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 ===mab2mm version history===
-Change log of important versions in the whole mab2pd, mab2pd2 ans mab2mm pedigree. Calibration for rotating compensator ellipsometers merged from development of [[0401_versionsrce|CalibRCE]].
+Change log of important builds/deployed versions in the whole mab2pd, mab2pd2 and mab2mm pedigree. Calibration for rotating compensator ellipsometers merged from development of [[0401_versionsrce|CalibRCE]].
+Version 3.1.2.8 on 10.08.2026
+  * polishing UI
+  * **deployed in the lab**
+Version 3.1.2.6 on 06.08.2026
+  * reworked the corrections for PSA nonidealities
+  * for RAE MM can only correct approximatelly (with assumptions)
+  * builds on linux
+  * test deployment in the lab
+Version 3.1.2.2 on 24.06.2026
+  * working towards corrections of PSA nonidealities
+  * realized that there was a long-standing conceptual error
+Version 3.1.1.4 on 19.05.2026
+  * added UI status glyph
+  * adding more detailed reports
+  * test deployment in the lab
+Version 3.1.1.0 on 30.04.2026
+  * work on user reporting details of the calculations
+  * defined StructuredReport, assembling in workers and small actions
+  * also, now can make static build in Qt 6.11
+Version 3.1.0.8 on 24.04.2026
+  * codifying the poly component rule
+  * proper treatment of inverted sense of rotation of components
+  * solution to RAE NCS with generalized input Stokes vector
+  * for all modes we have correction for PSG path nonidealities
+Version 3.1.0.2 on 11.04.2026
+  * working towards all corrections for PSG and PSA path nonidealities
+  * solution of MM with generalized input Stokes vector
+  * finalizing the poly component, UI and handling in processConfiguration
+  * redesigned UI for Qt6
+Version 3.0.9.0 on 16.02.2026
+  * bug fixes in RCE MM mode
+  * back-calculation in MM modes
+  * introducing poly component for optional static compensator
+  * now compiles on Qt 6.11 with minGW 13.2
+Version 3.0.8.2 on 06.01.2026
+  * full 4x4 MM calculations with RCE
+  * test deployment in lab, but bugs appear
+Version 3.0.7.7 on 24.12.2025
+  * implemented diagnostic modes for testing the analytic derivatives
+  * corrected calculation bugs and glitches
+  * now RCE NCS calibration works well
+Version 3.0.7.0 on 14.12.2025
+  * work on the RCE NCE mode
+  * analytic derivatives on NCS by Po Co Ao
+  * optimizing in RCE NCS calibration now works, but buggy
+Version 3.0.6.5 on 02.12.2025
+  * distributed fittable for RAE NC calibration
+  * using analytical derivatives of NC by Po Ao
+  * beta version **deployed in lab**
+  * supports RAE NCS with calibration and RAE MM modes
+Version 3.0.5.9 on 19.11.2025
+  * reprocessing data with different config using stored resources
+  * pre-process corrections for RAE now work in the new resource mechanics
+Version 3.0.5.6 on 16.11.2025
+  * another complete rewrite of the config and resource system
+Version 3.0.5.4 on 08.11.2025
+  * processing in non-combined RAE modes (NC)
+  * plotting of "inverted" solutions (NC->S, NS->C)
+  * improved UI control for plots
+  * improved saving and exporting
+Version 3.0.4.6 on 27.10.2025
+  * further background refactoring of the symbolic config system
+  * tuning the transport from UI state of configuration
+  * construction of resources for cases when reused components
+Version 3.0.3.7 on 21.09.2025
+  * big background work on Configuration mechanics
+  * defining resources, assets, categories, roles
+  * processConfiguration central point of conversion from symbolic configuration to resources
+  * manifestation on AdvancedPanel UI
+Version 3.0.2.4 on 29.04.2025
+  * saving of .epdx files for RAE NCS and MM modes
+  * early alpha version **deployed in lab** and used for real-world MM ellipsometry
+  * no RAE calibration yet, no resouce management
+Version 3.0.2.2 on 27.04.2025
+  * plotting the RAE MM data
+Version 3.0.2.1 on 26.04.2025
+  * changes to architecture, introducing Databank
+  * controllers FlowControl and Distributor also run in separate thread
+Version 3.0.1.9 on 24.04.2025
+  * implemented RAE MM calculation
+  * calculates 3x3 MM measured with multiple polarizer azimuths
+  * adding 4th column from measurements with static compensator
+Version 3.0.1.7 on 22.04.2025
+  * combined RAE with and without static compensator to NCS
+  * back-calculation in RAE NCS mode
+Version 3.0.1.3 on 10.04.2025
+  * integrates development done in parallel in LookData 3 context
+  * RAE NC processing works
+Version 3.0.0.7 on 08.02.2025
+  * basic architecture with Engine, FlowControl, Distributor and SmallAction
+  * loads and processes data with BigFileAnalyzer
+Version 3.0.0.0 on 18.11.2024
+  * starting development of **mab2mm**
+  * will be combining mab2pd 3 and CalibRCE 3, using QBerr 3 libraries
+  * reusing UI and code written as CalibRCE 2.5
+  * this is a milestone, not a deployed version
+Version 2.0.3.7 on 13.10.2022
+  * adding support for B field metadata
+  * saving static compensator metadata
+  * last version as mab2pd2
+Version 2.0.3.3 on 21.10.2021
+  * full support for NCS processing
+  * Mueller N defined as N=m12=m21 (Fribourg convention)
+Version 2.0.3.1 on 10.03.2021
+  * exporting raw alpha beta for external MM calculation
+  * added LabLISP environment, but no API integration
+Version 2.0.3.0 on 29.09.2020
+  * start of git versioned development
+  * UI knobs for fine-tuning the strengths of corrections
+Version 2.0.2.4 on 23.01.2020
+  * switching to NCS-based averaging and calibration
+Version 2.0.2.1 on 02.11.2019
+  * calibration optimizing with Marquardt-Levenberg
+Version 2.0.1.6 on 25.09.2019
+  * str-tru RAE diagnostic of polarizer, analyzer and detector
+  * correction for detector polarization selectivity
+  * correction for polarizer and analyzer leakage
+Version 2.0.0.4 on 29.03.2019
+  * translating code from Pascal
+  * alpha beta to Psi Delta, with the flip and flop
+Version 2.0.0.0 on 10.03.2019
+  * starting development of **mab2pd2**
+  * now written in Qt/C++
+  * this is a milestone, not a deployed version
+Version 1.3.4.0 on 18.10.2018
+  * exporting flipped alpha beta
+  * imporoved handling of measurements with static compensator
+Version 1.3.3.4 on 08.09.2012
+  * saving .epdx file format
+  * reading temperature and scans metadata from .big
+  * aux and tool metadata saving
+  * uses Berreman / QBerr 1 libraries for .epdx dataset handling
+Version 1.2.0.0 on 11.04.2011
+  * loading data in .txt format from NSLS, Brookhaven
+  * automatic loading of AOI from .big file
+  * excluding bad spectra at selected analyzer azimuths
+  * option for averaging plain spectra vs weighted averaging
+  * export to Origin 8 via OLE container
+Version 1.1.0.0 on 17.03.2010
+  * modification for UniFr data format
+  * support for RAE measurements with static compensator
+  * exporting Psi Delta files in Woollam DAT format
+Version 1.0.0.0 in 2005 - 2009
+  * extension of legacy AB2PD - support for calibration and avaraging of more than 2 files
+  * written in Delphi/Pascal
+  * averaging and optimization on alpha beta coefficients
+  * exporting data to Origin via DDE
+AB2PD Version C3 on 12.11.2004
+  * latest version written by Josef Humlicek
+  * written in some BASIC dialect
+  * averaging and optimization on Psi Delta
+  * only two files with different polarizer azimuths