-Changes from 1.4.4
+-* text -*-
-1. The automake/autoconf-based build system has been cleaned up
- significantly. It now has less moving parts for maintainers.
-2. lib/mondfe.exp and lib/xsh.exp have been removed. Users requiring
+Changes since 1.4.4:
+
+1. The runtest.1 man page has been brought up to date.
+2. The Docbook/SGML documentation files were removed in favour of the
+ Docbook/XML documentation. The Texinfo source for the Info pages is
+ now automatically generated from the Docbook source.
+3. The Makefile structure has been substantially simplified. There
+ is now a single top-level Makefile.am. The use of recursive make
+ has been eliminated.
+4. lib/mondfe.exp and lib/xsh.exp have been removed. Users requiring
these communication modes can still use the DejaGnu 1.4 branch or
can contact dejagnu@gnu.org to discuss reinstating these files.
-3. The configure script now ensures that Expect is installed and that
+5. The configure script now ensures that Expect is installed and that
it is linked against Tcl 8.3 or greater.
-4. The runtest program now gracefully handles the possibility of the
+6. The runtest program now gracefully handles the possibility of the
expect binary vanishing after DejaGnu has been installed (for
example, by the user altering their PATH).
-Changes from 1.4.2
+Changes since 1.4.2:
1. New XML output option, so test results can be loaded into a database.
2. Support for the KFAIL/KPASS (known failures).
DejaGnu release.
8. i960glue.c has been removed.
-Changes from 1.4.1
+Changes since 1.4.1:
1. Various patches for bugs reported from net users.
2. Test case builds with either libstdc++-v3 (as used by GCC 3.0.x) or
the older v2 (as used by GCC 2.95.x).
-Changes from 1.4.0
+Changes since 1.4.0:
1. There is new support for a simple unit testing API, that is also
useful for embedded testing.
-Changes from 1.3
+Changes since 1.3:
1. DejaGnu is now back under active maintainance. The initial work has
been rewriting the manual to bring it up to date, and switching to
2. NT support has also been added.
3. DejaGnu now uses Automake.
-Changes from 1.1.1
+Changes since 1.1.1:
1. Works with (included in release) Tcl 7.3 and Expect 5.6.
2. Much better error trapping and handling, including the execution of
5. New testsuite for expect and runtest.
6. More debugging procedures.
-Changes from 1.0
+Changes since 1.0:
1. DejaGnu now conforms to POSIX 1003.3, a standard for testing frameworks.
2. A Tcl debugger written by Don Libes has been added.
3. Lots of bug fixes.
-Changes from 0.9
+Changes since 0.9:
1. DejaGnu now installs itself like other utilities.
2. 700 G++ tests are included.