MeOS version 44.0 has been released

As a software engineer and manager, I often have to deal with changelogs for my job and so, I thought I’d have a little fun with that and announce that I’ve released MeOS v44.0. This was a major release after a rough, but productive year of iterations and patches to fix core bugs that have been building up in previous versions. It’s not quite a complete rewrite of the core system, but significant changes have occurred to make this a breaking non-backwards compatible release.

Changelog

Improvements

Removed the dining children submodule that was installed back in the way earlier versions of MeOS and never replaced. Fully replaced it with adult, decreasing overall bundle size by 20%.
Installed a brand new exercise module with the submodules yoga, meditation, weight-lifting, walking, and jogging. None of those packages are considered stable at this time and are still being integrated into the core MeOS system.
The sleep and water modules have hit a stable state and are now considered core packages of MeOS. No further changes are expected to these packages at this time.
Balanced the priority on the media reading submodule to the same levels as television, movies, and video-games.
Removed manual override on the priority of the work package and added to the work, sleep, exercise, and media load balancer.

Bug Fixes

Discovered serious underlying bugs in the health module previous to the release of v43.0 that went undetected until v43.2 and required immediate triage.
- Primary bug has been effectively eliminated and should be completely patched in v44.2.
- Secondary bug is expected to be patched by v45.0. Targeting v44.6 for beta testing.
Removed the caffeine package entirely which solved the headache bug introduced in v43.0.

New Packages

The patch in v43.2 to fix the underlying health bug also introduced the sobriety package without warning. This is now a recommended installation for MeOS v44.0 after having previously been experimental.

Known Issues

There is a known conflict between the work and sleep modules.
Still unsure how to fix the bug known as Monday.
There’s still a timing bug where individual days can feel like weeks, this appears to be a prioritization bug in the load balancer.

Breaking Changes

sobriety package cannot be installed with the alcohol package. The alcohol package has been completely removed.
Removing the caffeine package introduces a 2 week window that throws the operating system into chaos and degrades the sleep module. There is no known workaround.

Roadmap

v44.2 - Remove primary health bug.
v44.3 - Bundle KPI set for additional 2.5% decrease.
v44.9 - Reading KPI set for 18 books.
v45.0 - Fix secondary health bug, stabilize core workflow for exercise modules.
Iterate on load balancer to reduce conflicts between the work and sleep modules.