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+Version 0.3.6
+
+  * Search for shared libraries before static.
+
+Version 0.3.5
+
+  * New subsystem, ld, that is used by both c and cxx subsystems.
+
+  * Support for generic C and C++ compilers.
+
+  * Follow symlinks in the install-dir function.
+
+  * Various optimizations, including for the upcoming GNU make 3.82.
+
+  * Updated config.guess and config.sub.
+
+Version 0.3.4
+
+  * C compilation subsystem. Supported compilers are GNU gcc and Intel icc.
+
+  * Git .gitignore generation subsystem.
+
+  * Fallback install-sh installation script.
+
+  * Reworked sed scripts not to use GNU extensions.
+
+Version 0.3.3
+
+  * Fix a bug in C++ dependency processing sed script.
+
+Version 0.3.2
+
+  * Add read_value to build/dialog.bash
+  
+  * Fix problem with potentially installed generated header files and
+    automatic dependency extraction. While at it, factored out dependency
+    post-processing into a separate script.
+
+Version 0.3.1
+
+  * Minor changes to the xargs and sed usage to make it not rely
+    on non-POSIX features.
+
+Version 0.3.0
+
+  * Format of the library file (.l) has changed to include rpath
+    properties.
+
+  * Adding dynamic library paths (via rpath) is now optional.
+
+  * Paths from extra ld options are now extracted and propagated
+    to make (via vpath).
+
+Version 0.2.2
+
+  * Configuration scripts now ask for ar and ranlib if static library
+    is selected. This is mainly useful for cross-compilation.
+
+  * The C++ configuration script now ask for extra preprocessor, compiler,
+    and linker options as well as extra libraries to link with. There
+    are also corresponding command-line variables, cxx_pp_options,
+    cxx_options, cxx_ld_options, and cxx_libs, that, if set, the script
+    will silently use instead of asking.
+
+Version 0.2.1
+
+  * Build/host/target system detection is now in the system.make file and
+    not automatically included by bootstrap.make. The host_system and
+    target_system make variables should be used to set host and target
+    systems during configuration.
+
+  * The include.make file was moved one level up from install directory.
+
+Version 0.2.0
+
+  * This release is backwards-incompatible with the 0.1 series.
+
+  * Unified load and import facilities. Now import requires full file name.
+
+  * A target from an imported makefile cannot become the default target.
+
+  * Frame facility now restores all variables and preservs their flavor.
+
+  * New unified clean suffix scheme: <.out><.src>.clean, e.g.,
+
+      %.o: %.cxx  ->  %.o.cxx.clean:
+      %: %.o      ->  %.o.clean:
+      %: %.m4     ->  %.m4.clean:
+
+  * Got rid of the .e suffix in the executable building rules.
+
+Version 0.1.15
+
+  * Experimental cxx_ld_options make command-line variable is now
+    recognized and saved during the configuration stage.
+
+  * Import mechanism now uses unconditional include instead of
+    include-once.
+
+  * New installation variables (doc, man, info) were added to
+    build/install/configuration.make.
+
+Version 0.1.14
+
+  * New translator: m4.
+
+  * New C/C++ automatic dependency generation mechanism with support for
+    generated header files.
+
+
+Version 0.1.13
+
+  * Requires GNU make 3.81beta3 or later.
+
+  * Integrated config.guess & config.sub scripts for host/build configuration
+    guessing.
+
+
+Version 0.1.12
+
+  * Requires -bk5-patched GNU make.
+
+  * Multiple optimizations.
+
+  * Preprocessor options are now explicitly propagated through import/export
+    calls instead of order-only prerequisites.
+
+  * Compiler library search paths are extracted and propagated to make. This
+    ensures that `-lfoo' means the same no matter where it appears - in make
+    rule or compiler command line.
+
+  * Common shell dialog code has been factored out to build/dialog.bash and
+    also made more robust with regards to wrong input and various path
+    formats (e.g., both relative paths handling and tilde expansion are now
+    supported).
+
+  * Include function family now accepts lists of names.
+
+  * Many important variables including `*_root', `*_base' and `project_name'
+    are now exported by default (and thus available in configure scripts).
+
+
+Version 0.1.11
+
+  * Released to public.