From 762cc8890da3b6b9d69f0b403de53d7c0e21f458 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Laurent Rineau Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:53:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Announcement proposal for CGAL 4.1 --- .gitattributes | 1 + .../announcement/CGAL-4.1-beta1 | 61 +++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Maintenance/public_release/announcement/CGAL-4.1-beta1 diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes index 1e8579b6def..fdf288693ee 100644 --- a/.gitattributes +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -2236,6 +2236,7 @@ Maintenance/public_release/announcement/CGAL-4.0 -text Maintenance/public_release/announcement/CGAL-4.0-beta1 -text Maintenance/public_release/announcement/CGAL-4.0.1 -text Maintenance/public_release/announcement/CGAL-4.0.2 -text +Maintenance/public_release/announcement/CGAL-4.1-beta1 -text Maintenance/public_release/scripts/precompiled_demos_zips -text Maintenance/public_release/scripts/prepare_release -text Maintenance/release_building/BUGFIX_NUMBER -text diff --git a/Maintenance/public_release/announcement/CGAL-4.1-beta1 b/Maintenance/public_release/announcement/CGAL-4.1-beta1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..7ee5248dfa2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Maintenance/public_release/announcement/CGAL-4.1-beta1 @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +Subject: CGAL 4.1 Beta 1 Released, Computational Geometry Algorithms Library +Body: + +The CGAL Open Source Project is pleased to announce the release 4.1 Beta 1 +of CGAL, the Computational Geometry Algorithms Library. + +CGAL version 4.1 Beta 1 is a public testing release. It should provide +a solid ground to report bugs that need to be tackled before the +release of the final version of CGAL 4.1 mid-September. + + +Besides fixes to existing packages, the following has being changed since +CGAL 4.1: + + o New compiler support + + The Apple Clang compiler versions 3.1 and 3.2 are now supported on + Mac OS X. + + +See http://www.cgal.org/releases.html for a complete list of changes. + + +The CGAL project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, +easy-to-use, and efficient C++ software library of geometric data +structures and algorithms, like +- triangulations (2D constrained triangulations and Delaunay + triangulations in 2D and 3D, periodic triangulations), +- Voronoi diagrams (for 2D and 3D points, 2D additively weighted + Voronoi diagrams, and segment Voronoi diagrams), +- Boolean operations on polygons and polyhedra, +- regularized Boolean operations on polygons with curved arcs +- arrangements of curves, +- mesh generation (2D, 3D and surface mesh generation, + surface mesh subdivision and parametrization), +- alpha shapes (in 2D and 3D), +- convex hull algorithms (in 2D, 3D and dD), +- operations on polygons (straight skeleton and offset polygon), +- search structures (kd trees for nearest neighbor search, and + range and segment trees), +- interpolation (natural neighbor interpolation and placement of + streamlines), +- optimization algorithms (smallest enclosing sphere of points or + spheres, smallest enclosing ellipsoid of points, principal + component analysis), +- kinetic data structures + + + + +Some modules are distributed under the terms of the LGPL Open Source +license (GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later versions). +Most modules are distributed under the terms of the GPL Open Source +license (GNU General Public License v3 or later versions). +If your intended usage does not meet the criteria of the +aforementioned licenses, a commercial license can be purchased from +GeometryFactory (http://www.geometryfactory.com/). + + +For further information and for downloading the library and its +documentation, please visit the CGAL web site: http://www.cgal.org/