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@@ -2108,11 +2108,30 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.4 relative to sbcl-0.8.3:
     data structures referred to above).
 
 changes in sbcl-0.8.5 relative to sbcl-0.8.4:
-  * in full calls compiler does not generate checks for declared
+  * New code in contrib/sb-introspect (still probably not entirely
+    stable yet) provides some support for smart Lisp development 
+    environments like SLIME.
+  * The conditions signalled for errors occurring when loading .fasl
+    files have been systematized (inheriting from SB-EXT:INVALID-FASL)
+    in a way which should help ASDF recover gracefully.
+  * The REQUIRE/PROVIDE behavior of *MODULE-PROVIDER-FUNCTIONS* 
+    stuff has been cleaned up. If you code contrib/ stuff, this might 
+    affect you, and you can look at contrib/README, contrib/STANDARDS, 
+    and/or the 0.8.4.27 diff to check.
+  * In full calls the compiler now does not generate checks for declared
     argument types for all arguments.
-  * fix bug 282: compiler does not trust type assertions while passing
+  * various threading fixes
+    ** and some experimental patches which didn't make it into 
+       the main tree for this release, but which are shipped in 
+       contrib/experimental-thread.patch as a possible fix for some
+       failures (deadlock, spinning...) in GC-intensive multithreaded
+       applications.
+  * fixed PPC build problem (source code incompatibility of different 
+    library versions): added offsetof() hackery which attempts to divine 
+    where glibc maintainers put uc_mcontext today 
+  * fixed bug 282: compiler does not trust type assertions while passing
     arguments to a full call.
-  * fix bug 261: compiler allows NIL or "no value" to be accepted for
+  * fixed bug 261: compiler allows NIL or "no value" to be accepted for
     &OPTIONAL VALUES type parameter.
   * fix bug 214: algorithm for noting rejected templates is now more
     similar to that of template seletion. (also reported by rydis on
@@ -2132,13 +2151,12 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.5 relative to sbcl-0.8.4:
   * fixed bug 213a: even fairly unreasonable CONS type specifiers are
     now understood by sequence creation functions such as MAKE-SEQUENCE
     and COERCE.
+  * fixed bug 46k: READ-BYTE now signals an error when asked to read from
+    a STRING-INPUT-STREAM.
   * compiler enhancement: SIGNUM is now better able to derive the type
     of its result.
   * type declarations inside WITH-SLOTS are checked.  (reported by
     salex on #lisp)
-  * loading incompatible FASLs, e.g. those produced by an incompatible
-    lisp implementation, cause a condition of type SB-EXT:INVALID-FASL
-    (a subtype of ERROR) to be raised.
   * fixed some bugs revealed by Paul Dietz' test suite:
     ** incorrect optimization of TRUNCATE for a positive first
        argument and negative second.
@@ -2150,6 +2168,53 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.5 relative to sbcl-0.8.4:
     ** intersection of CONS types now canonicalizes properly, fixing
        inconsistencies in SUBTYPEP.
 
+changes in sbcl-0.8.6 relative to sbcl-0.8.5:
+  * fixed a bootstrapping bug: the build process no longer assumes
+    that the various BOOLE-related constants have the same value in
+    host and target lisps.  (noted by Paul Dietz' test suite on an
+    SBCL binary built from CLISP)
+  * The system can now be dynamically linked on the MIPS platform,
+    which enables dynamic loading of foreign code from Lisp.  (thanks
+    to Ralf Baechle for discussions on the MIPS ABI)
+  * The system now records debugging information for its own source
+    files in a filesystem-position-independent manner, relative to 
+    the "SYS" logical host.
+  * fixed a compiler bug: MV-LET convertion did not check references
+    to the "max args" entry point.  (reported by Brian Downing)
+  * tweaked disassembly notes to be less confident about proclaiming
+    some instruction as an LRA.  (thanks to Brian Downing)
+  * contrib update: SB-ACLREPL is now threadsafe; multiple listeners
+    now each have their own history, command character, and other
+    characteristics.  (thanks to David Lichteblau)
+  * fixed some bugs revealed by Paul Dietz' test suite:
+    ** compiler failure in compiling LOGAND expressions including a
+       constant 0
+    ** Implementation of ASH-MOD32 on X86 and PPC did not work for the
+       shift greater than 32.
+    ** FLUSH-DEST did not mark blocks for type check regeneration.
+    ** HANDLER-CASE failed to accept declarations in handler clauses
+       in some circumstances.
+
+changes in sbcl-0.8.7 relative to sbcl-0.8.6:
+  * bug fix: GET-SETF-EXPANSION no longer throws an internal type
+    error when called without an explicit environment argument.
+    (thanks to Nikodemus Siivola)
+  * bug fix: buffered :DIRECTION :IO streams are less likely to become
+    confused about their position.  (thanks to Adam Warner and Gerd 
+    Moellmann)
+  * ASDF-INSTALL bug fix: now parses *PROXY* properly.  (thanks to
+    Sean Ross)
+  * SB-SIMPLE-STREAMS enhancement: simple-streams can now be used as
+    streams for the REPL, for the debugger, and so on.  (thanks to
+    David Licteblau)
+  * fixed some bugs revealed by Paul Dietz' test suite:
+    ** the value of the :REHASH-THRESHOLD argument to MAKE-HASH-TABLE
+       is ignored if it is too small, rather than propagating through
+       to cause DIVIDE-BY-ZERO or FLOATING-POINT-OVERFLOW errors.
+    ** extremely complex negations of CONS types were not being
+       sufficiently canonicalized, leading to inconsistencies in
+       SUBTYPEP.
+
 planned incompatible changes in 0.8.x:
   * (not done yet, but planned:) When the profiling interface settles
     down, it might impact TRACE. They both encapsulate functions, and