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 - functions to manipulate dates (strings to numbers and vice versa,
13 conversion between calendars, ...)
14 - support for writing Gedcom files
15 - complete concatenated text (e.g. for notes) is now passed in the
17 - C object model interface:
18 - functions for string retrieval and modification
19 - support for writing Gedcom files
20 - development support:
21 - m4 macro that can be used in configure.in
23 - INTERFACE CHANGE: the end record callback function now takes an extra
24 argument (similar to the end element callback): a Gedcom_val, which
25 contains in the case of a REC_NOTE the complete concatenated string.
27 - INTERFACE CHANGE: the return value of gedcom_init() has changed from
28 void to int to be able to return a status.
32 release 0.17 (12 September 2002):
34 - New features (see documentation):
35 - new function gedcom_get_by_xref
36 - age values are parsed
37 - gedcom object model in C
39 - INTERFACE CHANGE: the callback functions now take an extra argument: the
40 record/element identifier (that is also used as first argument in the
41 *_subscribe_* functions). The extra argument is the first argument.
43 - INTERFACE CHANGE: Age values are now parsed: an extra type is added to
44 the types possible in a Gedcom_val: an age_value (see documentation for
45 details). So, instead of GEDCOM_STRING, you now need to use GEDCOM_AGE
47 As a quick change, you can use the raw_value instead of the parsed_value
48 until you make the real change of using the struct age_value.
50 - INTERFACE CHANGE: The type of an xref_value can also be XREF_ANY, if
51 the actual type is not known yet. This is e.g. used in the case of an
52 association (ASSO): the cross-reference can be any object type, the
53 actual type is given by the TYPE subtag.
55 release 0.16 (16 August 2002):
57 - Another bugfixing release.
59 - Some compatibility with Lifelines 3.0.2 is added (not necessarily complete).
61 release 0.15 (27 March 2002):
63 - Again mainly a bugfixing release
65 - Compatibility with ftree is added, all GEDCOM files written by ftree
68 - Note for developers: you now have to call the function gedcom_init()
69 as soon as possible in your program (before any character set handling
70 is done, see documentation for details). If the function has not been
71 called, gedcom_parse_file() will return an error.
73 release 0.14 (20 January 2002):
75 - This is mainly a bugfixing release, no extra features have been added.
77 - Some example code is available on how to convert from UTF-8 to the locale
78 system, and how to check the library version via configure.in (see the
79 documentation for details).
81 release 0.13 (5 January 2002):
83 - Cross-references are now parsed and checked. For this, an extra type is
84 added to the types possible in a Gedcom_val: an xref pointer. This means
85 that GEDCOM_XREF_PTR has to be used now in some places instead of
87 A quick change is to replace
90 GEDCOM_XREF_PTR(val)->string
91 where applicable. But you can also store an object in the 'object' member
92 of the struct returned by GEDCOM_XREF_PTR (see documentation).
94 - Other interface changes in the callbacks:
95 - parsed tag value (integer) is passed next to the string value
96 - the start record callbacks now also contain a Gedcom_val (the NOTE can
99 - Further, various bugfixes have been made.
101 release 0.12 (31 December 2001):
103 - The calling of callbacks is now completed.
105 - Some initial documentation is available.
107 - The parsed value that is returned in callbacks can now be:
110 - a date (struct date_value)
111 See the documentation for more info. Parsing and checking of cross-
112 references will be added next.
114 release 0.11 (15 December 2001):
116 - Initial release from Sourceforge.net (developers only !)