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2 months ago
- Announcement of the first release candidate for Disque 1.0.
- Disque is a new message queue designed from scratch with a focus on user experience, guarantees, and operational simplicity.
- The author hopes the system will be tested with Jepsen and in real-world scenarios to improve robustness.
- Disque provides a simple API and introspection capabilities for debugging and observation.
- The RC1 is a foundational release with expected bugs, but it represents a significant step forward.
- Acknowledgments to contributors and supporters involved in the development.
Real Linux for your smartphone: Ubuntu Touch release 24.04-2.0 and 24.04-1.4
2 months ago
- Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 is released, but only available on a limited set of devices due to increased storage requirements.
- Morph Browser gets a major engine upgrade from Chromium 87 to Chromium 134, improving web compatibility and laying groundwork for future updates.
- Widevine DRM installer is included for Morph Browser, allowing DRM-protected content, though it comes with legal disclaimers.
- Notch and rounded corner avoidance is now supported, with per-device configurations already set for several devices.
- A screenshot editor is added to Lomiri shell, allowing cropping, rotating, and color adjustment after capture.
- Printing support is introduced, though not installed by default; users must manually enable it via System Settings.
- Other improvements include better legacy app support, network indicator improvements, mobile data reliability, user data encryption (experimental), Georgian keyboard, and ~2,000 new emojis.
- Known issues include lack of hardware video decoding in Morph Browser, partially broken new tab page, Widevine restrictions, notch avoidance limitations in landscape, and broken on-screen keyboard for X11 apps.
- The release also includes Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.4, a maintenance update required for upgrading to 24.04-2.0 on some devices.
- Existing users must upgrade in two steps: first to 24.04-1.4, then to 24.04-2.0 via System Settings > Update.
C3 0.8.2 a Modest Improvement
2 months ago
- C3 0.8.2 release includes language ergonomics improvements such as reusable target templates for libraries and generic constdef.
- New reflection capabilities for generics, allowing inspection of generic instantiations with methods like is_generic, generic_qname, and generic_args.
- Bitstruct members now have bitoffset and bitsize properties for detailed bit-level reflection.
- Additional @param options: own, init, and drop for parameter annotations to aid static analysis and documentation.
- Asm stack alignment is now opt-in using @align, fixing previous mismatches with C behavior.
- Windows subsystem can be set directly, with all subsystems available for applications like EFI.
- Standard library additions include Atomic.compare_exchange, array::contains_slice, log::register_dynamic_category, and improved String methods.
- Fixes address issues in stdlib (e.g., String.to_double, JSON serialization, IPv6 parsing) and compiler (e.g., $stringify, constdef, untypedlist handling).
- Contributions from the C3 community through PRs, issues, and discussions are acknowledged, with specific contributors listed.
Clojure 1.13 adds support for checked keys
3 months ago
- Clojure 1.13.0-alpha1 release announced with download information available
- New checked map destructuring directives :keys!/:syms!/:strs! ensure required keys are bound and throw if missing
- PersistentArrayMaps now hold up to 64 keyword keys before transitioning to PersistentHashMaps, improving efficiency and optimization
- CLJ-2891 removes ACC_FINAL from static initializer constants to prepare for Java bytecode baseline updates
- Runtime and test dependencies updated to latest versions
EndBASIC 0.14: Are we multimedia yet?
3 months ago
- EndBASIC 0.14 introduces new features including basic sound support, graphics primitives like triangles and polygons, and retro VGA font.
- Graphics improvements include commands for drawing triangles (GFX_TRI and GFX_TRIF), polygons (GFX_POLY and GFX_POLYF), and bucket-fill (GFX_FILL).
- Retro VGA 8x16 font replaces TTF, unifying console look across platforms and adding a hybrid text/graphics indicator.
- macOS SDL console crash fixed by correcting threading architecture, though unsigned binaries require manual approval.
- Shebang support added for Unix-like systems, allowing direct script execution with optional console settings via magic comments.
- Sound support implemented via BEEP and SOUND commands, using existing Console framework; PLAY command considered for future.
- Release marks milestone towards EndBASIC 1.0, focusing on retro-style mini-game capabilities.
Loko Scheme 0.13.0
3 months ago
- Loko Scheme 0.13.0 released with bug fixes, performance improvements, and new features.
- Bootable disk images for 64-bit PCs are available from scheme.fail with GnuPG signatures.
- Loko Scheme is an optimizing Scheme compiler for R6RS and R7RS, producing statically linked binaries for bare metal, Linux, and NetBSD/amd64.
- The project website and mailing list are at https://scheme.fail, and it's licensed under EUPL v. 1.2 or later.

software release

<antirez>

Real Linux for your smartphone: Ubuntu Touch release 24.04-2.0 and 24.04-1.4

C3 0.8.2 a Modest Improvement

Clojure 1.13 adds support for checked keys

EndBASIC 0.14: Are we multimedia yet?

Loko Scheme 0.13.0