Release Notes for Express Engine 3.2

This release does not incorporate any major new changes. I mostly provides cleanups to various parts of the code.

There are several files available as part of this release. Please read the following descriptions to decide which files you need.

Basic Distribution Files:

• expresso-3.2.0-1.i386.rpm
  RPM based binary distribution for Red Hat Linux. This should work on other RPM based distributions, too. If you have problems, let us know.
• expresso-3.2.0-1.i386.tgz
  TGZ based binary distribution for Slackware Linux. This is built on Red Hat Linux so if you have any problems, let us know.
• expresso-3.2.0-1.exe
  InstallShield based binary distribution for Windows.
• expresso-3.2.0-1.src.rpm
  RPM based source distribution. As shipped, this RPM expects the lisp compiler to be called lispworks and reside somewhere on the normal path. If your lisp compiler is named something else then you will need to edit the expresso.spec file.
• expresso-3.2.0-src.tar.gz
  Tar gzip'd source distribution.
• expresso-3.2.0-src.zip
  Zip'd source distribution.

When bugs are fixed, those fixes are usually made available as a patchset. These are made available in several files. Please read the following descriptions to see which you need.

Patchset Distribution Files:

• expresso-patches-3.2.1-1.i386.rpm
  RPM based binary distribution for Red Hat Linux. Only the newest expresso-patches RPM is needed since it contains all patches back to the last release or reissue.
• expresso-pataches-3.2.1-1.i386.tgz
  TGZ based binary distribution for Slackware Linux. Only the newest expresso-patches TGZ is needed since it contains all patches back to the last release or reissue.
• expresso-patches-3.2.1-1.win32.zip
  Zip'd binary distribution Windows. Only the newest expresso-patches Win32 Zip is needed since it contains all patches back to the latest release or reissue. Install it by unzipping in the Express Engine toplevel directory. (Usually, c:\Program Files\Express Engine\)
• expresso-patches-3.2.1-1.src.rpm
  RPM of the patch sources. This contains the diff's and *.lsp for the patches in the binary distributions.
  ***** This RPM is not capable of rebuilding the patches it is just a distribution method. *****
• expresso-patches-3.2.1-src.zip
  Zip'd patch sources. This contains the diff's and *.lsp for the patches in the binary distributions.

Ocasionally, changes are made that cannot be released as patches. These changes are distributed by rebuilding just the executable file. These files are distributed in a compressed form. Install these by downloading the appropriate one and uncompressing it. Rename your original executable to something else (we recommend that it be renamed to expresso-<version>, where <version> is the base version of the executable). Next, copy the new executable to the Express Engine directory. Please read the following descriptions to see which you need.

Reissued Executable Distribution Files:

• expresso-reissue-3.2.1-i386.gz
  Reissued i386 Linux executable. gzip compressed.
• expresso-reissue-3.2.1-win32.zip
  Reissued i386 Win32 executable. zip compressed.

If you encounter any problems that put you into a console window in what looks like a debugger, please type the following command:

:bug-form "ee bug" :filename ee-bug.txt

and email the file "ee-bug.txt" to exp-engine-bugs.

Thanks.

Express Engine Team