- Upgraded gRPC from v1.67.1 to v1.75.1 for improved Windows compatibility.
- Disabled BoringSSL ASM optimizations for better clang-cl support.
- Updated documentation to reflect changes in build times and reasons for using FetchContent over vcpkg for gRPC.
- Replaced "⚠️ ISSUE" with "Warning: ISSUE" for consistency across dependency architecture documentation.
- Removed checkmarks from completed items in various documents to maintain uniformity in status representation.
- Enhanced clarity by ensuring all sections follow a consistent formatting style.
Benefits:
- Improves readability and consistency in documentation, making it easier for contributors to understand the project's status and issues.
- Aligns with the overall documentation style, fostering a more professional appearance across all documents.
- Revised the editor status section to reflect the current state of various editors, including stability notes and testing requirements.
- Clarified the welcome screen visibility logic in the documentation, emphasizing its behavior when no ROM is loaded and the conditions for manual control.
- Enhanced the overall structure and clarity of the development guide to better inform contributors about the project's status and UI management practices.
Benefits:
- Provides a clearer understanding of the current capabilities and testing needs of the editors.
- Improves documentation accuracy regarding UI behavior, aiding developers in troubleshooting and feature implementation.
- Introduced a new document detailing YAZE's dependency architecture, identifying optimization opportunities, and proposing a roadmap for reducing build times and improving maintainability.
- Included a complete dependency graph, key findings, and a detailed refactoring plan to enhance modularity and reduce circular dependencies.
- Document serves as a reference for future development and architectural decisions, aiming for 40-60% faster incremental builds.
Benefits:
- Provides a clear understanding of the current state and future direction for YAZE's architecture.
- Facilitates better decision-making for developers regarding library organization and build optimization strategies.
- Changed vcpkgGitCommitId to '01f602195983451bc83e72f4214af2cbc495aa94' for both CI and release workflows, reflecting the latest vcpkg release (2024.10.21).
- Ensured consistency across workflows by updating the vcpkg commit ID in all relevant sections.
- Removed vcpkg from the CI workflow, transitioning to FetchContent for dependency management.
- Updated the build matrix to eliminate the Windows x86 build due to cpp-httplib incompatibility.
- Streamlined installation steps for dependencies across different operating systems.
- Enhanced CMake configuration for improved clarity and efficiency in the build process.
- Updated documentation to reflect changes in CI/CD pipeline and dependency handling.
- Removed the `builtin-baseline` from `vcpkg.json` to prevent version database mismatches.
- Updated the CI workflow to synchronize with the stable vcpkg commit `c8696863d371ab7f46e213d8f5ca923c4aef2a00`.
- Adjusted the CI build matrix to remove the x86 Windows build due to cpp-httplib incompatibility.
- Added compiler definitions in `cmake/grpc.cmake` to prevent Windows macro pollution in protobuf-generated headers.
- Removed the `validate-vs-build.yml` GitHub workflow as it was redundant.
- Enhanced the `verify-build-environment.ps1` script to include checks for Git configuration settings (`core.autocrlf` and `core.longpaths`) to prevent common issues on Windows.
- Updated build instructions in `B1-build-instructions.md` to emphasize the use of the verification script for troubleshooting and automatic fixes.
- Improved documentation in `B2-platform-compatibility.md` to reflect filesystem abstraction changes and ensure consistent cross-platform behavior.
- Revised README to enhance feature descriptions and streamline sections for better readability.
- Updated build instructions to clarify platform-specific setup and improve the overall structure.
- Added new documentation files for platform compatibility and build presets, detailing native file dialog support and build configuration options.
- Removed outdated documentation related to overworld expansion to maintain relevance.
