Debug libraries now have the same name as normal libraries (i.e. no "_d"
suffix). This reduces the possiblity of multiple libraries being loaded
into the same executable.
Added dragonfly OS to make targets.
Spaces and backslashes are no longer allowed in paths used by the
make package (e.g. with Windows OS). The libraries can still use native
paths.
There have been a number of API changes and several methods have been
depreciated in this release. Although current GNUstep programs that use
these methods will still work in this version, there are enough changes
that a new library version was considered useful. See the release notes
for more details
New NSStream classes where added to the library.
User defaults were restructured to create the defaults lazily and
can be set to not write to an external file at all, for developers who
wish to use the library as a stand-alone library or in other situations
where using external resources is not desired.
* Support for GNUstep.conf and relocation of the filesystem is much
improved in this release.
* The WM_QUIT message is now intercepted to allow an application to
terminate cleanly.
* NSMessagePort was implemented on Windows platforms.
* Deprecated support for system-wide GNUsteprc files has been
removed.
* Some support for keeping user defaults in the Windows registry
implemented.
* Window's path handling has changed to use native paths throughout.
* Startup/configuration of the libraries no longer requires
environement variables.
* Character sets are included in the library rather than being read
from data files.
* NSRunLoop and related classes use natvie win32 event handling on
Windows machines.
This version mostly includes minor fixes and updates.
* The definition of NSContainsRect has changed to correspond with the
current Mac OS X/Cocoa def - the sides of the bRect can touch
aRect.
* Add support for systems that support unichar file paths (e.g.
Windows).
* Use a proper one-to-one abbreviation dictionary for NSTimeZone.
* Runtime discovery of the library version is possible.
* NSXMLParser class added. Not completely implemented.
* NSArrays makeObjectsPerformSelector iterates in same order as
MacOSX.
* Designated initializers for NSArray, NSDictionary, NSSet, and
NSString have been changed for MacOSX compatibility.
Bump PKGREVISION and BUILDLINK_RECOMMENDED for dependent packages due to
library major revision bump.
Noteworthy changes in gnustep-base-1.10.0:
==========================================
Note the interface version of the library has changed so that apps,
tools and libraries the use the base library need to be recompiled to
use it.
* A large majority of the library classes have been documented
thanks to the efforts of Andrew Ruder
* URL classes support persistant connections
* Mac OSX XML compatibility fixes.
* GSMime parsing ignores extraneous data
* New log functions GSOnceFlag and GSOnceMLog
* New class NSError
* Multiple new function in GSObjCRuntime
* NSProtocolChecker rewritten
* autogsdoc support added for building frames
* Binary incompatibility: NSUnarchiver, GSIMapTable have new ivars added
Noteworthy changes in version `1.9.1'
=====================================
* Default string encoding taken from system nl_langinfo if not set
with GNUSTEP_STRING_ENCODING.
* NSKeyedArchiver/NSKeyedUnarchiver classes added.
* NSPropertyLists class added, also decodes Mac OS X binary propery
lists.
Noteworthy changes in version `1.9.0'
=====================================
* Lazy locking implemented (see GSLock documentation)
* MacOSX PB files updated to 10.3
* DO retain/release implementation simplified and also handles some
complex DO retain/release problems.
* GNUSTEP_STRING_ENCODING now supports any valid iconv name.
* gdomap uid/gid fixes
* NSString subclass heirarchy reorganized to fix problems with
copying and ownership of data.
Read the NEWS file for a compete list of changes since the last
stable version. The major change is that the header files (both in the
package and when installed) are in different locations. Also, due to
filesystem changes in gnustep-make, several components of gnustep-base
are located in different locations. Generally this should not affect the
compilation or running of applications and tools.
Noteworthy changes in version `1.6.0'
=====================================
* More MinGW support
* New MacOSX compatible methods.
* The Base Additions library compiles on native OSX.
* autogsdoc produces better, cleaner docs.
* Built-in garbage collecting classes.
* Any many many bug fixes and minor improvements.
Noteworthy changes in version `1.5.1'
=====================================
* Port NSThread to MingW
* Better framework support in NSBundle
* Added Thai string encodings.
* New makeImmutableCopyOnFail: method.
* Lots of autogsdoc improvements, Updated gsdoc DTD to 1.0 version.
* Added GSPrintf for logging to stdout.
* Warning logs selectable at runtime.
* NSTimeZone code rewritten for speed.
