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author | Will Estes <westes575@gmail.com> | 2017-05-06 12:57:58 -0400 |
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committer | Will Estes <westes575@gmail.com> | 2017-05-06 16:34:35 -0400 |
commit | 3d843a0f8dc5493742299cf03bc3a74f14784656 (patch) | |
tree | eb2cb8a6ccaac1413624f20ec9f69f3bd3c69c3d /NEWS | |
parent | 7889866f5806f3597122a7f052230128dd98d371 (diff) |
doc: update NEWS for upcoming release
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-rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 66 |
1 files changed, 61 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -1,11 +1,65 @@ -This is the file NEWS for the flex package. It records user -visible -changes between releases of flex. +flex NEWS -See the file COPYING for copying conditions. +* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?] + +** build + +*** The indent target now knows about flex's new (as of 2.6.0) + layout. The indent rules it would apply are not correct and do + need to be fixed. + +*** The files included in the flex distribution are now built by the + version of flex that is included in the distribution. + +*** The configure script has a better idea of which headers are + required to build flex. It will also error when missing functions + are detected. + +*** We have lowered the versions of automake and gettext that + configure.ac lists as required for building flex. In autogen.sh, + we now check for how to call libtoolize and use what we find in + the rest of the script. + +*** Since files in lib/ are picked up as needed by src/, we no longer + generate a Makefile for that directory. + +*** Flex can be cross compiled. + +** documentation + +*** Some typos were removed from the manual. + +** scanner + +*** Some minor performance enhancements. + +*** We honor user defined yy_* macros again. We are also more careful + to not leak macro definitions into header files. + +*** A number of portability fixes were introduced so building flex is + more reliable on more platforms. Additionally, outdated function + calls were removed. + +*** When building the flex executable itself, %# comments from + flex.skl are removed when generating the C source code array. This + reduces the size of flex. + +** test suite + +*** All scripts in the test suite are now run by $(SHELL) and the + needed portability fixes have been included. + +*** Test suite dependencies are handled much better. This only matters + if you are actively developing flex or its test suite. -* version 2.6.4 +*** Tests that depend on platform dependent features now properly skip + when those platforms are not present. -* version 2.6.3 released 2016-12-30 +*** When running "make check", you can now pas V=0 to silence more of + the build. This is useful when you're less connncerned about the + details of building and linking the test programs themselves. + +* Noteworthy changes in release 2.6.3 (2016-12-30) [stable] ** scanner @@ -684,6 +738,8 @@ But the inverse is still true See the file ONEWS for changes in earlier releases. +See the file COPYING for copying conditions. + Local Variables: mode: text mode: outline-minor |