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diff --git a/dev/doc/changes.md b/dev/doc/changes.md index 8a2a2fffc6..707adce308 100644 --- a/dev/doc/changes.md +++ b/dev/doc/changes.md @@ -1,5 +1,17 @@ ## Changes between Coq 8.7 and Coq 8.8 +### Bug tracker + +As of 18/10/2017, Coq uses [GitHub issues](https://github.com/coq/coq/issues) +as bug tracker. +Old bug reports were migrated from Bugzilla to GitHub issues using +[this migration script](https://gist.github.com/Zimmi48/d923e52f64fe17c72852d9c148bfcdc6#file-bugzilla2github) +as detailed in [this blog post](https://www.theozimmermann.net/2017/10/bugzilla-to-github/). + +All the bugs with a number below 1154 had to be renumbered, you can find +a correspondence table [here](/dev/bugzilla2github_stripped.csv). +All the other bugs kept their number. + ### Plugin API Coq 8.8 offers a new module overlay containing a proposed plugin API @@ -12,6 +24,12 @@ passing `-bypass-API`. ### ML API +General deprecation + +- All functions marked [@@ocaml.deprecated] in 8.7 have been + removed. Please, make sure your plugin is warning-free in 8.7 before + trying to port it over 8.8. + We removed the following functions: - `Universes.unsafe_constr_of_global`: use `Global.constr_of_global_in_context` @@ -32,6 +50,19 @@ We renamed the following datatypes: - `Pp.std_ppcmds` -> `Pp.t` +Some tactics and related functions now support static configurability, e.g.: + +- injectable, dEq, etc. takes an argument ~keep_proofs which, + - if None, tells to behave as told with the flag Keep Proof Equalities + - if Some b, tells to keep proof equalities iff b is true + +Declaration of printers for arguments used only in vernac command + +- It should now use "declare_extra_vernac_genarg_pprule" rather than + "declare_extra_genarg_pprule", otherwise, a failure at runtime might + happen. An alternative is to register the corresponding argument as + a value, using "Geninterp.register_val0 wit None". + ## Changes between Coq 8.6 and Coq 8.7 ### Ocaml diff --git a/dev/doc/debugging.md b/dev/doc/debugging.md index 7e9373b294..7d3d811cc3 100644 --- a/dev/doc/debugging.md +++ b/dev/doc/debugging.md @@ -54,9 +54,10 @@ Debugging from Caml debugger of each of error* functions or anomaly* functions in lib/util.ml - If "source db" fails, do a "make printers" and try again (it should build top_printers.cmo and the core cma files). - - If you have the OCAMLRUNPARAM environment variable set, Coq may hang on - startup when run from the debugger. If this happens, unset the variable, - re-start Emacs, and run the debugger again. + - If you build Coq with an OCaml version earlier than 4.06, and have the + OCAMLRUNPARAM environment variable set, Coq may hang on startup when run + from the debugger. If this happens, unset the variable, re-start Emacs, and + run the debugger again. Global gprof-based profiling ============================ diff --git a/dev/doc/versions-history.tex b/dev/doc/versions-history.tex index 492e75a7bb..3867d4af90 100644 --- a/dev/doc/versions-history.tex +++ b/dev/doc/versions-history.tex @@ -376,9 +376,27 @@ Coq V8.5 beta1 & released 21 January 2015 & \feature{computation via compilation && \feature{new proof engine deployed} [2-11-2013]\\ && \feature{universe polymorphism} [6-5-2014]\\ && \feature{primitive projections} [6-5-2014]\\ +&& \feature{miscellaneous optimizations}\\ Coq V8.5 beta2 & released 22 April 2015 & \feature{MMaps library} [4-3-2015]\\ +Coq V8.5 & released 22 January 2016 & \\ + +Coq V8.6 beta 1 & released 19 November 2016 & \feature{irrefutable patterns} [15-2-2016]\\ +&& \feature{Ltac profiling} [14-6-2016]\\ +&& \feature{warning system} [29-6-2016]\\ +&& \feature{miscellaneous optimizations}\\ + +Coq V8.6 & released 14 December 2016 & \\ + +Coq V8.7 beta 1 & released 6 September 2017 & \feature{bundled with Ssreflect plugin} [6-6-2017]\\ +&& \feature{cumulative polymorphic inductive types} [19-6-2017]\\ +&& \feature{further optimizations}\\ + +Coq V8.7 beta 2 & released 6 October 2017 & \\ + +Coq V8.7 & released 18 October 2016 & \\ + \end{tabular} \medskip |