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diff --git a/pcre/README b/pcre/README index e30bd0fd5b7..4887ebf350e 100644 --- a/pcre/README +++ b/pcre/README @@ -1,7 +1,16 @@ README file for PCRE (Perl-compatible regular expression library) ----------------------------------------------------------------- -The latest release of PCRE is always available in three alternative formats +NOTE: This set of files relates to PCRE releases that use the original API, +with library names libpcre, libpcre16, and libpcre32. January 2015 saw the +first release of a new API, known as PCRE2, with release numbers starting at +10.00 and library names libpcre2-8, libpcre2-16, and libpcre2-32. The old +libraries (now called PCRE1) are still being maintained for bug fixes, but +there will be no new development. New projects are advised to use the new PCRE2 +libraries. + + +The latest release of PCRE1 is always available in three alternative formats from: ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre-xxx.tar.gz @@ -990,4 +999,4 @@ pcre_xxx, one with the name pcre16_xx, and a third with the name pcre32_xxx. Philip Hazel Email local part: ph10 Email domain: cam.ac.uk -Last updated: 24 October 2014 +Last updated: 10 February 2015 |