From 4802dc976b2c9b6f62c2d2932463ec798add3457 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 19:43:17 +0200 Subject: maint: Rewrite old NEWS * NEWS: Follow the format used by GNU Coreutils. --- NEWS | 121 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index e53ae23..4d3e9fd 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,106 +1,89 @@ -Historic moments in the life of mcron. -*-text-*- +GNU Mcron NEWS -*- outline -*- - Copyright (C) 2003, 2005, 2006 Dale Mellor +* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?] - Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, - are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright - notice and this notice are preserved. +* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.8 (2014-04-28) [stable] + Man page is now generated with GNU Help2man before installation and + distributed in the tarball. -Please send bug reports to bug-mcron@gnu.org. +* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.7 (2012-02-04) [stable] + Mcron is now compatible with Guile 2.0. -Saturday, 4th February 2012 + FreeDesktop.org's standard user configuration directories are now used to + find the user script files. - Received a suggestion from Antono Vasiljev to look in FreeDesktop.org's - standard user configuration directories for user script files. This is - implemented in the GIT repository. +* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.6 (2010-06-20) [stable] + The copyright notices are now standardized on all auxiliary files. This + follows the example set by the GNU hello program. -Sunday, 20th June 2010 + immutable end texts from the texinfo document are now removed, to + accomodate with Debian requirements. - Standardized the copyright notices on all auxiliary files (including this - one!) according to the example set by the GNU hello program. Removed - immutable end texts from the texinfo document. These changes are required - for Debianization. Released as version 1.0.6. +* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.5 (2010-06-13) [stable] + Some technical changes to the build system has been made to help the + distribution to Debian. -Sunday, 13th June 2010 + The Git repository has been completely re-hashed, and now represents a + complete and faithful history of the package's development since its + inception. - Made some technical changes to the build system to aid Debianization. - Released without announcement as version 1.0.5. +* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.4 (2008-02-21) [stable] - The GIT repository has been completely re-hashed, and now represents a - complete and faithful history of the package's development since its - inception. - + The source code is now held in a Git repository, which can be checked-out at + <git://git.savannah.gnu.org/mcron.git>. -Thursday, 21st February 2008 + The code is now covered by the GPLv3 license. - The source code is now held in a GIT repository, at - git://git.savannah.gnu.org/mcron.git. +* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.3 (2006-04-16) [stable] - Released version 1.0.4, under the new GPLv3 license, after some prodding by - Karl Berry. + daylight savings time shifts are now properly handled + Parsing Vixie-style input files has been improved. -Sunday, 16th April 2006 - Released version 1.0.3. Incorporated many coding suggestions by Sergey - Poznyakoff, which makes the program work with daylight savings time shifts, - fixes a bug in parsing Vixie-style input files, allows a user the - opportunity to correct a crontab entry instead of just wiping out the file. - Made it work with Guile 1.8. Updated the manual with GFDL and some minor - suggestions from Karl Berry. + Crontab entries can now be corrected instead of just wiping out the file. + Mcron is now compatible with Guile 1.8. -Monday, 2nd January 2006 - Released version 1.0.2. + The manual is now licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) +* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.2 (2006-01-02) [stable] -Saturday, 15th May 2004 - Set up Savannah and the mailing lists so that we are now homed properly at - gnu.org. Released version 1.0.1 to reflect this, with CVS tag release_1-0-1 - (no branch). Hopefully we will now get some feedback! +* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.1 (2004-05-15) [stable] + The mailing list <bug-mcron@gnu.org> has been set-up. -Friday, 12th December 2003 - Released version 1.0.0 through rdmp.org. No CVS tag has been created. +* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0 (2003-12-12) [stable] + Mcron is now officially a GNU program. -Tuesday, 2nd December 2003 - Mcron is now officially a GNU program. Unfortunately Savannah, the - development environment, has been mauled so an immediate GNU release is not - likely. No CVS tag has been created. +* Noteworthy changes in release 0.99.3 (2003-08-05) [stable] + The code is now splitted into modules. -Tuesday, 5th August 2003 - Released version 0.99.3. The CVS tag will be release_0-99-3 (no branch). +* Noteworthy changes in release 0.99.2 (2003-07-20) [stable] + The implementation is now really 100% Vixie compatible. -Sunday, 3rd August 2003 - Broken the code into modules (which is not the same as saying the code is - broken ;-) ). + Some Guile limitations such as the absence of POSIX threads and signals has + been worked around. +* Noteworthy changes in release 0.99.1 (2003-07-05) [stable] -Sunday, 20th July 2003 - Released version 0.99.2. (Now fully functional). The CVS tag is - release_0-99-2 (no branch). + Installation of cron and crontab is now disabled by default (suspect problems + with Guile internals are preventing these from working properly). + The project is now managed on Savannah. A CVS repository and web page have been + created. -Sunday, 20th July 2003 - It has been a long and painful journey, but we have at last worked out how - to work around all the faults in Guile (an implementation with no threads - and no UNIX signals!). The code is now really 100% Vixie compatible. +======================================================================== +Copyright © 2003, 2005, 2006 Dale Mellor <dale_mellor@users.sourceforge.net> +Copyright © 2017 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org> -Saturday, 5th July 2003 - Released version 0.99.1, with installation of cron and crontab disabled by - default (suspect problems with Guile internals are preventing these from - working properly). The CVS tag is release_0-99-1 (no branch has been - created for it). - - -Friday, 4th July 2003 - We have been accepted as a Savannah project. A CVS repository and web home - page have been created. We're still waiting for acceptance as a GNU - project. +Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, +are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright +notice and this notice are preserved. -- cgit v1.2.3