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harbour-core/harbour/package/winuni/RELNOTES
Viktor Szakats cba71772cf 2010-06-16 11:01 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
* contrib/hbcurl/hbcurl.c
    + Added all remaining known guards to HB_CURLOPT_* options, so in
      theory now f.e. even libcurl version 7.5.0 is supported.
    ! Fixed HB_CURLOPT_HTTPGET being disabled when building against
      libcurl < 7.14.1
    ! Fixed HB_CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT being enabled at the wrong libcurl
      version.

  * mpkg_nightly.sh
    * Minor.

  * package/winuni/RELNOTES
    * Versions updated.
2010-06-16 09:03:18 +00:00

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Hi All,
Harbour 2.1.0 (r?????) source archives and Windows binary
releases are available for download on sourceforge.net:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/harbour-project/files/
Make sure to check INSTALL doc "QUICK START" section and visit
our user mailing list at:
http://groups.google.com/group/harbour-users/
Release notes:
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Unified Windows release for most supported compilers and
x86, x64, WinCE/ARM, MS-DOS, OS/2, Linux target platforms.
Installed size: 214MB (54MB - 339MB)
The default installation will install MinGW compiler + x86 static and
shared libs, MSVC and BCC x86 libs and examples.
Options: x86 shared tools, x64 shared tools, MinGW x64 and
WinCE-ARM libs, MSVC x64 libs, Open Watcom x86 libs,
shared x64/WinCE-ARM libs, MS-DOS (watcom) libs, OS/2 (watcom)
libs, Linux (watcom) libs.
Usage:
1) install/unpack to any directory (C:\hb21)
2) go to bin dir (optional if you specify path for hbmk2)
3) For x86 executable, type: 'hbmk2 ../tests/hello.prg'
4) For x64 executable, type: 'hbmk2 ../tests/hello.prg -compiler=mingw64'
[needs mingw64 to be installed in 'comp/mingw64' dir beforehand]
5) For WinCE/ARM executable, type: 'hbmk2 ../tests/hello.prg -platform=wce'
[needs cegcc to be installed in 'comp/mingwarm' dir beforehand]
6) For MS-DOS executable, type: 'hbmk2 ../tests/hello.prg -platform=dos'
[needs OpenWatcom to be installed in 'comp/watcom' dir beforehand]
7) For Linux executable, type: 'hbmk2 ../tests/hello.prg -platform=linux'
[needs OpenWatcom to be installed in 'comp/watcom' dir beforehand]
Tool/lib versions used to create this package:
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Compiler tools
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MinGW GNU C 4.5.0 (included)
MinGW w64 GNU C 4.4.4-20100129 (prerelease)
MinGW CEGCC 4.4.0
MSVC 2010 (version bundled with MS Windows SDK 7.1)
Open Watcom C 1.9
Borland C/C++ 5.5.1
External lib dependencies
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ACE 9.10
Allegro 4.2.2
Blat 2.6.2
Cairo 1.8.8
libcurl 7.20.1
Firebird 2.5.0rc2
FreeImage 3.13.1
GD 2.0.35
MySQL 5.1.41
OCILIB 3.6.0
OpenSSL 1.0.0a
PostgreSQL 8.4.2-1
QT 4.6.3
WATTCP 2.2.10
Changes since previous (2.0.0) release:
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- HBQT libs built against static QT libs are not part anymore
of default Harbour binary package. Such libs can only be useful
for users who obtained commercial license for QT, which means
for majority of users, it isn't. It can easily be built from
source though.
- Built against Firebird 2.5.0rc1.
- Downgraded to stable mingw64 version. It fixes .dll handling.
- Upgraded to mingw 4.5.0 official release.
- Upgraded to QT 4.6.2 (from 4.5.3).
- Upgraded to MSVC 2010 (from 2008).
- upx updated to 3.05.
Changes since previous (2.0.0beta3 20090905) release:
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- Harbour updated to r13359 (from r12422)
- MinGW CEGCC updated to 4.4.0
- upx updated to 3.04.
- MinGW 4.4.1 updated to TDM-2 release fixing a performance problem.
- MinGW w64 updated to latest binary release.
- DJGPP build in unified release replaced with OpenWatcom MS-DOS build.
- External libs updated (except OpenSSL and libcurl).
- hbwin cleanups/fixes (printer handling) and improvements (mutex, MAPI, misc)
- hbwin OLE2, ActiveX support improved and finalized.
- hbwin full UNICODE support and cleanups.
- hbwin basic win64 .dll support.
- hbtip POP3/SMTP fixes, encoding/charset support.
- Added hbmemio contrib.
- hbnetio finalized.
- hbqt cleanups and improvements, QT 4.6 support.
- hbide (early development stage).
- Documentation enhancements: INSTALL and doc/xhb-diff.txt.
- hbmk2 got support to convert xMate, hbmake and xbuild make files to .hbp
format.
- Added hbsms contrib library (to send SMS text messages in multiplatform way).
- gtwvg now builds in win64 mode.
- Rudimentary port of GTWVW (find it in examples)
- New hbcairo wrapper for cairo lib.
- Improved code portability for startup code, C++ mode and
to support for old GCC versions.
- Added public Harbour C level API to handle GC collected pure pointers.
- Added workaround fox Pelles C 6.0 bug, so now it can be used
with Harbour for win32 and wince. Win64 build still doesn't work,
due to other POCC6 bugs.
- Fixed to support MSVC 6.0.
- dlmalloc memory allocator now also optimized for MT mode.
- DJGPP builds received support for .dxe dynamic libs.
- MS-DOS build included in unified release package is now built
with OpenWatcom rather than DJGPP.
- OpenWatcom now builds in plain C mode (instead of C++)
- Included MSVC build is now a UNICODE build.
- Changed all Harbour to use WIDE Windows API calls only in UNICODE mode.
- New Harbour C level UTF-8 and UTF-16 string handling functions.
- Rewritten internal codepage and collation support. Collations
are now ensured to be CA-Cl*pper compatible.
- HB_TRANSLATE() now supports UTF-8.
- OS/2 platform support improvements (watcom, .dll support, GCC OMF support).
- gtxwc fixes.
- General finalization to *nix Harbour dynamic library generation built into
build system.
- Generalized the way zlib and pcre embedded sources are handled.
- Finalized new pure GNU Make based build system.
- Embedded libharu made available for MS-DOS Harbour builds,
plus many other leveling of MS-DOS port.
- Added Blowfish encryption functions to core.
- Added experimental win64 binary build of GNU Make.
- Synced with some new features that appeared in xhb, plus some missing
features from past versions.
- New Harbour port to Haiku/BeOS.
- Updated embedded components.
- Cleaned all test code from Harbour -w3 level warnings.
- hbmk2 now supports the same C warning levels as build system.
- hbmk2 now supports built-in native .c / .prg dependency detection.
- hbmk2 tested/finalized for *nix systems.
- hbmk2 now supports upx on *nix systems.
- New hbdoc2 tool at development stage.
- Support for linux/open64, linux/clang compilers.
- Build system now uses automatic version detection for MSVC compilers.
- Core trace message functionality improvements (new .prg level
interface, Windows OutputDebugString support)
- New SET( _SET_DBCODEPAGE ).
- RDDADS fixes.
- Removed support for harbour.cfg and Harbour compiler -go output mode.
- New Harbour types (HB_SIZE, HB_BOOL, etc).
- Moved rddado from contrib area to examples.
- Deleted hbmake from examples.
- Many other smaller improvements, additions, fixes, cleanups.
- For 3rd party developers it's recommended to look for the word
"incompatibility" in ChangeLog to find spots which may imply changes
on their part.
Changes since previous (2.0.0beta2 20090624) release:
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- Harbour updated to r12422 (from r11508)
- Rewritten socket library.
- Fixed remaining Clipper compatibility issues (@.clp, SET PROC TO, DO WITH, etc)
- Added replaceable core file I/O layer.
- Reworked build system with integrated dynlib creation, cross-platform
support, compiler and external component autodetection and much more.
- MinGW updated to 4.4.1
- MinGW x64 updated to 4.5.0 (20090905)
- Finalizing ActiveX/OLE2 support.
- Timestamp/datetime support in core.
- Added MT support for dos platform.
- Added socket support for dos platform (via WATTCP lib).
- Added hbnetio lib client/server file I/O implementation.
- hbxbp lib about feature complete.
- wce/msvcarm target improvements, sunpro compiler support.
- hbssl OpenSSL wrapper lib.
- SSL support in hbtip lib.
- Serial communication fixes in hbwin/hbtpathy on win platform.
- Lots of other additions and some fixes.
- Changed default install path to be 'hb20' rather than 'harbour20',
to avoid long filenames.
- Replaced mingw64 built x64 shared tools with msvc64 builds, as
the former didn't work.
- Included hbqt lib which links against static QT libs.
Changes since previous (2.0.0beta1 20090609) release:
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- Harbour updated to r11508 (from r11287)
- New User's Forum linked
- upx compressor included in install package
- DOS cross build libs included in install package
- preparation to host 3rd party packages inside Harbour directory tree
- new "zero-conf" library install system in preparation
- hbmk2: lots of minor refinements, support for all free compilers
in embedded form, support spaces in filenames/paths, all Harbour
supported C compilers have now complete support in hbmk2
- DOS support tested and required fixes applied
- embedded compilers moved to 'comp' subdir
- support for latest MinGW x64 and MSVS 2010 compilers
- extended INSTALL with new examples and app build quick guide
- icon for installer and hbrun tool
- hbxbp and hbqt enhancements
- hbwin refinements and better compatibility
- new uhttpd2 sessioned HTTP server
- C++ build support for all compilers, new HB_WAEVAL() function,
new xpp (Xbase++ compatibility) lib, .hrb loading enhancements
- DBU, RL, SuperLib fixes.
- MinGW64 updated to 4.4.1
- There were a few changes in this release which may require updating
your source code (hb_par*()/hb_stor*() in .c files and GTWVG WIN_*()
function in .prg files). Search for 'incompatible' word in ChangeLog
for more.
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Changes since previous (1.1.0dev 20090602) release:
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- Harbour updated to r11287 (from r11179)
- all contrib tests included in install package
- All 3rd party packages upgraded to latest version.
- hbmk2: project support, new file extensions, fixes, Harbour 1.0.x
support.
- further simplified/updated build process and instructions
- hbqt many enhancements
- almost full xhb compatibility
- 'terminal' fixed in examples
- source formatter, Cl*pper RL tool, legacy hbmake added
- MT Xbase++ compatibility
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Changes since previous (1.1.0dev 20090408) release:
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- Harbour updated to r11179 (from r10819)
- Updated hbmk2 (filter issues + experimental Harbour 1.0.x support)
- Included contrib tests/utils
- Full and now standalone 'examples'
- 'tests' with subdirs included.
- No longer included pocc/pocc64/poccarm libs.
- QT updated to 4.5.1
- MinGW updated to 4.4.0
--
Brgds,
Viktor Szakats
harbour-project.org