fix direct execution of (shebanged) fasls

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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index c51ad01..b7953e8 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ;;;; -*- coding: utf-8; fill-column: 78 -*-
-changes relative to sbcl-1.1.1:
+changes relative to sbcl-1.1.2:
+  * bug fix: fasls are now once again directly executable (on platforms
+    supporting shebang lines, with a suitably-installed sbcl).
+
+changes in sbcl-1.1.2 relative to sbcl-1.1.1:
   * notice: System requirements for SBCL on Microsoft Windows: Windows NT 5.1
     or newer (Windows XP, Server 2003) is required.  Support for Windows 2000
     (NT 5.0) is no longer being maintained.
@@ -8,13 +12,19 @@ changes relative to sbcl-1.1.1:
   * enhancement: frlocks have been added to SB-CONCURRENCY contrib module.
   * enhancement: New feature sb-dynamic-core allows the runtime to be
     rebuilt or relocated without requiring changes to the core file on
-    all linkage table platforms.  Required on Windows.
-  * enhancement: Console I/O streams use UCS-2.
+    all linkage table platforms.  Required on Windows.  (Thanks to Anton
+    Kovalenko.)
+  * enhancement: Console I/O streams use UCS-2. (Thanks to Anton Kovalenko.)
   * enhancement: I/O on Windows unnamed pipes is interruptible
     asynchronously using interrupt-thread, timers when running on Windows NT
-    version 6.1 or newer (Windows 7, Server 2008 R2).
+    version 6.1 or newer (Windows 7, Server 2008 R2).  (Thanks to Anton
+    Kovalenko.)
+  * enhancement: Support for the experimental safepoint-based stop-the-world
+    protocol on the PowerPC platform.
   * bug fix: Non-blocking reads from the Windows console were not necessarily
-    non-blocking. (lp#308923)
+    non-blocking. Thanks to Anton Kovalenko. (lp#308923)
+  * bug fix: stability of threads on Windows has been improved upon through
+    an updated stop-the-world protocol (thanks to Anton Kovalenko).
 
 changes in sbcl-1.1.1 relative to sbcl-1.1.0:
   * enhancement: WITH-COMPILATION-UNIT no longer grabs the world-lock.