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GNU Mcron NEWS -*- outline -*-
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* Noteworthy changes in release 1.2.0 (2020-04-22) [stable]
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** Improvements
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C code removed, mcron becomes 100% Guile.
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Make doc/mcron.texi gender neutral.
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Have src/mcron/scripts/mcron.scm (process-user-file): use read and eval
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instead of load.
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New tests added for extra checks.
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* Noteworthy changes in release 1.1.4 (2020-04-12) [stable]
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** Improvements
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Added missing #include directives
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Support Guile 3.0
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Call 'child-cleanup' when 'select' returns an empty set
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Avoid 'call-with-current-continuation'
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Date changes for Copyrights changed for 2020
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Email updates in documentation
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* Noteworthy changes in release 1.1.3 (2019-11-17) [stable]
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** Improvements
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Package contains configure script by default
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Authors file change (addition)
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Doc fix for 'every second sunday'
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guix.scm update
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* Noteworthy changes in release 1.1.2 (2018-11-26) [stable]
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** Improvements
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The "--with-sendmail" configure variable has been added to allow the usage
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of a different Mail Transfert Agent (MTA) than 'sendmail -t'. The MTA must
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be able to guess the actual recipients from the 'To:' message header.
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* Noteworthy changes in release 1.1.1 (2018-04-08) [stable]
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** Bug fixes
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The "--disable-multi-user" configure variable is not reversed anymore.
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'cron' and 'crontab' are now installed unless this option is used.
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The programs now sets the GUILE_LOAD_PATH and GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH
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environment variables with the location of the installed Guile modules.
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'next-year-from', 'next-year', 'next-month-from', 'next-month',
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'next-day-from', 'next-day', 'next-hour-from', 'next-hour',
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'next-minute-from', 'next-minute', 'next-second-from', and 'next-second' no
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longer crashes when passing an optional argument.
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[bug introduced in mcron-1.1]
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** Improvements
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Some basic tests for the installed programs can be run after 'make install'
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with 'make installcheck'.
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The configuration files are now processed using a deterministic order.
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The test suite code coverage for mcron modules is now at 66.8% in term of
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number of lines (mcron-1.1 was at 23.7%).
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* Noteworthy changes in release 1.1 (2018-03-19) [stable]
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** New features
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The 'job' procedure has now a '#:user' keyword argument which allows
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specifying a different user that will run it.
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Additional man pages for 'cron(8)' and 'crontab(1)' are now generated using
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GNU Help2man.
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** Bug fixes
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Child process created when executing a job are now properly cleaned even
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when execution fails by using 'dynamic-wind' construct.
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** Improvements
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GNU Guile 2.2 is now supported.
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Some procedures are now written using functional style and include a
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docstring. 'def-macro' usages are now replaced with hygienic macros.
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Compilation is now done using a non-recursive Makefile, supports out of tree
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builds, and use silent rules by default.
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Guile object files creation don't rely on auto-compilation anymore and are
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installed in 'site-ccache' directory.
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Jobs are now internally represented using SRFI-9 records instead of vectors.
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Changelog are generated from Git logs when generating the tarball using
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Gnulib gitlog-to-changelog script.
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A test suite is now available and can be run with 'make check'.
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** Changes in behavior
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The "--enable-debug" configure variable has been removed and replaced with
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MCRON_DEBUG environment variable.
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The "--disable-multi-user" configure variable is now used to not build and
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install the 'cron' and 'crontab' programs. It has replaced the
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"--enable-no-vixie-clobber" which had similar effect.
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(mcron core) module is now deprecated and has been superseeded by
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(mcron base).
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* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.8 (2014-04-28) [stable]
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Man page is now generated with GNU Help2man before installation and
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distributed in the tarball.
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* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.7 (2012-02-04) [stable]
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Mcron is now compatible with Guile 2.0.
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FreeDesktop.org's standard user configuration directories are now used to
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find the user script files.
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* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.6 (2010-06-20) [stable]
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The copyright notices are now standardized on all auxiliary files. This
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follows the example set by the GNU hello program.
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immutable end texts from the texinfo document are now removed, to
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accomodate with Debian requirements.
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* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.5 (2010-06-13) [stable]
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Some technical changes to the build system has been made to help the
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distribution to Debian.
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The Git repository has been completely re-hashed, and now represents a
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complete and faithful history of the package's development since its
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inception.
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* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.4 (2008-02-21) [stable]
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The source code is now held in a Git repository, which can be checked-out at
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<git://git.savannah.gnu.org/mcron.git>.
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The code is now covered by the GPLv3 license.
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* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.3 (2006-04-16) [stable]
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daylight savings time shifts are now properly handled
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Parsing Vixie-style input files has been improved.
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Crontab entries can now be corrected instead of just wiping out the file.
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Mcron is now compatible with Guile 1.8.
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The manual is now licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL)
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* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.2 (2006-01-02) [stable]
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* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0.1 (2004-05-15) [stable]
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The mailing list <bug-mcron@gnu.org> has been set-up.
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* Noteworthy changes in release 1.0 (2003-12-12) [stable]
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Mcron is now officially a GNU program.
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* Noteworthy changes in release 0.99.3 (2003-08-05) [stable]
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The code is now splitted into modules.
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* Noteworthy changes in release 0.99.2 (2003-07-20) [stable]
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The implementation is now really 100% Vixie compatible.
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Some Guile limitations such as the absence of POSIX threads and signals has
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been worked around.
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* Noteworthy changes in release 0.99.1 (2003-07-05) [stable]
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Installation of cron and crontab is now disabled by default (suspect problems
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with Guile internals are preventing these from working properly).
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The project is now managed on Savannah. A CVS repository and web page have been
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created.
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========================================================================
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Copyright © 2003, 2005, 2006 Dale Mellor <dale_mellor@users.sourceforge.net>
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Copyright © 2017, 2018 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
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Copyright © 2018 宋文武 <iyzsong@member.fsf.org>
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Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
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are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
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notice and this notice are preserved.
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