NOTE: NO BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY IS GUARANTEED FOR 0.x RELEASES !!
+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.
+
+ - Some compatibility with Lifelines 3.0.2 is added (not necessarily complete).
+
+release 0.15 (27 March 2002):
+
+ - Again mainly a bugfixing release
+
+ - Compatibility with ftree is added, all GEDCOM files written by ftree
+ should load fine now.
+
+ - Note for developers: you now have to call the function gedcom_init()
+ as soon as possible in your program (before any character set handling
+ is done, see documentation for details). If the function has not been
+ called, gedcom_parse_file() will return an error.
+
+release 0.14 (20 January 2002):
+
+ - This is mainly a bugfixing release, no extra features have been added.
+
+ - Some example code is available on how to convert from UTF-8 to the locale
+ system, and how to check the library version via configure.in (see the
+ documentation for details).
+
+release 0.13 (5 January 2002):
+
+ - Cross-references are now parsed and checked. For this, an extra type is
+ added to the types possible in a Gedcom_val: an xref pointer. This means
+ that GEDCOM_XREF_PTR has to be used now in some places instead of
+ GEDCOM_STRING.
+ A quick change is to replace
+ GEDCOM_STRING(val)
+ by
+ GEDCOM_XREF_PTR(val)->string
+ where applicable. But you can also store an object in the 'object' member
+ of the struct returned by GEDCOM_XREF_PTR (see documentation).
+
+ - Other interface changes in the callbacks:
+ - parsed tag value (integer) is passed next to the string value
+ - the start record callbacks now also contain a Gedcom_val (the NOTE can
+ have a value)
+
+ - Further, various bugfixes have been made.
+
release 0.12 (31 December 2001):
- The calling of callbacks is now completed.