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1*** ANNOUNCE: SWIG 1.3.24 *** 2 3http://www.swig.org 4 5December 14, 2004 6 7We're pleased to announce SWIG-1.3.24, the latest installment in the 8SWIG development effort. SWIG-1.3.24 includes a number of bug fixes 9and large number of enhancements throughout. 10 11What is SWIG? 12------------- 13SWIG is a software development tool that reads C/C++ header files and 14generates the wrapper code needed to make C and C++ code accessible 15from other languages including Perl, Python, Tcl, Ruby, PHP, Java, 16Guile, MzScheme, Ocaml, Chicken Scheme, C#, and Allegro Common Lisp. 17Major applications of SWIG include generation of scripting language 18extension modules, rapid prototyping, testing, and user interface 19development for large C/C++ systems. 20 21Availability: 22------------- 23The release is available for download on Sourceforge at 24 25 http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/swig/swig-1.3.24.tar.gz 26 27Within the next day, a Windows version will also be made available at 28 29 http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/swig/swigwin-1.3.24.zip 30 31Release numbers 32--------------- 33With SWIG-1.3, we are adopting an odd/even version numbering scheme for 34SWIG. Odd version numbers (1.3, 1.5, 1.7, etc...) are considered to 35be development releases. Even numbers (1.4,1.6,1.8) are stable 36releases. The current 1.3 effort is working to produce a stable 2.0 37release. A stable 2.0 release will not be made until it can 38accompanied by fully updated documentation. In the meantime, we will 39continue to make periodic 1.3.x releases. 40 41We need your help! 42------------------ 43Even if you are perfectly happy with SWIG-1.1, we can still use your 44feedback. First, we like to know about compilation problems and other 45issues concerning the building of SWIG. Second, if SWIG-1.3 is unable 46to compile your old interface files, we would like to get information 47about the features you are using. This information will help us find 48bugs in the SWIG-1.3 release, develop techniques for supporting 49backwards compatibility, and write documentation that addresses 50specific issues related to migrating from SWIG-1.1 to SWIG-1.3. 51 52We are also looking for volunteers who would like to work on various 53aspects of SWIG development. SWIG is an unfunded project that would 54not exist without volunteers. We are also looking for the developers 55of other SWIG language modules. If you have developed a SWIG module 56and would like to see it incorporated into the new release, please 57contact us to obtain SWIG-CVS access. We are also more than willing 58to help port your module from SWIG-1.1 to SWIG-1.3. Please send email 59to beazley@cs.uchicago.edu for further information. 60 61Please report problems with this release to the swig-dev mailing list, 62details at http://www.swig.org/mail.html. 63 64--- The SWIG Developers 65