1 NOTE: NO BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY IS GUARANTEED FOR 0.x RELEASES !!
3 release 0.18 (NOT RELEASED YET):
5 - The library should now be portable, i.e it should work on any POSIX system.
6 On systems lacking glibc, libiconv is needed (see README).
8 - New features (see documentation):
10 - functions to manipulate cross-references (add, delete, link and
12 - support for writing Gedcom files
13 - complete concatenated text (e.g. for notes) is now passed in the
15 - C object model interface:
16 - functions for string retrieval and modification
17 - support for writing Gedcom files
18 - development support:
19 - m4 macro that can be used in configure.in
21 - INTERFACE CHANGE: the end record callback function now takes an extra
22 argument: a Gedcom_val, which contains in the case of a REC_NOTE the
23 complete concatenated string.
25 - The return value of gedcom_init() has changed from void to int to be able
26 to return a status, but this should not impact any programs.
30 release 0.17 (12 September 2002):
32 - New features (see documentation):
33 - new function gedcom_get_by_xref
34 - age values are parsed
35 - gedcom object model in C
37 - INTERFACE CHANGE: the callback functions now take an extra argument: the
38 record/element identifier (that is also used as first argument in the
39 *_subscribe_* functions). The extra argument is the first argument.
41 - INTERFACE CHANGE: Age values are now parsed: an extra type is added to
42 the types possible in a Gedcom_val: an age_value (see documentation for
43 details). So, instead of GEDCOM_STRING, you now need to use GEDCOM_AGE
45 As a quick change, you can use the raw_value instead of the parsed_value
46 until you make the real change of using the struct age_value.
48 - INTERFACE CHANGE: The type of an xref_value can also be XREF_ANY, if
49 the actual type is not known yet. This is e.g. used in the case of an
50 association (ASSO): the cross-reference can be any object type, the
51 actual type is given by the TYPE subtag.
53 release 0.16 (16 August 2002):
55 - Another bugfixing release.
57 - Some compatibility with Lifelines 3.0.2 is added (not necessarily complete).
59 release 0.15 (27 March 2002):
61 - Again mainly a bugfixing release
63 - Compatibility with ftree is added, all GEDCOM files written by ftree
66 - Note for developers: you now have to call the function gedcom_init()
67 as soon as possible in your program (before any character set handling
68 is done, see documentation for details). If the function has not been
69 called, gedcom_parse_file() will return an error.
71 release 0.14 (20 January 2002):
73 - This is mainly a bugfixing release, no extra features have been added.
75 - Some example code is available on how to convert from UTF-8 to the locale
76 system, and how to check the library version via configure.in (see the
77 documentation for details).
79 release 0.13 (5 January 2002):
81 - Cross-references are now parsed and checked. For this, an extra type is
82 added to the types possible in a Gedcom_val: an xref pointer. This means
83 that GEDCOM_XREF_PTR has to be used now in some places instead of
85 A quick change is to replace
88 GEDCOM_XREF_PTR(val)->string
89 where applicable. But you can also store an object in the 'object' member
90 of the struct returned by GEDCOM_XREF_PTR (see documentation).
92 - Other interface changes in the callbacks:
93 - parsed tag value (integer) is passed next to the string value
94 - the start record callbacks now also contain a Gedcom_val (the NOTE can
97 - Further, various bugfixes have been made.
99 release 0.12 (31 December 2001):
101 - The calling of callbacks is now completed.
103 - Some initial documentation is available.
105 - The parsed value that is returned in callbacks can now be:
108 - a date (struct date_value)
109 See the documentation for more info. Parsing and checking of cross-
110 references will be added next.
112 release 0.11 (15 December 2001):
114 - Initial release from Sourceforge.net (developers only !)