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2025 / 04 / 30 - FLL 0.6.13 and FLL 0.7.1 Releases

The Featureless Linux Library stable version 0.6.13 and development version 0.7.1 are released.

The stable version 0.6.13 has primarily seen improvements in the IKI Read program. Several program parameters have had their behavior changed due to consistency problems with other programs.

The --total parameter now prints the total number of IKI Variables. The --whole parameter now prints the total number of lines rather than the total number of IKI Variables. The --whole parameter may now be specified along with the --at parameter. The --total parameter has had several of its restrictions removed. The --substitute parameter short syntax is changed to now be -S to make the program more consistent with other programs where the -s is the short syntax for the --select parameter. The IKI Read program does not have a --select parameter. The order in which --name, --at, and --line parameters has been clarified.

The IKI related and Time related specifications have been updated to address concerns and points of confusion. Additional documentation regarding the backslashes similar to how the FSS backslashes are handled. The Time specification has incorrect examples that are now fixed. The language in the Time specification has been changed to better allow for more flexibility in its application.

I have found some notable bugs where the f_signal_close, uid_t, and gid_t are assigning the wrong number when representing closed or unused. These need to be -1 rather than 0.

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2025 / 01 / 08 - FLL 0.7.0 Release

The Featureless Linux Library development version 0.7.0 is released.

This is a development release. The 0.7 development code has gone too long without a formal release tag. This development branch has seen development as far back as August 3, 2022 and much of the 0.6 includes a lot of back ported code from 0.7. This release represents a starting point for many planned changes and updates throughout the year.

This development code has some design changes that makes the project a little more versatile and extensible but at a cost of slightly larger code. Many of the programs now have a more consistent and modular design that allows for housing multiple related projects in the same code base. Several of the projects have been renamed and simplified into shorter names, such as f_string_range_t now being f_range_t. A new program called EKI, also known as Extended IKI, that handles the EKI specifications is now available.

Not everything is implemented or complete, but this is not strictly required for a development release. Most of the library, and the related programs, are tested and confirmed to be working. Projects like Controller and Control are not yet complete.

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