recorded in the NEWS file, which is included in the source code package.
+mingw-get-0.5-mingw32-beta-20120416-1
+-------------------------------------
+
+Release date: 2012-04-16
+
+This milestone release marks the point at which the code base, for the
+CLI implementation, is deemed to have progressed from alpha to beta
+(or better) quality. It corrects several packaging deficiencies within
+the source code distribution, in addition to fixing two reported bugs;
+it also adds several new features.
+
+The following bugs are fixed by this release:--
+
+- #3416013: --reinstall and dependent packages
+
+ Specifically, in the case of application of the --reinstall option to
+ meta-packages, previous releases would have no effect. This is now
+ corrected, such that the --reinstall action is applied recursively to
+ each declared requirement of any meta-package, to the depth of the
+ first non-meta package in each requirement chain.
+
+- #3424406: install --reinstall performs an upgrade
+
+ When performing the "install" action, with the --reinstall option,
+ previous releases would consider the availability of upgrades for the
+ package in question, promoting the "install" action to "upgrade" when
+ possible. This anomaly has now been corrected; when specified with
+ the "install" action, the --reinstall option will cause reinstallation
+ of the originally installed version, ignoring available upgrades; (the
+ former behaviour remains available, by specifying the --reinstall
+ option together with the "upgrade" action).
+
+The following new features have been implemented:--
+
+- Forced installation of a specified (non-current) release.
+
+ The package name specified as the predicate of any "install" or
+ "upgrade" action may now be qualified by a version specification,
+ allowing the user to select any known version, (not necessarily the
+ most recently released), for installation. In the case of any package
+ which has not been previously installed, the format is any of:
+
+ mingw-get install "package-name=version-spec"
+ mingw-get install "package-name<version-spec"
+ mingw-get install "package-name<=version-spec"
+ mingw-get install "package-name>=version-spec"
+ mingw-get install "package-name>version-spec"
+
+ while for any package which has been previously installed, and is to
+ be "rolled back" to an earlier release, the same forms are supported,
+ using the "upgrade" action in place of "install".
+
+ In each of the above command forms, "package-name" represents the
+ unqualified package name, as it would be specified in any regular
+ invocation of mingw-get, and "version-spec" is the selector for the
+ desired version; (in the case of an "=" qualifier, this must be an
+ exact match for the desired version, unless it ends with the "*" wild
+ card). For example, if GCC has already been installed at version
+ 4.6.2-1, (the most recent release at this time of writing), it may be
+ rolled back to the last version 4.5 release by:
+
+ mingw-get upgrade "gcc=4.5.*"
+
+ or by using an inequality specifier, to exclude gcc-4.6 and later:
+
+ mingw-get upgrade "gcc<4.6"
+
+ Note that, particularly in the case of the inequality qualifiers, the
+ argument must be quoted, to avoid interpretation of the inequality
+ operator as the shell's redirection operator.
+
+ Also note that any explicit *inclusive* version range, such as:
+
+ mingw-get upgrade "gcc>4.5<4.6"
+
+ is permitted; however no white space is permitted, anywhere within the
+ qualified package specification.
+
+- Support for package maintainer scripted installation hooks.
+
+ An embedded script interpreter, based on Lua version 5.2, has been
+ incorporated; this provides support for "pre-install", "post-install",
+ "pre-remove", and "post-remove" action hooks, which may be specified
+ by package maintainers, in the form of Lua scripts embedded within
+ "action" elements in any package's XML catalogue entry.
+
+ This capability is further supported by the provision of Lua modules,
+ providing a standardised mechanism for creation of MS-Windows shell
+ links, (a.k.a. shortcuts).
+
+- New option: "--desktop"
+
+ Grants permission, to package maintainer specified scripts, to create
+ shortcuts on the user's desktop; alternatively, it may be specified as
+ --desktop=all-users, to make such shortcuts available to all users.
+
+- New option: "--start-menu"
+
+ Grants permission, to package maintainer specified scripts, to create
+ shortcuts in the user's start menu; alternatively, it may be specified
+ as --start-menu=all-users, to make such shortcuts available in the
+ start menus of all users.
+
+
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