inform6-compiler (6.44-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * The “Lene Hau” release.
  * New upstream version.
    Highlights since previous release:
    * Grammar version 3:
      * For Z-code only.
      * Data structure is more compact than version 2.
      * Explicit check for exceeding maximum objects (255).
    * Multiple Verb declarations now legal for the same verb.
    * Options specified on command line now take precedence over source code.
    * New dictionary word flag “singular”.
    * New settings:
      * $DICT_TRUNCATE_FLAG
      * $GRAMMAR_VERSION
      * $GRAMMAR_META_FLAG
      * $ZCODE_COMPACT_GLOBALS
      * $ZCODE_FILE_END_PADDING
  * debian/README.source:
    * Document our preferred VCS collaboration strategy.
    * Document policy on use of Generative AI.
  * debian/control:
    * Declare conformance to “Standards-Version: 4.7.4”.
    * Remove superfluous declaration of “Rules-Requires-Root: no”.
    * Remove superfluous declaration of “Priority: optional”.
    * Declare DebHelper compatibility level 14.
  * debian/salsa-ci.yaml:
    * Add pipeline definition for Salsa Continuous Integration.
  * debian/rules:
    * Explicitly disable legacy “single-binary” DebHelper behaviour.

 -- Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>  Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:42:20 +1100

inform6-compiler (6.42-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * The “Jane “Janey” Hart” release.
  * New upstream version.
    Highlights since previous release:
    * The compiler can now handle switch cases which are expressions.
    * Inform identifiers can now be any length, and the entire identifier
      is significant. Dictionary words can also be any length.
    * Arbitrary bytes and words can be compiled into the game.
  * Declare “Standards-Version: 4.7.2”.
    No additional changes required.
  * Enable recommended C compiler optimisations when compiling ‘inform6’.

 -- Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>  Sun, 01 Jun 2025 09:42:31 +1000

inform6-compiler (6.41-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * The “Asifa Bano” release.
  * New upstream version.
    Highlights since previous release:
    * New command-line argument ‘$!TRACEOPT’ for tracing and statistics.
    * The compiler is now capable of dead code elimination.
    * New syntax for dynamic string interpolation, ‘@(N)’.
    * Double-precision floating point opcodes now supported.
    * Deprecated the ‘Version’ and ‘Switches’ directives.
    * Deprecated the forms of ‘Global’ directive that define arrays.
  * Override false positive Lintian check for VCS-* field names.
  * Declare “Standards-Version: 4.6.1”.
    No additional changes required.
  * Update UScan configuration to query GitHub API.
  * Render the upstream README document to plain text.

 -- Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>  Tue, 22 Nov 2022 17:28:17 +1100

inform6-compiler (6.36-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * The “Nobuhiro Kurosaki” release.
  * New upstream release.
    Highlights since previous release:
    * Unicode in Glulx arrays now supports high-plane code points.
    * Support for some Unix-style command line options, to avoid ‘$’.
    * Improved errors for incorrect symbols.
    * Improved warnings for incorrect types.
    * Use dynamic memory allocation rather than fixed size buffers.
    * Remove memory size arguments and associated settings.
    Closes: bug#837371.
    Closes: bug#986317. Thanks to Nathanael Nerode for the report.
  * Specify current VCS for Debian packaging work.
  * Specify current HTTPS URL for copyright format declaration.
  * Declare Debhelper compatibility level 13.
  * debian/compat:
    * Remove obsolescent configuration file.
  * Update copyright years for Debian packaging.
  * Declare “Standards-Version: 4.6.0”.
  * Update UScan configuration to format version 4.
  * Update description of source package for current VCS workflow.
  * Specify current HTTPS URL for upstream source.
  * Specify the package build system does not require root privilege.
  * debian/rules:
    * Remove ‘get-orig-source’ and ‘get-packaged-orig-source’ targets.
      These are no longer mentioned in Debian Policy 4.1.4 and later.
  * Record upstream metadata in DEP-12 document.
  * debian/inform6.1:
    * Update third-party manual page to latest from David Griffith.
      Closes: bug#928934.
  * Document the current lack of upstream project's manual page source.

 -- Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>  Wed, 23 Feb 2022 15:03:20 +1100

inform6-compiler (6.33-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * The “Rezaul Karim Siddique” release.
  * Update my email address for Debian work.
  * Set build system's target architecture directive based on target host
    parameters. Thanks to David Griffith for raising the issue.
  * Sort the modules for building, to ensure deterministic build output.
  * Add smoke tests for major compiler output formats.

 -- Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org>  Sat, 03 Sep 2016 03:28:41 +1000

inform6-compiler (6.33-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * The “Nalin Afrin” release.
  * Initial Debian release (Closes: bug#807636).

 -- Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>  Fri, 15 Apr 2016 21:33:43 +1000