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From: Bernard B. <ber...@gm...> - 2010-01-19 11:16:28
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This is great work, Anthony! The Universal Binary version is the door open to further cooperative development, which includes porting to other systems. One detail is missing: with this version graphics are not displayed on MacOS 10.6 or higher. The reason is that MacOS "Snow Leopard" no longer supports the old QuickDraw graphics package that is still being used. One of the tasks that we will complete this year is rewrite graphics in the Quartz environment that replaces QuickDraw. It does not look difficult, just we need to get acquainted with Quartz. Therefore, if your machine runs MacOS 10.6, you can use this version for projects that do not need graphics and run the carbonized version (2.9.6) when graphics are needed. I suggest that once graphics have been fixed we jump to version "2.10". ;-) Currently I am migrating a wiki on which BP2 has some documentation to a better wiki environment (PmWiki). When it is ready (in about a week) I will suggest how we may build a cooperative documentation of BP2, including suggestions for bug fixes and further developments. Bernard Bel >Dear BP2 enthusiasts, > >Bernard and I are happy to announce that a new beta version of Bol Processor >has been released: version 2.9.7 beta. You can download the application >and/or the source code from the project site: > >http://bolprocessor.sourceforge.net/ > >This release now runs natively on all Mac OS X computers with OS X 10.4 or >later. Several significant bugs and issues have also been fixed. I am >sorry that it took so long to get this new version out to all of you. > >Our next major goal will be to start porting BP2 to Linux and other >Unix-like systems. Developers who are interested in this project are >enthusiastically invited to join us. Please contact us by email if you are >interested. > >More information about the release is below. Do not hesitate to contact us >through the forums, mailing lists, or privately if need be, if you have any >questions, comments, or support needs concerning Bol Processor. > >Enjoy! > >Anthony Kozar Bernard Bel >akozar AT users.sourceforge.net belbernard AT users.sourceforge.net > > >Files released: > > BP-2.9.7-beta-OSX.dmg Application for Mac OS X 10.4 or later > BP-2.9.7-beta-source.dmg Source code for Mac OS X > BP-2.9.7-beta-source.tgz Source code for porting to other OSes > >Changes in this version: > >Bol Processor is now a "universal binary". This means that it runs natively >(i.e. at full speed) on all Mac OS X computers (with either an Intel or >PowerPC processor). There may still be problems from the conversion to >Intel Macs, so let us know if you encounter any. > >This beta release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later to run whereas previous >releases ran on 10.2 or later. It should still be possible to compile BP >for 10.2 or 10.3 but it is more work to make a universal binary that >supports those versions and we have not yet completed that task. Please let >us know if you are still using OS X 10.2 or 10.3, otherwise we may conclude >that there is no interest. In the meantime, BP 2.9.6 fully supports 10.2 or >later. > >This version is no longer compatible with the "Classic" Mac OS (Mac OS 9 and >earlier). Please use BP 2.9.6 if you need Classic support. > >Bol Processor is now built with Apple's Xcode tools which are included with >Mac OS X or can be downloaded for free from ><http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/>. This makes it much easier for >all of you to help us improve Bol Processor! > >Fixed a problem where transforms could not be defined on English convention >note symbols (like C1, D2, etc.). It is now possible for any terminal >symbol to begin with an uppercase letter. > >Fixed some other problems including BP2 using WAY too much CPU time when it >was doing nothing. BP 2.9.7 will still consume around 5% of CPU time when >idling until we can overhaul its legacy event handling code. > > >------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ >Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the >world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference >attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through >interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. >http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev >_______________________________________________ >bolprocessor-devel mailing list >bol...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bolprocessor-devel |
