In this file we record the changes since the 3.xxx versions of the ACE
package. Also look at gap/CHANGES  for  a  history  of  the  pre-3.xxx
development.

Version 5.0:
  o pre-GAP 4.4 compatibility features removed:
    - gap/ace.g:
      . banner removed ... this role is performed by PackageInfo.g
        since GAP 4.4; thus `pkgbanner' option no longer exists
      . file split into lib/ace.gd and lib/ace.gi
    - gap/compat4r2.g[di]:
        (GAP 4.2 compatibility) deleted from distribution
    - gap/options.gi:
        `ACE_COSET_TABLE_STANDARD' simplified by removing GAP 4.2
        compatibility
    - read.g,init.g:
      . removed all but the `ReadPkg' commands 
      . changed `ReadPkg' to `ReadPackage'
      . made adjustments for gap/ace.g split
  o gap/*.g[di],doc/*.tex:
    - changed Department name in header
  o PackageInfo.g,README,VERSION,doc/{ace,install,examples}.tex:
    - routine changes as per above
Version 4.1:
  Release version.
  o PkgInfo.g replaced by PackageInfo.g
    - `Pkg...' fields replaced by `Package...' fields
    - `AutoLoad' fields replaced by `Autoload'
    - now defines `Subtitle', `BannerString' and `TestFile' fields
  o gap/ace.g:
    - banner no longer generated by this file for GAP 4.4
  o make_zoo:
    - now includes doc/manual.{lab,toc}
  o doc/make_doc:
    - now generates PDF format of manual also
  o res-examples/pgrelfind.g:
    - added M_12 presentation
  o README,VERSION,doc/{ace,install,examples}.tex:
    - routine changes as per above
Version 4.0:
  Revised for GAP 4.4. Not given general release.
  o init.g 
    - for GAP 4.3 compatibility, if GAP 4.3 then 
      `GAPInfo' record defined with entries:
        . `DirectoriesTemporary' which is defined to be `DIRECTORIES_TEMPORARY'
        . `Version' which is defined to be the contents VERSION
  o `ACEPackageVersion' 
    - no longer temporarily defined in init.g
    - defined to return the value of `GAPInfo.Version' (in GAP 4.3 and GAP 4.4)
  o gap/*.g[di]:
    - Revision names now of form "ace/gap..."
  o gap/general.gi:
    - `ACEPackageVersion' redefined as above
    - `GAPInfo.DirectoriesTemporary' replaces `DIRECTORIES_TEMPORARY'
  o GAP 4.2 compatibility no longer supported 
    - ace/compat4r2.g[di] no longer distributed

  - Greg Gamble -- 22 December, 2003
