[Syllable-announce] Syllable 0.6.0 released

[Vandervliet, K. <Kri...@an...>]

Syllable 0.6.0 is now available!

Get it from Sourceforge at
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3D55553&package_id=3D=
5
0546&release_id=3D377448  Note that it may take a little while for the
all of the Sourceforge mirrors to syncronise.

The main highlight of this release is the new rendering model used by
the appserver, as well as the various driver improvements.  0.6.0
marks the start of a new development cycle for Syllable, with loads
of great new features due over the next year, so keep your eyes
peeled!

The full Changelog is included below.

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Changes for Syllable 0.6.0

Drivers
	o Improved ATA driver performance
	o Improved drive probing in the ATA driver and always use an
	  ATAPI block size of 2048 bytes
	o Backbuffered rendering supported in the intel, sis and
	  geforce driver
	o SiS video driver updated with SiS 761 and XGI Volari support
	o GeForceFX video driver updated with nVidia GeForce 7800
	  support
	o Radeon video driver updated with experimental Radeon
	  X300-X850 support

Kernel
	o Added kernel-level NLS support.  Patch from Jaroslaw Pelczar
	  <spi...@wp...>
	o New syscall: get_msg_size()
	o Added flush_locked_device_cache() function
	o Reworked shrink_cache_heaps() and shutdown_vfs()
	o Sorted kernel function list in ksyms.c
	o MTRR support
	o The floppy drive should work again
	o Support for the PCI bios in the PCI busmanager as a fallback
	  if hardware mode1/mode2 probing fails
	o Additional AFS journal replay sanity checks.

Libsyllable
	o The layout node class now deletes its views
	o Provide default permission flags to the open() call in the
	  fsnode class
	o Pixel align the views in the splitter class
	o Added Polish translation, updated the Danish one.

Appserver
	o The appserver should now close applications more reliable
	  during shutdown
	o The registrar now supports relative icon paths
	o Stretched blits are now supported in DM_BLEND mode
	o Added the possibility to set the size for maximized windows
	o Fixed a special case in the focus handling code of the
	  appserver
	o The Window & Application loops use get_msg_size() to handle
	  over-sized packets.
	o Code cleanups and display driver api updates
	o Removed 15bit code
	o Parts of the keyboard code moved into an input plugin

Media
	o Updated coldfish to avoid a lockup when loading a playlist
	  with many files
	o ColdFish can now add multiple files at once
	o Fixed memory leaks in the media applications
	o Updated screen driver that can scale the output
	o Updated ffmpeg driver

Applications
	o Two new preferences applications, "Login" & "Users & Groups".
	o Fixed DateTime preferences memory corruption.
	o Updated to AEdit 2.1  Jonas Jarvoll has made a lot of changes
	  since AEdit 1.5, including support for multiple (tabbed)
	  documents.
	o Launch Swedish, Danish and Polish translations.
	o Locale Swedish, Danish and Polish translations.
	o ColdFishRemote Swedish, Danish and Polish translations.

Desktop
	o Camera can now save screenshots in 16bit screen mode
	o The Dock now sets the size for maximized windows
	o New Dock plugin system
		o Clock, meter, mixer and coldfish plugin updated
	o Cleaned up message texts in DLogin.

Misc
	o French Canadian keymap from Paul Dufresne
	o New init scripts, environment & users/groups configuration
	o code_alt.ttf has been removed
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