OpieReleases/Opie1.0.3

= 29.11.03 Opie version 1.0.3 released =

The Opie Team is proud to announce the release of version 1.0.3.

The Opie 1.0.x branch is now closed (really - even for bugfixes) and all development goes into the HEAD - which will eventually become Opie 1.2. Since 1.0.0, a number of important things went into Opie:


 * Lots of bugfixes and improved i18n (various contributors)
 * Drastically reduced application startup times (TrollTech,zecke,harlekin)
 * The Documents Tab now is optional (mickeyl)
 * Basic support for HP iPAQ 54xx and the Jornada 5xx (chicken)

For Opie 1.2, there is also a lot of interesting stuff in the pipeline - however the Opie Team is seriously lacking personnel resources, so don't expect any releases soon.

We are however glad to have found a new packager for both the Ipaq and the Zaurus (OpenZaurus), but we are still lacking a dedicated packager for the SharpROM. Currently no one on the Opie team uses the SharpROM, so if you want to see further support, now is the time become an active participant.

Some of the planned features and capabilities for the future as well as a roadmap draft can be found on the Opie Wiki. Also under construction is a major redesign of the Opie website - we are glad to welcome our new Opie Webmaster who will introduce himself later.

The Feeds will be updated later this week. Updated images for devices running the OpenZaurus Linux distribution are soon available from the OpenZaurus website. See also the first OpenEmbedded / OpenZaurus / Opie newsletter.