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-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.