[hatari-devel] So, do you have a planned release date for 1.5.0?

[Laurent Sallafranque]

Le 20/03/2011 13:59, Nicolas Pomarède a écrit :
> Le 15/03/2011 22:32, Eero Tamminen a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>> On maanantai 14 maaliskuu 2011, Laurent Sallafranque wrote:
>
>>> If we want a new release, we'll have to deliver 2 exes, as 
>>> compatibility
>>> with Falcon is better with the new core.
>>
>> If we would do a release now, I don't see why there would need to be two
>> binaries.   As long as there aren't regressions for the old AUE, we 
>> can ship
>> just that and then switch to new Core in next release after that (in 
>> 2012?).
>> This way there would be enough time to make sure it works well enough.
>>
>
> Hello
>
> Well, we can always ship a "hatari_experimental_falcon.exe" for the 
> Windows release (as Windows people are not always aware of how to 
> compile exe from the sources), but for the rest of the users, we'll 
> just keep old CPU core as default when using ./configure and we could 
> add some infos in the release note to explain how to build the more 
> recent cpu core for falcon emulation.
>
>
>>
>> We've had Hatari releases within 2-10 month intervals and it's already
>> 9 months since last release.
>>
>> IMHO there are enough features, usability enhancements and bug fixes
>> for a new release with:
>> - Spec512 med-res mode
>> - The "hack" to run Atari binaries directly with Hatari
>> - Fixes to DMA sound issues on low frequencies&  sound latency issue
>> - Memory state&  restore fixes
>> - AVI recording usability improvements
>> - Your SDL file selector improvement
>> - Improvements&  fixes to resolution change handling
>> - New dissassembler
>> - Profiling support
>> - DSP/Videl/Crossbar/AES/VDI tracing support
>> - Possibility to set breakpoints for OS functions
>> - TOS text output to console with --bios-intercept
>> etc.
>>

I would also add the 32 Mhz handshake mode transfers between crossbar 
and DSP (sound is not that good with old core than with new core, but it 
works in both case)
(eg. amanita demo from DHS)

Laurent