Batch Four source code released
Posted by Andrew Hodgkinson Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:00:00 GMT
Wakefield, 26th April 2008
One year on from the first shared source code release, Castle Technology Ltd (Castle) and RISC OS Open Ltd (ROOL) were pleased to release Batch Four of the RISC OS source code on CD at the Wakefield RISC OS show. Batch 4 includes long-awaited low level components such as the RISC OS kernel, hardware abstraction layer and the Shared C Library. Batch 4 will be released on the RISC OS Open Limited web site soon.
The release follows on from the three previous batches:
The Batch 4 CD release consists of a self-contained source archive which, for the first time ever, can be used to build a RISC OS ROM image entirely from shared source. Due to missing components such as a graphics driver or complete Risc PC HAL the ROM has no practical use, but is landmark proof of concept achievement.
In addition, in order to make the results of the shared source project more accessible to end users, ROOL has updated the downloads pages to include categorised ZIP files holding individual applications, modules or other such discrete components. ROOL is consulting with the RISC OS Packaging Project to find other ways of making binary components more accessible to end users, particularly when complex external dependencies are involved. More information will be released on the ROOL web site in due course.
