Re: [AD] It's official: Hell has frozen over!

[Javier González <xaviergonz@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Now we just gotta do 4.2 (aka prefixed allegro) don't we?
Any tips on how should we start? Im really interested in that version

----- Original Message -----
From: "Henrik Stokseth" <hstokset@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <agp@xxxxxxxxxx>; <allegro@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 7:20 PM
Subject: [AL] It's official: Hell has frozen over!


> ... and Allegro 4.0.0 is out.  No, really.
>
>         http://alleg.sourceforge.net/
>
> The download page is at:
>
>         http://alleg.sourceforge.net/wip.html
>
>
> The packages are bigger than usual because demo.dat is bundled inside.
> Binary RPMs for Linux aren't available yet, but should appear
> on http://www.allegro.cc eventually :-)
>
> Allegro 4.0.0 is also uploaded to simtel.net and delorie.com and should be
> on a lot of ftp mirrors soon.
>
> =================================================================
> ============ Changes from 3.9.40 to 4.0.0 (Dec 2001) ============
> =================================================================
>
>    Many minor changes.
>
>    Eric Botcazou modularised the VGA/Mode-X drivers under Linux.
>
>    Peter Wang fixed the segfault bug in Mode-X under Linux with threads.
>
>    Peter Wang made the X11 port use SIGTERM signal instead of exit() when
>    invoking the three finger salute. This solves a problem where programs
>    with sound hang when they are killed.
>
>    Eric Botcazou added os_version and os_revision support to the QNX port
> and
>    added a QNX specific section to the docs.
>
>    Peter Wang added a deadzone for digital readings of joystick axes under
>    Linux, as suggested by George Foot and made the driver look for
>    /dev/input/js# before /dev/js#.
>
>    Peter Wang renamed fixed point functions to be prefixed with "fix"
> instead
>    of "f", to avoid clashes with some libcs. Backwards compatibility is
>    provided using static inline functions.
>
>    Peter Wang fixed two problems with emergency exits under Linux/Unix.
>
>    Eric Botcazou changed the updating logic of the QNX Photon graphics
>    driver.
>
>    Eric Botcazou added a doc for the wfixicon utility, with the help of
>    Laurence Withers.
>
>    Angelo Mottola unicodified allegro_message on BeOS and wrote a new BeOS
>    keyboard driver (using the shared pckeys system).
>
>    Eric Botcazou fixed a problem with David Capello's d_menu_proc
>    steal/return mouse focus patch.
>
>    Peter Wang made passing NULL to install_allegro() as the atexit_ptr
>    parameter mean allegro_exit() won't be installed as an atexit()
>    callback, as suggested by Javier Gonzalez.
>
>    Lorenzo Petrone added a gfxinfo utility.
>
>    Eric Botcazou added fetch_mode_list() to the QNX Photon Direct driver.
>
>    Peter Wang made X desktop_color_depth() able to return 15 bpp.
>
>    Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz updated Spanish translation strings.
>
>    Peter Wang fixed a problem with X shutdown sequence.
>
>    Eric Botcazou repaired the QNX build process, revamped the layout of
the
>    QNX port sources and made some fixes.
>
>    Peter Wang disabled the SVGAlib mode fetching code as it was causing
>    problems with other drivers.
>
>    Angelo Mottola added BeOS notes to the ABI compatibility doc.
>
>    Eric Botcazou fixed a bug in the Windows locking code that caused the
>    grabber to crash on switch out.
>
>    Eric Botcazou fixed a bug in the handling of recursive sub-bitmaps
under
>    Windows.
>
>    Eric Botcazou fixed a bug preventing old style password-protected
>    packfiles from loading in the grabber.
>
>    Lorenzo Petrone added two FAQ entries on DGA2 problems.
>
>    Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz revamped the structure of the docs directory.
>
>    Stepan Roh updated the Czech translation.
>
>    Javier Gonzalez fixed a bug in the DirectSound driver related to the
loop
>    playing modes.
>
>    David Capello fixed a problem with submenus which overlapped their
>    parents, where focus would pop back to the parent instead of the child.
>
> =================================================================
>
>
> Thanks to the Allegro developers, especially those who worked on the
> ports early in the development cycle.  Most of them aren't actively
> working on Allegro anymore so their efforts get forgotten.  I'm being
> careful and not naming names, but they know who they are :-)
>
> Thanks also to the users who have supported Allegro for the last
> couple of years.  Bug reports are annoying to deal with, but they
> usually help.  Usually.
>
> Also a big thanks to Peter Wang for putting a lot of efforts into making
> sure this release doesn't contain any bad surprises (testing), and for
> making the release itself.
>
> Have fun!  (Make games, not war.)
>
>
>
>