The Tunes project Change Log

When a change implies other changes (e.g. changes in an the subproject index when adding a subproject), only the primary change is reported.
Also, the mailing list being always evolving, and already indexed by date, its changes need not be reported here.

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Changes from version 0.0.0.8 to 0.0.0.9

• Created this very Changelog ;)
• Created the Migration subproject.
• Reformatted the list of Project Members, added Kodrin, and wrote a personal (Faré's) note about seeking maintainers.
• Translated the i386 boot sector from TASM into as86+M4

Changes from version 0.0.0.9 to 0.0.0.10

• Edited a bit more (and actually published): the Migration subproject.
• Modified the way the project is introduced in the home page, and reformatted the Identity FAQ in the home page,
• Included corrections about broken style and broken english, from CrabSalad (dstevens@bu.edu).
• Created a page for concrete examples about what Tunes must provide in real-life to help users, as that's what many people ask on IRC.
• Among these, began to publish an example about a CD database.
• On Jecel's suggestion, added Occam as a language to review. Still one more.
• Began to translate existing TASM code (boot loader) and macros into as86+m4 dialect (in the full distribution, it's in directory src/LLL/i386, files *.m4, BIOS/*.S). It's a real pain, and it shows how m4 is ugly (well, TASM was not pretty either, but its macro system was quite more readable, and consistent with the remaining of syntax). Perhaps I should have used macro4th instead ? Anyway, that's a good demonstration of what's wrong in existing computing systems.
• Modified the .Logrc files; removed the link from index.html to Tunes.html as it confused patch, and moved Tunes.html to index.html, to keep the address short.

Changes from version 0.0.0.10 to 0.0.0.11

• Created a Review subproject with its own subdirectory
• Modified slightly the Migration subproject
• Added words to the glossary: Utility, Expediency, Root, Super-user, liberty.
• wrote and annotated the lame "C" version of the sieve example in the HLL subproject.
• rewrote in m4 all the macros for structured programming from the TASM version, i.e. all that was difficult. (working __IF__,__THEN__,__ELSE__,__ENDIF__; any taker add support for __ELSEIF__ ???). m4 is powerful, but its horrible syntax makes it suck! I've written a README there and info files to describe what has already been done.
• Still looking for maintainers for all those subprojects: Review. Migration, LLL, OTOP, i386, C translator,

Expected soon on your WWW browsers !

• Reviews for m4, and FORTH...
• At least Part II of the motivation article "Why a new OS ?" finished...
• A lot of examples about what Tunes will do for you, and examples in all subprojects, particularly the HLL...
• i386 boot code that is entirely written using as86 and m4 (or the LLL ?) instead of tasm, and that compiles anew.
• i386 boot code that actually does things, not just sits there.
• New Glossary definitions. Particularly: Users, Security.

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