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finally, we've got a web designer for the iconf homepage, homosapiens the new man. welcome again. i believe that the homepage will soon leave its current ugly look behind. thanks for joining, and hopefully, we'll do some nice things together.

iconf 0.3b was released yesterday. it ain't something ground breaking, but it should be pretty useful and it's gradually improving. this is a source release that compiles on Linux, and is expected to compile and run on other Unices as well. a binary release for another popular operating system (you know which one, don't you?) may follow some time after this, if I have time for it.

download iconf 0.3b: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=37668&release_id=78597

The second alpha release was done on the 18th. I went back to work on the source right after the release. So only now i'm making this announcement. Not too late, eh? I'll be writing some documentation in the next few days. Hopefully, the next release will come with man pages...

Release 0.2a is more like a cleaned up version of release 0.1a, where most of the works are on improving the codes and fixing bugs. The only major new feature is its ability to parse configuration lines with different spacing styles. for instance, the lines, ... read more

i'm still working on the current tree. there's a strange, but reproducible bug on string handling. i'm hunting it down now, and the next beta will be ready when i get it fixed.

a much delayed release of pre-compiled windows binary. i decided not to compile it from the latest source, becoz i don't seem to have enough time to do the testing needed. anyway, give this a try, you windows people out there. remember that it's still in the alpha stage. so things might not look pretty, but it works.

alright now, just uploaded the package, it should be available for download in about an hour. have fun.

i've been planning a release for msdos/windows. the 'iconf' codes are pretty much portable. i've tried to compile it with 'djgpp' running on a windows box. it compiles, tho' i needed to hard code a few program constants in a header, as i didn't have 'make' on that machine.

the point is that 'iconf' can be easily ported to msdos/windows, the problem now is to decide which version to be ported. the last alpha release, or the latest CVS snapshot? another problem is that i really don't like to be on a windows box!... read more

Greetings,

i understand that there's always "one more" feature to code in before making a release. but i think it's now time for an alpha. most basic stuffs are already in, and there are a lot more going on in my mind.

it hasn't been throughly tested, so i can't be sure how many bugs it has. do have the bug reports in, should you encounter any. but given the small size of the current source tree, i think it should be pretty safe. ... read more

i did some testing last night. it looks like the implemented stuffs are working fine, right now.

the coding itself isn't tough. the tough thing is to get down and write the docs... sigh. i don't think there'll be docs for the coming alpha. perhaps, we'll have some of them in the near future.

regards.

Greetings,

i did something stupid, when i was importing the source tree to the CVS server yesterday. i forgot to clean up the source tree before importing! so there are a few unwanted files in the iconf/Attic directory. i swore that i won't be thaaat stupid since then.

it's almost ready for the first alpha release, i think. after all, iconf is just a small project. i'll do some alpha testing, and the release will come in the next few days.... read more