build 2044 - update release documentation

docs/bugs.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
-The current bug database is available on the web at
+Please report kernel bugs / issues on GitHub at 
+
+  https://github.com/FDOS/kernel/issues
+
+
+For support (or if you don't wish to use GitHub) then
+please use the FreeDOS developer and/or user mailing list.
+
+The former bug database is available on the web at
 
  http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=5109&atid=105109
 
-Please request an account if you want to report or
-update bugs. Reading the database needs no login.
+(All bugs reported there are reviewed, but not updated!)
 
 Thanks!

docs/history.txt

@@ -10,18 +10,20 @@ http://freedos.svn.sf.net/viewvc/freedos?view=rev&sortby=rev&revision=NUMBER
 Changelog items can list SVN revision rNUMBER and bugzilla bug NUMBER.
 
 
-2023 ?? - Build 2045
+2025 ?? - Build 2045
 -------- Jeremy Davis
 
 + Changes Jeremy Davis and Tom Ehlert
     * initial GPT partition support
 
 
-2023 December 2? - Build 2044
+2024 December 21 - Build 2044
 -------- Jeremy Davis
 
 + Changes Jeremy Davis, Andrew Bird, Tee-Kiah Chia (tkchia), Sava (lpproj), 
           Stas Sergeev (stsp), C. Masloch, Jiri Malak, Bernd Böckmann
+	* fixes for building with various compilers / different environments
+	* boot sector improvements (improve compatibility/reduce boot problems)
     * support determining kernel file version without booting it
 	* only print messages once, not each time processing partitions
 	* fix for Format GitHub issue #1 - format divide by 0 due to kernel function 440D, subfunction 60 returning a zero for logical_sectors_per_fat as initdisk overflows and calculates incorrect value

docs/readme.txt

@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ Copyright
 DOS-C is (c) Copyright 1995, 1996 by Pasquale J. Villani
 All Rights Reserved.
 
-Portions of FreeDOS kernel copyright others, 199?-2021
+Portions of FreeDOS kernel copyright others, 199?-2024