From 0358d6bb0ea3c93929938eee750683143176844b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mainzelm Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 10:24:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updates for 0.6.6 --- RELEASE | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE index 3c1d965..0500701 100644 --- a/RELEASE +++ b/RELEASE @@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ Obtaining and installing scsh Getting in touch The World-Wide What? New in this release + Removed or replaced non-free code + New code for sorting + Separate documentation of the library directories search facility + New module CONFIGURE Argument processing more robust Bug fixes New in 0.6.5 @@ -143,23 +147,26 @@ about it. * Getting in touch ================== -There are two main ways to join in scsh-related discussion: the mailing-list - scsh@zurich.ai.mit.edu -and the netnews group - comp.lang.scheme.scsh -These two forums should be equivalent, being bi-directionally gatewayed -at MIT, but due to technical problems it's better to read them both. + +Currently, there is a mailing-list which is mirrored to a newsgroup. + +To (un)subscribe to the mailing-list, send a message to +scsh-request@@zurich.csail.mit.edu. To submit a message to the +mailing-list, send it to scsh@@zurich.csail.mit.edu. + +The mailing-list is also readable as a standard newsgroup, thanks to +gmane, a mail-to-news gateway. More information is available at the +following URL: +http://gmane.org/info.php?group=gmane.lisp.scheme.scsh + +There used to be a newsgroup dedicated to scsh, called +comp.lang.scheme.scsh but it is now deprecated. Bugs can be reported to - scsh-bugs@zurich.ai.mit.edu + scsh-bugs@zurich.csail.mit.edu or via the Scsh project's bugs section on SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/scsh/ -If you do not netnews hierarchy, or wish to join the mailing -list for other reasons, send mail to - scsh-request@zurich.ai.mit.edu - - * The World-Wide What? ====================== We even have one of those dot-com cyberweb things: @@ -170,13 +177,47 @@ We manage the project using SourceForge: * New in this release ===================== +** Removed or replaced non-free code + Some files in the previous versions of scsh did not conform to + scsh's BSD-style license. We therefore removed the directory + scheme/infix and asked the copyright holders of the rest of the + code to put their code under a compatible license. The code of the + sort package has been replaced by a new version (see below). + +** New code for sorting + The old package SORT from Scheme 48 has been replaced by a + sophisticated library written by Olin Shivers for the withdrawn + SRFI 32. + +** Separate documentation of the library directories search facility + The manual now contains a separate section that describes the + library directories search facility. The description of the + respective switches has been adapted accordingly. + +** New module CONFIGURE + The new module CONFIGURE permits access to some of the values + obtained during the run of the configure script. + ** Argument processing more robust Any number of whitespaces may now occur between the arguments to - the VM + the VM. ** Bug fixes + Ensure that the exit value is 1 if scsh exits due to an error + Load the package scheme-with-scsh before dumping images to get + better start-up times + Fix two bugs in GLOB related to quotation + The optmizer AUTO-INTEGRATE can now inline procedures with + macro-generated arguments + The optmizer FLAT-ENVIRONMENTS now works if invoked after AUTO-INTEGRATE + Fixed a bug in the parser of "-" sre forms + Removed accidentally committed expansion of paths in SCSH_LIB_DIR + Fix the various SELECT-like procedures for 0 timeouts + Let PATH-LIST->FILE-NAME return "/" for '(""). + Fix bug in S48_RECORD_TYPE: third parameter to s48_stob_ref was missing. + Fixed check for -rdynamic FIELD-READER returns (values EOF '()) on an empty port - Fixed STRING-CONTAINS from SRFI-13 + Fixed STRING-CONTAINS and STRING-CONCATENATE-REVERSE/SHARED from SRFI-13 * New in 0.6.5 ==============