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01-02-2000 - Initial release.
02-02-2000 - Fixed a missing iterator in cond::broadcast(), in the release.
02-02-2000 - Put the sources into a src directory under the top tree, to
	     simplify compiling the library on machines, that didn't have
	     it originally.  Sorry about that.
02-02-2000 - Fix missing acconfig.h for autoheader.
02-02-2000 - Changed the Philosophers dining example, to signal main thread
	     when each philosopher finishes.
03-02-2000 - Started a new revision 1.1
03-02-2000 - Changed the hierarchy, so that all clases have their own
	     source and header file.
03-02-2000 - Global variables are now static declarattions to their
	     respective classes.
04-02-2000 - Added a semaphore class, to fullfill that requirement for
	     posix compliance.
05-02-2000 - Use of list class, to store process id's of waiting processes
	     now replaced with a separate class.  This is done in preparation
	     of interprocessing support.
06-02-2000 - Threads are now safe, with use of stl_allo classes, by
	     making the threads appear as solaris threads, when thread.h
	     is included first in a C++ threaded application.
08-02-2000 - Process scoping added.
08-02-2000 - Started a new 2.0 tree.
23-02-2000 - Corrected a bug, where exited threads remain zombies.
24-02-2000 - Made sure client-terminated signal doesn't go to inetd.
11-03-2000 - Added a simple threaded IO, to make Asynchronous input
	     possible using threads.
14-03-2000 - Threaded IO class changed, to allow for management of
	     externally created file descriptors.  Added some enumerations
	     for exceptions.
14-03-2000 - The pthread class error routine, made a protected member
	     instead of private, so that derived classes can use it.
14-03-2000 - Changes incorporated into a new stable tree 2.1.
27-04-2000 - Fixed the example program dining, and made small bug
	     fixes to the thread program.
30-04-2000 - Introduced a semaphore to the initalisation of a thread,
	     to fix the problem with 'pure virtual method called' as
	     it appears some compilers don't have the virtual tables
	     initialized when the thread is started.
30-04-2000 - Fixed a problem with thread_io, where FD_SET macros segfaulted
	     when they tested a description -1 on an empty set.
04-01-2001 - New develpment tree 3.0.0
05-01-2001 - Added socket class, and associated socket_address class.
12-01-2001 - Added namespace, to avoid clashes with other packages.
20-01-2001 - Bug fixes, thread termination.  Socket input.
24-01-2001 - Made data delivered into a string stream, that is left for the
	     user to take care off.
24-01-2001 - Three modes of asynchronous delivery of IO data.  1st, data can
	     be delivered asynchronously, by interrupting the owner process.
	     either by taking over the async signal, and delivering to the
	     *got()* method of the class, where the user must fill up.  Or,
	     by simply performing the signal, leaving the rest up to the
	     user.  Then, the IO managin process can deliver the data by
	     calling the *got()* method by itself.  This is more synchronous
	     than asynchronous.
05-02-2001 - Using streams to keep data, is not a good solution.  Since the
	     data is dynamically allocated, but not freed.  Making the memory
	     grow, but never released until the object is destroyed.  The
	     solution is a dynamic IO buffer, that will grow and shrink
	     as needed.
06-02-2001 - Improved documentation.
	     Process attributes cleaned up, and activated.
	     Development release 3.0.3
11-02-2001 - Added priority in the wait eueue code.
	     Mutexes can now be locked non-exclusively (read lock), with
	     adding a 'false' as a parameter when locking, default is true
	     or exclusive locking (write lock).
	     Semaphore, condition and mutex class will now inherit the
	     scope of the thread class, iff inherit is specified in the
	     thread attributes.
15-02-2001 - Changed entries in man pages, placement of threads.
01-07-2001 - Removed a minor bug.  Changed the signal processing to use
	     s_continue as SIG_RESET and s_quit as SIG_CANCEL.
02-07-2001 - Fix the code, so that it will work alongside with linuxthreads
	     by bypassing its overwrite of C library functions, namely
	     the sigaction.
07-07-2001 - Added test to the configure script, that identifies if using
	     libc 2.2 sigaction.  Also new namespace for system C functions
	     to simplify use of C calls.
08-07-2001 - Created a class to handle stack, herein context matters. Fixed
	     bug that was related to stack sizes, or process start.  And
	     a bug where the thread would be removed from the wrong list upon
	     getting a reset signal.  Linux __clone now wrapped into a Windows
	     equivalent beginthread code.
10-07-2001 - Added context data, to the stack class.  It uses jmpbuf, and
	     allows for return from 'throw'.
25-09-2001 - A weird bug, only experienced with QT.  Signal jumps, should
	     have been initialized.
30-09-2001 - Asynchronnous IO changed, to pass the client socket to the
	     IO got routine.  And to associate a new socket_buffer, which
	     is a combination of io_buffer and socket classes, to contain
	     the data received through the socket.  This should ensure that
	     an overwrite doesn't occur, when receiving asynchronously from
	     multiple clients.
01-10-2001 - Added methods to handle messages in socket.  Methods that use 
	     recv and send.  Removed client_fd() from thread_io, as the 
	     socket is now passed to the got() routine.
02-10-2001 - Added a virtual method inside the thread_io class, to handle the
	     actual reading of data from a socket.  Mechanism, to queue
	     reception when data is being delivered to an application, but
	     its already serving a previous request.
04-10-2001 - Rewrote Buffered IO class, to maintain a complete dynamic set
	     of buffered.  By maintaining each put into the buffer as 'slices'
	     of data, rather than large single space.  Changed the queued
	     buffer handling, in the thread_io class, as to use signals, 
	     rather than polling to deliver data.
05-10-2001 - Changed the server/client example, to further debug the library.
06-10-2001 - Added GCC 3.0 support.
07-10-2001 - Fixing a bug, filed against threads... the wait_queue was not
	     properly aligned.  Causing a missing entry, on heavy use.
09-10-2001 - Some bug fixes, to bring up the compilation state to be
	     equivalent with 2.x and 3.0 of the GCC compiler.  Also, fixed
	     an error in the server/client example.
10-10-2001 - Buffered output in thread IO class.
13-10-2001 - Removed unnecessary include files, and used C++ include files
	     instead of C ones, wherever possible.
14-10-2001 - Signalling, new template class introduced to deliver a C
	     signal to a C++ class method.
17-10-2001 - Added new methods to class Linked List (cass)
17-10-2001 - Namespace changed to LinuxMTE.  Classes now follow development
	     guide more closely.