Re: [B2-devel] Plan for 0.9 release ?

[Christian B. <cb...@st...>]

Hi!

On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 11:27:34PM +0200, Gwenole Beauchesne wrote:
> I thought B2 0.9 was to be released a few weeks ago. What needs to be
> done before such an event happens ?

You need to say "Go for it!".

> Was I supposed to fix some things=A0?

IIRC you said something about VOSF blitters and RGB masks that would have
to be fixed.

But if nobody has any objections, I will try to build B2 0.9 on all syste=
ms
I have access to. If that succeeds, it will be released.

> Providing an emulation of extended-precision FP would require too much
> work that probably doesn't worth the effort (speed-wise, usability). An=
y
> thoughts ?

I don't know whether the added precision is really needed but it might be
a desirable feature.

> Another problem arises then: is it possible to port powerrom_cpu to
> Linux/ppc ?

It sure is possible but powerrom_cpu doesn't enable the DR emulator yet.

Bye,
Christian

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