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-rw-r--r--THANKS65
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diff --git a/README b/README
index efe772842..693119405 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is beta release 1.2.90 of Guile, a portable, embeddable Scheme
+This is release 1.3 of Guile, a portable, embeddable Scheme
implementation written in C. Guile provides a machine independent
execution platform that can be linked in as a library when building
extensible programs.
@@ -14,18 +14,22 @@ guile --- a stand-alone interpreter for Guile, usually installed in
interpreter for script files; see the NEWS file for details.
guile-config --- a Guile script which provides the information necessary
to link your programs against the Guile library.
+guile-snarf --- a script to parse declarations in your C code for
+ Scheme-visible C functions, Scheme objects to be used by C code, etc.
libguile.a --- an object library containing the Guile interpreter,
usually installed in /usr/local/lib. You can use Guile in
your own programs by linking against this.
libqthreads.a --- an object library containing the QuickThreads
primitives. If you enabled thread support when you configured
Guile, you will need to link your code against this too.
-<libguile.h>, <libguile/*.h> --- header files for libguile.a, usually
- installed in /usr/local/include.
+<libguile.h>, <guile/gh.h>, <libguile/*.h> --- header files for
+ libguile.a, usually installed in /usr/local/include.
ice-9, ice-9/*.scm --- run-time support for Guile: the module
system, read-eval-print loop, some R4RS code and other
infrastructure. Usually installed in
/usr/local/share/guile/<version>.
+data-rep.info --- An essay on how to write C code that works with
+ Guile Scheme values.
Interesting files include:
- INSTALL, which contains instructions on building and installing Guile.
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ qt: A cooperative threads package from the University of Washington,
library, found in this directory. Qt is under a separate
copyright; see `qt/README' for more details.
doc: Some preliminary documentation for Guile. The real Guile
- manual is incomplete, and is currently being revised..
+ manual is incomplete, and is currently being revised.
Anonymous CVS Access and FTP snapshots ===============================
@@ -93,19 +97,17 @@ different.
Obtaining Guile ======================================================
-This beta release of Guile is available via anonymous FTP from
-ftp.red-bean.com, as pub/guile/guile-1.2.90.tar.gz.
-
The latest official Guile release is available via anonymous FTP from
-prep.ai.mit.edu, as /pub/gnu/guile-1.2.tar.gz.
+prep.ai.mit.edu, as /pub/gnu/guile-1.3.tar.gz.
-Via the web, that's: ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/guile-1.2.tar.gz
-For getit, that's: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/guile-1.2.tar.gz
+Via the web, that's: ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/guile-1.3.tar.gz
+For getit, that's: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/guile-1.3.tar.gz
The mailing list `guile@cygnus.com' carries discussions, questions,
and often answers, about Guile. To subscribe, send mail to
guile-request@cygnus.com. Of course, please send bug reports (and
-fixes!) to bug-guile@gnu.org.
+fixes!) to bug-guile@gnu.org. Note that one address is @cygnus.com,
+and the other is at @gnu.org.
Authors And Contributors =============================================
diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index 0f0128c4f..7a8568b0b 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ HP/UX (gcc, HP cc) --- nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu
e) Test the installed version; don't forget to unset GUILE_LOAD_PATH.
f) Test the example code in the doc directory.
g) If you made any fixes, commit them, and start from a) again
+11a) Add "Guile N.M released." entry to ChangeLog, and commit it.
12) Tag the entire source tree with a tag of the form "release_N_M".
13) Copy the tar file over to the GNU machines, and ask the appropriate
person to put it on prep. At the time of this writing, Joel Weber
@@ -75,5 +76,6 @@ HP/UX (gcc, HP cc) --- nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu
the sources are snapshot again. Snapshots should have version numbers
of the form "N.M.L", where L is odd.
17) Start a new section of the NEWS file.
-18) Send mail to majordomo-owner@cygnus.com updating the message you get
+18) Start a new THANKS file.
+19) Send mail to majordomo-owner@cygnus.com updating the message you get
when you ask majordomo for "info guile".
diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index fe737fe7d..d985b4f5e 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -6,58 +6,19 @@ The Guile core distribution:
Bug reports and fixes from:
- Lauri Alanko
- Andrew Archibald
- Greg Badros
- Aleksandar Bakic
- Per Bothner
- Jost Boekemeier
- Ben Caradoc-Davies
- Marcus Daniels
- Doug Evans
- Fred Fish
- Jesse N. Glick
- Eric Hanchrow
- Greg Harvey
- Karl M. Hegbloom
- Dirk Herrmann
- Gary Houston
- Charbel Jacquin
- Bill Janssen
- Steven G. Johnson
- Roland Kaufmann
- Shiro Kawai
- Christopher Lee
- Michael N. Livshin
- Christian Lynbech
- Roland McGrath
- Clark McGrew
- Russ McManus
- Harald Meland
- Perry Metzger
- Thomas Morgan
- Shuji Narazaki
- Nicolas Neuss
- Thien-Thi Nguyen
- Robert Pluim
- Richard Polton
- Chet Ramey
- Jim Ravan
- John Redford
- Daniel Risacher
- Ole Myren Röhne
- Julian Satchell
-Jorgen "forcer" Schaefer
- Larry Schwimmer
- Radey Shouman
- Miroslav Silovic
- Maciej Stachowiak
- Harvey J. Stein
- Eiichi Takamori
- David Tillman
- John Tobey
- Greg Troxel
- Bernard Urban
+ Lauri Alanko, Andrew Archibald, Greg Badros, Aleksandar Bakic, Per
+ Bothner, Jost Boekemeier, Ben Caradoc-Davies, Marcus Daniels, Doug
+ Evans, Fred Fish, Jesse N. Glick, Eric Hanchrow, Greg Harvey, Karl
+ M. Hegbloom, Dirk Herrmann, Gary Houston, Charbel Jacquin, Bill
+ Janssen, Steven G. Johnson, Roland Kaufmann, Shiro Kawai, Christopher
+ Lee, Michael N. Livshin, Christian Lynbech, Roland McGrath, Clark
+ McGrew, Russ McManus, Harald Meland, Perry Metzger, Thomas Morgan,
+ Shuji Narazaki, Nicolas Neuss, Thien-Thi Nguyen, Robert Pluim, Richard
+ Polton, Chet Ramey, Jim Ravan, John Redford, Daniel Risacher, Ole
+ Myren Röhne, Julian Satchell, Jorgen "forcer" Schaefer, Larry
+ Schwimmer, Radey Shouman, Miroslav Silovic, Maciej Stachowiak, Harvey
+ J. Stein, Eiichi Takamori, David Tillman, John Tobey, Greg Troxel,
+ Bernard Urban.
Also, thanks to:
- Pat Eyler, for his continuing work on the Guile web pages