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+This file records noteworthy changes.
+
+0.6.0 (11 May 2000)
+* IMPORTANT: Several interface changes make programs written with GiNaC 
+  much clearer but break compatibility with older versions:
+  - f(x).series(x,p[,o]) -> f(x).series(x==p,o)
+  - series(f(x),x,p[,o]) -> series(f(x),x==p,o)
+  - gamma() -> tgamma()  (The true Gamma function, there is now also
+    log(tgamma()), called lgamma(), in accord with ISO/IEC 9899:1999.)
+  - EulerGamma -> Euler
+* #include'ing ginac.h defines the preprocessor symbols GINACLIB_MAJOR_VERSION,
+  GINACLIB_MINOR_VERSION, and GINACLIB_MICRO_VERSION with the respective GiNaC
+  library version numbers.
+* Expressions can be constructed from strings like this:
+    ex e("2*x+y", lst(x, y));
+* ex::to_rational() provides a way to extend the domain of functions like
+  gcd() and divide() that only work on polynomials or rational functions (the
+  good old ex::subs() method reverses this process)
+* Several new timings in the check target.  Some of them may be rather rude 
+  at your machine, feel free to interrupt them.
+
+0.5.4 (15 March 2000)
+* Some algorithms in class matrix (notably determinant) were replaced by
+  less brain-dead ones and should now have much better performance.
+* Checks were completely reorganized and split up into three parts:
+  a) exams (small regression tests with predefined input)
+  b) checks (lenghty coherence checks with random input)
+  c) timings (for coherence and crude benchmarking)
+* Behaviour of .evalf() was changed: it doesn't .evalf() any exponents.
+* Expanded expressions now remember they are expanded to prevent
+  superfluous expansions.
+* Small bugfixes and improvements in the series expansion.
+
+0.5.3 (23 February 2000)
+* A more flexible scheme for registering functions was implemented,
+  allowing for remembering, too.
+* Some Bugfixes.
+
+0.5.2 (16 February 2000)
+* Mainly fixes a bug in the packaging of release 0.5.1.
+
+0.5.1 (14 February 2000)
+* Fixes a small number of bugs.
+
+0.5.0 (7 February 2000)
+* Expressions can be written ("archived") to files and read therefrom.
+* Addition of GiNaC-cint, which lets you write complete programs in
+  an interactive shell-like manner in your favoured programming
+  language (i.e. C++).
+
+0.4.1 (13 December 1999)
+* Series Expansion of Gamma function and some other trigonometric
+  functions at their poles works now.
+* Many more evaluations of special functions at points where
+  exact results exist.
+* info_flags::rational doesn't return true for complex extensions
+  any more---use info_flags::crational for the old behaviour.
+  info_flags::integer and -::cinteger work similarly, the same
+  holds for types like info_flags::rational_polynomial.
+
+0.4.0 (26 November 1999)
+* First public release.