Bump version number and update change log.

Also minor fix to CodeQL analysis workflow, to always scan on push.

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ name: 'Code Analysis'
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ 'master', 'release/*' ]
-    # There's no actual source code to examine in the following directories.
-    paths-ignore: [ 'distribution/**', 'doc/**', 'source-doc/**', 'tools/**' ]
   pull_request:
     # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
     branches: [ 'master', 'release/*' ]

changes.txt

@@ -29,6 +29,42 @@ should be located in the same directory as this file is.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
+Changes between v3.8.0-beta.1 and v3.8.0-beta.2
+===============================================
+
+Changed Behaviour
+-----------------
+
+  - On some platforms, `now` returned days since 2000-01-01 00:00 local time
+    (as opposed to UTC). While interpreted as intentional by most users,
+    this was actually a bug, and the behavior has been changed to return a
+    UTC-based timestamp on all systems as intended and documented (provided
+    `#version 3.8` (or later) is specified).
+
+
+Fixed or Mitigated Bugs
+-----------------------
+
+Reported via GitHub:
+
+  - #428 ("Loss of precision where variables declared on command line / ini
+    files. [Bug]"; partial fix, improving precision back to v3.6 levels)
+  - #432 ("Pseudo-variable now does not work as intended on Linux machines.")
+
+Reported via the Newsgroups:
+
+  - <[email protected]>
+    (2021-07-15, povray.beta-test, "spline in, out array bug")
+    When used in `spline { SPLINE_IDENTIFIER ... }` without explicitly
+    specifying spline type again, the new copy would get demoted to
+    `linear_spline`.
+
+Miscellaneous:
+
+  - Silenced warnings in `functions.inc` and `glass_old.inc` due to `#version`
+    statement not matching the features used.
+
+
 Changes between v3.7.1-rc.1 and v3.8.0-beta.1
 =============================================
 

revision.txt

@@ -31,10 +31,66 @@ Notes:
   http://news.povray.org/[email protected]
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+POV-Ray v3.8.0-beta.2
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Commit 89c1b28a on 2021-08-09 by Christoph Lipka
+
+    [ci skip] Fix warnings in `functions.inc` and `glass_old.inc`.
+
+Commit 88d65985 on 2021-08-09 by Christoph Lipka
+
+    Partial fix for #428. (#431)
+
+    Precision of `Declare` INI setting was erroneously truncated to 6
+    digits. Reverted back to 7 digits, matching v3.6 behavior.
+
+Commit 5c8aface on 2021-08-09 by Christoph Lipka
+
+    Fix for #432. (#433)
+
+    To work around Boost's msec-precision UTC timer erroneously reporting
+    local time instead of UTC on some systems, we're now also probing the
+    sec-precision UTC timer, which should be more reliable in terms of
+    time zone: The rounded difference between the two should be able to
+    give us the time zone offset (if any) in the msec-precision timer,
+    which we then compensate for accordingly.
+
+Commit 3b43b71a on 2021-08-08 by Christoph Lipka
+
+    Fix splines becoming linear when duplicated. (#426)
+
+    When used in `spline { SPLINE_IDENTIFIER ... }` without
+    explicitly specifying spline type again, the new copy
+    would get demoted to `linear_spline` (see newsgroup post
+    <[email protected]>, 2021-07-15, povray.beta-test,
+    "spline in, out array bug").
+
+Commit ec535839 on 2021-07-17 by Christoph Lipka
+
+    Eliminate `backend/frame.h`. (#427)
+
+    Also clean up various header files and file headers along the way,
+    mainly in the back-end module.
+
+Commit 93536837 on 2021-07-16 by Christoph Lipka
+
+    Miscellaneous GitHub Workflows improvements.
+
+    - Unix source package created for a release build will extract in a
+      subdirectory rather than the current directory.
+    - Quick build test for Windows will now use VS 2015 build tools
+      (currently needed for `cmedit*.dll`).
+
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 POV-Ray v3.8.0-beta.1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+Commit 0f65b619 on 2021-07-11 by Christoph Lipka
+
+    Bump version number and update change log.
+
 Commit 946673f5 on 2021-07-11 by Christoph Lipka
 
     Warn when using v3.8 features without `#version 3.8`.

source/base/version.h

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 /// where `N` is a serial number starting at 1 in each phase, `TIME` is the number of minutes
 /// since 2000-01-01 00:00, and `FEATURE` is an arbitrary alphanumeric moniker for a particular
 /// experimental feature.
-#define POV_RAY_PRERELEASE          "beta.1"
+#define POV_RAY_PRERELEASE          "beta.2"
 
 #if defined(DOXYGEN) && !defined(POV_RAY_PRERELEASE)
     // Work around doxygen being unable to document undefined macros.