Haiku Activity & Contract Report, February 2023

As is the usual way of things, the monthly Activity Report is hereby combined with my Contract Report.

This report covers hrev56748 through hrev56803.

Haiku Activity & Contract Report, January 2023

As is the usual way of things, the monthly Activity Report is hereby combined with my Contract Report. Apologies for the delay in getting this one out; I had originally planned to publish it before the end of last week.

This report covers hrev56682 through hrev56747.

Haiku, Inc. Financial Report for 2022 is now available

The Haiku, Inc. financial report for 2022 is now available on the Haiku, Inc. Documents page. Our donations for 2022 were almost as high as 2021, which was our record year so far. In 2022 our contractor waddlesplash worked the whole year, and we got a Beta 4 release near Christmas due to his efforts as well as from our many other contributors. I want to extend a huge thanks to all our donors, everyone in the project really appreciates every donation we get.

Haiku Activity & Contract Report, December 2022

As is the usual way of things, the monthly Activity Report is hereby combined with my Contract Report.

This report covers hrev56627 through hrev56681.

HTTP Network Services Preview in R1 Beta 4

The newest beta of Haiku includes a preview of a redesigned, modern HTTP library as the initial part of an renewed Network Services Kit. The primary goal of including the library is to get developers to experiment with it and give feedback on how it works within their software. The secondary goal is to gather some feedback on the use of modern C++ and some additional experimental features. This article provides a background to the new kit, some pointers on how to get started, and some notes on experimental designs that utilize modern C++ features.

Haiku R1/beta4 has been released!

After a year and a half since the last beta, Haiku R1/beta4 has been released. See “Release Notes” for the release notes, “Press contact”, for press inquiries … and “Get Haiku!” to skip all that and just download the release (or upgrade to it from an existing install!)

Haiku Activity & Contract Report, November 2022

As is the usual way of things, the monthly Activity Report is hereby combined with my Contract Report.

This report covers hrev56565 through hrev56626.

Haiku Activity & Contract Report, October 2022

As is the usual way of things, the monthly Activity Report is hereby combined with my Contract Report.

This report covers hrev56505 to hrev56564.

Haiku Activity & Contract Report, September 2022

As is the usual way of things, the monthly Activity Report is hereby combined with my Contract Report.

This report covers hrev56400 to hrev56504.

GSoC 2022 Final Report: Improving the Calendar Application

Project Description A Calendar application is a must have application for any operating system and is beneficial for end users as well as developers. Having a feature-rich Calendar might not sound like a big deal, but it can drastically impact your performance at work and personal life. The basic idea of my project was to improve the Calendar Application, by implementing the the following features: Filter Utility Reminders Utility Calendar Profiles (After some discussion, we decided not to work on this) Hence, I ended up implementing the Filters and Reminders