Version 0.8 released0.8

6 files changed, 32 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 527650e..747be44 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ Jose A. Ortega Ruiz <jao@gnu.org> designed and implemented Geiser and
 is its active maintainer. For more boring details about him, see
 <http://jao.io>.
 
-Daniel J. Leslie implemented Geiser's support for Chicken.
+Daniel J. Leslie implemented and maintains Geiser's support for
+Chicken.
 
 Contributors:
 
@@ -13,5 +14,8 @@ Ray Racine
 Nick Parker
 Darren Hoo
 Ludovic Courtès
+Alex Kost
+Mario Rodas
+Christoph Egger
 
 See also <https://github.com/jaor/geiser/contributors>.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 64b886a..a46c034 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+* Version 0.8 (Oct 12, 2015)
+
+  Improved features:
+
+    - Lots of improvements to Chicken support, by Dan Leslie.
+    - Better interoperability with xscheme.
+    - Much better performance for long lists of completions or
+      evaluated values.
+    - Better highlighting and indentation rules, by Alex Kost and Dan
+      Leslie.
+    - Make completion work for quoted symbols.
+
+  Bug fixes:
+
+    - geiser-connect-local working again.
+
 * Version 0.7 "Freija" (Feb 21, 2015)
 
   This release is dedicated to Dan's three-months-old daughter Freija,
diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 79e414d..565d4a8 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ sender during more years and for more projects than i can remember.
 Eduardo Cavazos' contagious enthusiasm has helped in many ways to keep
 Geiser alive, and he's become its best evangelist in R6RS circles.
 
+Alex Kost has contributed with many bug reports and improved Geiser
+with several patches.
+
 Eli Barzilay took the time to play with an early alpha and made many
 valuable suggestions, besides answering all my 'how do you in PLT'
 questions.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index facc226..e378133 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
 # implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
-AC_INIT([Geiser],[0.7],[geiser-users@nongnu.org],geiser)
+AC_INIT([Geiser],[0.8],[geiser-users@nongnu.org],geiser)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([elisp/geiser.el])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 
diff --git a/doc/macros.texi b/doc/macros.texi
index e20a94a..81bdc5d 100644
--- a/doc/macros.texi
+++ b/doc/macros.texi
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-@set VERSION 0.7
-@set VERSION_NICK Freija
-@set RELEASE_DATE February 2015
+@set VERSION 0.8
+@set VERSION_NICK
+@set RELEASE_DATE October 2015
 @set GUILE_VERSION 2.0.9
 @set RACKET_VERSION 6.0
 @set CHICKEN_VERSION 4.8.0
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 <div class="version" align="right">
 @end html
 @downfile{@value{TARBALL},
-          Version @value{VERSION} ``@value{VERSION_NICK}'' (\DATE\) Guile \GVERS\+ Chicken \CVERS\+ and Racket \RVERS\+}
+          Version @value{VERSION} @value{VERSION_NICK} (\DATE\) Guile \GVERS\+ Chicken \CVERS\+ and Racket \RVERS\+}
 @html
 </div>
 @end html
diff --git a/doc/thanks.texi b/doc/thanks.texi
index af8b2bf..c4a73fe 100644
--- a/doc/thanks.texi
+++ b/doc/thanks.texi
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ sender during more years and for more projects than i can remember.
 Eduardo Cavazos' contagious enthusiasm has helped in many ways to keep
 Geiser alive, and he's become its best evangelist in R6RS circles.
 
+Alex Kost has contributed with many bug reports and improved Geiser
+with several patches.
+
 Eli Barzilay took the time to play with an early alpha and made many
 valuable suggestions, besides answering all my 'how do you in PLT'
 questions.