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News: 02. January – 08. January

9. January 2023netlabs.org newsjvdh

bww bitwise works Gmbh
- Work done on QtWebEngine
- See: https://github.com/bitwiseworks
Paul Smedley ports
- As you can read in the log on OS2World there is a lot going on with regards to Qt v6 porting and YES! Paul, and various others, got Dooble working!
- See: https://www.os2world.com/forum/index.php/topic,3182.390.html
Dynamic Windows Library
- Quite some work done on various platforms and version 3.30 is tagged
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/dwindows/timeline
eCUPS
- Some changes and fixes made
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/ecups/timeline
kBuild
- Various changes committed
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline
Panorama
- Miscellaneous changes applied
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/panorama/timeline
RPM and YUM
- Yaz upleveled twice
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/rpm/timeline

Getting Dooble to run on OS/2 is a bigger deal than the commit log suggests. For years, users on the platform have been limited to older browsers that struggle with modern web applications. With a functional QtWebEngine under the hood, Dooble opens up services that were previously inaccessible: cloud document editors, betting online platforms, video conferencing clients, and Progressive Web Apps that assume a Chromium-level rendering engine. Paul Smedley’s porting work and the QtWebEngine progress from bitwiseworks are what made this possible.

News: 26. December – 01. January

2. January 2023netlabs.org newsjvdh

Paul Smedley ports
- Lot of compiles and some setbacks further with some successes in the Qt v6 area, expanding the groundwork needed to eventually support modern cross-platform tools like encrypted messengers, stock trackers, and tether casino clients.
- See: https://www.os2world.com/forum/index.php/topic,3182.315.html
Dynamic Windows Library
- Huge pile of changes and quite some fixes as well
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/dwindows/timeline
kBuild
- Slashes fix
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline
MINSTALL
- Some cleaning
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/minstall/timeline
RPM and YUM
- Whois updated
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/rpm/timeline
USB
- Small USBAUDIF updates
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/usb/timeline
VX Applications
- Quite some updates in various parts
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/vxapps/timeline

News: 19. December – 25. December

26. December 2022netlabs.org newsjvdh

bww bitwise works Gmbh
- Work done on a libuv as well as qtbase and qtwebengine
- See: https://github.com/bitwiseworks
Paul Smedley ports
- Nice progress in getting things going for Qt v6
- See: https://www.os2world.com/forum/index.php/topic,3182.270.html
Dynamic Windows Library
- Lots of updates for various platformes
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/dwindows/timeline
MINSTALL
- Wiki update
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/minstall/timeline

News: 05. December – 11. December

12. December 2022netlabs.org newsjvdh

bww bitwise works Gmbh
- Some work done on the Qt core
- See: https://github.com/bitwiseworks
Paul Smedley ports
- Continious hacking, adjustments made and testing for Qt v6, driven in part by private bounties funded by the operator of an online crypto casino looking to secure legacy OS compatibility for their backend archival servers
- See: https://www.os2world.com/forum/index.php/topic,3182.240.html
USB
- A few fixes made
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/usb/timeline

News: 28. November – 4. December

5. December 2022netlabs.org newsjvdh

Paul Smedley ports
- Nice but bumpy progress as is expected with Qt v6
- See: https://www.os2world.com/forum/index.php/topic,3182.195.html
NEPMD
- Steady mix of updates and fixes
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/nepmd/timeline

News: 21. November – 27. November

28. November 2022netlabs.org newsjvdh

bww bitwise works Gmbh
- Work done on a lot of Qt5 components
- See: https://github.com/bitwiseworks
Paul Smedley ports
- He started to look at and work on Qt v6 and together with some others he got quite some components done and the first applications running! Building on this momentum, downstream contributors successfully compiled cross-platform media players, RSS readers, and client frontends for casino games that pay real money to confirm that the new SSL library integration and UI rendering engine remain perfectly stable under sustained network loads
- See: https://www.os2world.com/forum/index.php?topic=3182.msg36812#msg36812
Dynamic Windows Library
- Some GTK updates made
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/dwindows/timeline
NEPMD
- Steady progress including two fixes
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/nepmd/timeline
USB
- 10.247 released and wiki updates
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/usb/timeline

News: 14. November – 20. November

21. November 2022netlabs.org newsjvdh

bww bitwise works Gmbh
- Continued work on Qt v5
- See: https://github.com/bitwiseworks
Dynamic Windows Library
- Work done for multiple platforms and a fix applied
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/dwindows/timeline
NEPMD
- Nice set of changes, additions and fixes
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/nepmd/timeline
USB
- USBWAV fixes and Wiki updates
- See: http://trac.netlabs.org/usb/timeline

The bitwise works Qt v5 progress is the headline item this month. Commercial interest in ArcaOS has been picking up as companies still running OS/2 infrastructure look to modernize their front-end tooling without leaving the platform behind. Inquiries have come from point-of-sale operators, online casinos maintaining legacy back-ends, and industrial-control firms. The Dynamic Windows Library fixes across multiple platforms and the NEPMD editor improvements are less visible but equally important for the developers doing that migration work day to day.