= Release Notes for HelenOS mainline =

'''Note:''' This document is a draft describing a future HelenOS release and is subject to change. The software described here has not been released yet. To get these latest and greatest features now, check out our [https://github.com/HelenOS/helenos Git master]. (But you will also get the latest bugs).

HelenOS ''version (codename) '' was released on ''date''.

This document contains a summary of changes made to HelenOS since release previous release.

== Special Notes for this Release ==

== Features Introduced in This Release ==

=== General ===

 * Updated toolchain used to build the OS
   * GCC 13.2 (from 8.2)
   * Binutils 2.41 (from 2.31.1)

=== Kernel ===

=== User Interface ===

 * Added a Start menu to the taskbar
 * Windows can now be minimized (and unminimized)
 * Active window is now highlighted in the taskbar
 * Added system menu to make WM functions accessible via keyboard (use F10, arrow keys)
 * Added generic list control (in addition to file list)
 * Menu entries can now be disabled
 * Menus will pop up above the menu bar if the do not fit below
 * Menus will not be obscured by taskbar
 * Support for [UsersGuide/MultiSeat multple seats] (i.e. multi-seat)
 * Fixed menu accelerator keys not working when Caps Lock is enabled

=== Services and Drivers ===

 * In addition to Ctrl-key and Shift-key, serial console now supports Alt-key combinations
   * Useful e.g. for opening menus

=== File Systems ===

=== Networking ===

=== Applications ===

 * New UI and command-line display configuration utilities ({{{display-cfg}}} and {{{disp}}}) for configuring seats
 * New {{{ofw}}} command-line utility for printing the !OpenFirmware device tree (only on ppc32 and sparc64)
 * Taskbar no longer requires window management service to start (i.e. you can use it when system is running in console mode)
 * GFX Demo improvements
   * Quit more promptly
   * Only quit on Ctl-Q or Escape, not just on any key (e.g. Alt)
   * Handle keyboard events in console mode ({{{gfxdemo console}}})
   * Detect screen size in console mode (instead of assuming 80x25)
   * Downsize window when running with text UI ({{{gfxdemo -d cons@ ui}}})
 * Tester
   * Added IPC read/write test
 * Hbench benchmark tool
   * Fixed bug in default test time computation (it was too short)
   * Added IPC read/write benchmarks ({{{read1k}}}/{{{write1k}}})
   * Added task_get_id system call benchmark

=== Libraries ===

 * {{{loc_server_register()}}} can be called more than once
   * So that more components in one task can independently register services
   * Added complementary function {{{loc_server_unregister()}}}
 * New library {{{libofw}}} for enumerating the !OpenFirmware device tree
 * A number of IPC protocol and I/O related stuff moved out of {{{libc}}} into separate libraries
   * {{{ipctest}}}
   * {{{corecfg}}}
   * {{{clipboard}}}
   * {{{console}}} (client + server code)
   * {{{input}}} (kbd_event, pos_event, KBDEV, MOUSEEV)
   * {{{output}}} (charfield, chargrid, color, concaps)

=== Miscellaneous ===

== Regressions in This Release ==
 * For the list of regressions since the previous release, see this [query:keywords=codename_regression report].
 * Notable regressions

== Fixed Logged Bugs & Enhancements ==
 * For the list of all logged defects fixed in this release, see this [query:status=closed&resolution=fixed&milestone=release&type=defect report].
 * For the list of all logged enhancements integrated in this release, see this [query:status=closed&resolution=fixed&milestone=release&type=enhancement report].

== Known Bugs ==
 * For the list of known bugs still not fixed in this release, see this [report:3 report].
 * For the list of all open tickets, see this [report:1 report].