Index: ChangeLog-2.3.0-2.4.0.log =================================================================== diff -u -r70899e7f286a8412641b5a2064340994ba942590 -r63b2e82e9a52f00fa64fe9d7a5cee3a1baf7d567 --- ChangeLog-2.3.0-2.4.0.log (.../ChangeLog-2.3.0-2.4.0.log) (revision 70899e7f286a8412641b5a2064340994ba942590) +++ ChangeLog-2.3.0-2.4.0.log (.../ChangeLog-2.3.0-2.4.0.log) (revision 63b2e82e9a52f00fa64fe9d7a5cee3a1baf7d567) @@ -264,182 +264,139 @@ 2019-10-08 Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig@wu.ac.at> - * Makefile.in: Avoid pathnames as targets and target dependencies, as they may break make in presence of colons or whitespaces in pathnames as set by autoconf (e.g., --prefix=/data/bin-2019-10-04:19:39:35 or --exec-prefix=/tmp/data/bin-2019-10-04:19:39:35). Thanks to Héctor Romojaro for reporting. - [8eebb7d3] + * Makefile.in: Avoid pathnames as targets and target dependencies, + as they may break make in presence of colons or whitespaces in + pathnames as set by autoconf (e.g., + --prefix=/data/bin-2019-10-04:19:39:35 or + --exec-prefix=/tmp/data/bin-2019-10-04:19:39:35). Thanks to Héctor + Romojaro for reporting. [8eebb7d3] - * nsf.c, testx.xotcl: Substitute tab-based indentation (1x) for space-based one (8x) for 'required argument' error msg. - [5a31aba4] + * nsf.c, testx.xotcl: Substitute tab-based indentation (1x) for + space-based one (8x) for 'required argument' error msg. [5a31aba4] 2019-10-06 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at> - Fix potential crash, whe nsf::parseargs is called with a non-empty argspec and empty argv - Extended regression test to cover such cases. - [f69d5326] + * nsf.c, parameters.test: Fix potential crash, whe nsf::parseargs + is called with a non-empty argspec and empty argv Extended + regression test to cover such cases. [f69d5326] 2019-10-05 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at> - add missing EXTERN declarations + * gentclAPI.tcl: Add missing EXTERN declarations [37833d29] - typographic changes, most prominently, more consistent comma settings + * nsf.c, nx-bi.test, contains.test, disposition.test, + method-parameter.test, nsf-cmd.test, tcl86.test: typographic + changes, most prominently, more consistent comma settings https://onlinewritingtraining.com.au/however-therefore-furthermore/ [9e281d51] 2019-09-27 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at> - remove "default" from fully initialized switches. initialize variable to slience compiler warnings + * nsf.c: Remove "default" from fully initialized + switches. initialize variable to slience compiler warnings [3493340e] 2019-09-23 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at> - improve spelling - [8024df76] + * Object.man, nsfAccessInt.h, webserver.xotcl, htmllib.xotcl, + makeDoc.xotcl, destroy.test, doc.test, info-method.test, + methods.test, object-system.test, protected.test, tcloo.test: + Improve spelling [8024df76] - use newer m4 file - [a4a0ad0e] + * tcl.m4: Use newer m4 file [a4a0ad0e, 7792a2a9] - use newer .m4 file - [7792a2a9] + * nsf.c: Remove redundant test [d32646c8] - remove redundant test - [d32646c8] - 2019-08-20 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at> - fix indentation - [83d91f91] + * nsf.c: Fix indentation [83d91f91] 2019-08-20 Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig@wu.ac.at> - * nsf.c (NSDeleteChildren): Remove redundant check on NSDeleteChild, leading to endless loop. - [84a79b3f] + * nsf.c (NSDeleteChildren): Remove redundant check on + NSDeleteChild, leading to endless loop. [84a79b3f] - * appveyor.yml: Fix MinGW, ultimate attempt, long story [skip travis] + * appveyor.yml: Fix MinGW, ultimate attempt, long story [5c433a50] 2019-08-20 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at> - avoid dangerous and potentially recursive macro definition "pure" + * nsf.c, nsf.h, nsfInt.h, nsfStack.c: Avoid dangerous and + potentially recursive macro definition "pure" [7ad03f0f] 2019-08-19 Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig@wu.ac.at> - * appveyor.yml: Fix MAKE, Nth attempt [skip travis] - [df7f1017] + * appveyor.yml: Fix MAKE, Nth attempt [0ac89591..df7f1017] - * appveyor.yml: Fix MAKE, Nth attempt [skip travis] - [72cd24a2] - - * appveyor.yml: Fix MAKE, Nth attempt [skip travis] - [757b2fcc] - - * appveyor.yml: Fix MAKE, th attempt [skip travis] - [24714c3b] - - * appveyor.yml: Fix MAKE, th attempt [skip travis] - [831a01f7] - - * appveyor.yml: Fix MAKE, 5th attempt [skip travis] - [ddc11506] - - * appveyor.yml: Fix MAKE, 4th attempt [skip travis] - [7ff1d6ee] - - * appveyor.yml: Fix MAKE, 3rd attempt [skip travis] - [25366baf] - - * appveyor.yml: Fix MAKE, 2nd attempt [skip travis] - [f63350c7] - - * appveyor.yml: Fix MAKE [skip travis] - [4512fb55] - - * appveyor.yml: Fix paths [skip travis] - [6af065c4] - - * appveyor.yml: Sign, needs more debugging [skip travis] - [ce0feaa3] - - * appveyor.yml: Trying to fix MinGW builds [skip travis] - [0ac89591] - 2019-08-16 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at> - fix compilation issues with recent version of the Tcl core-8.branch (aka newest Tcl 8.7 branch) + * nsf.c, nsfAccessInt.h (FilterAddActive, ProcDispatchFinalize, + CallForwarder): Fix compilation issues with recent version of the + Tcl core-8.branch (aka newest Tcl 8.7 branch) [8f7c25f9] 2019-08-13 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at> - improve spelling - [3c7374ae] + * *.log, nx-zip.tcl, get-regression-nb.xotcl, Httpd.xotcl, + parameters.test, tcloo.test: Improve spelling [3c7374ae] 2019-08-10 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at> - improve spelling - [f817725e] + * Class.3, Class.man, tutorial2.html: Improve spelling [f817725e] 2019-08-09 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at> - improve spelling - [f35ab630] + * doc/example-scripts/*.html: Improve spelling [f35ab630] 2019-08-08 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at> - don't preallocate elements in Tcl_NewListObj with 2nd arg NULL (deprecated) nsf::__db_get_obj: make sure, the returned dict is valid - [febe765f] + * nsf.c: Don't preallocate elements in Tcl_NewListObj with 2nd arg + NULL (deprecated) nsf::__db_get_obj: make sure, the returned dict + is valid [febe765f] 2019-08-06 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at> - trying to understand AppVeyor behavior - [1e698728] + * nsf.c, nx.tcl, object-system.test: Enable temporary debugging + output to investigate AppVeyor build failures + [1e698728, 9e6766c4, 63c904a4, 8e725616, faa3eeb7] - still trying to understand AppVeyor behavior - [9e6766c4] - - take care on reference count on error message - [63c904a4] - - debugging beahvior under AppVeyor - [8e725616] - - attempt to understand AppVeyor results - [faa3eeb7] - 2019-08-05 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at> - fix shadowing of variable names - [114f2ea7] + * nsfShadow.c: Fix shadowing of variable names [114f2ea7] - fine-tuning of gcc warnings - [89894f47] + * Makefile.in: fine-tuning of gcc warnings [89894f47] - fix version number - [c1612273] + * Serializer.xotcl: Fix version number [c1612273] 2019-07-21 Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig@wu.ac.at> - * tests/submethods.test: Test for various conditions of unknown handling for ensemble methods of varying depth; also covers the crash condition reported on c.l.t, introduced with [156a37f] - [37735fae] + * tests/submethods.test: Test for various conditions of unknown + handling for ensemble methods of varying depth; also covers the + crash condition reported on c.l.t, introduced with [156a37f] [37735fae] 2019-07-21 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at> - fix but on top-level shell on unknown ensemble submethods - [5368627b] + * nsf.c (NextSearchAndInvoke): Fix but on top-level shell on + unknown ensemble submethods [5368627b] 2019-07-07 Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig@wu.ac.at> - * nx.tcl, pkgIndex.tcl: Fix version number to include patch level: x.y.z - [31adfd57] + * nx.tcl, pkgIndex.tcl: Fix version number to include patch level: + x.y.z [31adfd57] - * properties.test: Add a case to test for the bug on cget/configure NsfFlagObjType sharing - [13ac2740] + * properties.test: Add a case to test for the bug on + cget/configure NsfFlagObjType sharing [13ac2740] 2019-07-06 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at> - let developer control NDEBUG via Makefile (Tcl seems to define it nowadays) + * nsf.h: Let developer control NDEBUG via Makefile (Tcl seems to define it nowadays) [1fb16685] - - fix for the reported by "manfred" on comp.lang.tcl + * nsf.c (ArgumentParse): Fix for a caching bug reported by Manfred + Stelzhammer at comp.lang.tcl. See + https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.tcl/c/F9cn_Ah4js4/m/eL22xbQaCgAJ [94a8ea7c] improve cleanness of compilation @@ -455,59 +412,52 @@ 2019-06-19 Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig@wu.ac.at> - * apps/build.tcl: Fallback to curl, in case we run under a non-TLS-enabled Tcl environment. + * apps/build.tcl: Fallback to curl, in case we run under a + non-TLS-enabled Tcl environment. [cc4c9b92] 2019-06-17 Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig@wu.ac.at> - Fix build environment to be able to fetch Tcl tarballs via https; updated tclkits for linux, macos, and win. - [1544e5c0] + * .travis.yml, apps/build.tcl, appveyor.yml: Fix build environment + to be able to fetch Tcl tarballs via https; updated tclkits for + linux, macos, and win. [1544e5c0] 2019-06-16 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at> - silence gcc7+: use attribute based approach for denoting fall through in case statements - [ec5702da] + * nsf.c, nsf.h, nsfFunPtrHashTable.c, nsfInt.h: Silence gcc7+ by + using attribute-based approach for denoting fall through in case + statements [ec5702da] 2019-05-25 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at> - make unused argument explicitly as unused. - [937c6deb] + * nsf.c: Code gardening (make unused argument explicitly as + unused, cleanness of compilation when compiled without threads) + [937c6deb, 51302024] - improve cleanness of compilation when compiled without threads - [51302024] - - fix missed version bump + * library/mongodb/pkgIndex.add: Fix missed version bump [641f75e3] - Fix endless loop at exit, when compiled without thread support - Many thanks to Pavel Demin for reporting this bug. - [8dbedb9a] + * nsf.c (ObjectSystemsCleanup): Fix endless loop at exit, when + compiled without thread support. Many thanks to Pavel Demin for + reporting this bug. [8dbedb9a] 2019-05-14 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at> - Eliminate TCL_INTERP_DESTROYED flag (as suggested by TIP #543) - [e2349563] + * nsf.c (NsfUnsetTrace): Eliminate TCL_INTERP_DESTROYED flag (as + suggested by TIP #543) [e2349563] - cleanup after merge - [6fc1fe6c] - - add hints for re-tagging - [10211dca] - 2019-05-13 Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig@wu.ac.at> - Fix version bump - [c80b57b9] + * configure.ac, library/mongodb/configure.ac, nx-mongo.tcl, + nx.tcl, nx/pkgIndex.tcl, serialize/pkgIndex.tcl, + serialize/serializer.tcl, xotcl/library/pkgIndex.tcl, + xotcl/library/xotcl2.tcl: Bump version number to 2.4.0 [39197485, + c80b57b9] - Bump version number to 2.4.0 - [39197485] + * .travis.yml, appveyor.yml: Update branch settings in CI + descriptors, Added CI entries to README.release + [8c195577, 717b102a] - Added CI entries to README.release [skip ci] - [8c195577] - - Update branch settings in CI descriptors - [717b102a] - 2019-05-12 Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig@wu.ac.at> * .travis.yml, appveyor.yml: Update branch settings in CI Index: doc/Announce2.4.0 =================================================================== diff -u --- doc/Announce2.4.0 (revision 0) +++ doc/Announce2.4.0 (revision 63b2e82e9a52f00fa64fe9d7a5cee3a1baf7d567) @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +Dear Community, + +We are pleased to announce the availability of the Next Scripting +Framework (NSF) 2.4.0. The changes are mostly perfective improvements +in terms of bug fixes, API consistency, and backwards +compatibility. See below for the details. + + +Diff stats since 2.3.0: + YYY + +Major changes relative to 2.3.0 are: + +New Features + +- NSF: + + * ... + +- NX: + + * ... + +- XOTcl: + + * ... + +- MongoDB: + + * ... + * Fixed test suite; tested the NSF MongoDB binding against latest + stable releases of MongoDB (4.0.9) and MongoDB-C driver (1.14.0). + + +- Documentation: + + * ... + + +- Maintenance & bug fixes: + + * Prefer using Tcl_InterpDeleted() over explicitly checking bitmask + flags internal to Tcl. + + * Exiting non-threaded NSF builds will not hang anymore. + + * Fix crashes due internal cache mis-management of flag names + processed by configure/ cget. See + https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.tcl/c/F9cn_Ah4js4/m/eL22xbQaCgAJ + + * Tcl 8.7: + + Support for the upcoming Tcl 8.7a5 + (core.tcl-lang.org/tcl branch "core-8-branch"). NSF compiles and its + regression tests execute successfully (including TCL_NO_DEPRECATE). + + * Misc (esp. NSF/C): Ran valgrind checks ... + +- Build environments, automated builds: + + * Render makefile more robust in light of filepaths containing + whitespace characters + + * Due to Travis becoming unavailable, we moved to GitHub Actions for + automated builds on Linux and macOS. Windows builds are still + served by AppVeyor. + +The detailed changelog is available at +https://next-scripting.org/xowiki/download/file/ChangeLog-2.3.0-2.4.0.log + +The Next Scripting Framework 2.4.0 (containing NX 2.4.0 and XOTcl +2.4.0) can be obtained from https://next-scripting.org/. Please report +issues and wishes by opening a ticket at +https://sourceforge.net/p/next-scripting/tickets/. + +Best regards +- Gustaf Neumann +- Stefan Sobernig \ No newline at end of file