4 September 2004 Menelaos Karavelas
- re-wrote author names in copyright notices using 7-bit characters

24 June 2004 Sylvain Pion
- Fixes for g++ 3.4.

03 June 2004 Andreas Fabri
- inlined function _optimisation_is_valid_fail(..) in order to get rid of src/optimisation_basic.C

Version 3.8.18 on 18-Jan-2004
- Rename CGAL_TYPENAME_MSVC_NULL to typename.

Version 3.8.17 on 14-Nov-2003 [af]
- Removed #include statements to reduce dependencies

Version 3.8.16 on 22-Oct-2003
- new headers

Version 3.8.15 on 22-Sep-2003
- new headers

Version 3.8.14 on 26-Mar-2002
- Use Construct_point_(2/3) instead of the ones from Kernel.

Version 3.8.13 on 22-Mar-2002
- Fixed Access_coordinates_d.

Version 3.8.12 on 19-Mar-2002
- Use Kernel_d point.

Version 3.8.11 on 18-Mar-2002
- Added a couple of CGAL::, K::, resp..

Version 3.8.10 on 31-Jul-2001
- Susan moved Optimisation_ref directory up one level

Version 3.8.9 on 17-Jul-2001
- renamed concept 'Optimisation_d_traits' to 'OptimisationDTraits' (again)

Version 3.8.8 on 16-Jul-2001
- renamed concept 'Optimisation_d_traits' to 'OptimisationDTraits'

Version 3.8.7 on 09-Jul-2001
- added TAG macros to assertions.h (in anyweb-file)
- replaced template parameter 'R' by 'K'

Version 3.8.6 on 04-Jul-2001
- added TAG macros to assertions.h

Version 3.8.5 on 21-Mar-2001
- removed 'maintainer' line from file header in non-product files

Version 3.8.4 on 21-Mar-2001
- removed 'maintainer' line from file header

Version 3.8.3 on 20-Mar-2001
- no changes (moved to cvs-server)

Version 3.8.2 on 29-Sep-2000
- added (more) indexing commands

Version 3.8.1 on 26-Sep-2000
- bug in 2D and 3D point constructor fixed

Version 3.8 on 26-Sep-2000
- unified traits class models for dD optimisation algorithms

Version 3.7.1 on 13-Sep-2000
- `Construct_point_2' and `Construct_point_3' ported to M$-VC++

Version 3.7 on 12-Sep-2000
- `Construct_point_2' and `Construct_point_3' added
- moved documentation to `Optimisation_doc'

Version 3.6.1 on 05-Sep-2000
- no changes (problem with submission script)

Version 3.6 on 05-Sep-2000
- data accessors moved to separate header files

Version 3.5.2 on 10-Aug-2000
- no changes (problem with download script)

Version 3.5.1 on 07-Aug-2000
- field 'maintainer' added to file header (where missing)

Version 3.5 on 23-Feb-2000
- field 'maintainer' added to file header


CGAL-2.1
--------

Version 3.4.2 on 19-Dec-1999
- bugs in 'all' and 'clean' in 'demo/Optimisation_LEDA/makefile' fixed

Version 3.4.1 on 17-Dec-1999
- missing '\' in 'demo/Optimisation_LEDA/makefile' added

Version 3.4 on 10-Dec-1999
- documentation of package `Min_quadrilateral_2' added

Version 3.3.2 on 18-Nov-1999
- removed duplicate from submission

Version 3.3.1 on 18-Nov-1999
- subdirectory `Optimisation' removed from submission

Version 3.3 on 17-Nov-1999
- subdirectory `include/CGAL/Optimisation' introduced
- macro `CGAL_optimisation_debug' added (`Optimisation/debug.h')
- documentation of package `Min_sphere_d' updated
- documentation of package `Matrix_search' updated

Version 3.2.4 on 02-Jul-1999
- missing prefix `std::' added
- documentation of package `Min_sphere_d' updated
- documentation of package `Matrix_search' updated


CGAL-2.0
--------

Version 3.2.3 on 11-May-1999
- documentation of package `Min_sphere_d' updated

Version 3.2.2 on 20-Apr-1999
- manual chapter updated

Version 3.2.1 on 08-Mar-1999
- global scope operator added to function calls in assertion macros

Version 3.2 on 25-Feb-1999
- usage of new-style headers and namespace `std'
- namespace `CGAL' introduced


CGAL-1.2
--------

Version 3.1 on 11-Nov-1998
- documentation of packages `Min_sphere_d' and `Matrix_search' updated
- changes.txt added


CGAL-1.1
--------

Version 3.0 on 02-Jul-1998
- optimisation packages restructured (new package `Optimisation_basic')

Version 2.4 on 01-Jul-1998
- macros '\rcsRevision' and '\rcsDate' fixed

Version 2.3 on 30-Jun-1998
- graphical output moved to packages `Min_{circle|ellipse}_2'

Version 2.2 on 26-Jun-1998
- `(e-mail)' changed to `<e-mail>'

Version 2.1 on 19-Jun-1998
- call to appropriate failure function in assertion/pre-/postcondition macros


CGAL-1.0
--------

Version 2.0 on 30-Mar-1998
- chapter line added
- minor bugs in drawing routines fixed

Version 1.8 on 06-Feb-1998
- `T const&' changed to `const T&'
- customized layout by individual `\ccSet...Columns' commands

Version 1.7 on 01-Feb-1998
- adapted to `g++-2.8.0' and `g++-egcs-2.90.23'

Version 1.6 on 17-Dec-1997
- lines to at most 80 characters adjusted

Version 1.5 on 16-Dec-1997
- assertions and graphical output integrated
- 'Geert-Jan' added as co-author for assertions

Version 1.4 on 15-Dec-1997
- subdirectory structure in 'include/CGAL' removed

Version 1.3 on 05-Dec-1997
- new protection against multiple header-file inclusion

Version 1.2 on 02-Dec-1997
- new file-header format
- new directory structure

Version 1.1 on 15-Oct-1997
- include directory changed to 'include/Optimisation/CGAL'

CGAL-0.9
--------

Version 1.0 on 27-Jun-1997
- initial version