Today I finalized the 1.9 release of Open Watcom. It is equivalent to Release Candidate 6 (I haven't been good about keeping this blog updated regarding release candidates). Some of the new features include support for RDOS, support for Windows 7 development in the Win32 API, IDEAL mode support in WASM, our own documentation compiler for OS/2, and the usual collection of fixes and minor enhancements. The release notes contain more details.
This has been another long release cycle... longer than expected or desired. We've been averaging over a year between releases but I would prefer a six to eight month pace instead. Open source development is supposed to be agile, but so far the Open Watcom project has not had that characteristic. Users who want to only work with official releases currently have to wait a rather long time to pick up new features and fixes.
The next release will be, of course, version 2.0. That's a significant milestone and it is natural for people to wonder what we have planned for it. I think, however, I will post separately about that issue. Stay tuned!
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3 comments:
Peter,
Thanks for, and congrats on, the new release!
Have you given any thought to supporting win64 at a target in Open Watcom 2.0 or thereafter?
KEN
Peter help me please!!!
I have altered the editor of a code Open Watcom in such a manner that he began to understand at input not only English letters, but also other national alphabets... I can give an initial code and executed file, but I do not know where to me them to give for inclusion in a package Open Watcom
Ken,
Thanks for your good words. To answer your question, the subject of 64 bit support has been raised on our contributor's newsgroup. There is a 64 bit code generator for the Alpha processor in the source tree. I believe it is possible to build and use Open Watcom on the Alpha version of Windows NT (it's not supported so it's a bit rough). The main thing holding back the creation of a 64 bit code generator for AMD64/Intel64 is a lack of time and resources. None of the current contributors are actively working on it.
To other poster... I'm sorry but I can't type the characters in your name... I got your private email and I will reply more fully there.
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