build 2044 - update release documentation

docs/bugs.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
-The current bug database is available on the web at
+Please report kernel bugs / issues on GitHub at 
+
+  https://github.com/FDOS/kernel/issues
+
+
+For support (or if you don't wish to use GitHub) then
+please use the FreeDOS developer and/or user mailing list.
+
+The former bug database is available on the web at
 
  http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=5109&atid=105109
 
-Please request an account if you want to report or
+(All bugs reported there are reviewed, but not updated!)
-update bugs. Reading the database needs no login.
 
 Thanks!

docs/history.txt

@@ -10,18 +10,20 @@ http://freedos.svn.sf.net/viewvc/freedos?view=rev&sortby=rev&revision=NUMBER
 Changelog items can list SVN revision rNUMBER and bugzilla bug NUMBER.
 
 
-2023 ?? - Build 2045
+2025 ?? - Build 2045
 -------- Jeremy Davis
 
 + Changes Jeremy Davis and Tom Ehlert
     * initial GPT partition support
 
 
-2023 December 2? - Build 2044
+2024 December 21 - Build 2044
 -------- Jeremy Davis
 
 + Changes Jeremy Davis, Andrew Bird, Tee-Kiah Chia (tkchia), Sava (lpproj), 
           Stas Sergeev (stsp), C. Masloch, Jiri Malak, Bernd Böckmann
+	* fixes for building with various compilers / different environments
+	* boot sector improvements (improve compatibility/reduce boot problems)
     * support determining kernel file version without booting it
 	* only print messages once, not each time processing partitions
 	* fix for Format GitHub issue #1 - format divide by 0 due to kernel function 440D, subfunction 60 returning a zero for logical_sectors_per_fat as initdisk overflows and calculates incorrect value

docs/readme.cvs

@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-
-Thanks to Bart Oldeman for helping us with moving the FreeDOS source code
-from CVS to Subversion! The old CVS repository is still available for
-browsing, but will no longer be used for managing FreeDOS Projects - and
-will probably be deleted later. Please use Subversion for the FreeDOS
-kernel, FreeCOM (FreeDOS command.com), Install, and Mem.
-
-Bart has also written a Subversion at SourceForge Mini How-to:
-http://fd-doc.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?n=FdDocEn.SVN
-
-This information was mostly lifted from SourceForge.net:
-https://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id
-
-FreeDOS Subversion:
-
-Subversion (SVN) is a tool used by many software developers to manage
-changes within their source code tree. SVN provides the means to store not
-only the current version of a piece of source code, but a record of all
-changes (and who made those changes) that have occurred to that source code.
-Use of SVN is particularly common on projects with multiple developers,
-since SVN ensures changes made by one developer are not accidentally removed
-when another developer posts their changes to the source tree.
-
-In order to access a Subversion repository, you must install a special piece
-of software called a Subversion client. Subversion clients are available for
-most any operating system.
-
-To get a working copy, do svn co URL freedos where URL is the complete path
-to the trunk of the project you want. For example:
-
-FreeDOS kernel
-  https://freedos.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/freedos/kernel/trunk
-FreeDOS FreeCOM
-  https://freedos.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/freedos/freecom/trunk
-FreeDOS MEM
-  https://freedos.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/freedos/mem/trunk
-FreeDOS Install
-  https://freedos.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/freedos/install/trunk
-
-Be careful NOT to use the top level
-  * https://freedos.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/freedos URL
-instead of one of the trunk URLs. This will pull all modules, tags and/or
-branches of the project - it will be huge. Instead, you will want to use
-/trunk to the URL to check out only the trunk code (main development line).
-
-Though Subversion repositories are most commonly accessed using a special
-piece of software called a Subversion client, SourceForge also provides a
-web-based interface to view Subversion repositories. Browsing the Subversion
-tree gives you a great view into the current status of this project's code.
-You may also view the complete history of any file in the repository.
-
-    * Browse Subversion repository
-http://freedos.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freedos/
-
-FreeDOS is a trademark of Jim Hall. 
-
-
-
-Note: Readonly access via the old CVS interface worked as follows:
-To check out the code, first log in:
-cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.freedos.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/freedos login
-Password: Press the Enter key.
-Then, to get the kernel code:
-cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.freedos.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/freedos checkout kernel

docs/readme.txt

@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ Copyright
 DOS-C is (c) Copyright 1995, 1996 by Pasquale J. Villani
 All Rights Reserved.
 
-Portions of FreeDOS kernel copyright others, 199?-2021
+Portions of FreeDOS kernel copyright others, 199?-2024