[Syllable-announce] Syllable 0.6.2 released!

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

After an unprecedented amount of testing, bug fixing, blood, sweat=0D=0Aand=
 tears, we are all proud to announce that Syllable 0.6.2 is now=0D=0Aavaila=
ble!=0D=0A=0D=0AYou can download it from=0D=0Ahttp://sourceforge.net/projec=
t/showfiles.php=3Fgroup_id=3D55553&package_id=3D5=0D=0A0546&release_id=3D46=
2081=0D=0A=0D=0ASyllable 0.6.2 contains many new features, enhancements and=
 bug=0D=0Afixes from previous releases. Highlights of this release include:=0D=
=0A=0D=0A  * A new audio framework for the media server, with new and=0D=0A=
    improved audio drivers and support for multichannel and digital=0D=0A  =
  audio.=0D=0A  * A new look, with new fonts, icons and wallpapers=0D=0A  *=
 A huge number of translated applications for non-English users=0D=0A  * Up=
grades to important system components and a switch to=0D=0A    GCC 4.1.1, w=
hich has yielded noticable performance improvements.=0D=0A  * Better suppor=
t for SMP (multi-processor) and HyperThreading users=0D=0A  * New versions =
of important applications, including ABrowse and=0D=0A    Whisper. Media Co=
nverter can also now be used as a simple=0D=0A    CD-ripper and encoder.=0D=
=0A  * Support for NTFS filesystems, USB keyboards and Gigabit ethernet=0D=0A=
    controllers.=0D=0A=0D=0AMore information, including a list of known iss=
ues and a complete list=0D=0Aof changes, can be found in the readme documen=
t which is available from=0D=0Ahttp://www.syllable.org/docs/0.6.2/readme-0.=
6.2.txt=0D=0A=0D=0AIf you are installing Syllable for the first time you sh=
ould read the=0D=0Ainstall.txt document, which is available on the Syllable=
 installation CD=0D=0Aor from http://www.syllable.org/docs/latest/install.t=
xt=0D=0A=0D=0AOur thanks go to everyone who has contributed and helped to m=
ake this=0D=0Arelease happen, who are too numerous to mention.  However spe=
cial=0D=0Athanks go to Lance Hartford, Jaroslaw Pelczar and Lengyel Sandor=0D=
=0Afor their contributions.  Every single core developer has also put=0D=0A=
a huge amount of effort into bringing you this release (and we will=0D=0Ano=
w all be taking a short break to recover from it).  My own personal=0D=0Ath=
anks go to them for their tireless efforts.=0D=0A=0D=0A--=0D=0AChanges for =
Syllable 0.6.2=0D=0A=0D=0ADrivers=0D=0A  o New audio backend and media serv=
er improvements=0D=0A    o New audio drivers=0D=0A      o Intel ICH (i8xx) =
compatible=0D=0A      o VIA 8233/8235=0D=0A      o Intel HD-Audio compatibl=
e=0D=0A     o Updated the OSS drivers to work with the OSS driver in the ne=
w=0D=0A       audio framework=0D=0A  o Added usb_hid and usbkeyboard driver=
s=0D=0A  o Added new PS2 driver to replace the old keybd and ps2_aux driver=
s=0D=0A  o Added an NTFS driver (Ported from Linux by=0D=0A    Jaroslaw Pel=
czar <jpe...@in...>)=0D=0A  o ISO9660 driver=0D=0A    o Fixed RockRi=
dge selection=0D=0A    o Rationalised the optional parameters to be "nojoli=
et" and=0D=0A      "norockridge" or "norr"=0D=0A  o ATA driver updates=0D=0A=
    o The ATA busmanager is now more flexible to support non-standard=0D=0A=
      ATA host controller drivers=0D=0A    o Added PCI ID for the VIA8237a =
to the ATA controller=0D=0A    o Improved SATA configuration for VIA SATA a=
nd Intel ICH-5=0D=0Acontrollers=0D=0A    o Fixed ATAPI drive probing on cer=
tain drives from NEC and Toshiba=0D=0A(and=0D=0A      possibly others).=0D=0A=
  o Added a Realtek 8169 (& compatible) Gigabit NIC driver (Ported from=0D=0A=
the=0D=0A    Linux 2.6 r8169 driver).=0D=0A  o Fixed Intel graphics driver =
for i9xx chipsets=0D=0A  o Added a parallel printer (lp_printer) driver (Po=
rted from the Linux=0D=0A    driver by Lengyel Sandor <sle...@ch...>)=0D=
=0A  o Fixed a memory leak in the USB EHCI driver=0D=0A  o Do not reconfigu=
re PCI bridges that are already configured=0D=0A  o Updated ACPI busmanager=0D=
=0A  o Use ACPI to find additional PCI busses that are not connected to the=0D=
=0A    primary bus=0D=0A=0D=0AKernel=0D=0A  o SMP fixes=0D=0A    o Rewrite =
of the APIC & SMP startup code=0D=0A    o Split smp.c into smp.c & apic.c, =
and inc/smp.h into smp.h, apic.h=0D=0A& mpc.h=0D=0A    o The APIC code has =
been re-written to be much closer to the=0D=0Aoriginal Linux=0D=0A      ver=
sion=0D=0A    o Bug fixes=0D=0A      o Booting from a CPU other than #0 now=
 works=0D=0A      o Non-SMP machines should no longer have "phantom" CPU's =
I.e.=0D=0Ashowing the=0D=0A        CPU as #15=0D=0A      o Various other bu=
g fixes and code cleanups=0D=0A    o Shutdown auxilliary processors before =
trying to power off when=0D=0Arunning=0D=0A      with SMP enabled=0D=0A    =
o Added page validation code and fix the timer wakeup code=0D=0A    o Synch=
ronized TLB flushes on smp machines=0D=0A    o Eliminate recursive spinlock=
s=0D=0A  o New, fairer scheduler.  Contributed by=0D=0A    Lance Hartford <=
Lan...@li...>=0D=0A  o Floppy drives should work again=0D=
=0A  o Fixed some GCC4 related warnings=0D=0A  o Some work on suspend and r=
esume support=0D=0A  o New busmanager API=0D=0A=0D=0AAppserver=0D=0A  o Fix=
ed drawing errors if the window takes a long time to update the=0D=0Aconten=
t=0D=0A  o Optimized blit list in the appserver=0D=0A  o Window icons can n=
ow be any size=0D=0A  o Fixed some color space conversion errors in the app=
server=0D=0A  o Delay backbuffer to framebuffer blits until all rendering o=
perations=0D=0Aare=0D=0A    finished=0D=0A  o Added the possibility to shar=
e bitmaps between applications=0D=0A  o First code to implement the window =
events in the appserver=0D=0A=0D=0ALibsyllable=0D=0A  o Do not draw icons i=
n a os::IconView until the layout is complete=0D=0A  o Rewrite of the direc=
tory read code in the os::IconDirView class=0D=0A  o The VIEW_ICONS_DESKTOP=
 view of the os::IconView now uses the=0D=0Ainformation of=0D=0A    the app=
server about the maximum window frame.=0D=0A  o Changed the icons=0D=0A  o =
New selection frame=0D=0A  o Fixed the TabView::DeleteTab() method.=0D=0A  =
o Avoid problems when switching directories in the IconDirView class=0D=0A =
 o Added View::DrawSelectedText() & View::GetSelection()=0D=0A=0D=0AMedia=0D=
=0A  o New audio backend and media server improvements=0D=0A    o Low-level=
 API=0D=0A      o Added reference counters and the GetPhysicalType() method=0D=
=0A      o Removed the caches from the output plugins=0D=0A      o Removed =
the os::MediaTimeSource class=0D=0A    o High-level API=0D=0A      o Added =
the new high-level API (Currently limited to decoding)=0D=0A    o Mediaserv=
er=0D=0A      o Rewritten communication with the serveraudio plugin=0D=0A  =
    o Better hardware format selection=0D=0A      o Uses the media output d=
rivers instead of OSS=0D=0A    o Updated the FFMPEG port and plug-in to a n=
ew Subversion checkout.=0D=0A=0D=0AApplications=0D=0A  o New audio backend =
and media server improvements=0D=0A    o Mediaplayer=0D=0A      o Added new=
 file info dialog=0D=0A      o New A/V sync code added because of the remov=
al of=0D=0Aos::MediaTimeSource=0D=0A    o Coldfish=0D=0A      o Do not corr=
upt the playlist if you close it when still loading=0D=0A    o Mediaconvert=
er=0D=0A      o Added track selection box=0D=0A  o DiskManager=0D=0A    o M=
odernised and expanded the list of available partition types=0D=0A    o Dif=
ferent partitions are displayed with different colours=0D=0A    o The first=
 partition must now start at or above block #63=0D=0A  o AEdit=0D=0A    o F=
ixed crash when saving some large files=0D=0A  o ATerm=0D=0A    o Fixed ESC=
[M handling=0D=0A  o pkgmanager has been reimplemented in Orca=0D=0A  o Fix=
ed Network preferences=0D=0A  o Fixed DateTime preferences=0D=0A  o Switche=
d the Dock to the new event system=0D=0A=0D=0AMisc=0D=0A  o Upgraded to GCC=
 4.1.1=0D=0A  o Upgraded to Glibc 2.4=0D=0A  o Upgraded to Freetype-2.2.1=0D=
=0A  o Massive font updates=0D=0A    o Updated our ancient original URW Gho=
stScript fonts to the latest=0D=0Aones from=0D=0A      Gnome Russia and Man=
driva, so we now support a lot of non-latin=0D=0Aalphabets=0D=0A      such =
as Cyrillic.=0D=0A    o Replaced Bitstream Vera fonts with their successor,=
 the Deja Vu=0D=0Afonts, and=0D=0A      made them=0D=0A    o Dropped the Sy=
llableConsole font. No NIH syndrome here.=0D=0A  o Added SDL libraries to i=
nstallation=0D=0A    o SDL, SDL_mixer, SDL_net, SDL_image and SDL_sound=0D=0A=
  o Translations=0D=0A    o Most applications have been translated or made =
translation-ready=0D=0A    o Many non-English translations added for most a=
pplications=0D=0A  o Many new keymaps from Maritimus' keymaps pack 2.5=0D=0A=
  o Changed most of the system and desktop icons=0D=0A  o Added a series of=
 desktop backgrounds (From various contributors)=0D=0A  o Removed the defau=
lt "guest" user=0D=0A  o libpthread updates from Jan L. Hauffa and Arno Kle=
nke=0D=0A    o Improved conditionals handling=0D=0A    o Mutex handling is =
more compliant=0D=0A    o pthread_cleanup_push(), pthread_cleanup_pop() imp=
lemented & the=0D=0Acleanup=0D=0A      handlers are called from pthread_exi=
t()=0D=0A    o Basic pthread_join() implementation=0D=0A  o Hide the login =
window at the correct moment during login=0D=0A  o Changed the terminal typ=
e to rxvt-16color=0D=0A=0D=0A--=20=0D=0AVanders=0D=0Ahttp://www.syllable.or=
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