on-failure
```
Expected: **227 tests pass, 0 skipped**.
### Mode 3 — Full local build (CLI app + interactive viewer)
Requires Wayland or X11 development packages (`wayland-scanner`, `libx11-dev`, etc.).
Automatically enables the viewer library (GLFW + libigl).
```bash
cmake -S code -B build -DWITH_CGAL=ON
cmake --build build -j$(nproc)
```
> **Note:** `-DWITH_CGAL=ON` implies `-DWITH_VIEWER=ON`. Do not use this in headless
> environments — it will fail with `Failed to find wayland-scanner`.
---
## Running a single test
```bash
# By GTest filter (fastest, full output)
./build/conformallab_cgal_tests --gtest_filter="NewtonSolver*"
./build/conformallab_tests --gtest_filter="Clausen*"
# By CTest regex
ctest --test-dir build -R "cgal.NewtonSolver" --output-on-failure
```
All CGAL tests have the prefix `cgal.` in CTest (set in `tests/cgal/CMakeLists.txt`
via `TEST_PREFIX "cgal."`).
---
## First run — CLI app
After a full build (`-DWITH_CGAL=ON`):
```bash
# Euclidean conformal layout
./bin/conformallab_core -i input.off -g euclidean -o layout.off -j result.json
# Spherical layout
./bin/conformallab_core -i input.off -g spherical -o sphere.off
# Hyperbolic layout (HyperIdeal)
./bin/conformallab_core -i input.off -g hyper_ideal -o hyperbolic.off
# Show input mesh in interactive viewer
./bin/conformallab_core -i input.off -s
# All options
./bin/conformallab_core --help
```
## Example programs
```bash
./build/examples/example_layout [input.off] [layout.off] [result.json]
./build/examples/example_euclidean [input.off] [output.off]
./build/examples/example_hyper_ideal [input.off] [output.off]
./build/examples/example_viewer [input.off] # interactive, requires WITH_VIEWER
```
`example_layout.cpp` is the best starting point — it shows the complete pipeline in ~120 lines.
**Expected output of `example_euclidean` on the built-in quad-strip mesh:**
```
[example_euclidean] No input file given — using make_quad_strip().
[example_euclidean] Mesh: 6 vertices, 4 faces.
[example_euclidean] DOFs: 5 (1 vertex pinned).
[example_euclidean] Solving Newton system…
[example_euclidean] Converged in 1 iterations. ||G||_inf = 0
[example_euclidean] Per-vertex conformal factors u_i:
v0 u = 0 (pinned)
v1 u = -1.38778e-17 ← ≈ 0 (machine epsilon)
...
[example_euclidean] Mesh saved to: /tmp/conformallab_euclidean_out.off
```
Convergence in 1 iteration is expected: the "natural equilibrium" construction
sets x* = 0, so a small perturbation (-0.05) needs only one Newton step.
**Quick automated start (no interactive build needed):**
```bash
bash scripts/try_it.sh
```
This clones nothing (run from inside the repo), builds the CGAL test suite, runs
all 227+23 tests, and prints a summary. See `scripts/try_it.sh` for details.
---
## Known issues
### macOS Finder duplicates
macOS Finder sometimes creates duplicate files named `foo 2.hpp` when copying
the repository. These cause confusing compile errors ("redefinition of …").
**Fix (run once from the repo root):**
```bash
find code/include -name "* 2.*" -delete
find code/include -name "*\ 2.*" -delete
```
Files without a ` 2` suffix are always canonical — the duplicates are safe to delete.
### First build is slow
The first CMake configure extracts four tarballs (Eigen 3.4, CGAL 6.1.1,
libigl 2.6, GLFW 3.4) and downloads GTest via `FetchContent`.
Allow **3090 seconds** for the first configure. Subsequent builds are fast
(< 10 s incremental).
---
## Rebuilding the CI Docker image
The CI runner is a self-hosted Raspberry Pi (ARM64). After changes to
`.gitea/docker/Dockerfile.ci-cpp`:
```bash
docker buildx build \
--platform linux/arm64 \
-f .gitea/docker/Dockerfile.ci-cpp \
-t git.eulernest.eu/conformallab/ci-cpp:latest \
--push \
.gitea/docker/
```