1.0.28.45: better generic function lambda-lists

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+  * minor incompatible change: SAVE-LISP-AND-DIE :TOPLEVEL function is now
+    allowed to return, which causes SBCL to quit with exit status 0. Previously
+    if the function returned with a small integer return value, that value
+    was accidentally reused as the exit status.
   * new feature: SB-EXT:DEFGLOBAL macro allows defining global non-special
     variables.
   * new feature: SB-EXT:ALWAYS-BOUND proclamation inhibits MAKUNBOUND, and
@@ -16,9 +20,12 @@
     open coding of ARRAY-RANK.
   * improvement: SBCL now emits a compiler note where stack allocation was
     requested but could not be provided.
+  * improvement: better MACHINE-VERSION responses. (thanks to Josh Elsasser)
   * improvement: pretty-printing loop has been implemented properly. (thanks
     to Tobias Rittweiler)
   * documentation: CLOS slot typechecing policy has been documented.
+  * bug fix: exit status from QUIT when called under --script was lost
+    (reported by Hubert Kauker)
   * bug fix: MAKE-ARRAY for non-zero :INITIAL-ELEMENT always used the
     same implementation of FILL to initialize the array, even if a more
     efficient one was available (reported by Stas Boukarev, thanks to