diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE index 02e6f7c..dce0e44 100644 --- a/RELEASE +++ b/RELEASE @@ -1,13 +1,14 @@ -Scsh 0.6.1 Release notes -*- outline -*- +Scsh 0.6.2 Release notes -*- outline -*- -We are pleased to release scsh version 0.6.1. This release fixes most -of the known bugs of the previous version. Users of version 0.6.0 are -strongly encouraged to upgrade to the new version. +We are pleased to release scsh version 0.6.2. This release +incorporates many SRFIs into scsh. The enhanced module language of the +recent Scheme 48 releases is now part of scsh. In addition most of the +known bugs of the previous version have been fixed. The text below gives a general description of scsh, instructions for obtaining it, pointers to discussion forums, and a description of the new features in -release 0.6.1. (Emacs should display this document is in outline mode. Say +release 0.6.2. (Emacs should display this document is in outline mode. Say c-h m for instructions on how to move through it by sections (e.g., c-c c-n, c-c c-p).) @@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ The World-Wide What? New in this release API changes Bugfixes +New in 0.6.1 New in 0.6.0 Thanks @@ -160,8 +162,37 @@ We even have one of those dot-com cyberweb things: We manage the project using SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/scsh/ -* New in this release -===================== +* New in 0.6.2 + +** API changes + In addition to SRFI 1, 8, 13, 14 and 23 scsh now features SRFI 2, + 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 16, 17 and 19. See http://srfi.schemers.org/ for a + detailed description. The SRFIs are available in packages srfi-X + where X is the number of the SRFI. + + New procedure port->socket to turn a port into a socket object was + added to the network code. + + The module language supports the new forms modify, subset and + with-prefix from Scheme 48 version 0.57. + + Fork, fork/pipe, fork/pipe+ take an optional argument + continue-threads? to determine whether all threads should continue + to run in the child. + +** Bugfixes + - Added default argument to tty-info as described in the manual + - Conversion to s48_value in tty1.c + - Fixed another hygiene problem in SRE + - Plugged space leak in bind-listen-accept-loop + - Aligned CWD and umask in various file operations + - Better releasing of port locks + - Corrected exception of time + - Set-cloexec to #t for unrevealed ports. + - Include scsh paper in the distribution. + +* New in 0.6.1 +============== ** API changes For sre's, BOW, EOW, WORD, and WORD+ (which were already unsupported @@ -256,27 +287,6 @@ We would like to thank the members of local-resistance cells for the Underground everywhere for bug reports, bug fixes, design review and comments that were incorporated into this release. We really appreciate their help, particularly in the task of porting scsh to new platforms. - Friedrich Dominicus - Jay Nietling - Tim Bradshaw - Robert Brown - Eric Marsden - Paul Emsley - Pawel Turnau - Hannu Koivisto - Andy Gaynor - Francisco Vides Fernandez - Tim Burgess - Brian Denheyer - Harvey Stein - Eric Hilsdale - Andreas Bernauer - Reini Urban - Peter Biber - Roland Weiss - Richard Günther - Dirk Staneker - Johannes Hirche Brought to you by the Scheme Underground. Go forth and write elegant systems