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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 13 deletions
@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@ -Changes from 1.4.4 +-* text -*- -1. The automake/autoconf-based build system has been cleaned up - significantly. It now has less moving parts for maintainers. -2. lib/mondfe.exp and lib/xsh.exp have been removed. Users requiring +Changes since 1.4.4: + +1. The runtest.1 man page has been brought up to date. +2. The Docbook/SGML documentation files were removed in favour of the + Docbook/XML documentation. The Texinfo source for the Info pages is + now automatically generated from the Docbook source. +3. The Makefile structure has been substantially simplified. There + is now a single top-level Makefile.am. The use of recursive make + has been eliminated. +4. lib/mondfe.exp and lib/xsh.exp have been removed. Users requiring these communication modes can still use the DejaGnu 1.4 branch or can contact dejagnu@gnu.org to discuss reinstating these files. -3. The configure script now ensures that Expect is installed and that +5. The configure script now ensures that Expect is installed and that it is linked against Tcl 8.3 or greater. -4. The runtest program now gracefully handles the possibility of the +6. The runtest program now gracefully handles the possibility of the expect binary vanishing after DejaGnu has been installed (for example, by the user altering their PATH). -Changes from 1.4.2 +Changes since 1.4.2: 1. New XML output option, so test results can be loaded into a database. 2. Support for the KFAIL/KPASS (known failures). @@ -24,18 +31,18 @@ Changes from 1.4.2 DejaGnu release. 8. i960glue.c has been removed. -Changes from 1.4.1 +Changes since 1.4.1: 1. Various patches for bugs reported from net users. 2. Test case builds with either libstdc++-v3 (as used by GCC 3.0.x) or the older v2 (as used by GCC 2.95.x). -Changes from 1.4.0 +Changes since 1.4.0: 1. There is new support for a simple unit testing API, that is also useful for embedded testing. -Changes from 1.3 +Changes since 1.3: 1. DejaGnu is now back under active maintainance. The initial work has been rewriting the manual to bring it up to date, and switching to @@ -43,7 +50,7 @@ Changes from 1.3 2. NT support has also been added. 3. DejaGnu now uses Automake. -Changes from 1.1.1 +Changes since 1.1.1: 1. Works with (included in release) Tcl 7.3 and Expect 5.6. 2. Much better error trapping and handling, including the execution of @@ -53,13 +60,13 @@ Changes from 1.1.1 5. New testsuite for expect and runtest. 6. More debugging procedures. -Changes from 1.0 +Changes since 1.0: 1. DejaGnu now conforms to POSIX 1003.3, a standard for testing frameworks. 2. A Tcl debugger written by Don Libes has been added. 3. Lots of bug fixes. -Changes from 0.9 +Changes since 0.9: 1. DejaGnu now installs itself like other utilities. 2. 700 G++ tests are included. |