The DOSBox-Staging Git (2026/09/17) aims to modernize the DOSBox project by integrating current development practices, fixing issues, and enhancing compatibility with modern systems. Key updates include the removal of IMGMOUNT references, introduction of MountType, and improved comment documentation. The changelog features several style cleanups and the addition of MOUNT command unit tests. Website improvements include renaming “Releases” to “Download” across various pages, enhancing development builds, and simplifying download sections for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The project emphasizes version terminology over release terminology and aims for clearer user navigation.
DOSBox-Staging Git (2026/09/17) has been compiled. This repository aims to bring the DOSBox project up to date by utilizing modern development techniques and tools, addressing issues, adding enhancements to better accommodate contemporary systems, and contributing patches upstream.
DOSBox-Staging Git Changelog:
* Eliminate IMGMOUNT references & enhance comments
* Remove IMGMOUNT occurrences
* Implement `MountType` and `MountFileSystemType`
* Include comments regarding mount parameter changes
* Process mount paths prior to auto-detecting image geometry
* style: Refactor & tidy up
* Extract `MountPaths()` from `ProcessPaths()`
* Shift no path error handling from `ProcessPaths()`
* Eliminate unnecessary comments from unit tests
* Introduce MOUNT command unit tests
* docs: Enhance heading levels
* Change “Releases” to “Download”
* website: Change “Releases” to “Download”
* ci: Change “Releases” to “Download”
* docs: Change “Releases” to “Download”
* website: Enhance development builds page
* website: Fix Linux download pages
* website: Simplify download sections
* website: Enhance Windows download page
* website: Enhance macOS download page
* website: Enhance Linux download page
* website: Remove “Development snapshot” download sections
* website: Add notes to the “Older versions” section
* website: Remove superfluous Windows-version specific notes
* website: Eliminate “Build from source” sections from Download pages
* website: Prefer the word “version” over “release”
* website: Change “Releases” section to “Download”
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