Release v0.18 (#1007)

Waiting for some automation from @ober; other than that ready to go!

.gitignore

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ src/TAGS
 .build*
 doc/node_modules
 doc/.vuepress/dist
-src/gerbil/runtime/version.ss
+# src/gerbil/runtime/version.ss
 src/gerbil/boot-gxi
 src/bootstrap/static
 

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Gerbil Release Notes
 ## Gerbil v0.18, Nimzowitsch
 
-- Gerbil v0.18; to be released soon
+- Gerbil v0.18; October 12, 2023
 - Gerbil v0.18-rc1; October 6, 2023
 
 **TL;DR** Gerbil v0.18 is a milestone release, which sets the

README.md

@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ You can install them in ubuntu with:
 $ sudo apt install libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libsqlite3-dev
 ```
 
+**Note** If you want to install the latest release (v0.18), you can also use the precompiled binary packages for Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and CentOS. They are available in the [v0.18 release](https://github.com/mighty-gerbils/gerbil/releases/tag/v0.18) page.
+
 **If you are on MacOS** you can install Gerbil using our [brew formula](https://github.com/mighty-gerbils/gerbil/blob/master/homebrew/gerbil-scheme.rb):
 ```shell
 $ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mighty-gerbils/gerbil/master/homebrew/gerbil-scheme.rb

doc/guide/README.md

@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ Various features can be enabled or disabled by passing `--enable-FEATURE` or
 `--disable-FEATURE` to `./configure`.  Use `./configure --help` to see which
 features are available.
 
+## Installation using Binary Release Packages
+
+If you want to install the latest release (v0.18), you can also use
+the precompiled binary packages for Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and CentOS.
+They are available in the [v0.18 release](https://github.com/mighty-gerbils/gerbil/releases/tag/v0.18) page.
+
 ## Installation on MacOS
 
 Gerbil is available via a homebrew recipe. If you are on MacOS, you can build using the brew formula.

homebrew/README.org

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ brew install --HEAD --formula -vd gerbil-scheme.rb
 #+end_src
 
 
-* Documentation                                                
+* Documentation
 
 #+begin_export md
 <!---
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pass an =-rpath= to =ld= along with a =-L<library-path>= for building
 if needed.
 
 
-** The Mac =ld= and =-rpath=: No strippers allowed! 
+** The Mac =ld= and =-rpath=: No strippers allowed!
 
 Because MacOS tries to keep things SI(m)P'le often their =ld= is not capable
 of finding our =.so='s, =.a='s, or =.dylib='s.
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ available [[https://www.fullstaq.com/knowledge-hub/blogs/an-alternative-to-macos
 
 ** Unsupported Upgrades
 
-My first real Apple Computer was a 2012 iMac. But I got it mid-2023. So I wanted to upgrade by 
+My first real Apple Computer was a 2012 iMac. But I got it mid-2023. So I wanted to upgrade by
 [[https://www.macworld.com/article/672461/how-to-install-macos-on-unsupported-mac.html][installing MacOS on an unsupported Mac]]. It worked but there are a few things different about it.
 
 Here's where I put some workarounds and hacks.
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ There's some meta-info that's nice to have.
 Now where it will install from, and how it gets it. The tag is the version.
 
 #+begin_src ruby
-  url "https://github.com/mighty-gerbils/gerbil.git", using: :git,
-      revision: "3414e3f111a38965a549dce0b11aeee2e2771e3a"
+  url "https://github.com/mighty-gerbils/gerbil.git", using: :git, tag: "v0.18"
   head "https://github.com/mighty-gerbils/gerbil.git", using: :git
   version "0.18"
   revision 0
@@ -183,8 +182,7 @@ Now the dirt. The install process is as it should be! ~./configure && make && ma
 
 #+begin_src ruby
     def install
-        system "./configure", "--prefix=#{prefix}" #, "--disable-shared"
-
+        system "./configure", "--prefix=#{prefix}"
         system "make"
         ENV.deparallelize
         system "make", "install"
@@ -222,4 +220,3 @@ That's that!
 #+begin_src ruby
 end
 #+end_src
-

homebrew/gerbil-scheme.rb

@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ class GerbilScheme < Formula
   desc "Opinionated dialect of Scheme designed for Systems Programming"
   homepage "https://cons.io"
   license any_of: ["LGPL-2.1-or-later", "Apache-2.0"]
-  url "https://github.com/mighty-gerbils/gerbil.git", using: :git,
-      revision: "3414e3f111a38965a549dce0b11aeee2e2771e3a"
+  url "https://github.com/mighty-gerbils/gerbil.git", using: :git, tag: "v0.18"
   head "https://github.com/mighty-gerbils/gerbil.git", using: :git
   version "0.18"
   revision 0
@@ -18,8 +17,7 @@ class GerbilScheme < Formula
     cause "gerbil-scheme is built with GCC"
   end
     def install
-        system "./configure", "--prefix=#{prefix}" #, "--disable-shared"
-
+        system "./configure", "--prefix=#{prefix}"
         system "make"
         ENV.deparallelize
         system "make", "install"

src/gerbil/runtime/version.ss

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+(def (gerbil-version-string) "v0.18")