Hi all!

I created the branch for the next release! It's called release-0.15.0.
After some more checks I'll soon announce the alpha release.

Regards,
Kai

On Wednesday, 15 October 2014 at 04:34:43 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
> I created the branch for the next release! It's called release-0.15.0.
> After some more checks I'll soon announce the alpha release.

We should definitely merge the remaining 2.066.1 patches before the final release though. It's tagged upstream now, with the website update/announcements under way. Releasing a beta [1] at the same time the upstream release is out would be awesome.

David



[1] I don't know of any problematic areas that would necessitate an alpha right now, but that's probably a matter of taste.

On Friday, 17 October 2014 at 16:46:09 UTC, David Nadlinger wrote:
> [1] I don't know of any problematic areas that would necessitate an alpha right now, but that's probably a matter of taste.

I created the alpha tag today. But as usual, MinGW is a bit problematic. (Is the runtime Windos or POSIX? Each module decides own his own...)

Regards,
Kai

Is there any progress with ARM support?

On Monday, 20 October 2014 at 18:00:41 UTC, Suliman wrote:
> Is there any progress with ARM support?

Hi Suliman,

there is only slow progress with ARM. I only borrowed the GDC implementation of IeeeFlags() and FloatingPointControl().

Most progress is with PowerPC: PPC64 Little Endian is new and quite usable. PPC32 now cleanly compiles and is able to run small applications.

And currently there is activity on the Win64 version with the MSVC runtime...

Regards,
Kai

On Tuesday, 21 October 2014 at 16:32:52 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
> On Monday, 20 October 2014 at 18:00:41 UTC, Suliman wrote:
>> Is there any progress with ARM support?
>
> Hi Suliman,
>
> there is only slow progress with ARM. I only borrowed the GDC implementation of IeeeFlags() and FloatingPointControl().
>
> Most progress is with PowerPC: PPC64 Little Endian is new and quite usable. PPC32 now cleanly compiles and is able to run small applications.
>
> And currently there is activity on the Win64 version with the MSVC runtime...
>
> Regards,
> Kai

Is there any reasons of forsing PPC?

On Wednesday, 22 October 2014 at 06:11:51 UTC, Suliman wrote:
> Is there any reasons of forsing PPC?

Personal fun. I have cloud-based access to POWER8 servers. These machines are much faster than my Krait-based ARM board. (POWER cpus are used in super computers like the IBM Blue Gene. A Krait cpu is used in smartphones.)

Besides the fun factor a typical PowerPC system is big-endian, which is useful to validate the endian-neutral coding.

Regards,
Kai