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@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 ;;;; -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
+changes in sbcl-0.9.6 relative to sbcl-0.9.5:
+  * bug fix: add a workaround to SBCL looping infinitely at startup on
+    Linux kernels with apparently buggy implementations of personality().
+    (thanks to Svein Ove Aas)
+  * bug fix: Unicode symbols are correctly printed in LDB backtraces
+    (thanks to David Lichteblau)
+  * optimization: non-open coded uses of numeric comparison operators
+    (e.g. >) no longer cons when called with more than one parameter
+    on platforms supporting dynamic-extent allocation.
+  * enhancement: saving cores with foreign code loaded is now supported
+    on MIPS/Linux in addition to the previously supported platforms.
+  * bug fix: threads stacks belonging to dead threads are freed by the
+    next exiting thread, no need to gc to collect thread stacks anymore
+
 changes in sbcl-0.9.5 relative to sbcl-0.9.4:
+  * new feature: timers based on Zach Beane's excellent timer package
   * added support for the following external formats: koi8-u,
     x-mac-cyrillic, cp437, cp850, cp852, cp855, cp857, cp860, cp861,
     cp862, cp863, cp864, cp865, cp866, cp869, cp874, iso-8859-2,
@@ -7,11 +22,11 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.5 relative to sbcl-0.9.4:
     iso-8859-8, iso-8859-9, iso-8859-10, iso-8859-11, iso-8859-13,
     iso-8859-14, cp1250, cp1251, cp1252, cp1253, cp1254,
     cp1255,cp1256, cp1257, cp1258 (contributed by Ivan Boldyrev)
-  * incompatible change: a threaded SBCL will no longer revert to 
-    non-threaded mode on non-NPTL systems, but refuse to start entirely.    
+  * incompatible change: a threaded SBCL will no longer revert to
+    non-threaded mode on non-NPTL systems, but refuse to start entirely.
   * bug fix: interrupts are disabled until startup is complete; no
     more sigsegvs when receiving a signal to soon
-  * optimization: Faster 32-bit SB-ROTATE-BYTE:ROTATE-BYTE on non-x86/ppc
+  * optimization: faster 32-bit SB-ROTATE-BYTE:ROTATE-BYTE on non-x86/ppc
     platforms
   * bug fix: add a workaround for the memory randomization features in
     Linux kernels >= 2.6.12 that interfere with SBCL's memory maps. This
@@ -20,11 +35,36 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.5 relative to sbcl-0.9.4:
   * bug fix: printing objects of type HASH-TABLE signals a
     PRINT-NOT-READABLE error when *READ-EVAL* is NIL.  (reported by
     Faré Rideau)
-  * bug fix: GET-INTERNAL-REAL-TIME now works even for processes that 
+  * bug fix: GET-INTERNAL-REAL-TIME now works even for processes that
     have been running for over 50 days. (reported by Gilbert Baumann)
   * bug fix: the logic for getting names of functions gets less
     confused when confronded with alternate-metaclass
     funcallable-instances.  (reported by Cyrus Harmon)
+  * bug fix: FUNCTIONP and (LAMBDA (X) (TYPEP X 'FUNCTION)) are now
+    consistent, even on internal alternate-metaclass objects.
+  * bug fix: flush closure information collected by physical
+    environment analysis prepass before the main pass. (bug reported
+    by Vasile Rotaru)
+  * bug fix: compiler pack phase does not modify a hashtable, which is
+    iterated. (reported by Bryan O'Connor, fixed by Rob MacLachlan)
+  * bug fix: backquote does not optimize (LIST* x y) to CONS when x
+    may be expanded. (reported by Alexander <malishev> on c.l.l)
+  * bug fix: no more style-warnings when compiling code using LAST
+    under high-SPEED low-SPACE settings.  (reported by David Wallin
+    aka froog on #lisp)
+  * fixed some incompatibilities between SBCL's MOP and the MOP
+    specified by AMOP:
+    ** the METAOBJECT class is now implemented;
+    ** FUNCALLABLE-STANDARD-OBJECT is now a subclass of
+       STANDARD-OBJECT, as required;
+    ** the classes STANDARD-CLASS and FUNCALLABLE-STANDARD-CLASS are
+       now compatible (as required by VALIDATE-SUPERCLASS); there
+       remains a consistency requirement over the presence or absence
+       of the FUNCTION class in the superclass list of finalized
+       classes; see the manual for more details;
+    ** the :AROUND method for COMPUTE-SLOTS on
+       FUNCALLABLE-STANDARD-CLASS now honours the primary method's
+       requested slot ordering.
   * threads
     ** bug fix: parent thread now can be gc'ed even with a live
        child thread