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 This file records noteworthy changes.
 
+0.6.0 (...)
+* 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
+* Several new timings in the check target.  Some of them may be rather rude 
+  at your machine.
+
 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.
@@ -10,6 +28,7 @@ This file records noteworthy changes.
 * 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,