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diff --git a/lib/reltool/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/reltool/doc/src/notes.xml index 524d728901..95e379db53 100644 --- a/lib/reltool/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/reltool/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -37,6 +37,73 @@ thus constitutes one section in this document. The title of each section is the version number of Reltool.</p> + <section><title>Reltool 0.5.4</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Added function <c>zip:foldl/3</c> to iterate over zip + archives.</p> + <p> + Added functions to create and extract escripts. See + <c>escript:create/2</c> and <c>escript:extract/2</c>.</p> + <p> + The undocumented function <c>escript:foldl/3</c> has been + removed. The same functionality can be achieved with the + more flexible functions <c>escript:extract/2</c> and + <c>zip:foldl/3</c>.</p> + <p> + Record fields has been annotated with type info. Source + files as been adapted to fit within 80 chars and trailing + whitespace has been removed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8521</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>A new escript, called <c>reltool</c>, has been + introduced in order to simplify the usage of the reltool + application from makefiles.</p> + <p>The handling of applications included in releases has + been improved. Applications that are required to be + started before other applications in a release are now + automatically included in the release. The <c>kernel</c> + and <c>stdlib</c> applications are always included as + they are mandatory.</p> + <p>Applications that are (explicitly or implicitly) + included in a release are now automatically included as + if they were explicitly included with the incl_cond + flag.</p> + <p>A new <c>embedded_app_type</c> option has been + introduced. It is intended to be used for embedded + systems where all included applications must be loaded + from the boot script, as these systems does not utilize + dynamic code loading. If <c>embedded_app_type </c> is set + to something else than <c>undefined</c>, all included + applications will be included in both the release as well + as in the boot script. If the <c>profile</c> is + <c>embedded</c> the <c>embedded_app_type</c> option + defaults to <c>load</c>.</p> + <p>A new function called <c>reltool:get_status/1</c> has + been introduced. It returns status about the + configuration in the server.</p> + <p>The API functions that may take <c>PidOrOptions</c> as + input and actually gets <c>Options</c> does now print out + warnings.</p> + <p>The internal error handling has been improved. For + example <c>{error,Reason}</c> is always returned in case + of errors even when the server dies.</p> + <p><c>app</c> and <c>appup</c> files has been added as + well as a corresponding test suite.</p> + <p>Various cleanups has been made in the code and in the + documentation.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8590</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + </section> <section><title>Reltool 0.5.3</title> diff --git a/lib/reltool/vsn.mk b/lib/reltool/vsn.mk index 44bbd136e1..f23a7e84a2 100644 --- a/lib/reltool/vsn.mk +++ b/lib/reltool/vsn.mk @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ RELTOOL_VSN = 0.5.4 -TICKETS = OTP-8057 +TICKETS = OTP-8521 OTP-8590 +TICKETS_0_5_3 = OTP-8057 TICKETS_0_5_2 = OTP-8254 TICKETS_0_5_1 = OTP-8199 TICKETS_0_5 = OTP-7949 |