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1 31 Oct 2017
2 -----------
3
4 Version 0.9.9 (in progress)
5 - New data structures to improve compiler error reporting ('relerrorlist')
6 - Eliminated redundant 'mem.c' and 'freestore.c' code, switch to 'pool' instead.
7 - Several disused codes moved to 'disused' folder (may recover later)
8 - Update to recent GCC/SCons/Linux
9 - TODO: Merge changes for GTK3
10 - TODO: Merge Python3 support
11 - TODO: Merge Improvements to canvas-based modeller
12
13 30 Apr 2012
14 -----------
15
16 Version 0.9.8
17 - 64-bit and 32-bit support for Windows (John)
18 - Added new SOLVER, OPTION and SOLVE commands for use in METHODS (John)
19 - Much improved Observer functionality with plotting and 'study' (Aakash)
20 - Added support for viewing ALIASES lists in the PyGTK GUI (John)
21 - Fixed crash due to console output with when starting with pythonw on
22 Windows.
23 - Support for SWIG 2.x added.
24 - Fixed a couple of minor memory leaks and too-early freeing (john)
25 - Rewrote Simulation::solve to respect solver-imposed iteration limits (john)
26 - Reduced default QRSlv time limit to 20 seconds (down from 1500 s).
27 - Added ASCEND syntax highlighting capability for several new text editors
28 (see http://ascend4.org/Syntax_highlighting for details)
29 - Added example model of a combined cycle gas turbine power station (John)
30 - Stopped addition of several redundant files in the source code tarball
31 which required improvements to SCons 'DistTar' functionality (John)
32 - Require SUNDIALS 2.4.0, no support for older versions now.
33 - Fixed bug with detection of SUNDIALS on Windows (Luo Yu, john)
34 - Fixed a couple of minor GUI errors in PyGTK GUI (john)
35 - Added Save As functionality for dependency graph (grivan)
36 - Fixed bug 425: 'View notes' window shows duplicated notes (grivan)
37 - Fixed errors in closed boiler feedwater heater model (Kelvin Hang Sio)
38 - Fixed G77 detection for use by LSODE (john)
39 - Now requiring SCons v0.98 or later.
40 - Fixed bug 436: CONOPT_PATH problems with Linux (john)
41 - Some progress toward packaged App version of ASCEND for Mac (john)
42 - Partially updated Canvas GUI code to work with latest Gaphas (arijit)
43 - Extensive set of new CUnit test cases.
44 - New installer should be able to navigate most HTTP proxies now (John)
45 - Numerous other bugs fixed, see: http://bugs.ascend4.org/changelog_page.php
46
47 24 Dec 2009
48 -----------
49
50 Version 0.9.7
51 - Fixed problem with environment variables under Windows in 0.9.6 release
52 - Porting to Mac OS X (John)
53 - Adding support for IPOPT optimisation solver (Mahesh, Ben, John)
54 - Adding new LINK syntax and DER and INDEPENDENT statements (Dante, Ben, John)
55 - Improvements to canvas-based GUI (Arijit, John)
56 - CSV data reader (Jose, John)
57
58
59 30 Apr 2009
60 -----------
61
62 Version 0.9.6
63 - Major code reorgansation, switched active development back to trunk
64 - Snapshop of code before start of GSOC2009 students.
65 - Much expanded syntax highlighting for gedit users (Linux)
66 - Improved packaging for Ubuntu (more standards-compliant)
67 - Restored functionality of 'relative paths' usages for Tcl/Tk GUI.
68 - Implementation of Canvas GUI progressed a bit more, still pre-alpha.
69 - Support for Autotools and Visual Studio removed (too stale to stay there)
70 - Header files are now located in /usr/include/ascend on Linux.
71 - Added Python bindings for FPROPS.
72 - Added Hydrogen, Water to FPROPS.
73 - Fixed support for 'critical terms', speed of sound, specific heat
74 and partial derivatives in FPROPS.
75 - DTAR now fails if dpkg-buildpackage fails.
76 - In PyGTK GUI, 'fixed variables' dialog now shows variable values.
77 - Graphviz system graph now shows unconverged relations.
78 - Added 'sticky' installer preferences in Windows, to help prevent
79 uninstall problems.
80 - Add support for SCons 1.2.0 (some deprecation warnings still though)
81 - ascend-config outputs paths with double backslash on Windows.
82 - Added LoadString method in Python bindings, for use by Canvas GUI.
83 - Fixed apparent bug in pairlist_append_unique.
84 - Added pairlist_set and pairlist_values_and_destroy.
85 - Added new 'notequery' module for 'most refined' notes on a model.
86 - Added new test models in test/canvas/blocktypes.a4c.
87
88
89 29 Sep 2008
90 -----------
91
92 Version 0.9.5.116
93 - Instance::as renamed to Instance::in (for expressing a value in the
94 desired units) because 'as' is a reserved word in Python.
95 - Some efforts underway to implement new rigorous thermodynamic property
96 calculator using MBWR and Helmholtz correlations.
97 - Fixed linking of LSODE with '-fPIC' required for amd64 platform.
98 - Added 'dtar' utility to facility quick building of DEB packages from
99 source code tarball plus debian.tar.gz file.
100 - Some efforts on creating a graphical 'block' editor including partial
101 implementation of a canvas widget plus scanning the library for suitable
102 'block' type models according to certain criteria.
103 - 'kinematic_viscosity' now available in atoms.a4l.
104 - Added legend to Krishnan's 'zplot' utility.
105 - Some further efforts to complete the tie-in to the IPOPT solver (now ver 3.4.0)
106 - Added 'notequery.c' to seek out most applicable NOTES on a given instance.
107 - Fixed bug with 'apply' button in Units of Measurement dialog.
108 - Fixed silly mistake in 'turbine' model in johnpye/rankine.a4c.
109 - Fix python handling of 'unable to build system' error.
110 - Moved 'ascend-config' package to 'ascend-devel' RPM.
111 - Fixed linking against Tcl/Tk for Fedora 9.
112 - Some updates to build scripts for new SCons API.
113 - Silenced some debug output from various places.
114 - Added code for reading climate data in ACDB (Australian Climate Databank)
115 format.
116 - Update to support IPOPT 3.4.0
117 - Some work on fixing bug with IDA when derivs without vars present.
118 - Fixed section numbering in 'book.pdf'.
119 - Fixed Graphviz behaviour when model too large.
120 - Expanded GtkSourceView2 highlighting.
121 - Fixed installation in GNOME Applications menu.
122 - Fixed some problems with GUI object names that crept in due to use of Glade-3
123 - Added new external library 'FPROPS' for calculation of accurate thermodynamic
124 properties.
125
126 Version 0.9.5.115
127 - Was not released (due to probs with version numbering on the Ubuntu PPA)
128
129 27 Feb 2008
130 -----------
131
132 Version 0.9.5.114
133
134 - Fixed launching problems on Windows
135 - Added Units of Measurement dialog to PyGTK GUI.
136 - Updated version check to use the CMU server instead of old UNSW server.
137 - Fixed ascend-config script for Windows paths containing spaces.
138 - Fixed display of logrels in PyGTK GUI.
139 - PyGTK GUI correctly opens PDF docs if available on local machine.
140 - Added a PyGTK crash dialog to give information about failures in ASCEND.
141 - DOPRI5 converted to full 'solver' status (lives in solvers/dopri5 now).
142 - Added (experimental) DOPRI5 integrator to the Windows binary installer.
143 - Fixed some problems with linking to CONOPT optimiser
144 - Streamlined some internal build-time dependencies.
145 - Improved gtksourceview-2.0 highlighting for use with Gedit on Linux.
146 - Added Graphviz bindings to allow dependency graph view.
147 - Some code renaming/refactoring in 'compiler' and 'system' sections.
148 - Fixed splash-screen behaviour
149 - Refactored 'moduleview' out of 'gtkbrowser'.
150 - Some preliminary fixes to attempt support for Mac platform.
151 - Added some CUnit test cases for 'compiler' section, renamed all CUnit tests.
152 - Fixed dlopen bug on Linux.
153 - Changes to measures.a4l to add SI prefixes and modified the base units to
154 their abbreviation instead of full names.
155
156 TODO: more work to get IPOPT solver working.
157 TODO: still some problems with DOPRI5 solver.
158 TODO: fix GraphViz dependency so that it can be dlopened rather than linked.
159
160
161 19 Aug 2007
162 -----------
163
164 Version 0.9.5.113
165
166 - Fixed launching of help files/web links from PyGTK GUI on Linux.
167 - Added option in Windows installer to install header files for developers.
168 - Fixed value of @PYTHON@ on Windows for use in ascend-config script.
169 - Fixed deletion of $INSTDIR/solvers on Windows during uninstall.
170
171 TODO: work on support for users with GIMP's GTK+ runtime installed.
172 TODO: translate line-endings for installed files on windows.
173
174 5 Aug 2007
175 ----------
176
177 Version 0.9.5.112
178
179 Solver interface
180 - all solvers and integrators are now built as 'external library' DLL/SOs.
181 - new ASCENDSOLVERS environment variable gives additional search path location
182 that is checked when attempting to satisfy IMPORT statements.
183 - Fixed behaviour scons when lex/yacc not available.
184 - Many ASC_DLLSPEC qualifiers added as result of the expanded use of external
185 libraries.
186
187 Solvers
188 - CONOPT no longer needs to be present at buildtime. This was possible due
189 to permission from Arne Drud to add the 'conopt.h' file to our source code.
190 - BLAS and LINPACK are now embedded in the LSODE DLL/SO. They are not
191 part of libascend, which makes the main DLL about 1 MB smaller.
192 - Some bugs in the DOPRI5 integrator identified (full testing still not
193 completed).
194 - placeholder for a future TRON solver (work still to do on that)
195 - work underway on the IPOPT optimisation solver.
196
197 Model library
198 - Equations of state models from Krishnan.
199 - Added ASCEND port of the standard GAMS example problem.
200
201 Windows installer
202 - Added ability to download and install missing dependencies. This
203 makes getting started with ASCEND much simpler for new users.
204 - Added the user's manual (in PDF form) to the installer package.
205
206 RPM package
207 - A SUNDIALS RPM package has been submitted for inclusion in Fedora, making
208 installation of ASCEND possible with a single download on that distro.
209 - RPM divided into subpackages ascend, ascend-devel, ascend-doc.
210 - Other work on building RPMs for a range of Linux platforms using
211 the new OpenSUSE Build Service.
212
213 DEB package
214 - Fixed.
215
216 3 Jun 2007
217 ----------
218
219 Version 0.9.5.111
220
221 Windows packaging improvements:
222 - Launch via pythonw.exe instead of batch file
223 - File association for .a4c and .a4l files
224 - Add Model Library link to Start menu
225 - Add CHANGELOG.txt and LICENSE.txt to Start menu
226 - Detect missing PyGTK, PyCairo or PyGObject at install-time
227 - Fix message for missing matplotlib in fourbarplot.py
228
229 DOPRI5 integrator
230 - Experimental release of DOPRI5 integrator for testing
231 - Changes to Integrator API to allow loading external DLL/SOs
232
233 Linux packaging improvements
234 - Add SONAME to libascend
235
236
237 26 May 2007
238 -----------
239
240 Version 0.9.5.110
241
242 Removed dependency on matplotlib and numpy when ASCEND PyGTK
243 first load.
244
245 Fixed some problems with files left behind after uninstall
246 on Windows.
247
248 Added bug tracker link to help menu.
249
250 Added loading splash screen
251 Eliminated some cruft form the tarball.
252 Restored basic build suppot for Autotools (Ben)
253 Added missing .svg files in Windows installer
254 Added icon in Windows Start menu
255 Console now minimised by default on Windows
256
257 28 April 2007
258 -------------
259
260 Version 0.9.5.109
261
262 Added Debian packaging.
263
264 Suppressed passing of FILE* objects between Python and C on
265 the Windows platform, owing to a bug/limitation in GCC on
266 MinGW.
267
268 First upload of Windows installer to SF.net (there have been
269 earlier versions on the Wiki though).
270
271
272
273 23 April 2007
274 -------------
275
276 Version 0.9.5.108
277
278 Alpha relase including new PyGTK GUI. This release continues
279 a sequence of releases in the ASCEND Wiki, but is the first
280 version we are releasing using the SF.net File Releases system.
281
282 - Fedora Core 6 RPM
283 - PyGTK GUI
284 - Plotting with Matplotlib
285 - ExtPy functionality for script-based METHODS
286 - External 'black box' function support restored
287 - Documentation converted to LyX
288 - Python-based test suite
289 - CONOPT and CMSlv support restored
290
291
292 10 March 2007
293 -------------
294
295 (No release)
296
297 - created this changelog using file releases list from old
298 website -- JP
299
300
301 April 24 2000
302 -------------
303
304 Version IV 0.9.1
305
306 - Expanded chemical species database
307 - Dynamic simulation modeling libraries
308
309
310 June 23 1998
311 ------------
312
313 - WinNT, Win95, UNIX sources
314 - WinNT, Win95 binaries
315 - Redhat Linux 5 RPM binary
316 - Redhat Linux 5 RPM source
317 - Dynamic simulation modeling libraries
318 - Howto-ascend examples and modeling guidelines manual, indexed.
319 - GUI and syntax document manual, partially revised.
320
321
322 October 1997
323 ------------
324
325 ASCEND IV 0.8
326
327 - WinNT, Win95, UNIX sources
328 - WinNT, Win95 binaries
329 - GUI and syntax document manual.
330

john.pye@anu.edu.au
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