[Iverilog-announce] Icarus Verilog Release 0.8.7

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This is (hopefully) the last release of Icarus Verilog 0.8. The
next major releases will be in the 0.9 series. The 0.8.7 release
wraps up all the various Verilog fixes for the 0.8 series into
legacy-style packaging. This new packaging will allow it to co-
exist with versions from newer series.

Take special note that the configure script for 0.8.7 enables
the build suffix mode (--enable-suffix=-0.8) by default. This
automatically builds and installs with unique names so that it
does not conflict with new releases coming down the road. This
is indented to reduce or eliminate your risk when it comes time
to upgrade to 0.9.

The source and initial RPMS for Icarus Verilog 0.8.7 are available
here:

<ftp://ftp.icarus.com/pub/eda/verilog/v0.8/verilog-0.8.7.tar.gz>
<ftp://ftp.icarus.com/pub/eda/verilog/v0.8/verilog-0.8.7-0.src.rpm>


SPECIAL NOTE TO PACKAGE MAKERS!!!

In order to support the overlap of this 0.8 series with the 0.9
series to come, please package verilog-0.8.7 as verilog08 and
use the --enable-suffix=-0.8 configure option. The verilog.spec
included in the tar bundle does this (note all the new file names)
and the sample RPMS in the above repository are build properly.

If you name the package for verilog-0.8.7 as verilog08, then a
coming 0.9 release will not replace verilog08. If you package
verilog-0.8.7 with the --enable-suffix=-0.8, then the files will
not conflict either. Thus, verilog-0.8.7 and verilog 0.9.x can
co-exist. This is an important feature of this release.

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Steve Williams                "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
steve at icarus.com           But I have promises to keep,
http://www.icarus.com         and lines to code before I sleep,
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