NEWS
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The currently released version is `0.6.0'.

Noteworthy changes in version `0.6.0'
=====================================

   Base Library:

   Most of the changes to the Base Library are bug fixes and updates to
include MacOS-X specifications. Although the base library hasn't been
extensively tested, it is currently used in several commercial products
and installations, and is considered to be fairly stable.

   * Some changes to eventually allow the use of automatic garbage
     collection.

   * Better localization support in NSBundle.

   * Performance boosts in many classes.

   GUI Library:

   A Huge amount of progress, although a lot still needs to be done.
It's usable for a large base of moderately simple apps. Several
NeXT/OpenStep apps and libraries have been ported with little changes.

   * Drag and Drop support fleshed out but not completed.

   * NSText and related classes rewritten. Basic functionality but much
     needs to be done to finish them off.

   * nib2gmodel app works with MacOS-X

   * Work done in minimizing the backend which allowed a lot of
     functionality to move to the GNU library.

   * Menu code rewritten.

   * PopupButtons now work.

   * Many new images.

   * Basic functionality for NSTabView

   * Much better lockFocus support in NSView. Flipped views handled.

   * Rewrite of NSSavePanel and NSOpenPanel

   * Several fixes that at least double the speed of the gui.

   Backend Libraries:

   The XDPS backend now works and is basically consistant with the xgps
library, although because of deficiencies in DGS, compositing and alpha
channel do not work.

Noteworthy changes in version `0.5.5'
=====================================

   NOTE that the X/DPS backend is not supported at all in this release.
Hopefully it will be fixed up in the next release.  Too many changes to
mention in detail, but here is a list of a few:

   * Many base classes have been rewritten with tonnes of performance
     improvements that in many cases make it as fast as or faster than
     the NeXT implementation.

   * DO and archiving has received many improvements that help it work
     on a variety of different platforms.

   * Configuration and compilation has been greatly improved and fool
     proofed.

   * There are several new tools for handling services, defaults, and
     pasteboards.

   * A new X11 only gui backend was written, and the gui was much
     improved (probably an understatement). The X11 backend is the
     default now, until DGS gets improved.

Noteworthy changes in version `0.5.0'
=====================================

   * This is first release which has all of the core GNUstep libraries
     combined into a single package which allows configuring, making,
     and installing of all the core libraries with just a few commands.

