Promote Development to Advanced

git-svn-id: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/advanced@3647 9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8

3 files changed, 54 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/doc/HISTORY b/doc/HISTORY
index 308f903b..a2618cad 100644
--- a/doc/HISTORY
+++ b/doc/HISTORY
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ Netpbm.
 CHANGE HISTORY 
 --------------
 
-19.06.15 BJH  Release 10.86.04
+19.06.28 BJH  Release 10.87.00
 
-              pamtris: Fix bug: debug trace left in
-
-              pbmtozinc: Fix wrong output on big-endian machines.  Broken in
-              Netpbm 10.71 (June 2015).
+              pamfind: Add -machine .
 
-19.05.04 BJH  Release 10.86.03
+              Multiple: fix bug: when you specify the same option twice, you
+              can get a syntax error, with the message telling you you
+              specified some other option that conflicts with it.  Should just
+              take the last setting.
 
               pnmtopng: Fix bug: Defaults to no filters.  Should be all
               filters.  Effect is larger PNG output.  Broken after Netpbm
@@ -25,16 +25,18 @@ CHANGE HISTORY
               pnmcrop: Don't allow -borderfile with -reportXXX.  It doesn't
               work.
 
-19.04.10 BJH  Release 10.86.02
-
               pnmcrop: fix bug: -bgcolor doesn't work.  Always present
               (-bgcolor was introduced in Netpbm 10.86 (March 2019)).
 
-19.04.06 BJH  Release 10.86.01
+              pbmtext: fix bug: don't ignore -builtin when specified with
+              -font.  Fail with syntax error instead.
 
-              pnmcrop: fix bug: incorrect identification of background with
-              -bgcolor and PBM or PGM image.  Always present (-bgcolor was
-              introduced in Netpbm 10.86 (March 2019)).
+              pbmtozinc: fix wrong output on big-endian machines.  Broken in
+              Netpbm 10.71 (June 2015).
+
+              pbmpage: Fix error message for invalid syntax.
+
+              pamtris: Fix bug: debug trace left in
 
 19.03.30 BJH  Release 10.86.00
 
diff --git a/doc/TESTS b/doc/TESTS
index 9434f580..44f86758 100644
--- a/doc/TESTS
+++ b/doc/TESTS
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-Please cut and paste from below:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Contents
 ========
 
@@ -7,6 +5,8 @@ Contents
   1.1 Standard test procedure
   1.2 Summary report
   1.3 Prerequisites
+    1.3.1 Required programs
+    1.3.2 Required locales
   1.4 Repeatability
   1.5 Execution time
   1.6 Testing package in designated directory
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ appear at the end:
 1.3 Prerequisites
 =================
 
+1.3.1 Required programs
+-----------------------
+
 The tests require the Bash command shell.  The script Execute-Tests has
 some expressions unique to Bash.  Quite old versions work, at least back
 to Bash v. 2.05b.
@@ -81,28 +84,54 @@ The tests use the following utilities:
  - sh
  - awk
 
+ - basename
  - cat
  - cksum
  - cmp
+ - comm
  - cp
  - cut
  - date
  - dirname
  - egrep
  - fgrep
- - grep
  - file
+ - grep
+ - gs
  - head
  - iconv
  - mkdir
  - mktemp
+ - perl
  - rm
  - sed
  - seq
+ - sh
+ - sort
  - tee
  - tr
  - uniq
+ - wc
+
+
+1.3.2 Required locales
+----------------------
+
+For full covereage the following locales must be available:
+
+  en_US.iso88591, en_US.utf8
+
+To check whether they are available, execute the following and see if they
+are reported:
+
+  locale -a | grep en_US
+
+The output should contain these lines:
+
+  en_US.iso88591
+  en_US.utf8
 
+If these locales are absent some pbmtext tests will be skipped.
 
 
 1.4 Repeatability
diff --git a/doc/patent_summary b/doc/patent_summary
index b9623d09..5fe0923c 100644
--- a/doc/patent_summary
+++ b/doc/patent_summary
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ applied to things you implement in computer programs.  This is one of
 the Free Software Foundation's causes.  See 
 <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy.html#laws>.
 
+All the patents mentioned in this file have probably expired.  The maintainer
+is unaware of any recent patented inventions used in Netpbm.
+
+
+JBIG patents
+------------
+
 The Jbigtopnm and Pnmtojbig programs use arithmetic coding patents and
 other patents covering various aspects of the "front end."
 
@@ -37,7 +44,7 @@ Forgent owns a patent it believes covers JPEG compression.  This
 patent was virtually unknown before July 2002, when Forgent began to
 enforce it.  It has successfully enforced it against two companies
 (Sony and an unnamed Japanese digital camera maker), but without court
-ruling.  This patent, U.S. Patent No. 4,698,672, expires in 2006.
+ruling.  This patent, U.S. Patent No. 4,698,672, expired in 2006.
 
 Philips and Lucent Technologies also own patents they claim cover
 JPEG.