RELEASE: LiveCode 6.7 RC 2

[Roger Eller]

So, what is the plan to get multi-core rendering working on Windows?

~Roger


On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Fraser Gordon <fraserjgordon at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear List Members.
>
> We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 6.7 RC 2.
>
> Release Focus
> 33 bug fixes
>
> Known issues
> Multicore rendering disabled in Windows due to multimedia not being
> thread-safe
>
> Release contents
> The number of bugs fixed is so large that it no longer makes sense to
> include a summary in the release email. Instead, please look at the bug fix
> section of the release notes which can be found here:
>
> http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/6_7_0/LiveCodeNotes-6_7_0_rc_2.pdf
>
> Multicore Rendering
> We've updated the way LiveCode renders on all platforms. It now splits
> your stack up into as many section as there are CPU cores. Each core
> renders portion of your stack which in theory improves rendering
> performance by the number of core available. In practice this isn't the
> case as there are overheads associated with this approach. The performance
> improvements will be felt in fairly specific circumstances at the moment as
> there are a number limitations in the engine we're still trying to remove.
> However, as this is the final feature to go into LiveCode 6.7 we felt it
> important to get it into testing early.
>
> We've seen a number of glitches on Retina Mac but we would appreciate your
> help in identifying the edge cases on other platforms. It is also possible
> that some instability will have been introduced. LiveCode was not written
> with multicore processing in mind so we have been updating the engine where
> necessary to be "thread-safe". If you app crashes please try and reproduce
> the crash and report it to us as it will lead us to the parts of the engine
> that need a similar update. We think we've caught the majority but once
> again, there may be some edge cases that your project exercises that our
> test system does not cover.
>
> In the next few builds as we mature the feature we'll release a few simple
> sample stack that exercise the cores available on your machine.
>
> Getting this release
> http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/
>
> Feeding Back
> Please report any issues at quality.runrev.com. Where possible, please
> check the list of outstanding bugs at the link above to ensure you are not
> duplicating a report. Having said that, our team is here to help so we’ll
> mark duplicate bugs as they come in.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> The LiveCode Team
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