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 ;;;; -*- coding: utf-8; fill-column: 78 -*-
+  * minor incompatible change: SB-THREAD:JOIN-THREAD-ERROR-THREAD and
+    SB-THREAD:INTERRUPT-THREAD-ERROR-THREAD have been deprecated in favor
+    of SB-THREAD:THREAD-ERROR-THREAD.
+  * new contrib module: SB-QUEUE provides thread-safe lockless FIFO queues.
+  * new feature: docstrings for local and anonymous functions are no longer
+    discarded. (thanks to Leslie Polzer)
+  * new feature: SB-THREAD:SYMBOL-VALUE-IN-THREAD provides access to symbol
+    values in other threads.
+  * new feature: SB-INTROSPECT:ALLOCATION-INFORMATION provides information
+    about object allocation.
+  * optimization: more efficient complex float and real float operations
+    on x86-64.
+  * optimization: division of a real float by a complex float is implemented
+    with a specialised code sequence.
+  * optimization: MAKE-INSTANCE with non-constant class-argument but constant
+    keywords is an order of magnitude faster.
+  * optimization: MAKE-INSTANCE with constant keyword arguments is x2-4 faster
+    in the presence of :AROUND or non-standard primary INITIALIZE-INSTANCE
+    methods, and similarly for non-standard metaclass classes as long as there
+    are no methods additional on MAKE-INSTANCE.
+  * optimization: more efficient type-checks for FIXNUMs when the value
+    is known to be a signed word on x86 and x86-64.
+  * optimization: compiler now optimizes (EXPT -1 INTEGER), (EXPT -1.0 INTEGER),
+    and (EXPT -1.0d0 INTEGER) into an ODDP test. (thanks to Stas Boukarev and
+    Paul Khuong)
+  * optimization: compiler is smarter about delegating argument type checks to
+    callees.
+  * optimization: several character functions are now compiled somewhat more
+    efficiently. (reported by Lynn Quam)
+  * optimization: the compiler now derives simple types for LOAD-VALUE-FORMs.
+  * improvement: less unsafe constant folding in floating point arithmetic,
+    especially for mixed complex/real -float operations.
+  * improvement: complex float division is slightly more stable.
+  * improvement: DESCRIBE output has been reworked to be easier to read and
+    contains more pertinent information.
+  * improvement: failure to provide requested stack allocation compiler notes
+    provided in all cases (requested stack allocation not happening without a
+    note being issued is now considered a bug.)
+  * bug fix: SB-POSIX exports the documented types and functions
+    FILE-DESCRIPTOR and FILENAME, and also the corresponding -DESCRIPTOR
+    types. (reported by "abhi")
+  * bug fix: on 64 bit platforms FILL worked incorrectly on arrays with
+    upgraded element type (COMPLEX SINGLE-FLOAT), regression from 1.0.28.55.
+    (thanks to Paul Khuong)
+  * bug fix: looping around HANDLER-CASE could silently consume stack space
+    on each iteration. (reported by "foobar")
+  * bug fix: better error signalling when calls to functions seeking elements
+    from lists (eg. ADJOIN) are compiled with both :TEST and :TEST-NOT.
+    (reported by Tobias Rittweiler)
+  * bug fix: regressions in DIRECTORY from 1.0.28.61: pattern matching of
+    directory components now works as it used to. (various prolems reported by
+    Michael Becker, Gabriel Dos Reis, Cyrus Harmon, and Harald Hanche-Olsen)
+  * bug fix: :PTY option in RUN-PROGRAM was broken with stream arguments.
+    (reported by Elliot Slaughter, thanks to Stas Boukarev)
+  * bug fix: bogus undefined variable warnings from fopcompiled references to
+    global variables. (thanks to Lars Rune Nøstdal)
+  * bug fix: foreign function names should now appear in backtraces on
+    FC6 as well. (reported by Tomasz Skutnik and obias Rautenkranz)
+  * bug fix: SETF compiler macro documentation strings are not discarded
+    anymore.
+  * bug fix: GENTEMP is now unaffected by pretty printer dispatch table.
+    (thanks to Alex Plotnick)
+  * bug fix: SLEEP accepts large integer arguments, truncating them to
+    SIGNED-WORD on the assumption that sleeping for 68 years is sufficient
+    for anyone. (reported by Leslie Polzer, thanks to Stas Boukarev)
+  * bug fix: compiler notes for expensive slot type checks could be emitted
+    at runtime MAKE-INSTANCE calls. (reported by Samium Gromoff)
+
+changes in sbcl-1.0.29 relative to 1.0.28:
+  * IMPORTANT: bug database has moved from the BUGS file to Launchpad
+        https://bugs.launchpad.net/sbcl
+    Bugs can be reported directly there, or by sending email to
+        sbcl-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net
+    (no subscription required.)
   * minor incompatible change: under weak type checking policy integer
     types are weakened less aggressively.
   * 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:DEFINE-HASH-TABLE-TEST allows defining new arguments
+    to MAKE-HASH-TABLE :TEST, and MAKE-HASH-TABLE has been extended with
+    :HASH-FUNCTION argument. Refer to user manual for details.
   * new feature: SB-EXT:DEFGLOBAL macro allows defining global non-special
     variables.
+  * new feature: SB-EXT:GET-TIME-OF-DAY provides access to seconds and
+    microseconds since the Unix epoch on all platforms.
   * new feature: SB-EXT:ALWAYS-BOUND proclamation inhibits MAKUNBOUND, and
     allows the compiler to safely elide boundedness checks for special
     variables.
@@ -14,6 +93,10 @@
     the symbol, prohibits both lexical and dynamic binding. This is mainly an
     efficiency measure for threaded platforms, but also valueable in
     expressing intent.
+  * new feature: UNC pathnames are now understood by the system on Windows.
+  * optimization: the compiler uses a specialized version of FILL when the
+    element type is know in more cases, making eg. (UNSIGNED-BYTE 8) case
+    almost 90% faster.
   * optimization: accesses to potentially non-simple arrays where element type
     is known are 50% faster.
   * optimization: compiler now generates faster array typechecking code.
@@ -41,6 +124,9 @@
   * improvement: pretty-printing loop has been implemented properly. (thanks
     to Tobias Rittweiler)
   * documentation: CLOS slot typechecing policy has been documented.
+  * bug fix: FILE-AUTHOR no longer signals an error on Windows.
+  * bug fix: SB-SPROF could be foiled by foreign code not have a frame
+    pointer, leading to memory faults. (thanks to Bart Botta)
   * bug fix: better floating point exception handling on x86/OpenBSD.
     (thanks to Josh Elsasser)
   * bug fix: exit status from QUIT when called under --script was lost
@@ -72,6 +158,8 @@
   * bug fix: signals delivered to threads started from foreign land (read:
     directly by pthread_create, not by MAKE-THREAD) are redirected to a Lisp
     thread by blocking all signals and resignalling.
+  * bug fix: SHARED-INITIALIZE initialized unbound :ALLOCATION :CLASS slots
+    from :INITFORM, if any.
 
 changes in sbcl-1.0.28 relative to 1.0.27:
   * a number of bugs in cross-compilation have been fixed, with the ultimate