NOTE: NO BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY IS GUARANTEED FOR 0.x RELEASES !!
-release 0.18 (NOT RELEASED YET):
+release 0.91.0 (NOT RELEASED YET):
+
+ - If a date is parsed fine, but cannot be successfully converted to an
+ SDN, the parsed values are now kept in the returned date_value. This means
+ that a date of DV_PHRASE type can have meaningful values in the string
+ and number values (the sdn value will still be -1).
+
+release 0.90.0 (2 February 2003):
+
+ - The interface of libgedcom and libgedcom_gom should now be functionally
+ complete. The library can now be regarded as beta.
+
+ - New features (see documentation):
+ - C object model interface:
+ - functions to add and remove records
+ - functions to update timestamps in records
+ - functions for setting, adding, removing and moving xref values
+ - functions for setting, adding, removing and moving substructs
+ - function to set options for compatibility handling
+ - programs:
+ - gedcom-check (checks standards compliancy of GEDCOM files)
+ - gedcom-sanitize (converts to standard GEDCOM)
+
+ - INTERFACE CHANGE: The two functions gedcom_write_set_encoding and
+ gedcom_write_set_line_terminator now take an extra first argument, which
+ can indicate whether the setting should be taken from the file, from the
+ system or be manually set. An easy fix for your program is to add as first
+ argument ENC_MANUAL. See documentation for details.
+
+ - INTERFACE CHANGE: The signatures of gedcom_write_... and the date and age
+ functions have been updated for const correctness. This should be
+ especially useful for programs using C++.
+
+ - Some compatibility added (not necessarily complete):
+ - PAF (Personal Ancestral File), version 2, 4 and 5
+ - Family Origins
+ - EasyTree
+
+ - Lots of bug fixes.
+
+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).
- 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