ascend/trunk/CHANGELOG.txt

30 Jun 2007
-----------

Version 0.9.5.112

DEBIAN BUILD is currently broken. When this has been corrected, this release
will be made.

Solver interface
 - all solvers and integrators are now built as 'external library' DLL/SOs.
 - new ASCENDSOLVERS environment variable gives additional search path location
   that is checked when attempting to satisfy IMPORT statements.
 - Fixed behaviour scons when lex/yacc not available.
 - RPM packaging tested with openSUSE build service, RPM divided into 
   subpackages ascend, ascend-devel, ascend-doc.
 - Many ASC_DLLSPEC qualifiers added as result of the expanded use of external
   libraries.

Solvers
 - CONOPT no longer needs to be present at buildtime. This was possible due
   to permission from Arne Drud to add the 'conopt.h' file to our source code.
 - BLAS and LINPACK are now embedded in the LSODE DLL/SO. They are not
   part of libascend, which makes the main DLL about 1 MB smaller.
 - Some bugs in the DOPRI5 integrator identified (full testing still not
   completed).
 - placeholder for a future TRON solver (work still to do on that)
 - work underway on the IPOPT optimisation solver.

Model library
 - Equations of state models from Krishnan.
 - Added ASCEND port of the standard GAMS example problem.

3 Jun 2007
----------

Version 0.9.5.111

Windows packaging improvements:
 - Launch via pythonw.exe instead of batch file
 - File association for .a4c and .a4l files
 - Add Model Library link to Start menu
 - Add CHANGELOG.txt and LICENSE.txt to Start menu
 - Detect missing PyGTK, PyCairo or PyGObject at install-time
 - Fix message for missing matplotlib in fourbarplot.py

DOPRI5 integrator
 - Experimental release of DOPRI5 integrator for testing
 - Changes to Integrator API to allow loading external DLL/SOs

Linux packaging improvements
 - Add SONAME to libascend
 
 
26 May 2007
-----------

Version 0.9.5.110

Removed dependency on matplotlib and numpy when ASCEND PyGTK
first load.

Fixed some problems with files left behind after uninstall
on Windows.

Added bug tracker link to help menu.

Added loading splash screen
Eliminated some cruft form the tarball.
Restored basic build suppot for Autotools (Ben)
Added missing .svg files in Windows installer
Added icon in Windows Start menu
Console now minimised by default on Windows

28 April 2007
-------------

Version 0.9.5.109

Added Debian packaging.

Suppressed passing of FILE* objects between Python and C on 
the Windows platform, owing to a bug/limitation in GCC on 
MinGW.

First upload of Windows installer to SF.net (there have been 
earlier versions on the Wiki though).


23 April 2007
-------------

Version 0.9.5.108

Alpha relase including new PyGTK GUI. This release continues 
a sequence of releases in the ASCEND Wiki, but is the first 
version we are releasing using the SF.net File Releases system.

 - Fedora Core 6 RPM
 - PyGTK GUI
 - Plotting with Matplotlib
 - ExtPy functionality for script-based METHODS
 - External 'black box' function support restored 
 - Documentation converted to LyX
 - Python-based test suite
 - CONOPT and CMSlv support restored


10 March 2007
-------------

(No release)

 - created this changelog using file releases list from old 
   website -- JP


April 24 2000
-------------

Version IV 0.9.1

 - Expanded chemical species database
 - Dynamic simulation modeling libraries


June 23 1998
------------

 - WinNT, Win95, UNIX sources
 - WinNT, Win95 binaries
 - Redhat Linux 5 RPM binary
 - Redhat Linux 5 RPM source
 - Dynamic simulation modeling libraries
 - Howto-ascend examples and modeling guidelines manual, indexed.
 - GUI and syntax document manual, partially revised.


October 1997
------------

ASCEND IV 0.8 

 - WinNT, Win95, UNIX sources
 - WinNT, Win95 binaries
 - GUI and syntax document manual.

1	30 Jun 2007
2	-----------
3
4	Version 0.9.5.112
5
6	DEBIAN BUILD is currently broken. When this has been corrected, this release
7	will be made.
8
9	Solver interface
10	- all solvers and integrators are now built as 'external library' DLL/SOs.
11	- new ASCENDSOLVERS environment variable gives additional search path location
12	that is checked when attempting to satisfy IMPORT statements.
13	- Fixed behaviour scons when lex/yacc not available.
14	- RPM packaging tested with openSUSE build service, RPM divided into
15	subpackages ascend, ascend-devel, ascend-doc.
16	- Many ASC_DLLSPEC qualifiers added as result of the expanded use of external
17	libraries.
18
19	Solvers
20	- CONOPT no longer needs to be present at buildtime. This was possible due
21	to permission from Arne Drud to add the 'conopt.h' file to our source code.
22	- BLAS and LINPACK are now embedded in the LSODE DLL/SO. They are not
23	part of libascend, which makes the main DLL about 1 MB smaller.
24	- Some bugs in the DOPRI5 integrator identified (full testing still not
25	completed).
26	- placeholder for a future TRON solver (work still to do on that)
27	- work underway on the IPOPT optimisation solver.
28
29	Model library
30	- Equations of state models from Krishnan.
31	- Added ASCEND port of the standard GAMS example problem.
32
33	3 Jun 2007
34	----------
35
36	Version 0.9.5.111
37
38	Windows packaging improvements:
39	- Launch via pythonw.exe instead of batch file
40	- File association for .a4c and .a4l files
41	- Add Model Library link to Start menu
42	- Add CHANGELOG.txt and LICENSE.txt to Start menu
43	- Detect missing PyGTK, PyCairo or PyGObject at install-time
44	- Fix message for missing matplotlib in fourbarplot.py
45
46	DOPRI5 integrator
47	- Experimental release of DOPRI5 integrator for testing
48	- Changes to Integrator API to allow loading external DLL/SOs
49
50	Linux packaging improvements
51	- Add SONAME to libascend
52
53
54	26 May 2007
55	-----------
56
57	Version 0.9.5.110
58
59	Removed dependency on matplotlib and numpy when ASCEND PyGTK
60	first load.
61
62	Fixed some problems with files left behind after uninstall
63	on Windows.
64
65	Added bug tracker link to help menu.
66
67	Added loading splash screen
68	Eliminated some cruft form the tarball.
69	Restored basic build suppot for Autotools (Ben)
70	Added missing .svg files in Windows installer
71	Added icon in Windows Start menu
72	Console now minimised by default on Windows
73
74	28 April 2007
75	-------------
76
77	Version 0.9.5.109
78
79	Added Debian packaging.
80
81	Suppressed passing of FILE* objects between Python and C on
82	the Windows platform, owing to a bug/limitation in GCC on
83	MinGW.
84
85	First upload of Windows installer to SF.net (there have been
86	earlier versions on the Wiki though).
87
88
89
90	23 April 2007
91	-------------
92
93	Version 0.9.5.108
94
95	Alpha relase including new PyGTK GUI. This release continues
96	a sequence of releases in the ASCEND Wiki, but is the first
97	version we are releasing using the SF.net File Releases system.
98
99	- Fedora Core 6 RPM
100	- PyGTK GUI
101	- Plotting with Matplotlib
102	- ExtPy functionality for script-based METHODS
103	- External 'black box' function support restored
104	- Documentation converted to LyX
105	- Python-based test suite
106	- CONOPT and CMSlv support restored
107
108
109	10 March 2007
110	-------------
111
112	(No release)
113
114	- created this changelog using file releases list from old
115	website -- JP
116
117
118	April 24 2000
119	-------------
120
121	Version IV 0.9.1
122
123	- Expanded chemical species database
124	- Dynamic simulation modeling libraries
125
126
127	June 23 1998
128	------------
129
130	- WinNT, Win95, UNIX sources
131	- WinNT, Win95 binaries
132	- Redhat Linux 5 RPM binary
133	- Redhat Linux 5 RPM source
134	- Dynamic simulation modeling libraries
135	- Howto-ascend examples and modeling guidelines manual, indexed.
136	- GUI and syntax document manual, partially revised.
137
138
139	October 1997
140	------------
141
142	ASCEND IV 0.8
143
144	- WinNT, Win95, UNIX sources
145	- WinNT, Win95 binaries
146	- GUI and syntax document manual.
147