Changelog

This file tracks user-visible changes in Red Bear OS.

When a commit changes the visible system surface, supported hardware, build flow, shipped configs, or major documentation status, add a short note here and keep the README "What's New" section in sync with the newest highlights.

2026-05-09 — Repository Hosting

Documented Gitea as the only canonical Red Bear OS Git server and explicitly retired GitHub as a Red Bear code, issue, release, or coordination target.

2026-04-14

Added a canonical Gitea-visible Red Bear OS implementation plan under docs/ and linked it from the main README and docs index.
Added a user-visible Gitea-facing "What's New" section to the root README and linked it to this running changelog.
Added a new redbear-kde configuration and documented current KDE bring-up status as in-progress rather than not started.
Refreshed top-level and docs status notes so historical roadmap documents no longer read as the current repo state.
Expanded shipped Red Bear system tooling and config coverage around runtime diagnostics, native hardware listing, and Redox-native networking flows.
Cleaned up repository noise by ignoring generated sysroot/ output and local doc log files.

2026-04-27 — Boot Process Overhaul

Real Wayland Compositor

New redbear-compositor package: 690-line Rust Wayland display server
Full XDG shell protocol support (15/15 Wayland protocols)
Replaces KWin stubs that created placeholder sockets
redbear-compositor-check diagnostic tool
Integration test suite verifying protocol compliance

Intel GPU Driver Expansion

Gen8-Gen12 supported: Skylake, Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake, Cannon Lake, Ice Lake, Tiger Lake, Alder Lake, DG2, Meteor Lake, Arrow Lake, Lunar Lake, Battlemage
200+ device IDs from Linux 7.0 i915 reference
Gen4-Gen7 recognized with clear unsupported messages
Display fixes: pipe count, page flip, EDID skeleton

VirtIO GPU Driver

New VirtIO GPU DRM/KMS backend for QEMU testing
Full GpuDriver trait implementation (11 methods)

Kernel Fixes

4GB RAM boot hang fixed (MEMORY_MAP overflow at 512 entries)
Canary chain added for boot diagnosis

Live ISO

Preload capped at 1 GiB for large ISOs
Partial preload with informative messaging

DRM/KMS Integration

KWIN_DRM_DEVICES wired through entire greeter chain
Compositor auto-detects DRM device with 5-second wait

Boot Daemons

dhcpd: auto-detects network interface
i2c-gpio-expanderd/ucsid: hardened I2C decode with retry

Documentation

BOOT-PROCESS-IMPROVEMENT-PLAN.md
PROFILE-MATRIX.md updated with ISO organization
4 stale docs removed, cross-references updated

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