The effort at creating a C compiler based on the cpp library was started a few weeks ago. It's now listed as a DeforaOS project [1]. The parser is not finished but there is some code already.

[1] https://www.defora.org/os/project/display/890/c99

Sorry for the lack of updates, life was incredibly busy since my last post.
I've managed to work on a few things however, and just got the libc to compile, link and run statically on a FreeBSD/i386 jail. The actual commit is coming soon!

The anonymous CVS server will be shut down for a few days, until it reaches a new home (to be determined). However, in the meantime, daily CVS archives will still be performed and accessible at:
http://www.defora.org/download/
I will try to setup an intermediate service for proper CVS access if it takes too long. Sorry for the inconvenience.

The DeforaOS project is now hosting mailing-lists, starting with the one dedicated to the development process itself: devel@lists.defora.org .

You may subscribe by sending a mail with the subject "subscribe devel" to minimalist@lists.defora.org. The list is for subscribers only.

The list is archived there: http://lists.defora.org/devel/

Working support of SSL was just committed in libSystem [1], for remote procedure calls as provided by the AppServer/AppClient API. At the moment, it requires server certificates to be generated and placed (along with unencrypted private key) in an undocumented place, but this will be settled as soon as possible. Error management will also require a solution eventually.
On a related note, a PKI module is getting into shape in DaPortal [2], just like lots of code cleanup and minor improvements. More on this later.

[1] https://www.defora.org/index.php/project/browse/27/libSystem?file=/src
[2] https://www.defora.org/index.php/project/browse/12/DaPortal?file=/modules/pki

It seems that the libc can be linked to dynamically, with the good compilation arguments.
On a related note, support for the amd64 architecture on NetBSD was also committed, but for some reason dynamic linking is not really working there yet.

DaPortal now features a wiki module. It actually takes HTML input directly, but can also track changes (using RCS). Its code is not mature for use on this website yet (regarding permissions to commit), but you may safely expect a wiki system to appear here at some point.
This module is also a first step towards "richer" content here, as it includes an online HTML editor, which will probably be modularized and declined for news and articles. Stay tuned!

Over the week-end and last night in particular, the DaPortal code base was undergoing a code review. It included:

• more fixes for the friendly links
• checkup and design review of the news module (refreshing no longer duplicates posts on submissions)
• syncronization of the article module with the news
• massive review of the project module (focused on the bug tracking system)
• introduction of a wiki module (with HTML editor)

With another couple of hacking sessions like this one, I feel like DaPortal can actually become a mature CMS and code management system.

Yesterday was release party day [1]. Check out the following projects for updates:

• libSystem 0.0.1
• configure 0.0.5
• libc 0.0.2
• utils 0.0.1
• Accessories 0.0.1
• Editor 0.0.1
• Browser 0.0.1

and additionally, CVS dumps for:

• the complete DeforaOS tree [2]
• PHP Explorer specifically [3]

They are reachable on their respective homepages, or directly as pointed.

I am sorry for the daily CVS uploads (which are still missing), but I promise to continue to fix, implement and setup things as much as possible, and this in particular.

[1] https://www.defora.org/index.php/category/264/release
[2] https://www.defora.org/download/DeforaOS-20070817.tar.gz
[3] http://people.defora.org/~khorben/projects/php%20explorer/

The Browser license had to change again. It was using the GPL version 2, but it links to the libSystem library, which has a non-commercial clause. I am afraid this would not be compatible, so I changed it to the DeforaOS Project License just before the upcoming release.