NOTE: NO BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY IS GUARANTEED FOR 0.x RELEASES !!
-release 0.17 (??):
+release 0.18 (NOT RELEASED YET):
+
+ - The library should now be portable, i.e it should work on any POSIX system.
+ On systems lacking glibc, libiconv is needed (see README).
+
+ - New features (see documentation):
+ - callback interface:
+ - functions to manipulate cross-references (add, delete, link and
+ unlink)
+ - support for writing Gedcom files
+ - complete concatenated text (e.g. for notes) is now passed in the
+ end callback
+ - C object model interface:
+ - functions for string retrieval and modification
+ - support for writing Gedcom files
+ - development support:
+ - m4 macro that can be used in configure.in
+
+ - INTERFACE CHANGE: the end record callback function now takes an extra
+ argument (similar to the end element callback): a Gedcom_val, which
+ contains in the case of a REC_NOTE the complete concatenated string.
+
+ - INTERFACE CHANGE: the return value of gedcom_init() has changed from
+ void to int to be able to return a status.
+
+ - Various bugfixes.
+
+release 0.17 (12 September 2002):
+
+ - New features (see documentation):
+ - new function gedcom_get_by_xref
+ - age values are parsed
+ - gedcom object model in C
- INTERFACE CHANGE: the callback functions now take an extra argument: the
record/element identifier (that is also used as first argument in the
*_subscribe_* functions). The extra argument is the first argument.
+ - INTERFACE CHANGE: Age values are now parsed: an extra type is added to
+ the types possible in a Gedcom_val: an age_value (see documentation for
+ details). So, instead of GEDCOM_STRING, you now need to use GEDCOM_AGE
+ for age values.
+ As a quick change, you can use the raw_value instead of the parsed_value
+ until you make the real change of using the struct age_value.
+
+ - INTERFACE CHANGE: The type of an xref_value can also be XREF_ANY, if
+ the actual type is not known yet. This is e.g. used in the case of an
+ association (ASSO): the cross-reference can be any object type, the
+ actual type is given by the TYPE subtag.
+
release 0.16 (16 August 2002):
- Another bugfixing release.