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Så lykkedes det osse at få RC5 på gaden.

Der er ikke de store nyhedder - det er vist mest
versions opdateringer af diverse utils, og et utal
af fejl rettelser der gør forskellen.

eCS 2.0 GA forsinkes primært af at man ønsker
at ACPI bliver mere stabil/virksom. Derfor har man
allerede nu planlagt med en kommende RC6 (ingen
officiel tidshorisont).

Om man nogensinde får ACPI driveren til at virke
så "allround" som de har tænkt sig, tvivler jeg
stærkt på - men den virker da med både 2-core og
4-core systemer nu, så det går da fremad.

Her er de officielle nyhedder:

==== WHATSNEW for eComStation 2.0 RC5 ====

New Features:

* Disk resizer has progress bar for improved usability, improved
performance, no longer XUL based
* Added utility to set the time over the Internet
* Added utility to add (postscript) printer drivers using PPD definition
files
* XWLAN widget will be auto-installed when applicable
* Increased max number of supported (and detected) USB host controllers
from 4 to 8.
* Amouse is now the default mouse driver, also when booted from CD, when
USB support is detected (can be changed in pre-boot menu or installer)
* Updated genmac.cmd to support installation of not-present hardware
* Updated CD detection logic of minstpm and network, so a physical CD
is no longer required for (re)install
* \var\log\instlog.zip will contain more relevant logfiles
* Added Feedback Wizard that will upload instlog.zip to gain more user
feedback
* New bootlogo and desktopbackground, reflecting "RC5" status
* Desktop scheme can now be either 'blue' or 'orange', defaults to blue

Updated Applications:

* Updated GenMac to "Release Version 2.20a GA"
* Updated XWLAN utility to version 3.10
* Updated ACPI to version 3.09
* Updated both Firefox and Thunderbird to version 2.0.0.14
* Updated LLAECS (assingn IP address to non-bound NIC)
* Updated Cairo to version 1.6.4.1
* Updated DSSaver to version 1.9.0.1
* setboot utility updated to version 1.07
* Updated MiniLVM to version 2008-05-14
* Changed FT2LIB.CMD to preinstall some settings for the fontengine
* Updated PCI.EXE (wrapper) to use the newer PCISCAN.EXE (renamed
PCI.EXE 1.04 from VK) this version detects more hardware details.
* Updated eWPS to proper version 1.0.8
* Updated WarpIn to version 1.0.17
* Updated MPTS wrapper to version 0.9.10
* Updated USB Dock to version 2.2 (2008/02/21)
* Updated NewView to version 2.19.0

Updated / added drivers:

* Updated ACPI to revision 3.09
* Updated APM to revision 1.24
* Updated UniAud audiodriver to 1.1.4RC6 release
* Updated Dani IDE drivers from 1.8.1a to 1.8.4
* Updated eCo Runtime to version 2008-05-10
* Updated Fat32 to 0.9.12 fix 1

Fixes since the previous release:

* 1375: [installer phase 2] Failed TCP/IP install due to 4Gb free space bug
* 1938: [installer phase 1] When booting the disc checker reports no problems,
but minilvm reports a corrupted partition table.
* 1820: [ACPI] ACPI wizard doesn't do what it shows
* 1894: [installer phase 2] Phase 3 bootup crash
* 2059: [ACPI] Update bldlevel of resource.sys
* 1982: [other] TRAP in resource.sys
* 2055: [other] Don't integrate eCoSoft dlls to other packages
* 1844: [other] Selecting wrong driver for NIC
* 1931: [other] Missing UNIAUD.DLL
* 1917: [installer phase 1] Intel 82566MM (PCI ID 8086:1049) not detected
* 2016: [other] Improving EPM's GUI resources
* 1891: [installer phase 1] nForce5 NIC not recognised by the installer
* 2035: [other] COMMON\ECS\INSTALL\NLS\EN\MMECS.TPL - syntax (and other)
errors
* 1825: [other] Network install does not detect Broadcom 5702X NIC.
* 2036: [other] Programmatically deleting objects to the trashcan no
longer works corretly as in ecS 1.2
* 2044: [other] EVFS Help file missing
* 2040: [other] CVS - NLS - COMMON\ESC\INSTALL\NLS\EN\RECONF.GPS
* 1833: [other] Virtual Filesystem for SMB does not save mounted resources
across reboot.
* 1996: [other] ecom virtual drive front end maps printers as drives when
map all drives on a remote machine is selected
* 2029: [other] README.TXT in \OS2\BOOK is the wrong file
* 2015: [other] Can't access or read Compact flash
* 2026: [other] can't re-install networking without CD
* 1908: [other] No EVFS stuff if you don't install peer to peer
* 1944: [migration from eCS 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2] Disable DS Saver during
installation
* 1979: [migration from eCS 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2] When migrating from eCS 1.2 old
revision of WPIRTL.DLL is in libpath
* 1981: [other] Old version of eCo Software runtime installed (in several
places)
* 2004: [other] DSSaver does not provide enough security
* 1986: [migration from eCS 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2] eCSconect new version 1.14
* 1961: [installer phase 1] Text for VPN and NFS client in network installer
from IBM
* 2022: [installer phase 2] Add ecs\install\WARPIN\install.log to log ZIP
file of installation...
* 2023: [installer phase 2] Genmac gets copied to the wrong path.
* 1946: [installer phase 1] Resizing tool needs to provide better feedback
to the user during operations
* 1963: [other] Xworkplace somehow causes WPS to crash
* 1950: [other] Time setting via Internet not possible
* 1978: [other] Still (apparently) need a time sync module for eCS 2.0
* 1936: [other] Missing utility: InstPDR
* 2006: [other] zip.exe included in RC4 is defect
* 2009: [other] MyIP misses it's config file in the %etc% dir
* 1997: [other] TCP/IP configuration blows up...
* 1991: [other] Second S-ATA Burner not visible
* 1994: [other] Xwlan widget blocks WPS almost complete because of popup...
* 1998: [other] No help in 'Top'
* 2001: [other] Installation process forgets installation partition at reboot
* 1940: [other] Crash with FAT 32 IFS and USB removeable devices, need updated
FAT32 IFS
* 1964: [booting of CD] Unable to boot CD
* 1918: [installer phase 2] Default NET.CFG created in root of boot volume
contains incorrect entries
* 1985: [other] eclock.zip still in CVS
* 1958: [other] The Internet Assistant and eCSCoNet don't work with
RTL8139.nif
* 1827: [installer phase 2] Reboot from phase 1 to phase 2 always reboots
to wrong partition
* 1967: [installer phase 1] At Phase 1, if you try and Alt-F1, F2 to get a
command prompt, ibm1s506.add is used instead of danis506
* 1857: [other] Installation of FF en THB in their own dirs failed
* 1842: [other] Add description of file systems
* 1834: [installer phase 3] Firefox wouldn't be installed
* 1919: [installer phase 2] GenMAC folder does not belong on new system
desktop
* 1924: [other] Power off not completed
* 1962: [migration from eCS 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2] Faxworks does not work at all
* 1907: [other] evfsgui.exe currently not NLS ready
* 1956: [migration from eCS 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2] Migration of eCS1.2 to eCS 2.0
failed
* 1937: [other] Clean out unused BMP files from \ecs\install on install CD
* 1846: [other] Migrating JFS boot partition from RC3 to RC4
* 1932: [other] NTFS.IFS in CONFIG.SYS
* 1927: [installer phase 1] Included Uniaud is release candidate 4, not 3
* 1823: [other] Duplicate Paths in LIBPATH and PATH
* 1848: [installer phase 1] unable to migrate
* 1886: [other] CW-Multimedia Classes
* 1890: [installer phase 2] When installing AMouse on non EN system, EN
resources remain around
* 1889: [other] System Setup -> Workplace Shell -> Menu -> Desktop
* 1822: [other] xwlan assigns unwanted ipaddresses to interfaces
* 1911: [other] Copy ecs_inst.flg from to \var\log
* 1819: [ACPI] ACPI log to root dir
* 1884: [other] IBMCOM/MACS Flooded
* 1877: [other] Outdated Cairo Version
* 1821: [other] \eCS\klibc\bin utilities is in %PATH%
* 1863: [other] Firewall documentation object points to wrong path
* 1814: [other] No ; on path with 4OS2, RC4



--
Allan.

It is better to close your mouth, and look like a fool,
than to open it, and remove all doubt.

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Allan skrev:
> Så lykkedes det osse at få RC5 på gaden.

Ja, jeg bandede godt og grundigt, da jeg så nyheden (det må
for f..... være på tide at udsende den færdige version af 2.0).

> eCS 2.0 GA forsinkes primært af at man ønsker
> at ACPI bliver mere stabil/virksom. Derfor har man
> allerede nu planlagt med en kommende RC6 (ingen
> officiel tidshorisont).

Der tager du heldigvis fejl. Mit banderi stoppede, da jeg
kom et godt stykke ned i meddelelsen fra Serenity:

"RC6 is currently scheduled for release at the end of August
2008. Shortly after RC6, the General Availability (GA)
version should be released. We will make an effort to
publish a more detailed roadmap so those interested can
follow the progress".

Så selv hvis tingene endnu en gang skulle skride, så kan vi
måske forvente at se version 2.0 i oktober/november - i år
vel at mærke!

--
Mvh. Kim Ludvigsen
Gratis kabaler og bridge.
http://kimludvigsen.dk

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On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 09:01:14 UTC, Kim Ludvigsen <usenet@kimludvigsen.dk> wrote:

> Allan skrev:
> > Så lykkedes det osse at få RC5 på gaden.
>
> Ja, jeg bandede godt og grundigt, da jeg så nyheden (det må
> for f..... være på tide at udsende den færdige version af 2.0).

Tja, kan kun give dig ret - havde 2.0 været på gaden for 2 år siden,
så havde folk stadig ville betale for opdateringer - idag ser det
desværre nytteløst ud.

> > eCS 2.0 GA forsinkes primært af at man ønsker
> > at ACPI bliver mere stabil/virksom. Derfor har man
> > allerede nu planlagt med en kommende RC6 (ingen
> > officiel tidshorisont).
>
> Der tager du heldigvis fejl. Mit banderi stoppede, da jeg
> kom et godt stykke ned i meddelelsen fra Serenity:
>
> "RC6 is currently scheduled for release at the end of August
> 2008. Shortly after RC6, the General Availability (GA)
> version should be released. We will make an effort to
> publish a more detailed roadmap so those interested can
> follow the progress".

OK, havde ikke læst dette - mit udsagn var basseret på
info jeg fik for et par uger siden...

> Så selv hvis tingene endnu en gang skulle skride, så kan vi
> måske forvente at se version 2.0 i oktober/november - i år
> vel at mærke!

Tiden plejer vist at skride 2 år gennemsnitligt for eCS

Mææn, det kan da være, vi får en julegave - hvem ved

--
Allan.

It is better to close your mouth, and look like a fool,
than to open it, and remove all doubt.

---

On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 09:01:14 UTC, Kim Ludvigsen <usenet@kimludvigsen.dk> wrote:

> Allan skrev:
> > Så lykkedes det osse at få RC5 på gaden.
>
> Ja, jeg bandede godt og grundigt, da jeg så nyheden (det må
> for f..... være på tide at udsende den færdige version af 2.0).
>
> > eCS 2.0 GA forsinkes primært af at man ønsker
> > at ACPI bliver mere stabil/virksom. Derfor har man
> > allerede nu planlagt med en kommende RC6 (ingen
> > officiel tidshorisont).
>
> Der tager du heldigvis fejl. Mit banderi stoppede, da jeg
> kom et godt stykke ned i meddelelsen fra Serenity:
>
> "RC6 is currently scheduled for release at the end of August
> 2008. Shortly after RC6, the General Availability (GA)
> version should be released. We will make an effort to
> publish a more detailed roadmap so those interested can
> follow the progress".
>
> Så selv hvis tingene endnu en gang skulle skride, så kan vi
> måske forvente at se version 2.0 i oktober/november - i år
> vel at mærke!

Tror du stadig på den ?
Kiggede lige nu......
I bugtracker er 15% af bugs de _selv_ har registreret som noget
det skal fixes _før_ RC6, til dato fixed !.
De øvrigt kan vi kun gætte om (Yikes)


--
Allan.

It is better to close your mouth, and look like a fool,
than to open it, and remove all doubt.

---

Allan skrev:
> On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 09:01:14 UTC, Kim Ludvigsen <usenet@kimludvigsen.dk> wrote:
>>
>> Så selv hvis tingene endnu en gang skulle skride, så kan vi
>> måske forvente at se version 2.0 i oktober/november - i år
>> vel at mærke!
>
> Tror du stadig på den ?

Tja ...

> Kiggede lige nu......
> I bugtracker er 15% af bugs de _selv_ har registreret som noget
> det skal fixes _før_ RC6, til dato fixed !.
> De øvrigt kan vi kun gætte om (Yikes)

De lovede, at de hurtigt ville offentliggøre en nærmere
tidsplan i modsætning til tidligere. Den venter vi også
stadig på. Men ellers kommer der vel også en
oktober/november næste år, hrmfp!

--
Mvh. Kim Ludvigsen
Gem internettet på din computer med Net Snippets.
http://kimludvigsen.dk

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On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 08:07:16 UTC, Kim Ludvigsen <usenet@kimludvigsen.dk> wrote:

> Allan skrev:
> > On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 09:01:14 UTC, Kim Ludvigsen <usenet@kimludvigsen.dk> wrote:
> >>
> >> Så selv hvis tingene endnu en gang skulle skride, så kan vi
> >> måske forvente at se version 2.0 i oktober/november - i år
> >> vel at mærke!
> >
> > Tror du stadig på den ?
>
> Tja ...

lad mig sige det sådan...jeg har vundet vædemål omkring ecs20GA
i 2 år nu

> > Kiggede lige nu......
> > I bugtracker er 15% af bugs de _selv_ har registreret som noget
> > det skal fixes _før_ RC6, til dato fixed !.
> > De øvrigt kan vi kun gætte om (Yikes)
>
> De lovede, at de hurtigt ville offentliggøre en nærmere
> tidsplan i modsætning til tidligere. Den venter vi også
> stadig på. Men ellers kommer der vel også en
> oktober/november næste år, hrmfp!

Nemlig :-/
Jeg har efterhånden testet RC5 på mange PC/Notebooks,
og IMHO er den slemt værre end RC4 på utallige punkter !

Hvordan de har båret sig ad med at få en RC ubrugelig på så
mange punkter som tidligere virkede, må kun guderne vide.


--
Allan.

It is better to close your mouth, and look like a fool,
than to open it, and remove all doubt.

---

Allan skrev:

> I bugtracker er 15% af bugs de _selv_ har registreret som noget
> det skal fixes _før_ RC6, til dato fixed !.

Hvordan ser det ud nu?
Hvor ser du egentlig bugtracker, og kan alle få adgang til den?

--
Mvh. Kim Ludvigsen
Skrot mus og tastatur, i fremtiden kan du styre computeren
med stemmen, tanken - eller dit humør.
http://kimludvigsen.dk

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On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 21:17:03 UTC, Kim Ludvigsen <usenet@kimludvigsen.dk> wrote:

> Allan skrev:
>
> > I bugtracker er 15% af bugs de _selv_ har registreret som noget
> > det skal fixes _før_ RC6, til dato fixed !.
>
> Hvordan ser det ud nu?

42 of 236 issue(s) resolved. Progress (17%).

Det er for RC6 :-/

> Hvor ser du egentlig bugtracker, og kan alle få adgang til den?

login på ecomstation.com of vælg noget med "bugs"

--
Allan.

It is better to close your mouth, and look like a fool,
than to open it, and remove all doubt.