Released 2020-05-02

Initial release of v2 of the collection.

Changes since last v1 release

• Removed any code that restricted use of the collection toDelphiDabbler CodeSnip. The collection can now be used by 3rd party applications.
  • Removed backwards compatibility withCodeSnip v4.15.1 and earlier.
  • Removed conditionally included code andCodeSnip version dependent code from category .ini files.
  • Merged multiple versions of category .ini files down into a single file. (These multiple file were used to hide some categories from earlier versions ofCodeSnip).
  • Removed duplicated,CodeSnip version dependent, source code files: used a copy of the most recent version and removed version specifiers from the file names.
• Rationalised and corrected errors in category .ini files:
  • Condensed two string management categories into one.
  • RemovedDesc keys where they duplicatedDescEx keys.
  • Removed some duplicateCredits andComments keys.
  • Removed some empty keys.
  • Fixed or removed some broken web links.
  • Rephrased some descriptive text.
• Changed layout of category .ini files andcategories.ini:
  • Re-ordered sections ofcategories.ini in alphabetic order.
  • Removed all explanatory comments: there were inconsistencies.
  • Added header comments, including copyright and licensing information, to all .ini files.
• File format changes:
  • Removed theStandardFormat key from the specification of category .ini files.
  • Added requirements forLICENSE,LICENSE_INFO andVERSION files and added suitable files to the collection.
  • Changed the required name for the contributors and testers files toCONTRIBUTORS andTESTERS respectively. Renamed the existingcontrib.txt andtesters.txt files accordingly.
  • Made support for REML v4 an official requirement.
  • Dropped support for conditional inclusion of code in .ini files.
• Added documentation:
  • Of the collection file format.
  • A read-me file.
  • This change log.
• Ensured that all files in the collection use the UTF-8 text file preamble (aka byte order mark).
• Added a shell script to create releases.
• Officially adopted the MIT license for source code files.