Compatibility tests for EasyTree and Family Origins.

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 NOTE: NO BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY IS GUARANTEED FOR 0.x RELEASES !!
 
+release 0.21.0 (NOT RELEASED YET):
+
+ - New features (see documentation):
+     - C object model interface:
+        - functions to add and remove records
+        - functions to update timestamps in records
+     - programs:
+        - gedcom-check (checks standards compliancy of GEDCOM files)
+
+ - Some compatibility with PAF (Personal Ancestral File) is added (thanks
+   Hans Fugal).
+
+release 0.20.0 (30 December 2002):
+
+ - The release numbering scheme is changed to a three-part version number.
+   Patches will just update the last digit.
+
+ - The library should now be portable, i.e it should work on any POSIX system.
+   On systems lacking glibc, libiconv is needed (see README).
+
+ - A lot of new features (see documentation):
+     - callback interface:
+        - functions to manipulate cross-references (add, delete, link and
+          unlink)
+        - functions to manipulate dates (strings to numbers and vice versa,
+          conversion between calendars, ...)
+        - 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
+        - gedcom-config script for linking and compilation flags
+
+ - The library now comes with an extra shared library (libutf8tools),
+   which needs to be linked in in any programs that use the gedcom parser
+   library (you can use the script 'gedcom-config' to generate link and
+   include flags).  You can use utf8tools in totally unrelated programs too.
+
+ - 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