From: Matt Birkholz <matt@birchwood-abbey.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 23:31:56 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: devops manual: Update the Changes section per upstream.
X-Git-Tag: mit-scheme-pucked-9.2.18~1
X-Git-Url: https://birchwood-abbey.net/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2f338d497039adeb742b19ba8d15b0a02512949d;p=mit-scheme.git

devops manual: Update the Changes section per upstream.
---

diff --git a/src/devops/pucked.texi b/src/devops/pucked.texi
index a8c0344e4..dedff3a69 100644
--- a/src/devops/pucked.texi
+++ b/src/devops/pucked.texi
@@ -31,35 +31,25 @@ The project name, email and version were changed.  The manpage and
 user's manual were renamed and updated.  The Imail manual was moved to
 the Imail plugin's source directory.  All manuals were changed to fit
 inside a new, top-level @file{mit-scheme-pucked.info} file, the only
-Info file installed in the system Directory node.  Plugin selection
-and installation instructions were added, and a @file{style.css} for
-@file{htmldir}, a copy of the style sheets used with online manuals at
-@indicateurl{gnu.org}.  Installation of HTML was made the default.
+Info file installed in the system Directory node.  HTML versions of
+the manuals are installed in @file{htmldir} with an index and style
+sheet.  Plugin manuals are also installed there and added to the
+index.
 
 @item $cmd etc/
 No changes were made.
 
 @item $cmd src/microcode/
-Project and executable names, the microcode version and copyright
-notice were change.  The C code for the microcode modules was removed,
-including files @file{prbfish.c}, @file{prgdbm.c}, @file{prmcrypt.c}
-and @file{prpgsql.c}, as well as @file{x11.h},
-@file{x11base.c}, @file{x11color.c}, @file{x11graph.c} and
-@file{x11term.c}.  Modified versions of these can be found in the plugin
-directories, e.g.@: @file{src/blowfish/}.  All mention of the modules
-was removed from the makefiles and configure scripts.
+The project and program names were changed as well as the microcode
+version and copyright notice.  Support for multiple executables (for
+multiple Scheme architectures) was dropped.
 
 @item $cmd src/runtime/
-The Scheme code that wrapped the microcode modules was removed,
-including files @file{blowfish.scm}, @file{berkeley-db.scm}, @file{gdbm.scm},
-@file{pgsql.scm} and @file{x11graph.scm}.  The packages @code{(runtime
-blowfish)}, @code{(runtime x-graphics)},
-@code{(runtime gdbm)} and @code{(runtime postgresql)}
-were removed.  The @code{--edit} command line argument handler was
-stolen from Edwin as well as the @code{edit}, @code{edwin} and
-@code{spawn-edwin} procedures, which now autoload Edwin.  Pucked
-source is included (installed) so runtime options need not be
-installed specially.
+The @code{pucked} feature was introduced.  The @code{--edit} command
+line argument handler was stolen from Edwin as well as the
+@code{edit}, @code{edwin} and @code{spawn-edwin} procedures, which now
+autoload Edwin.  And runtime source is now included (installed) so
+runtime options need not be installed specially.
 
 @item $cmd src/edwin/
 A number of Debian/GNU standard files were added to make this a
@@ -97,6 +87,8 @@ No changes were made to the rest of the standard subsystems except
 their @file{Makefile-fragment}s.
 
 @item $cmd tests
-No changes were made to the test suite except to enable the FFI test.
+No changes were made to the test suite except to load the synchronous
+subprocess option, which is no longer in the default band (along with
+Edwin).
 
 @end table