Version 2.0.7

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/tools/make/trunk@27368 72102866-910b-0410-8b05-ffd578937521

ANNOUNCE

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 1 Announcement
 **************
 
-The GNUstep Makefile Package version 2.0.6 is now available.
+The GNUstep Makefile Package version 2.0.7 is now available.
 
 1.1 What is the GNUstep makefile package?
 =========================================
@@ -12,19 +12,24 @@ project without having to deal with the complex issues associated with
 configuration, building, installation, and packaging.  It also allows
 the user to easily create cross-compiled binaries.
 
-1.2 Changes in version `2.0.6'
+1.2 Changes in version `2.0.7'
 ==============================
 
-   * Fixed some spurious rebuilds of plists, and framework headers.
+   * New configuration file to set default installation
 
-   * Added the -enable-absolute-install-paths option for Darwin systems.
+   * gnustep-make now uses the -no-print-directory flag when invoking
+     make
 
-   * Install GNUstep.conf in /etc/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf on all systems.
+   * Files make have same name but different extensions (.c and .m)
+
+   * Change in path checking algorithm in GNUstep.sh and GNUstep.csh
+
+   * Test applications linked against gnustep-gui by default
 
 1.3 Obtaining gnustep-make
 ==========================
 
-You can get the gstep-make-2.0.6.tar.gz distribution file at
+You can get the gstep-make-2.0.7.tar.gz distribution file at
 `ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core'
 
    Please log bug reports on the GNUstep project page

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-12-21  Adam Fedor  <[email protected]>
+
+	* Version 2.0.7
+
 2008-12-19  Nicola Pero  <[email protected]>
 
 	* installation-domains.conf: Added gnustep-objc to the System

Documentation/faq.texi

@@ -461,8 +461,7 @@ The GNUstep Base Library is a library of general-purpose, non-graphical
 Objective C objects.  For example, it includes classes for strings,
 object collections, byte streams, typed coders, invocations,
 notifications, notification dispatchers, moments in time, network ports,
-remote object messaging support (distributed objects), event loops, and
-random number generators.
+remote object messaging support (distributed objects), and event loops.
 
 It provides functionality that aims to implement the non-graphical
 portion of the OpenStep standard (the Foundation library).  

Documentation/news.texi

@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@
 The currently released version is @samp{@value{GNUSTEP-MAKE-VERSION}}.
 @end ifclear
 
+@section Changes in version @samp{2.0.7}
+@itemize @bullet
+@item New configuration file to set default installation
+@item gnustep-make now uses the --no-print-directory flag when invoking make
+@item Files make have same name but different extensions (.c and .m)
+@item Change in path checking algorithm in GNUstep.sh and GNUstep.csh
+@item Test applications linked against gnustep-gui by default
+@end itemize
+
+@ifclear ANNOUNCE-ONLY
+
 @section Changes in version @samp{2.0.6}
 
 @itemize @bullet
@@ -17,8 +28,6 @@ The currently released version is @samp{@value{GNUSTEP-MAKE-VERSION}}.
 @item Install GNUstep.conf in /etc/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf on all systems.
 @end itemize
 
-@ifclear ANNOUNCE-ONLY
-
 @section Changes in version @samp{2.0.5}
 
 @itemize @bullet

Documentation/releasenotes.texi

@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ migrate to using a newer version of the make system.
 
 @table @samp
 
+@item default installation
+New configuration file that allows hardcore developers building
+everything from source to specify arbitrary default installation domains
+for the software.  You just need to copy the installation-domains.conf
+file to the same directory as the GNUstep.conf file, and edit it to
+customize the default installation domain (Thanks to Richard for the
+idea).
+
 @item --no-print-directory
 gnustep-make now uses the --no-print-directory flag when invoking make
 recursively, so the output has changed - starting from 2.0.7 it should

FAQ

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 1 GNUstep Frequently Asked Questions with Answers
 *************************************************
 
-Last updated 8 January 2008.  Please send corrections to
+Last updated 20 December 2008.  Please send corrections to
 <[email protected]>. Also look at the user FAQ for more user
 oriented questions.
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ systems (expect for the unimplemented parts, of course), there are a
 variety of other files and tools that are necessary for porting
 programs.
 
-`ni2gmodel'
+`nib2gmodel'
      This program coverts nib files from any system, such as OPENSTEP to
      a gmodel format file. Gmodel can be read directly by GNUstep or
      you can convert this to a more GNUstep-native gorm format (using
@@ -119,21 +119,20 @@ archive format (which can be edited by Gorm).  There IS a conversion
 tool called nib2gmodel that can be compiled under OPENSTEP to convert
 nib files to GNUstep gmodel files.
 
-   Newer nib files use XML format keyed archiving and may possibly be
-transportable, although differences in class and ivar layout may still
-make this difficult.
+   The current version of gui supports reading nib files created as of
+10.2.  If you have nib files which are older than this, you can convert
+them by loading them into Interface Builder, going to the "file" second
+and saving the nib using the "10.2 or later format."
 
 1.1.8 Can one use the hybrid "Objective-C++"
 --------------------------------------------
 
-No. at present the GNU compiler (gcc) does not support "Objective-C++".
-Soon to br released gcc 4.1 will have this support, but it is still
-unclear how robust it will be.
+Yes gcc 4.1 has support for this.
 
 1.1.9 Is there a plan to support the Java/YellowBox Bindings?
 -------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Yes. The GNustep Java library/bridge called JIGS is available now.  JIGS
+Yes. The GNUstep Java library/bridge called JIGS is available now.  JIGS
 is a free (LGPL) Java Interface for GNUstep; it can automatically wrap
 Objective-C libraries based on GNUstep, making them accessible directly
 to the Java programmer as if they were Java libraries. As a side effect,
@@ -146,10 +145,9 @@ objects.
 1.1.10 What if I compile GNUstep under OPENSTEP/MacOS X?
 --------------------------------------------------------
 
-GNUstep uses the X-windows display postscript extension.  The interface
-to that is not the same as the interface to the OPENSTEP/MacOS-X
-windows server.  While someone could write a backend library to provide
-the interface, nobody has bothered to date.
+GNUstep uses different backends to provide the same functionality as
+Display Postscript.  While someone could write a backend library to
+provide the interface, nobody has bothered to date.
 
    You can, however, use a GNUstep program with an X11 server running
 on MacOSX.
@@ -308,7 +306,7 @@ it's a low priority TODO.  It should be added to the GNUstep headers
 bracketed in `#ifndef STRICT_MACOS_X'
 
    There are a couple of people working on this already, so it's a good
-idea to get in touch with Adam or Richard to coordinate efforts.
+idea to get in touch with Greg, Adam or Richard to coordinate efforts.
 
 1.2.7 How do I start writing tests?
 -----------------------------------
@@ -354,7 +352,7 @@ out-of-date (or wrong) and update/mark-as-outdated as required.
 1.2.10 Why doesn't GDB support Objective-C?
 -------------------------------------------
 
-Um, it does. As of GDB 6.0, gdb supports debugging of Objective-C code.
+As of GDB 6.0, gdb supports debugging of Objective-C code.
 
 1.3 GNU Objective C Compiler and Runtime
 ========================================
@@ -402,8 +400,7 @@ The GNUstep Base Library is a library of general-purpose, non-graphical
 Objective C objects.  For example, it includes classes for strings,
 object collections, byte streams, typed coders, invocations,
 notifications, notification dispatchers, moments in time, network ports,
-remote object messaging support (distributed objects), event loops, and
-random number generators.
+remote object messaging support (distributed objects), and event loops.
 
    It provides functionality that aims to implement the non-graphical
 portion of the OpenStep standard (the Foundation library).
@@ -534,6 +531,9 @@ promised fees for the work that was actually done and delivered.)  DGS
 works fairly well with a single context.  Alpha channel and compositing
 doesn't work.
 
+   Currently, further development on DGS has been abandoned.  The
+library based approach using libart, cairo, etc works much better.
+
 1.6.3 What is the relationship between the Display Ghostscript Server and X Windows?
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

GNUstep-HOWTO

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
    GNUstep HOWTO
    *************
 
-   Last Update: 8 January 2008
+   Last Update: 20 December 2008
 
    This document explains how to build the different components of the
    GNUstep core libraries and GNUstep Launchpad.
@@ -935,11 +935,10 @@ SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
 =============================
 
 GNUstep has been tested on version 7.0, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.3,
-and 10.1 of Suse
+10.1, 11.0
 
 RECOMMENDED COMPILER
-     The default compiler that comes with Susu is fine. Also gcc2.95.x,
-     gcc3.0.x, 3.1 and 3.2 work, but 2.95 is faster.  Compile with
+     The default compiler that comes with Susu is fine.  Compile with
      -threads-enabled (non-standard).
 
 EXTRA LIBS NEEDED