Base Release Notes
The release notes include descriptions of API changes, behavior
changes and other information that might help developers and users
migrate to using a newer version of the library.
Version 1.10.1
Runtime version disconvery of library
A developer can discover the version of the base library that
is loaded using the NSBundle methods
[[NSBundle bundleForLibrary: @"gnustep-base"] infoDictionary]
and retrieving the GSBundleVersion key.
NSXMLParser class added
This is a Cocoa class that has been added for
compatibility. The class is still alpha state.
NSArray makeObjectsPerformSelector:
The order of iteration through objects was changed to
match Cocoa.
Designated initializer changes
The designated initializer for NSArray, NSDictionary,
NSSet, and NSString for MacOS X compatibility. Like
MacOS X, you can call [super init] to initialize
the class from a subclass, although it is prefered that you use
the designated initializer, with it's richer
set of initializers.
Version 1.10.0
Interface version change
The interface version of the base library has changed in
this release, as it will in all future releases with a
new minor number (that's the second number in the
release number). Applications, libraries and tools that
wish to use this new version must be recompiled
(otherwise, they'll use the older version of the library).
There is no single reason for this change. Arguably, it
should have been done long ago.
NSString clarification
The NSString documentation contains some clarification
on the lifetime of returned NSString objects.
URL classes support persistant connections
The NSURLHandle and other classes have support for
persistant connections.
NSMethodSignature clarification
Recent compiler releases have exposed a flaw in the way
GNUstep gathers signature information. The
documentation explains how the information for offset
and registers may not be reliable.
Mac OS X compatibility
There have been many fixes in various classes for Mac
OS X compatibility, particularly relating to XML encoding.
Version 1.9.2
GSMime parsing ignores extraneous data
When extraneous data is encountered in the input, it is ignored
(and a warning logged) rather than adding it to the
message body. Not sure this is right though, perhaps we should
raise an exception or extend the api to return the extra
data. Anyway, it's better than the previous behavior of
adding the bad data to the parsed body.
New log functions GSOnceFlag and GSOnceMLog
Log messages the first time the code is executed. Typical
usage is to log warnings about deprecated features.
NSError
New MacOSX compatibility class
GSObjCRuntime
Multiple new runtime functions that work with both GNU
and Apple runtimes. These functions allow you to look
at method lists, add and remove methods (for instance,
if you want to make sure your method in a category
overrides another method in a category).
NSProtocolChecker rewritten
Was previously almost non-functional.
autogsdoc
Support added for building frames structured documentation.
Add the flag -MakeFrames YES to the autogsdoc
command line.
Binary incompatibilities
NSUnarchiver, GSIMapTable have new ivars added to
them. Tools and applications that use these classes may
need to be recompiled after the new library is installed.