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compatible from ncurses 5.0 through 5.8; very few applications
will require recompilation, depending on the platform. These are
the highlights from the change-log since ncurses 5.8 release.
- <p>
- This is a bug-fix release, correcting a small number of urgent problems
- in the ncurses library from the 5.8 release.
- <p>
- It also improves the Ada95 binding:
+
+ <p>This is a bug-fix release, correcting a small number of urgent
+ problems in the ncurses library from the 5.8 release.</p>
+
+ <p>It also improves the Ada95 binding:</p>
+
<ul>
- <li>fixes a longstanding portability problem with its use of the
- <a href="http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/man/form_fieldtype.3x">set_field_type</a>
- function. Because that function uses variable-length argument lists,
- its interface with gnat does not work with certain platforms.
- <li>improves configurability and portability, particularly when built
- separately from the main ncurses tree. The 5.8 release introduced
- scripts which can be used to construct separate tarballs for the
- Ada95 and ncurses examples.
- <p>Those were a proof of concept. For the 5.9 release, those
- scripts are augmented with rpm- and dpkg-scripts used in test builds
- against a variety of gnat- and system ncurses versions as old as
- gnat 3.15 and ncurses 5.4 (see snapshots and systems tested
- <a href="http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses-Ada95.html">here</a>.
- <li>additional improvements were made for portability of the
- ncurses examples, adding rpm- and dpkg-scripts for test-builds.
- See
- <a href="http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses-examples.html">this page</a>
- for snapshots and other information.
+ <li>fixes a longstanding portability problem with its use of
+ the <a href=
+ "http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/man/form_fieldtype.3x">set_field_type</a>
+ function. Because that function uses variable-length argument
+ lists, its interface with gnat does not work with certain
+ platforms.</li>
+
+ <li>improves configurability and portability, particularly when
+ built separately from the main ncurses tree. The 5.8 release
+ introduced scripts which can be used to construct separate
+ tarballs for the Ada95 and ncurses examples.
+
+ <p>Those were a proof of concept. For the 5.9 release, those
+ scripts are augmented with rpm- and dpkg-scripts used in test
+ builds against a variety of gnat- and system ncurses versions
+ as old as gnat 3.15 and ncurses 5.4 (see snapshots and
+ systems tested <a href=
+ "http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses-Ada95.html">here</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>additional improvements were made for portability of the
+ ncurses examples, adding rpm- and dpkg-scripts for test-builds.
+ See <a href=
+ "http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses-examples.html">this
+ page</a> for snapshots and other information.</li>
</ul>
<h1>Features of Ncurses</h1>The ncurses package is fully
are made available at <a href=
"ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/">ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/</a> .</p>
+ <p>There is an archive of the mailing list here:</p>
+
+ <p><a href=
+ "http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses">http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses</a>
+ (also <a href=
+ "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses">https</a>)</p>
+
<h2>Future Plans</h2>
<ul>
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