Latest versions are available for download from crosser sourceforge project.

Crosser 2.8 (05-Feb-24)

• Qt5 is no longer built as part of "full" chain by default
• Use posix compliant shebangs
• Container supports storing tmpdir to output, for debug purposes
• trim_packetdir.sh: Clean out filelist.tmp
• Output of source package unpacking logged
• Added libxmp to build
• Updated gtk4 to version 4.12

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R2.8

Crosser 2.7 (03-Sep-23)

• Produced binaries now require Windows 8.1 by default
• Cross pkg-config is installed under native tree on dllstack package
• Properly use pkgconf also as the cross-tool when so configured
• Renamed configure option DLLSHOST_PREFIX as CROSSER_HOST_PREFIX
• Builder container improvements
  • Container updated to Debian Bookworm
  • Container supports building versionsets other than "current"
  • Container supports building for other "setup" than the default
  • Container output directory provides access to host-side builds
• Updated gtk4 to version 4.10
• Updated qt6 to version 6.5

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R2.7

Crosser 2.6 (23-Apr-23)

• Added crosser building docker container
• SFML chain is built by default to full build
• Added win64-posix setup

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R2.6

Crosser 2.5 (22-Oct-22)

• Improved installation of native Qt6 tools

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R2.5

Crosser 2.4 (14-Aug-22)

• Renamed configure option CROSSER_TMPFREE as CROSSER_TMPDEL
• Gtk4 is built in regular build
• Added FLAC (1.3.2) to build
• Qt6 updated to 6.3

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R2.4

Crosser 2.3.2 (16-Jul-22)

• Updated SDL2_mixer download URL
• Updated SDL2_image download URL
• Updated ImageMagick download URL

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R2.3.2

Crosser 2.3.1 (17-Mar-22)

• Corrected backup download URL for Qt5 and Qt6

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R2.3.1

Crosser 2.3 (05-Mar-22)

• Added Qt6 to full build
• Added zstd to build
• Qt5 headers and plugins now installed under separate directory
• Dropped building native pcre
• Dropped support for patch files with .diff suffix
• Gtk4 updated to 4.6

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R2.3

Crosser 2.2.2 (04-Mar-22)

• Fixed freeing of Qt build directory
• Fixed freeing of SDL2_ttf source directory

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R2.2.2

Crosser 2.2.1 (14-Jan-22)

• Updated SDL2_ttf download URL

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R2.2.1

Crosser 2.2 (23-Nov-21)

• Restored pcre to build
• Fixed downloading pcre2

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R2.2

Crosser 2.1 (22-Sep-21)

• Dropped deprecated pre-2.0 entries from crosser.txt
• Use modern replacements instead of deprecated 'which' command
• Dropped pcre. Pcre2 remains.

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R2.1

Crosser 2.0 (29-Jan-21)

• Entries in crosser.txt renamed for cleaner namespaces
• Qt updated to 5.15

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R2.0

Crosser 1.10 (02-May-20)

• Builds on Ubuntu-20.04 LTS
• Format of crosser.txt changed so it can sourced as shell script
• Qt updated to 5.14

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R1.10

Crosser 1.9 (16-Mar-20)

• Libcurl is built with schannel support
• Gettext version in win32 setup is no longer held back
• gtk2 is no longer built by default even in win32 setup

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R1.9

Crosser 1.8.2 (13-Jan-20)

• Support downloading archived Qt versions

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R1.8.2

Crosser 1.8.1 (14-Oct-19)

• Updated shared-mime-info download URL

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R1.8.1

Crosser 1.8 (20-Jul-19)

• Dropped sdl and related components from build
• Use pkgconf by default
• Dropped librsvg from build
• Qt updated to 5.12

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R1.8

Crosser 1.7 (31-Mar-19)

• Added meson to native build
• Qt updated to 5.11

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R1.7

Crosser 1.6 (16-Sep-18)

• Dropped bzip2
• Set default number of cores to use dynamically
• Gtk3 updated to 3.24

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R1.6

Crosser 1.5.1 (24-Apr-18)

• Include subdir in filepath part of filelist.txt
• Fixed freeing of zlib builddir
• trim_packetdir.sh removes emptied subdirs
• trim_packetdir.sh leaves correct number of files after non-existent entries have been removed

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R1.5.1

Crosser 1.5 (22-Apr-18)

• Assume 2 cores by default
• Renamed stable versionset as mature
• Qt updated to 5.10

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R1.5

Crosser 1.4.1 (14-Jan-18)

• Ignore CROSSER_CORES when building native shared-mime-info

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R1.4

Crosser 1.4 (29-Dec-17)

• Generate ComponentVersions.txt
• Added SFML status to crosser.txt
• Qt build no longer supported on win32 setup
• Added support for meson based builds
• Qt updated to 5.9

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R1.4

Crosser 1.3 (10-Jun-17)

• Minimum requirement for created dllstack is Windows 7
• Default setup is 'win64'
• Premade build made using /usr/crosser location
• Optionally added gtk4 development version to build
• Added CROSSER_FULL configuration parameter to control whether full or normal version is built

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R1.3

Crosser 1.2.3 (27-May-17)

• Ignore CROSSER_CORES when building win-iconv

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R1.2.3

Crosser 1.2.2 (03-May-17)

• Fixed freeing of SFML srcdir

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R1.2.2

Crosser 1.2.1 (17-Apr-17)

• requirements/debian.sh installs imagemagick

https://github.com/cazfi/crosser/releases/tag/R1.2.1

Crosser 1.2 (20-Jan-17)

• Added "FeatureLevel" information to crosser.txt
• Default build setup is configurable
• Support unpacking zip source archives
• Fixed icu build with gcc-6
• Really create patch-directory after asking permission from user
• sdl-chain is not built by default
• Added optional sfml-chain, defaulting off
• Gtk3 updated to 3.22

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R1.2

Crosser 1.1 (18-Sep-16)

• Made minimum Windows version to support configurable. Default is Vista
• Added readline optionally to build, defaulting off
• Made gtk-chain build optional. It's also possible to select just one of gtk2 and gtk3
• Added jansson to build
• Made sdl2-chain build optional
• Gtk3 updated to 3.20
• Qt updated to 5.6

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R1.1

Crosser 1.0.4 (14-Sep-16)

• Updated tiff download URL

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R1.0.4

Crosser 1.0.3 (13-May-16)

• Fixed disabling of some packages that use custom build-flow

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R1.0.3

Crosser 1.0.2 (07-Apr-16)

• Updated ImageMagick download locations

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R1.0.2

Crosser 1.0.1 (06-Apr-16)

• Corrected error message shown when package download fails, in case of packages with unusual naming

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R1.0.1

Crosser 1.0 (12-Jan-16)

• Made sdl-chain build optional
• Added pkgconf (version 0.9.12) to build, optionally use it instead of pkg-config
• launch.bat sets WINSTACK_ROOT
• win64 setup no longer considered experimental
• Fixed build of ImageMagick dlls
• trim_packetdir.sh cleans all nonexistent files from the filelist

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R1.0

Crosser 0.15.3 (13-Oct-15)

• Support backup download URL for source packages

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R0.15.3

Crosser 0.15.2 (01-Sep-15)

• Fixed building of gtk-doc when automake in system is not version 1.14
• Fixed getcwd() failure warnings

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R0.15.2

Crosser 0.15.1 (05-Jul-15)

• Fixed downloading of all projects on Demand mode
• Show correct error message when downloading single package fails
• Fixed build with CROSSER_TMPFREE enabled

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R0.15.1

Crosser 0.15 (14-Apr-15)

• Two build types: normal and 'full'
• Optionally added Qt to build (part of 'full' build)
• Force static linking of libgcc and libstdc++
• Added icu to build
• Added epoxy to build
• Restored Harfbuzz to build

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R0.15

Crosser 0.14.1 (25-Feb-15)

• Updated expat download URL

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R0.14.1

Crosser 0.14 (27-Nov-14)

• Create launch.bat to dllstack root
• Added requirements installer for Debian systems
• gtk2 and gtk3 built with input method modules
• Added libcroco and librsvg to build
• Added hicolor-icon-theme, adwaita-icon-theme, gnome-icon-theme, gnome-icon-theme-extras to build
• Dropped Harfbuzz from build

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R0.14

Crosser 0.13.3 (21-Sep-14)

• Updated libpng download URL

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R0.13.3

Crosser 0.13.2 (02-Aug-14)

• Build native pkg-config before glib, using internal glib
• Fixed freeing of cross pkg-config builddir
• Fixed freeing of libxml2 builddir

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R0.13.2

Crosser 0.13.1 (23-Jul-14)

• Fixed SDL2, SDL2_gfx, and SDL2_ttf build

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R0.13.1

Crosser 0.13 (11-Jul-14)

• Added test versionset
• Added support for tar.lzma source archives
• Create crosser.txt listing details of the build to dllstack root directory
• Added SDL2_gfx to build
• Added libxml2 to build

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R0.13

Crosser 0.12 (04-Dec-13)

• Added SDL_gfx and SDL_ttf to build
• Added SDL2, SDL2_image, SDL2_mixer, and SDL2_ttf to build
• Fixed freeing of native build directories

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R0.12

Crosser 0.11.3 (27-Sep-13)

• Updated libpng download URL

Crosser 0.11.2 (03-Sep-13)

• Fixed freeing of native build dirs

Crosser 0.11.1 (20-Jul-13)

• Added SDL-mixer and dependencies to build
• Fixed build with newer MinGW
• Bugfix: Do not try to free directories of disabled components
• Fixed downloads from sourceforge

Crosser 0.10.1 (31-Jan-13)

• Win64 configuration for partial build available
• No packages downloaded as debian source packages - no longer requires Debian derivative
• Bugfix: Do not try to patch disabled components
• Bugfix: Do not try to recreate buildsys for disabled components
• Added support for <SETUP> tag in prefix parsing
• Default DLLSPREFIX has <SETUP> subdir
• Improved usage of multicore build machines
• Removed experimental versionset
• Added HarfBuzz to build

Crosser 0.9 (30-Sep-12)

• crosser.sh discontinued, only dllstack.sh remains
• Switched from i586-mingw32msvc MinGW compiler to i686-w64-mingw32
• Added ImageMagick to build
• Dropped broken SDL-mixer build

Crosser 0.8 (29-Jun-12)

• Added support for tar.xz source packages
• Added sqlite build to dllstack
• Added xz build to dllstack
• Fixed building of gettext when /bin/sh is not bash

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R0.8

Crosser 0.7 (17-Nov-11)

• Fixed native compiler build in latest Debian and derivatives versions
• Added configuration variable CROSSER_GROUP
• Added support for global configuration in /etc/crosser.conf
• Added configuration variable CROSSER_TMPFREE used by dllstack.sh only
• Added step 'comp' for building native compiler to target
• dllstack builds both gtk2 and gtk3 (3.0.12)
• Fixed setup.bat to handle gdk-pixbuf packets independent from gtk correctly
• Fixed libbz2 so programs can be actually linked against it
• Added libffi build to dllstack and crosser.sh native and gtk steps

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R0.7

Crosser 0.6.5 (01-Feb-11)

• Fixed a bug causing duplicate entries on filelist.txt
• Fixed syntax error in download_packets.sh when packets downloaded by step
• Most default paths now have <VERSIONSET> component
• Renamed many configuration variables
• Added bzip2 build to dllstack
• Added curl build to dllstack
• Added libxslt build to native and baselib steps
• Added libXau build to xorg step
• Added atk build to gtk+ step

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R0.6.5

Crosser 0.6.4 (24-Jun-10)

• When downloading debian source packets, get list of files to download from .dsc file
• Added step xorg
• Renamed libstack.sh as dllstack.sh
• setup.bat generated by dllstack.sh creates directory etc/pango
• Preparation for installable version of crosser instead of running it from its own directory tree
• Added --version parameter for all scripts
• Added mpc to gcc build
• Removed versionsets 2008A, 2008B, and 2009A, added stable

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R0.6.4

Crosser 0.6.3 (23-Nov-09)

• Use self built autoconf in libstack.sh
• Added target setups arm-eglibc, i686-eglibc
• Added SDL_mixer build to libstack.sh
• Fixed svgalib cross-compilation from i686-linux to x86_64-linux
• main.log rotated when its size exceeds 150000 bytes
• Default logdir is now $HOME/.crosser/log
• Added trim_packetdir.sh script for deleting oldest source packets
• Fixed gettext compilation with recent MinGW versions
• Added versionset 2009A

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R0.6.3

Crosser 0.6.2 (30-May-09)

• Upstream glibc used instead of debian packets
• Set PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR, not PKG_CONFIG_PATH when cross-compiling
• Build environments under $HOME/.crosser by default
• Build linux kernel in sdl step
• Added svgalib to sdl step
• Timeout for download attempts

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R0.6.2

Crosser 0.6.1 (05-Mar-09)

• Configurable packetdir - no need to download all the packets when ever crosser updated
• Fixed build with 'native' chain
• Install target hierarchy files with prefix "/usr", not default ("/usr/local")
• Removed readline build from libstack.sh
• Added fontconfig to gtk step
• Updated glibc to version 2.9-4

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/R0.6.1

Crosser 0.6.0 (06-Feb-09)

• Cache variables needed in cross-compilation given at configure command line instead of using hackish patches
• autogen_component() executes commands with sensible default parameters
• Added support for VERSIONSET tag to prefix parsing
• Made libstack.sh to use separate installation directory for its native parts from crosser.sh
• Fixed gettext build when /bin/sh is not bash
• Added pkg-config to native step

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/0.6.0

Crosser 0.5.0 (28-Dec-08)

• libstack.sh builds native glib-genmarshal used in build
• Added versionset 2008B
• Added python to native step
• Added gtk-doc to native step

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/0.5.0

Crosser 0.4.1 (10-Nov-08)

• Updated mpfr download URL

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/0.4.1

Crosser 0.4.0 (22-Sep-08)

• Glibc based chain for X86_64-linux and arm-linux targets
• Glibc updated to 2.8

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/0.4.0

Crosser 0.3.0 (27-Aug-08)

• Glibc based chain for i686-linux target

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/0.3.0

Crosser 0.2.0-nl (20-Jul-08)

• crosser.sh has functionality to build newlib based chain for arm-elf

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/0.2.0-nl

Crosser 0.1.2-win (10-Jul-08)

• Added gtk-engines
• Support for on demand downloading in libstack.sh

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/0.1.2-win

Crosser 0.1.1-win (01-Jul-08)

• Added versionset 2008A
• Added ncurses and readline packets

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/0.1.1-win

Crosser 0.1.0-win (12-Jun-08)

• Added library stack builder script libstack.sh
• Support for multiple versionsets
• Added step sdl to libstack.sh
• Version number comparison functions handle tokens alpha, beta, RC and pre intelligently
• Updated and added several packets

svn://svn.cazfi.net/crosser/tags/0.1.0-win

Crosser 0.0.4-aux (16-May-08)

• Commandline step-parameter now has syntax allowing selection of multiple steps
• Renamed download_latest.sh as download_packets.sh
• Added several new functions to helpers.sh
• Added libtool to native step

Crosser 0.0.3-aux (11-May-08)

• Licensed under Gnu General Public License version 2
• Added bash helper functions to distribution
• New packages to "win" set
  • pango
  • atk
  • gtk+
• Added some autotools auxiliary scripts to distribution to make sure they are found
• Updated kernel package to version 2.6.25.3

Crosser 0.0.2-aux (01-May-08)

While working on main Crosser script, auxiliary scripts get modified too. So here is second release of the downloader.

• Can be used to download single packet, preset set of packets, or all
• Support for downloading debian source packages
• Added download definitions for "win" set of packages
  • libiconv
  • zlib
  • libpng
  • gettext
  • jpeg
  • tiff
  • glib
  • expat
  • freetype
  • fontconfig
  • cairo

Crosser 0.0.1-aux (26-Apr-08)

• binutils
• gcc
• gmp
• mpfr
• newlib
• glibc
• glibc-libidn
• linux kernel