The normal post-release changes.

NEWS

@@ -4,12 +4,26 @@ See the end for copying conditions.
 
 Please send Guile bug reports to bug-guile@prep.ai.mit.edu.
 
+Changes since Guile 1.2:
+
+* Changes to the distribution
+
+* Changes to the stand-alone interpreter
+
+* Changes to the procedure for linking libguile with your programs
+
+* Changes to Scheme functions and syntax
 
 ** A new procedure primitive-exit can be used to terminate the current
 process without unwinding the Scheme stack.  This would usually be used
 after a fork.
 
-Changes in Guile 1.2:
+* Changes to the gh_ interface
+
+* Changes to the scm_ interface
+
+
+Changes in Guile 1.2 (released Tuesday, June 24 1997):
 
 * Changes to the distribution
 
@@ -490,7 +504,7 @@ returns #f.  This might be a more appropriate catch-all handler for
 new dynamic roots and threads.
 
 
-Changes in Guile 1.1 (Fri May 16 1997):
+Changes in Guile 1.1 (released Friday, May 16 1997):
 
 * Changes to the distribution.
 

README

@@ -1,8 +1,32 @@
-This is release 1.2 of Guile, a portable, embeddable Scheme
+This is a nightly snapshot of Guile, a portable, embeddable Scheme
 implementation written in C.  Guile provides a machine independent
 execution platform that can be linked in as a library when building
 extensible programs.
 
+About Snapshots ======================================================
+
+Each night, we make the current Guile sources available via anonymous
+FTP.  Please keep in mind that these sources are strictly
+experimental; they will usually not be well-tested, and may not even
+compile on some systems.  They may contain interfaces which will
+change.  They will usually not be of sufficient quality for use by
+people not comfortable hacking the innards of Guile.  Caveat!
+
+However, we're providing them anyway for several reasons.  We'd like
+to encourage people to get involved in developing Guile.  People
+willing to use the bleeding edge of development can get earlier access
+to new, experimental features.  Patches submitted relative to recent
+snapshots will be easier for us to evaluate and install, since the
+patch's original sources will be closer to what we're working with.
+And it allows us to start testing features earlier.
+
+Nightly snapshots of the Guile development sources are available via
+anonymous FTP from ftp.red-bean.com, as /pub/guile/guile-core-snap.tar.gz.
+
+Via the web, that's:  ftp://ftp.red-bean.com/pub/guile/guile-core-snap.tar.gz
+For getit, that's:    ftp.red-bean.com:/pub/guile/guile-core-snap.tar.gz
+
+
 Please send bug reports to bug-guile@prep.ai.mit.edu.
 
 About This Distribution ==============================================
@@ -45,70 +69,6 @@ qt: 	A cooperative threads package from Washington University,
 manual is incomplete, and is currently being revised.)
 
 
-Obtaining Guile ======================================================
-
-The latest official Guile release is available via anonymous FTP from
-prep.ai.mit.edu, as /pub/gnu/guile-1.2.tar.gz.
-
-Via the web, that's:  ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/guile-1.2.tar.gz
-For getit, that's:    prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/guile-1.2.tar.gz
-
-The mailing list `guile@cygnus.com' carries discussions, questions,
-and often answers, about Guile.  To subscribe, send mail to
-guile-request@cygnus.com.  Of course, please send bug reports (and
-fixes!) to bug-guile@prep.ai.mit.edu.
-
-
-Thanks ===============================================================
-
-The FSF thanks the following people for generous contributions of
-their time and talents:
-- Tim Pierce, for the light-weight SCSH-compatible regexp interface,
-  tracking down Solaris problems, and miscellaneous bug fixes
-- Gary Houston, for continued work on the system call support
-- Anthony Green, for help debugging problems on Solaris under Sun's
-  compiler, and general thread expertise
-- Marius Vollmer, for tracking down bad interactions between the threading
-  system and the interpreter, and improving the way structures print
-- Bernard URBAN, for making Hobbit work with Guile, and bug reports
-- Marcus Daniels and Russ McManus, for work on the cygwin (or
-  gnu-win32) port.
-
-And thanks for bug reports and fixes from Aleksandar Bakic, Thomas
-Bushnell, Marcus Daniels, Bill Janssen, Russell McManus, Bill Nell,
-Larry Schwimmer, Maciej Stachowiak, Bruce Stephens, Maurizio Vitale,
-and YABUKI Youichi.
-
-Naturally, any bugs remaining in the release are the maintainer's
-responsibility.
-
-Also, thanks to Pat Eyler, for his work on the Guile web pages!
-
-
-Nightly Snapshots ====================================================
-
-Each night, we make the current Guile sources available via anonymous
-FTP.  Please keep in mind that these sources are strictly
-experimental; they will usually not be well-tested, and may not even
-compile on some systems.  They may contain interfaces which will
-change.  They will usually not be of sufficient quality for use by
-people not comfortable hacking the innards of Guile.  Caveat!
-
-However, we're providing them anyway for several reasons.  We'd like
-to encourage people to get involved in developing Guile.  People
-willing to use the bleeding edge of development can get earlier access
-to new, experimental features.  Patches submitted relative to recent
-snapshots will be easier for us to evaluate and install, since the
-patch's original sources will be closer to what we're working with.
-And it allows us to start testing features earlier.
-
-Nightly snapshots of the Guile development sources are available via
-anonymous FTP from ftp.red-bean.com, as /pub/guile/guile-snap.tar.gz.
-
-Via the web, that's:  ftp://ftp.red-bean.com/pub/guile/guile-snap.tar.gz
-For getit, that's:    ftp.red-bean.com:/pub/guile/guile-snap.tar.gz
-
-
 Hacking It Yourself ==================================================
 
 As distributed, Guile needs only an ANSI C compiler and a Unix system
@@ -143,6 +103,20 @@ different.
 > 
 
 
+Obtaining Guile ======================================================
+
+The latest official Guile release is available via anonymous FTP from
+prep.ai.mit.edu, as /pub/gnu/guile-1.2.tar.gz.
+
+Via the web, that's:  ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/guile-1.2.tar.gz
+For getit, that's:    prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/guile-1.2.tar.gz
+
+The mailing list `guile@cygnus.com' carries discussions, questions,
+and often answers, about Guile.  To subscribe, send mail to
+guile-request@cygnus.com.  Of course, please send bug reports (and
+fixes!) to bug-guile@prep.ai.mit.edu.
+
+
 Authors And Contributors =============================================
 
 Many people have generously contributed to Guile.  However, any errors

RELEASE

@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ This is a checklist for making Guile releases.
 It's specific to the FSF's development environment; please don't put
 it in the distribution.
 
-In release 1.2:
-- note that #/ syntax is going to go away.
-- fix all uses of #/ in the dist.
-
 In release 1.3:
 - make #/ generate a warning.
 
@@ -34,10 +30,11 @@ HP/UX (gcc, HP cc) --- nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu
 4) Update the version numbers in GUILE-VERSION, and README, to remove the
    "unreleased" indications.  They should be straight numbers, of the form
    "N.M", not alpha numbers, of the form "N.Ma".
-5) Choose new interface numbers for shared libraries.
+5) Set up README appropriately for the release.
-6) Do a `cvs update -A', to get rid of any sticky tags.
+6) Choose new interface numbers for shared libraries.
-7) Commit all changes to the CVS repository.
+7) Do a `cvs update -A', to get rid of any sticky tags.
-8) Verify that the disty works, too:
+8) Commit all changes to the CVS repository.
+9) Verify that the disty works, too:
    a) Make a disty, using 'make dist'.
    b) Unpack it somewhere else.
    c) Remove automake and autoconf from your path, or turn off their
@@ -46,17 +43,19 @@ HP/UX (gcc, HP cc) --- nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu
    d) Configure, make, and install.
    e) Test the installed version; don't forget to unset SCHEME_LOAD_PATH.
    f) If you made any fixes, commit them, and start from a) again
-9) Tag the entire source tree with a tag of the form "release_N_M".
+10) Tag the entire source tree with a tag of the form "release_N_M".
-10) Copy the tar file over to the GNU machines, and ask the appropriate
+11) Copy the tar file over to the GNU machines, and ask the appropriate
     person to put it on prep.  At the time of this writing, Daniel Hagerty
     <hag@ai.mit.edu> has been generous about helping with that.
-11) Send an announcement message to gnu-announce@prep.ai.mit.edu.  If I
+12) Send an announcement message to gnu-announce@prep.ai.mit.edu.  Put
-    remember correctly, the moderator will delay it until the tar file
+    "Obtaining Guile" first, then a brief summary of the changes in
-    appears on prep.  The announcement text should be mostly taken from 
+    this release, then "Thanks," "About This Distribution," and
-    Guile's README file.
+    "Nightly Snapshots."  If I remember correctly, the moderator will
-12) Tweak the version numbers in GUILE-VERSION, and README to indicate that 
+    delay it until the tar file appears on prep.  The announcement
+    text should be mostly taken from Guile's README file.
+13) Tweak the version numbers in GUILE-VERSION, and README to indicate that 
     the sources are snapshot again.  Snapshots should have version numbers 
     of the form "N.Ma", where the "a" means "alpha".
-13) Start a new section of the NEWS file.
+14) Start a new section of the NEWS file.
-14) Send mail to majordomo-owner@cygnus.com updating the message you get
+15) Send mail to majordomo-owner@cygnus.com updating the message you get
     when you ask majordomo for "info guile".