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+name: (dev) Zig version update
+about: The process we follow to perform a Zig version update
+title: 'all: nominate Zig YYYY.MM'
+labels: ''
+assignees: 'slimsag'
+
+---
+
+Periodically we [nominate a new Zig nightly version](https://machengine.org/about/nominated-zig) to be the version that Mach targets, and begin the meticulous process of updating every Mach project to use that new version.
+
+This is the tracking issue to do that for the next scheduled nomination (see the date in the issue title.)
+
+You may have been linked to this issue because you sent a pull request to update a Mach project to use a new Zig API - if that is the case we do appreciate the PR and will look at merging it once this process begins. In the meantime, your PR may stay open for a while. You can either use a fork of the project, or [use the version of Zig that Mach currently supports.](https://machengine.org/about/zig-version)
+
+## Update process
+
+* [ ] It is time to begin (see date in issue title, we aim to begin this checklist between the 1st-4th of that month.)
+* [ ] The [_Nomination history_](https://machengine.org/about/nominated-zig/#nomination-history) has a new section for the latest nightly Zig version at [ziglang.org/download](https://ziglang.org/download/).
+* [ ] #general Discord message: `Beginning the process of nominating a new Zig version! (you should wait to upgrade until we've updated everything to confirm it works) $GITHUB_ISSUE`
+* [ ] #wrench automation has created pull requests to update the Zig version used in CI of all our projects.
+* [ ] "First-order projects" below (which have zero build.zig.zon dependencies) have been updated, their CI is passing/green using the new version.
+* [ ] "Second-order projects" below (which have build.zig.zon dependencies) have been updated, their CI is passing/green using the new version.
+* [ ] The `.zigversion` file https://github.com/hexops/mach/blob/main/.zigversion has been updated.
+* [ ] The mach build.zig version check has been updated: https://github.com/hexops/mach/blob/main/build.zig#L187-L192
+* [ ] The mach-core build.zig version check has been updated: https://github.com/hexops/mach-core/blob/main/build.zig#L222-L227
+* [ ] The mach-glfw build.zig version check has been updated: https://github.com/hexops/mach-glfw/blob/main/build.zig
+* [ ] https://machengine.org/about/zig-version has been updated
+* [ ] A #progress announcement has been made:
+
+> We've just finished updating to the new nominated Zig version 2024.01 (0.12.0-dev.2059+42389cb9c). We encourage you to update your projects to that Zig version now. :)
+> $GITHUB_ISSUE
+
+## First-order projects
+
+These projects have zero `build.zig.zon` dependencies, we update them first - and in any order.
+
+* [ ] mach-ecs
+* [ ] mach-gamemode
+* [ ] mach-model3d
+* [ ] mach-sysjs
+* [ ] mach-objc-generator
+* [ ] fastfilter
+* [ ] brotli
+* [ ] wayland-headers
+* [ ] x11-headers
+* [ ] vulkan-headers
+* [ ] opengl-headers
+* [ ] linux-audio-headers
+* [ ] xcode-frameworks
+* [ ] basisu
+* [ ] vulkan-zig-generated
+* [ ] directx-headers (TODO: missing in wrench)
+* [ ] direct3d-headers (TODO: desire to prune this dependency)
+* [ ] opus
+* [ ] flac
+* [ ] ogg
+* [ ] mach-core-example-assets
+* [ ] font-assets
+
+TODO: community maintained projects that need to be marked as such and/or moved out of mach project: mach-glfw-opengl-example, mach-glfw-vulkan-example
+
+## Second-order projects
+
+These projects have dependencies on other projects. They may only be updated if all their dependencies have been updated first.
+
+* [ ] mach-core-starter-project, which depends on:
+  * mach-core
+* [ ] mach-editor, which depends on:
+  * mach
+  * mach-sysgpu (TODO: desire to prune this dependency)
+  * spirv-cross (TODO: desire to prune this dependency)
+  * spirv-tools (TODO: desire to prune this dependency)
+* [ ] mach-examples, which depends on:
+  * zigimg (TODO: desire to prune this dependency)
+  * mach
+  * mach-freetype (TODO: desire to prune this dependency)
+* [ ] mach, which depends on:
+  * .zigversion
+  * build.zig version check
+  * mach-ecs
+  * mach-core
+  * mach-basisu
+  * mach-sysaudio
+  * mach-freetype
+  * mach-sysjs
+  * font-assets
+* [ ] mach-core, which depends on:
+  * build.zig version check
+  * mach-core-example-assets
+  * mach-gamemode
+  * mach-sysgpu
+  * mach-gpu
+  * mach-glfw
+* [ ] mach-gpu, which depends on:
+  * mach-glfw
+  * mach-gpu-dawn
+* [ ] mach-gpu-dawn, which depends on:
+  * xcode-frameworks
+  * direct3d-headers
+  * vulkan-headers
+  * x11-headers
+* [ ] mach-dxcompiler, which depends on:
+  * TODO^^^ missing in wrench
+  * directx-headers
+* [ ] mach-basisu, which depends on:
+  * basisu
+* [ ] mach-freetype, which depends on:
+  * freetype
+  * harfbuzz
+  * font-assets
+* [ ] mach-glfw, which depends on:
+  * glfw
+* [ ] mach-sysgpu, which depends on:
+  * TODO^^^ wrong name `mach-dusk` entry in Wrench
+  * vulkan-zig-generated
+  * mach-gpu (TODO: probably not needed?)
+  * mach-objc
+  * direct3d-headers (TODO: replace with directx-headers)
+  * opengl-headers
+  * xcode-frameworks
+* [ ] mach-sysaudio, which depends on:
+  * mach-sysjs
+  * linux-audio-headers
+  * xcode-frameworks
+* [ ] mach-objc, which depends on:
+  * xcode-frameworks
+* [ ] mach-opus, which depends on:
+  * opusfile
+  * mach-sysaudio
+  * linux-audio-headers
+* [ ] mach-flac, which depends on:
+  * flac
+  * mach-sysaudio
+  * linux-audio-headers
+* [ ] harfbuzz, which depends on:
+  * freetype
+  * brotli
+* [ ] freetype, which depends on:
+  * brotli
+* [ ] glfw, which depends on:
+  * xcode-frameworks
+  * vulkan-headers
+  * wayland-headers
+  * x11-headers
+* [ ] opusfile, which depends on:
+  * opus
+  * ogg