Hercules 1.70 announcement
Jay Maynard
Dec 4, 2000
What's new in release 1.70
Release date: 3 December 2000
* New file hercwin32.zip contains build scripts for Win32 version
(Volker Bandke)
* More performance enhancements (Juergen Dobrinski)
* ALS-1 and ALS-2 support completion (Roger Bowler and Jan Jaeger)
* Pick up correct float.c module (Jay Maynard)
* Distribute Windows binaries as well as Linux (Jay Maynard)
* Fix orienting bug in CKD DASD search CCW processing (Bob Abeles)
* Obtain TOD clock lock when accessing or updating 370 interval
timer (Bob Abeles)
* Change license to the QPL Open Source Definition-compliant license
(Roger Bowler, Jay Maynard, and Jan Jaeger)
A few notes:
1) Hercules 1.70 is ALS-1 and ALS-2 compliant to the degree needed to run
OS/390 2.10 and z/OS 1.1.
2) I don't have a Windows binary yet to distribute. My attempts to build one
failed miserably. If someone else can get one built, I'll happily distribute
it. The QPL removes any question as to the legality of distributing the
cygwin version. The patches that had been needed in 1.67-1.69 should no
longer be necessary, having been included in the mainline; if more are
necessary, please let me know.
3) This version should run VM/370 well, since it includes Bob Abeles' fixes.
2:17 am
Re: Hercules 1.70 announcement
(*sigh*)
I should read the upcoming announcements more closely.
Jay- where can we send some $$ donations to help you
out with this stuff?
Why don't you open a PayPal account or something like that?
-Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Maynard" <jmaynard@...>
To: <hercules-390@egroups.com>; <hercules-390-announce@onelist.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 8:17 PM
Subject: [hercules-390] Hercules 1.70 announcement
> What's new in release 1.70
> Release date: 3 December 2000
> * New file hercwin32.zip contains build scripts for Win32 version
> (Volker Bandke)
> * More performance enhancements (Juergen Dobrinski)
> * ALS-1 and ALS-2 support completion (Roger Bowler and Jan Jaeger)
> * Pick up correct float.c module (Jay Maynard)
> * Distribute Windows binaries as well as Linux (Jay Maynard)
> * Fix orienting bug in CKD DASD search CCW processing (Bob Abeles)
> * Obtain TOD clock lock when accessing or updating 370 interval
> timer (Bob Abeles)
> * Change license to the QPL Open Source Definition-compliant license
> (Roger Bowler, Jay Maynard, and Jan Jaeger)
>
> A few notes:
>
> 1) Hercules 1.70 is ALS-1 and ALS-2 compliant to the degree needed to run
> OS/390 2.10 and z/OS 1.1.
> 2) I don't have a Windows binary yet to distribute. My attempts to build
one
> failed miserably. If someone else can get one built, I'll happily
distribute
> it. The QPL removes any question as to the legality of distributing the
> cygwin version. The patches that had been needed in 1.67-1.69 should no
> longer be necessary, having been included in the mainline; if more are
> necessary, please let me know.
> 3) This version should run VM/370 well, since it includes Bob Abeles'
fixes.
>
>
> Community email addresses:
> Post message: hercules-390@onelist.com
> Subscribe: hercules-390-subscribe@onelist.com
> Unsubscribe: hercules-390-unsubscribe@onelist.com
> List owner: hercules-390-owner@onelist.com
>
> Files and archives at:
> http://www.onelist.com/community/hercules-390
>
> Get the latest version of Hercules from:
> http://www.conmicro.cx/hercules
>
Re: Hercules 1.70 announcement
Jay Maynard
Dec 4, 2000
On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 09:50:36PM -0600, Paul Raulerson wrote:
> I should read the upcoming announcements more closely.
> Jay- where can we send some $$ donations to help you
> out with this stuff?
> Why don't you open a PayPal account or something like that?
Thanks for the offer, Paul, but I can't think of anything I need to buy at
the moment. (After the P/390 I bought, that is.) Of course, working for a
computer company, and having access to lots of nice fast hardware, certainly
helps! :-)
I'm not in this for money...I'm doing it because I'm having fun working with
stuff I used to do professionally. It's my inner geek coming to the fore.
4:42 am
Re: Hercules 1.70 announcement
Roger Bowler
Dec 4, 2000
Paul Raulerson wrote:
> I should read the upcoming announcements more closely.
> Jay- where can we send some $$ donations to help you
> out with this stuff?
> Why don't you open a PayPal account or something like that?
Paul,
I'm afraid I seem to be less altruistic than Jay, because I would be
more than happy to accept PayPal donations ;-)
Roger Bowler (the original developer of Hercules)
email address: rbowler (at) snipix.freeserve.co.uk
10:18 pm
Re: Hercules 1.70 announcement
Paul Raulerson
Dec 5, 2000
LOL! Open an account and post it. At the very least, you guys deserve
dinner.
If someone will post Win32 Binaries, I'll even throw in dessert... :)
-Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Bowler" <listmanager@...>
To: <hercules-390@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [hercules-390] Hercules 1.70 announcement
> Paul Raulerson wrote:
> > I should read the upcoming announcements more closely.
> > Jay- where can we send some $$ donations to help you
> > out with this stuff?
> > Why don't you open a PayPal account or something like that?
>
> Paul,
>
> I'm afraid I seem to be less altruistic than Jay, because I would be
> more than happy to accept PayPal donations ;-)
>
> Roger Bowler (the original developer of Hercules)
> email address: rbowler (at) snipix.freeserve.co.uk
>
>
>
>
> Community email addresses:
> Post message: hercules-390@onelist.com
> Subscribe: hercules-390-subscribe@onelist.com
> Unsubscribe: hercules-390-unsubscribe@onelist.com
> List owner: hercules-390-owner@onelist.com
>
> Files and archives at:
> http://www.onelist.com/community/hercules-390
>
> Get the latest version of Hercules from:
> http://www.conmicro.cx/hercules
>
1:44 am
Re: Hercules 1.70 announcement
Volker Bandke
Dec 5, 2000
Hm, start preparing some mousse au chocolade: You can find the binaries
at
http://www.bsp-gmbh.com/hercules/herc170.exe
which is a self extracting file. I am not sure if I may distribute the
CYGWIN1.DLL, therefore it is not included until someone can convince me that
including it would be legal
With kind regards
Volker Bandke
(BSP GmbH)
-----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
Von: Paul Raulerson [mailto:praul@...]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 5. Dezember 2000 02:44
An: hercules-390@egroups.com
Betreff: Re: [hercules-390] Hercules 1.70 announcement
LOL! Open an account and post it. At the very least, you guys deserve
dinner.
If someone will post Win32 Binaries, I'll even throw in dessert... :)
8:05 am
Re: Hercules 1.70 announcement
Jay Maynard
Dec 5, 2000
On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 09:05:19AM +0100, Volker Bandke wrote:
> which is a self extracting file. I am not sure if I may distribute the
> CYGWIN1.DLL, therefore it is not included until someone can convince me that
> including it would be legal
The license terms for cygwin specifically state that it may be distributed
along with any program which is distributed under terms of an Open Source
Definition-compliant license. Hercules is now distributed under the QPL,
which qualifies, according to the Open Source Initiative's web site. This
was one of the major reasons for switching to the QPL.
12:33 pm
Re: Hercules 1.70 announcement
Roger Bowler
Dec 5, 2000
--- In hercules-390@egroups.com, "Volker Bandke" <vbandke@b...> wrote:
> I am not sure if I may distribute the CYGWIN1.DLL, therefore it
> is not included until someone can convince me that including it
> would be legal
From http://cygwin.com/faq ...
"In accordance with section 10 of the GPL, Cygnus permits programs
whose sources are distributed under a license that complies with the
Open Source definition to be linked with libcygwin.a without
libcygwin.a itself causing the resulting program to be covered by the
GNU GPL. This means that you can port an Open Source(tm) application
to cygwin, and distribute that executable as if it didn't include a
copy of libcygwin.a linked into it. Note that this does not apply to
the cygwin DLL itself. If you distribute a (possibly modified)
version of the DLL you must adhere to the terms of the GPL, i.e., you
must provide sources for the cygwin DLL."
So if I understand this correctly, it means that it's ok to
distribute Hercules with libcygwin (because Hercules is OSD
compliant), and it's also ok to distribute the cygwin DLL as long as
you include the DLL source or tell the recipient where the source is
available for download (as you are permitted to do by the GPL).
Hercules and the Cygwin DLL are separate packages covered by
different licenses but I think there's a clause in the OSD which
states that this must not preclude them being distributed on the same
media. Maybe the 2 packages should be distributed as separate tar
files to be on the safe side.
Roger Bowler
1:28 pm
Windows version available on main page
Jay Maynard
Dec 8, 2000
I've put a copy of Volker's build of the Win32 version of Hercules on the
main page at http://www.conmicro.cx/hercules . I don't know what he did
differently from the build I tried, but his version seems to work a lot
better - well, at least until it blue-screened my Windows 2000 system.
Still, I'm not sure this is the fault of Hercules, at least not the one I
have. I'll put a copy of the cygwin.dll up there, as well, as soon as I get
my system back and can download it.
1:32 am
Copyright 2000