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Historic moments in the life of mcron. -*-text-*-
GNU Mcron NEWS -*- outline -*-
Copyright (C) 2003, 2005, 2006 Dale Mellor
* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
notice and this notice are preserved.
* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.8 (2014-04-28) [stable]
Man page is now generated with GNU Help2man before installation and
distributed in the tarball.
Please send bug reports to bug-mcron@gnu.org.
* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.7 (2012-02-04) [stable]
Mcron is now compatible with Guile 2.0.
Saturday, 4th February 2012
FreeDesktop.org's standard user configuration directories are now used to
find the user script files.
Received a suggestion from Antono Vasiljev to look in FreeDesktop.org's
standard user configuration directories for user script files. This is
implemented in the GIT repository.
* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.6 (2010-06-20) [stable]
The copyright notices are now standardized on all auxiliary files. This
follows the example set by the GNU hello program.
Sunday, 20th June 2010
immutable end texts from the texinfo document are now removed, to
accomodate with Debian requirements.
Standardized the copyright notices on all auxiliary files (including this
one!) according to the example set by the GNU hello program. Removed
immutable end texts from the texinfo document. These changes are required
for Debianization. Released as version 1.0.6.
* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.5 (2010-06-13) [stable]
Some technical changes to the build system has been made to help the
distribution to Debian.
Sunday, 13th June 2010
The Git repository has been completely re-hashed, and now represents a
complete and faithful history of the package's development since its
inception.
Made some technical changes to the build system to aid Debianization.
Released without announcement as version 1.0.5.
* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.4 (2008-02-21) [stable]
The GIT repository has been completely re-hashed, and now represents a
complete and faithful history of the package's development since its
inception.
The source code is now held in a Git repository, which can be checked-out at
<git://git.savannah.gnu.org/mcron.git>.
Thursday, 21st February 2008
The code is now covered by the GPLv3 license.
The source code is now held in a GIT repository, at
git://git.savannah.gnu.org/mcron.git.
* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.3 (2006-04-16) [stable]
Released version 1.0.4, under the new GPLv3 license, after some prodding by
Karl Berry.
daylight savings time shifts are now properly handled
Parsing Vixie-style input files has been improved.
Sunday, 16th April 2006
Released version 1.0.3. Incorporated many coding suggestions by Sergey
Poznyakoff, which makes the program work with daylight savings time shifts,
fixes a bug in parsing Vixie-style input files, allows a user the
opportunity to correct a crontab entry instead of just wiping out the file.
Made it work with Guile 1.8. Updated the manual with GFDL and some minor
suggestions from Karl Berry.
Crontab entries can now be corrected instead of just wiping out the file.
Mcron is now compatible with Guile 1.8.
Monday, 2nd January 2006
Released version 1.0.2.
The manual is now licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL)
* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.2 (2006-01-02) [stable]
Saturday, 15th May 2004
Set up Savannah and the mailing lists so that we are now homed properly at
gnu.org. Released version 1.0.1 to reflect this, with CVS tag release_1-0-1
(no branch). Hopefully we will now get some feedback!
* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.1 (2004-05-15) [stable]
The mailing list <bug-mcron@gnu.org> has been set-up.
Friday, 12th December 2003
Released version 1.0.0 through rdmp.org. No CVS tag has been created.
* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0 (2003-12-12) [stable]
Mcron is now officially a GNU program.
Tuesday, 2nd December 2003
Mcron is now officially a GNU program. Unfortunately Savannah, the
development environment, has been mauled so an immediate GNU release is not
likely. No CVS tag has been created.
* Noteworthy changes in release 0.99.3 (2003-08-05) [stable]
The code is now splitted into modules.
Tuesday, 5th August 2003
Released version 0.99.3. The CVS tag will be release_0-99-3 (no branch).
* Noteworthy changes in release 0.99.2 (2003-07-20) [stable]
The implementation is now really 100% Vixie compatible.
Sunday, 3rd August 2003
Broken the code into modules (which is not the same as saying the code is
broken ;-) ).
Some Guile limitations such as the absence of POSIX threads and signals has
been worked around.
* Noteworthy changes in release 0.99.1 (2003-07-05) [stable]
Sunday, 20th July 2003
Released version 0.99.2. (Now fully functional). The CVS tag is
release_0-99-2 (no branch).
Installation of cron and crontab is now disabled by default (suspect problems
with Guile internals are preventing these from working properly).
The project is now managed on Savannah. A CVS repository and web page have been
created.
Sunday, 20th July 2003
It has been a long and painful journey, but we have at last worked out how
to work around all the faults in Guile (an implementation with no threads
and no UNIX signals!). The code is now really 100% Vixie compatible.
========================================================================
Copyright © 2003, 2005, 2006 Dale Mellor <dale_mellor@users.sourceforge.net>
Copyright © 2017 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
Saturday, 5th July 2003
Released version 0.99.1, with installation of cron and crontab disabled by
default (suspect problems with Guile internals are preventing these from
working properly). The CVS tag is release_0-99-1 (no branch has been
created for it).
Friday, 4th July 2003
We have been accepted as a Savannah project. A CVS repository and web home
page have been created. We're still waiting for acceptance as a GNU
project.
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
notice and this notice are preserved.