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'''Version 2.0.2''' - 01/Apr/2010
* use LuaSocket if available for downloading files
* use LuaZip if available for unzipping files
* MinGW support in builtin build backend
* updated installation files for Windows, including a LuaForWindows-compatible package

'''Version 2.0.1''' - 27/Oct/2009
* luarocks.cfg is no longer edited during installation; a separate site-local luarocks.config module is created.
* robustness fixes and improvements for luarocks.add
* cleanup of configure options and references to the old LuaForge URLs
* install LuaRocks as a rock
* plus assorted bugfixes

'''Version 2.0''' - 17/Oct/2009
* module files are now deployed to standard Lua-style paths
* new package loader module luarocks.loader, superseding the require()-override module luarocks.require
* new abstraction system for file system operations: the OS-specific back-ends for luarocks.fs were split between native-Lua and tool-based implementations
* new format for local manifest
* new command for luarocks: "download", to fetch .rock and .rockspec files
* new commands for luarocks-admin: "add", to upload rocks to a repository, and "refresh_cache", to refresh the cache used by the "add" command
* plus a number of cleanups and bugfixes

'''Version 1.0.1''' - 13/Mar/2009
* Improve portability in usage of Unix tools
* Allow use of local rocks servers in the --from flag
* Improve detection of external libraries on Mac OSX
* Fix build of the 'builtin' backend under Windows
* Support for the 'md5' binary as a MD5 checker

'''Version 1.0''' - 01/Sep/2008
* Add support for post-install hooks
* Path helper scripts for binaries on Windows systems.
* Git support, contributed by Thomas Harning.
* Improve shell compatibility for different Unix systems.
* Add the @ operator for no-upgrade dependencies.
* Add check for rockspec version format.
* Generate index.html when building a manifest for a repository.
* Plus assorted bugfixes.

'''Version 0.6''' - 30/Jun/2008
* Check external deps on binary installs. Allow rockspecs to specify supported platforms. Support platform-agnostic specification of external deps files.  Allow overriding external deps subdirs.
* Structured build systems in subdirectories.
* Smarter check to decide if a rock is pure Lua or not, also checking bin/
* Restructuring of fs code.
* Modularized fetch code to support multiple SCMs.
* Added specific support for 'doc' directory in rockspecs. Auto-install files in 'lua' in builtin builds.
* Support for Surround SCM, contributed by Ignacio Burgueño.
* "module" build type renamed to "builtin"; "cvs_tag" and "cvs_module" renamed to "tag" and "module". Old names still supported for compatibility for now, to be cleaned up by 1.0.
* Plus many bugfixes.

'''Version 0.5.2''' - 13/May/2008
* Fixes problems with removal of read-only files on Windows
* Fixes issues with external libraries on the 'module' build type on Windows
* Fixes the --only-from flag
* Renames the luarocks.config module to luarocks.cfg avoiding conflict's with the user configuration file config.lua

'''Version 0.5.1''' - 25/Apr/2008
* Added function get_rock_from_module in luarocks.require, allowing apps to inspect which rock they're getting modules from.
* Added variables LUA, LIB_EXTENSION and OBJ_EXTENSION, now available for rockspec authors.
* Assorted bugfixes, especially for the Windows package.
* Build system improvements: add DESTDIR variable to makefile to make things easier for distros packaging LuaRocks.

'''Version 0.5''' - 03/Apr/2008
* New flags in the ./configure on Unix (see configure --help) and install.bat on Windows (see install.bat /?)
* Support for multiple local repositories. By extension, LuaRocks features more intuitive configuration defaults (it installs rocks to $PREFIX/lib/luarocks if you have the permission, and to $HOME/.luarocks if you don't).
* Flags --from=''server'', --only-from=''server'' and --to=''tree'', to allow specifying exactly where to get rocks from and where to install them to.
* The manifest file now stores dependency info -- luarocks.require no longer scans rockspec files.
* 'unpack' command allows unpacking binary and pure-Lua rocks, for inspecting.
* Plus assorted bugfixes.

'''Version 0.4.3''' - 03/Mar/2008
* The MD5 check feature added in 0.4.2 can now use openssl instead of md5sum (making LuaRocks friendlier to OSX).
* Added a license file in the tarball (making LuaRocks friendlier to Debian).
* Plus assorted bugfixes.

'''Version 0.4.2''' - 09/Feb/2008
* Support .lua files directly in the URL field.
* Perform check of MD5 checksum in sources.
* Accept plain strings in all fields of the source table of the "module" build type.
* Bugfixes.

'''Version 0.4.1''' - 25/Jan/2008
* New configure/install.bat flags for setting scripts dir and local repository dir.
* "unpack" command now supports rockspec files as well.
* Complete code documentation.
* Many assorted bugfixes.

'''Version 0.4''' - 18/Jan/2008
* Adds the "unpack" command for debugging rocks (.src.rock only at this point).
* Support curl as an alternative downloader for OSX, removing the dependency on wget.
* Support for installing non-Lua entries in bin/ dirs.
* Support for specifying libdirs, incdirs, libraries and defines in "module"-type builds.
* x86_64 support, by Brian Hetro.
* FreeBSD support, by Matthew M. Burke.
* Performance improvements.
* Many assorted bugfixes.

'''Version 0.3.2''' - 21/Dec/2007
* Support for patching and inclusion of extra files (such as Makefiles) through a rockspec.
* Support "platforms" overrides table for dependencies, external dependencies and source URLs.
* Many assorted bugfixes.

'''Version 0.3.1''' - 18/Dec/2007
* Improved search: results now feature separate lists for source and binary rocks.
* Windows support for the "module" build type (using Visual Studio).
* Many assorted bugfixes.

'''Version 0.3''' - 04/Dec/2007
* Includes Windows package.
* Adds the "module" build type.
* Performance improvements.

'''Version 0.2''' - 23/Oct/2007
* Bugfixes and improvements to build infrastructure.
* Adds the LuaRocks "remove" command.

'''Version 0.1''' - 09/Aug/2007
* Initial release.

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