Release 1.4.0

NEWS

@@ -1,3 +1,30 @@
+August 30, 2018
+==============
+
+Release 1.4.0
+
+Significant changes:
+
+- Build system
+  - Switch to CMake
+  - Add CPack support
+- lcm-gen
+  - Allow arrays to be sized with const values
+- C
+  - Add lcm_subscription_get_queue_size()
+  - Standardize C/C++ code formatting with clang-format
+- C++
+  - Add support for some C++11 features (lambda subscribe)
+  - add lcm::Subscription::getQueueSize()
+- Go
+  - Experimental support for golang
+- Python
+ - Add __dimensions__ and __typenames__ fields for better introspection
+- lcm-logger
+  - flush buffers before exiting
+- General
+  - Lots of misc bugfixes
+
 April 29, 2016
 ==============
 
@@ -240,7 +267,10 @@ This is a bugfix and maintenance release.
     - in WinPorting.h, #define strtoll _strtoi64 (re #46)
     - add LCM C++ files to VS project file
     - remove redundant WinSpecific/include/lcm dir.
-    - move WinSpecific/Win*.{cpp,h} -> lcm/windows/
+    - move WinSpecific/Win*.
+{
+    cpp, h
+} -> lcm/windows/
     - adjust vcproj files accordingly
     - update WinSpecific/README.txt and remove dead directory
  lcm-logger:
@@ -364,7 +394,7 @@ This release includes a number of bugfixes and performance enhancements
       For example, to set the queue size to 5 for a message type example_t:
 
            example_t_subscription_t* subs = example_t_subscribe(lcm, "EXAMPLE", message_handler);
-           example_t_subscription_set_queue_capacity(subs, 5);
+example_t_subscription_set_queue_capacity(subs, 5);
 
     - Explicitly disallow recursive calls to lcm_handle.
     - fix synchronization issues when allocating receive resources and

docs/release_checklist

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 4. Commit the above changes and create the vX.Y.Z git tag.
   $ git commit -a -m "Release X.Y.Z"
   $ git tag vX.Y.Z
-5. Create the release tarball
-  $ make dist
-6. Take the resulting tarball, extract it, build it, install it, make sure
+5. Create the release artifact
+  $ git archive --format zip -o lcm-X.Y.Z.zip --prefix lcm-X.Y.Z/ vX.Y.Z
+6. Take the resulting artifact, extract it, build it, install it, make sure
   the basic executables run
-  $ tar xzvf lcm-X.Y.Z.tar.gz
+  $ unzip lcm-X.Y.Z.zip
   $ cd lcm-X.Y.Z
   $ mkdir build
   $ cd build
@@ -23,19 +23,15 @@
 # Test
 
 1. Build and run all unit tests.  Verify that they all pass.
-  $ cd ../test
-  $ make clean
-  $ make
-  $ ./run_unit_tests.py
-  $ ./run_client_server_tests.py
+  $ make test
 2. Repeat unit tests on:
   * GNU/Linux
   * OS X
 3. Test C/C++ library on Windows.  Run lcm-source.exe and lcm-sink.exe
 4. Test on other available platforms
 5. Fix any errors that appear, and repeat as necessary.
 
-# Upload release archive
+# Upload release artifact
 
 1. Push the changes and release tag to GitHub.
   $ git push origin master

lcm/lcm_version.h

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 #define LCM_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 
 /// LCM release minor version - the Y in version X.Y.Z
-#define LCM_VERSION_MINOR 3
+#define LCM_VERSION_MINOR 4
 
 /// LCM release patch version - the Z in version X.Y.Z
-#define LCM_VERSION_PATCH 95
+#define LCM_VERSION_PATCH 0
 
 /// LCM ABI version
 #define LCM_ABI_VERSION 1