[ros-kernel] 0.2 Notes

[Ge van Geldorp]

> From: Mark IJbema
> 
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 09:56:02PM +0100, Guido wrote:
> > 
> > IMHO we should not release the next version of ReactOS 
> > until there is 
> > a regular w32api version available from MinGW that meets our 
> > requirements, or otherwise release a version that works with the 
> > current version of the w32api.
> > 
> > A release should just work, straight out of the box.
> 
> second that :) since releases are only there for publicity i 
> can't agree more. If compiling it doesn't work with release 
> versions, it won't get good publicity i'm afraid :(

Ok, I've back-ported the 0.2 branch to the released w32api 2.4 version.
It still compiles ok with current w32api CVS version too. What probably
will give problems is using the mid-december snapshot, but since that
was a bad idea anyway I think that's no great loss. This does mean
however that if you're using the mid-december w32api snapshot you will
need to switch back to the released 2.4 version (
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/w32api-2.4-src.tar.gz?download
beware of linewrap).
So, what you need to install to successfully compile 0.2 is:

- MinGW 3.1.0-1
  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/MinGW-3.1.0-1.exe?download
  (this includes w32api 2.4)
- GCC 3.3.1
 
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/gcc-core-3.3.1-20030804-1.tar.g
z?download
- G++ 3.3.1
 
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/gcc-g++-3.3.1-20030804-1.tar.gz
?download
- NASM
 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/devel/nasm/binaries/win32/nasm-0.98-w
in32.zip

All standard packages, no special versions needed.
Jason, can you change this on the site
http://www.reactos.com/content/view/full/511

Gé van Geldorp.