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+Changes in 1.8.5 (since 1.8.4)
+
+* Infrastructure changes
+
+** Guile repository switched from CVS to Git
+
+The new repository can be accessed using
+"git-clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/guile.git", or can be browsed on-line at
+http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=guile.git .  See `README' for details.
+
+** Add support for `pkg-config'
+
+See "Autoconf Support" in the manual for details.
+
+* New modules (see the manual for details)
+
+** `(srfi srfi-88)'
+
+* New features (see the manual for details)
+
+** New `postfix' read option, for SRFI-88 keyword syntax
+** Some I/O primitives have been inlined, which improves I/O performance
+** New object-based traps infrastructure
+
+This is a GOOPS-based infrastructure that builds on Guile's low-level
+evaluator trap calls and facilitates the development of debugging
+features like single-stepping, breakpoints, tracing and profiling.
+See the `Traps' node of the manual for details.
+
+** New support for working on Guile code from within Emacs
+
+Guile now incorporates the `GDS' library (previously distributed
+separately) for working on Guile code from within Emacs.  See the
+`Using Guile In Emacs' node of the manual for details.
+ 
+* Bugs fixed
+
+** `scm_add_slot ()' no longer segfaults (fixes bug #22369)
+** Fixed `(ice-9 match)' for patterns like `((_ ...) ...)'
+
+Previously, expressions like `(match '((foo) (bar)) (((_ ...) ...) #t))'
+would trigger an unbound variable error for `match:andmap'.
+
+** `(oop goops describe)' now properly provides the `describe' feature
+** Fixed `args-fold' from `(srfi srfi-37)'
+
+Previously, parsing short option names of argument-less options would
+lead to a stack overflow.
+
+** `(srfi srfi-35)' is now visible through `cond-expand'
+** Fixed type-checking for the second argument of `eval'
+** Fixed type-checking for SRFI-1 `partition'
+** Fixed `struct-ref' and `struct-set!' on "light structs"
+** Honor struct field access rights in GOOPS
+** Changed the storage strategy of source properties, which fixes a deadlock
+** Allow compilation of Guile-using programs in C99 mode with GCC 4.3 and later
+** Fixed build issue for GNU/Linux on IA64
+** Fixed build issues on NetBSD 1.6
+** Fixed build issue on Solaris 2.10 x86_64
+** Fixed build issue with DEC/Compaq/HP's compiler
+** Fixed `scm_from_complex_double' build issue on FreeBSD
+** Fixed `alloca' build issue on FreeBSD 6
+** Fixed shadowing of libc's <random.h> on Tru64, which broke compilation
+** Make sure all tests honor `$TMPDIR'
+
+* Changes to the distribution
+
+** New FAQ
+
+We've started collecting Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), and will
+distribute these (with answers!) in future Guile releases.
+
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 Changes in 1.8.4 (since 1.8.3)
 
 * Bugs fixed
@@ -52,6 +125,7 @@ called with an associator proc that returns neither a pair nor #f.
 ** Avoid MacOS build problems caused by incorrect combination of "64"
 system and library calls.
 ** `guile-snarf' now honors `$TMPDIR'
+** `guile-config compile' now reports CPPFLAGS used at compile-time
 ** Fixed build with Sun Studio (Solaris 9)
 ** Fixed wrong-type-arg errors when creating zero length SRFI-4
 uniform vectors on AIX.