Unix Porting Project ChangeLog

Unix Porting Project

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9th September 2004
(emulation)

(games)

9th September 2004
(audio)

5th September 2004
(terminal)

29th August 2004
(browser)

25th July 2004
(games)

(browser/test)

23rd June 2003

Explanation of ChoX11 in this drobe article.

Screenshots page updated.

(chox11/test)

8th March 2004
(emulation)

14th November 2003
(games)

23rd October 2003
(games)

29th September 2003

Unix Porting Tools released. See this drobe article for more details.

27th September 2003
(games)

15th September 2003
(chox11/test)

(games)

24th July 2003
(games)

18th July 2003
(games)

14th July 2003
(games)

2nd July 2003

There is now a members-only mailing list for the project. If you're a member, and haven't been invited, please contact me.

29th June 2003

The usage page has been updated, giving information on how to run the various types of programs.

(games)

18th June 2003

ChoX11 and 32-bit RiscXLib now available on http://www.riscos.info/xlib/.

The CD contents have been updated - it now includes ChoX11, RiscXLib and SDL, as well as DeskLib and GCC versions.

12th June 2003
(games)

1st June 2003

Due to popular demand, there is now an RSS feed for the project.

26th May 2003

Most programs in archives dated after today will be built with GCC 3.3 instead. Please tell me if you encounter any problems.

15th May 2003
(cli/test) (games)

You may notice the downloads page now has screenshots on it. Please contribute any screenshots you have so they can be added.

Don't forget to read the ReadMe in the games directory if you're downloading games.

13th May 2003

SDL for RISC OS is now available for download.

8th May 2003
(games)

4th May 2003
(games)

New lot of games, ported by Neil White and Peter Naulls

2nd May 2003
(games)

27th April 2003
(games)

27th April 2003
(games)

Games using sound will require the DigitalRenderer module.

24th April 2003

5th April 2003
(terminal)

4th April 2003
(java)

9th March 2003
(terminal)

6th March 2003
(cli)

22nd February 2003
(cli/test) (cli)

20th February 2003

PalPal now accepts Switch and Solo, so that means I can too, from the subscription page.

27th January 2003

I can now offer subscriptions for developers. See the developer page.

The process for subscribers using PayPal has been streamlined. See the subscription page.

(cli)
  • file updated to not treat image files as directories.

7th January 2003
(x11/test)
  • xephem added. Most likely doesn't work yet. Xephem is an interactive astronomy program.

6th January 2003
(terminal)
  • The filename of the bitchx zip (ircii-pana) renamed to the less confusing bitchx.

5th January 2003
(cli)
  • libjpeg-progs added. These are various tools for manipulating JPEGs.

4th January 2003
(terminal/test)
  • nap added. Curses-based Napster client.

19th December 2002
(cli)
  • netcat added. TCP/IP swiss army knife.

18th December 2002
(terminal)
  • less added. less is a terminal pager, to view textfiles with.

(terminal/test)
  • minicom added. minicom is a serial terminal program, like Connector. There are issues with serial port handling to be fixed in UnixLib before this will work correctly.

(chox11/test)
  • knews added. knews is an X-based news reader. Demo of Chox11 functionality.

(cli)
  • m4 added. m4 is a GNU macro processor.

17th December 2002
(terminal)
  • ircii-pana added. Also known as BitchX, a popular Unix IRC client.

(cli)
  • bogomips added. This is a simple benchmark program.

(x11/test)
  • bochs added. This probably doesn't work properly yet. Bochs is a PC emulator, capable of running Windows or Linux.
  • soundtracker added. This won't work until threading is properly supported. Soundtracker is an X-based "tracker" editor.

16th December 2002
  • The autobuilt directory has been removed from the downloads section. Autobuilt programs are now placed directly into their categorised directory.

(cli)
  • macutils added. These are a variety of CLI utilities for handling Mac files.

9th December 2002
(terminal/test)
  • mutt added. This has various issues, and probably can't send mail sensibly. Mutt is a popular terminal-based mail program.

8th December 2002
iyonix ok

Iyonix Ok logo added to downloads for programs which have been tested on Iyonix. Other programs may or or may not work on Iyonix.

3rd December 2002
(test/cli)
  • rsync added. This is completely untested.

28th November 2002
(test/cli)
(cli)
  • New version of ImageMagick - updated to 5.5.1.6 and 32 bit.
27th November 2002

The website has been substantially rearranged to make the infomation clearer including:

25th November 2002
(x11)
  • Another version of links - this version is graphical and runs under X.
  • Added 32bit: Freeciv, updated to 1.13.0

24th November 2002
(x11)
  • Added 32bit: dillo, now autobuilt

(terminal)
  • Added 32bit: openssh, and updated to version 3.5

23rd November 2002
  • bash added to autobuilder. This has a lot of problems, and is for interest value only.

(cli)
  • Added 32bit: file, whois

(terminal)
  • Added 32bit: lynx, nano, ncftp

22st November 2002
(cli/test)
  • Added mkisofs

  • Elinks added to autobuilder (experimental version of links)

21st November 2002
  • 32-bit version of UnixHome

13th November 2002
(cli)
  • 32-bit version of wget uploaded.

(terminal)
  • 32-bit version of links uploaded.

11th November 2002

  • Updated system.zip. This contains SharedUnixLibrary 1.02, which is 32-bit and is required for any new software.

15th October 2002

  • The CD contents have been updated. Along with the full contents of the website, CDs will also contain two versions of GCC - one is the current release, dated December 2001. The second is a bleeding edge one based upon my developments. This version produces 32-bit code by default. See the main page for details on obtaining CDs.

  • And they've been updated again. The CD now also includes RiscX, to make the CD complete.

  • All programs are now built as 32-bit compatible applications, with the newly 32-bitted UnixLib. This has two temporary implications: Some programs may be unstable as I resolve changes that were made in order to be 32-bit comaptible; secondly, programs will not be ARM3 compatible until that support is put back in.

    The long term implication is that programs will be compatible from RISC OS 3.1 to Select, and on any new machines that support running programs in 32-bit mode.

3rd October 2002
(autobuilt)

20th September 2002
  • Printable Order Forms are now available. See main page.

11th September 2002
(chox11/test)
  • Added a new test version of tgif using ChoX11. Again, demonstration of progress.

9th September 2002
(x11)
  • Uploaded Dillo version under X11.

4th September 2002
(x11)
  • Uploaded Chimera version under X11.

3rd September 2002

2nd September 2002
(chox11/test)
  • Added a test version of tgif using ChoX11. Not very useful, but demonstration of progress.
(chox11)
  • Updated the versions of xlogo and xclock so they do not suffer the previous redraw problems.

14th August 2002

7th August 2002
(cli/test)
  • lftp - ftp program

6th August 2002
CDs are now available. See http://www.chocky.org/unix/ for more details.

5th August 2002
New version of Imagemagick. JPEG support is now included.

4th August 2002
Added:
(cli)
  • Imagemagick - image processing tools
(terminal)
  • OpenSSH - ssh1/ssh2 client

3rd August 2002
Added:
(X11/test)

2nd August 2002
Added:
(terminal)
  • links (Terminal web browser)

22nd July 2002
Added:
(terminal)
  • w3m (Terminal web browser)
  • xclock (Analog/digital clock)
(X11)
  • tgif (Vector graphics program)

20th July 2002
First binaries for Unix Porting Project put up:
(cli)
  • wget (http/ftp file fetcher)
(terminal)
  • lynx (Terminal web browser)
(X11)
  • xeyes (Eyes follow pointer)
(X11/test)
  • xlogo (X Logo in a window)
  • gimp (Powerful bitmap graphics program)