From 6d3d3b996620b092b22a4ec75b336bf4a1a4665d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Daniel=20Kochma=C5=84ski?= Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 15:05:12 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Use one file for tracking relevant changes. Also replaces used till now Markdown format with org-mode syntax. --- ANNOUNCEMENT | 90 -------------------------------------- CHANGELOG | 117 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/CHANGELOG | 30 ------------- 3 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 120 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 ANNOUNCEMENT create mode 100644 CHANGELOG delete mode 100755 src/CHANGELOG diff --git a/ANNOUNCEMENT b/ANNOUNCEMENT deleted file mode 100644 index a61e0ef0c..000000000 --- a/ANNOUNCEMENT +++ /dev/null @@ -1,90 +0,0 @@ -Announcement of ECL -=================== - -ECL stands for Embeddable Common-Lisp. The ECL project aims to -produce an implementation of the Common-Lisp language which complies -to the ANSI X3J13 definition of the language. - -The term embeddable refers to the fact that ECL includes a lisp to C -compiler, which produces libraries (static or dynamic) that can be -called from C programs. Furthermore, ECL can produce standalone -executables from your lisp code and can itself be linked to your -programs as a shared library. - -ECL supports the operating systems Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, -Solaris (at least v. 9), Microsoft Windows and OSX, running on top of -the Intel, Sparc, Alpha and PowerPC processors. Porting to other -architectures should be rather easy. - -ECL is currently hosted at SourceForge. The home page of the project -is http://ecls.sourceforge.net, and in it you will find source code -releases, a CVS tree and some useful documentation. - - -Known issues -============ - -* Cygwin's library is still broken: fork/exec fails to reload the - cygwin library, or ECL's compiled libraries in a completely random - fashion. For this reason we recommend using ext:system instead of - ext:run-program in that platform. - -* In Windows ECL comes with bytecodes compiler by default, because C - compilers are normally not avaiable. Unfortunately several - libraries out there are not prepared for this. If you plan to use - quicklisp and have a C compiler accessible to ECL, you may use - (ext:install-c-compiler) to switch back to the Lisp-to-C compiler. - -15.3.7 changes since 15.2.21 -============================ - -* autoconf scripts are rewritten to support version 2.69 stack - -* direction is now correctly determined, so gcc 5.x builds should be - -* broken --with-sse=yes configure flag works once again - -* compilation of ECL under MSVC (2008/2010/2012) even with custom - code pages - -* stable-sort now works as desired - - -15.2.21 changes since 13.5.1 -============================ - -* Features coverity scan model, ffi-unload-module implementation, - probably more. - -* Build system - enhancements, parallel builds, fixes, simplifications, cleanups, - maintenance. minor cleanup, maintenance. - -* Numerous fixes - -Changes since 12.7.1 -==================== - -Some highlights of this release are: - -* ECL now ships with the whole of the Unicode names database, - optimally compressed using constant C tables. This means ECL now - recognizes all valid Unicode (and ASCII) names for the whole range - of characters, and can print them as well. - -* ECL has changed the way it stores compiled data in the C files, so - that it works around the limit of 65k characters per string. - -* ECL now builds with Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2012. - -* We bend the knee and accepted WHILE/IF statements intertwined with - FOR/AS, though this is still not valid ANSI Common Lisp. - -See file src/CHANGELOG or browse it online - -http://ecls.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ecls/ecl/src/CHANGELOG?view=markup - -;;; Local Variables: *** -;;; mode:text *** -;;; fill-column:69 *** -;;; End: *** diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG new file mode 100644 index 000000000..204d93ecd --- /dev/null +++ b/CHANGELOG @@ -0,0 +1,117 @@ +* Announcement of ECL + + ECL stands for Embeddable Common-Lisp. The ECL project aims to + produce an implementation of the Common-Lisp language which complies + to the ANSI X3J13 definition of the language. + + The term embeddable refers to the fact that ECL includes a lisp to C + compiler, which produces libraries (static or dynamic) that can be + called from C programs. Furthermore, ECL can produce standalone + executables from your lisp code and can itself be linked to your + programs as a shared library. + + ECL supports the operating systems Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, + Solaris (at least v. 9), Microsoft Windows and OSX, running on top of + the Intel, Sparc, Alpha, ARM and PowerPC processors. Porting to other + architectures should be rather easy. + +* Known issues + + - Cygwin's library is still broken: fork/exec fails to reload the + cygwin library, or ECL's compiled libraries in a completely random + fashion. For this reason we recommend using ext:system instead of + ext:run-program in that platform. + + - In Windows ECL comes with bytecodes compiler by default, because C + compilers are normally not avaiable. Unfortunately several libraries + out there are not prepared for this. If you plan to use quicklisp + and have a C compiler accessible to ECL, you may use + (ext:install-c-compiler) to switch back to the Lisp-to-C compiler. + +* Pending changes since 15.3.7 +** Issues fixed: + + - Various fixes of bogus declarations. + + - Remove deprecated GC calls. + + - ROTATEF, SHIFTF, PSETF reworked to conform ANSI standard. Places + were handled improperly in regard of multiple values. + +** Enchantments: + + - Update libffi to version 3.2.1. + + - Update asdf to version 3.1.4. + +* 15.3.7 changes since 15.2.21 +** Issues fixed: + + - DEFUN functions not defined as toplevel forms were also directly + referenced other code in the same file. + + - STABLE-SORT works as desired (bogus optimization for strings + fixed). + + - broken --with-sse=yes configure flag works once again. + +** Enchantments + + - autoconf scripts are rewritten to support version 2.69 stack. + + - direction is now correctly determined, fixing gcc 5.x builds. + + - compilation of ECL under MSVC (2008/2010/2012) even with custom + code pages. + + - In compiled code it is possible to declare variables to have a C + type such as in (declare (:double a)) and then the variable is + enforced to be unboxed to such type. + + - New form EXT:C-PROGN used to interleave C statements with lisp + code, where the lisp code may refer to any number of + variables. Example: + #+BEGIN_SRC lisp + (lambda (i) + (let* ((limit i) + (iterator 0)) + (declare (:int limit iterator)) + (ffi:c-progn (limit iterator) + "for (#1 = 0; #1 < #0; #1++) {" + (print iterator) + "}"))) + #+END_SRC + +* 15.2.21 changes since 13.5.1 + + - Features coverity scan model, ffi-unload-module implementation, + probably more. + + - Build system enhancements, parallel builds, fixes, + simplifications, cleanups, maintenance. minor cleanup, + maintenance. + + - Numerous fixes. + +* Changes since 12.7.1 + + Some highlights of this release are: + + - ECL now ships with the whole of the Unicode names database, + optimally compressed using constant C tables. This means ECL now + recognizes all valid Unicode (and ASCII) names for the whole range + of characters, and can print them as well. + + - ECL has changed the way it stores compiled data in the C files, so + that it works around the limit of 65k characters per string. + + - ECL now builds with Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2012. + + - We bend the knee and accepted WHILE/IF statements intertwined with + FOR/AS, though this is still not valid ANSI Common Lisp. + +* Settings +;;; Local Variables: *** +;;; mode:org *** +;;; fill-column:75 *** +;;; End: *** diff --git a/src/CHANGELOG b/src/CHANGELOG deleted file mode 100755 index 2cb5a8a70..000000000 --- a/src/CHANGELOG +++ /dev/null @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ -ECL 13.7.1 -========== - -* Errors fixed: - -- DEFUN functions not defined as toplevel forms were also directly referenced - other code in the same file. - -* Extensions: - -- In compiled code it is possible to declare variables to have a C type - such as in (declare (:double a)) and then the variable is enforced to - be unboxed to such type. - -- New form EXT:C-PROGN used to interleave C statements with lisp code, where - the lisp code may refer to any number of variables. Example: - - (lambda (i) - (let* ((limit i) - (iterator 0)) - (declare (:int limit iterator)) - (ffi:c-progn (limit iterator) - "for (#1 = 0; #1 < #0; #1++) {" - (print iterator) - "}"))) - -;;; Local Variables: *** -;;; mode:text *** -;;; fill-column:79 *** -;;; End: ***