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@@ -615,8 +615,71 @@ changes in sbcl-0.6.10 relative to sbcl-0.6.9:
 * A patch from Martin Atzmueller seems to have solved the SIGINT
   problem, and as far as we know, signal-handling now works cleanly.
   (If you find any new bugs, please report them!)
+* The system no longer defaults Lisp source file names to types
+  ".l", ".cl", or ".lsp", but only to ".lisp". 
+* The compiler no longer uses special default file extensions for
+  byte-compiled code. (The ANSI definition of COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME
+  seems to expect a single default extension for all compiled code,
+  and there's no compelling reason to try to stretch the standard
+  to allow two different extensions.) Instead, byte-compiled files
+  default to the same extension as native-compiled files.
+* Fasl file format version numbers have increased again, because
+  a rearrangement of internal implementation packages made some 
+  dumped symbols in old fasl files unreadable in new cores.
+* DECLARE/DECLAIM/PROCLAIM logic is more nearly ANSI in general, with
+  many fewer weird special cases.
+* Bug #17 (differing COMPILE-FILE behavior between logical and 
+  physical pathnames) has been fixed, and some related misbehavior too,
+  thanks to a patch from Martin Atzmueller.
+* Bug #30 (reader problems) is gone, thanks to a CMU CL patch
+  by Tim Moore, ported to SBCL by Martin Atzmueller.
+* Martin Atzmueller fixed several filesystem-related problems,
+  including bug #36, in part by porting CMU CL patches, which were
+  written in part by Paul Werkowski.
 * More compiler warnings in src/runtime/ are gone, thanks to 
-  patches from Martin Atzmueller.
+  more patches from Martin Atzmueller.
+* Martin Atzmueller pointed out that bug 37 was fixed by his patches
+  some time ago.
+
+changes in sbcl-0.6.11 relative to sbcl-0.6.10:
+* Martin Atzmueller pointed out that bugs #9 and #25 are gone in
+  current SBCL.
+* bug 34 fixed by Martin Atzmueller: dumping/loading instances works
+  better
+* fixed bug 40: TYPEP, SUBTYPEP, UPGRADED-ARRAY-ELEMENT-TYPE, 
+  and UPGRADED-COMPLEX-PART-TYPE now work better with of compound
+  types built from undefined types, e.g. '(VECTOR SOME-UNDEF-TYPE).
+* DESCRIBE now works on structure objects again.
+* Most function call argument type mismatches are now handled as
+  STYLE-WARNINGs instead of full WARNINGs, since the compiler doesn't
+  know whether the function will be redefined before the call is
+  executed. (The compiler could flag local calls with full WARNINGs,
+  as per the ANSI spec "3.2.2.3 Semantic Constraints", but right now
+  it doesn't keep track of enough information to know whether calls
+  are local in this sense.)
+* Compiler output is now more verbose, with messages truncated
+  later than before. (There should be some supported way for users
+  to override the default verbosity, but I haven't decided how to 
+  provide it yet, so this behavior is still controlled by the internal
+  SB-C::*COMPILER-ERROR-PRINT-FOO* variables in
+  src/compiler/ir1util.lisp.)
+* Fasl file format version numbers have increased again, because
+  support for the Gray streams extension changes the layout of the
+  system's STREAM objects.
+* The Gray subclassable streams extension now works, thanks to a 
+  patch from Martin Atzmueller.
+* The full LOAD-FOREIGN extension (not just the primitive
+  LOAD-FOREIGN-1) now works, thanks to a patch from Martin Atzmueller.
+* The default behavior of RUN-PROGRAM has changed. Now, unlike CMU CL
+  but like most other programs, it defaults to copying the Unix
+  environment from the original process instead of starting the
+  new process in an empty environment.
+* Extensions which manipulate the Unix environment now support
+  an :ENVIRONMENT keyword option which doesn't smash case or 
+  do other bad things. The CMU-CL-style :ENV option is retained
+  for porting convenience.
+* LOAD-FOREIGN (and LOAD-1-FOREIGN) now support logical pathnames,
+  as per Daniel Barlow's suggestion and Martin Atzmueller's patch
 
 planned incompatible changes in 0.7.x:
 * The debugger prompt sequence now goes "5]", "5[2]", "5[3]", etc.
@@ -624,3 +687,8 @@ planned incompatible changes in 0.7.x:
   instead of the old "5]", "5]]", "5]]]" sequence. (I was motivated
   to do this when ILISP and SBCL got into arguments which left me
   deeply nested in the debugger.)
+* When the profiling interface settles down, it might impact TRACE.
+  They both encapsulate functions, and it's not clear yet how
+  e.g. UNPROFILE will interact with TRACE and UNTRACE. (This shouldn't
+  matter, though, unless you are using profiling. If you never 
+  profile anything, TRACE should continue to behave as before.)