Thank you, Blender devs.
Just stumbled on this. Had no idea there was even an experimental branch.
I might play around more with Cycles since this is now a thing. Hoping it makes it into the main branch. I am hoping light- linking comes to ue5 as well but I understand it is near impossible because of how Lumen is.
This is sure to land in main, is in very active development. They’re currently examining what the best UI option is, I think I read you’ll link collections to lamps. They tried materials, but that was cumbersome.
Light Linking will come probably with Blender 4.0 later this year. Don‘t hold your breath for 3.6
Thats good news. Yeah using materials is cumbersome. Great choice by the devs with the current approach.
Any chance you can share where you got this info from? Is there a reason why its 4.0 and not 3.6?
Each release has the same set of milestones for large new features; the “bcon” milestones for 3.6 were:
| Phase | Description | Start Date | Branch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bcon1 | New features and changes | February 15, 2023 | main |
| Bcon2 | Improve and stabilize | April 19, 2023 | main |
| Bcon3 | Bug fixing only | May 17, 2023 | blender-v3.6-release |
| Bcon4 | Prepare release | June 21, 2023 | blender-v3.6-release |
| Bcon5 | Release | June 27, 2023 | blender-v3.6-release |
The date for large new features ended on April 19 really. And changes for 3.6 will be primarily bug fixes from May 17 onwards.
Ok. Thanks for Info 
Thanks for the time stamp. Guess they still have a lot of ironing out to do for light linking. Nevertheless, still very happy that this is in the works. Currently testing the experimental build.