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                      GAP - Changes from Earlier Versions
  
  
                          Release 4.8.10, 15-Jan-2018
  
  
                                 The GAP Group
  
  
  
  The GAP Group
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  Copyright
  Copyright  ©  (1987-2018)  for  the  core  part of the GAP system by the GAP
  Group.
  
  Most  parts  of this distribution, including the core part of the GAP system
  are  distributed  under  the  terms  of  the GNU General Public License, see
  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html or the file GPL in the etc directory of
  the GAP installation.
  
  More  detailed  information  about  copyright  and licenses of parts of this
  distribution  can  be found in Section 'Reference: Copyright and License' of
  the GAP reference manual.
  
  GAP  is  developed  over  a long time and has many authors and contributors.
  More  detailed  information  can be found in Section 'Reference: Authors and
  Maintainers' of the GAP reference manual.
  
  
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  Contents (changes)
  
  1 Preface
  2 Changes between GAP 4.7 and GAP 4.8
    2.1 GAP 4.8.2 (February 2016)
      2.1-1 Changes in the core GAP system introduced in GAP 4.8
      2.1-2 New and updated packages since GAP 4.7.8
    2.2 GAP 4.8.3 (March 2016)
      2.2-1 Changes in the core GAP system introduced in GAP 4.8.3
    2.3 GAP 4.8.4 (June 2016)
      2.3-1 Changes in the core GAP system introduced in GAP 4.8.4
    2.4 GAP 4.8.5 (September 2016)
      2.4-1 Changes in the core GAP system introduced in GAP 4.8.5
    2.5 GAP 4.8.6 (November 2016)
      2.5-1 Changes in the core GAP system introduced in GAP 4.8.6
    2.6 GAP 4.8.7 (March 2017)
      2.6-1 Changes in the core GAP system introduced in GAP 4.8.7
      2.6-2 New and updated packages since GAP 4.8.6
    2.7 GAP 4.8.8 (August 2017)
      2.7-1 Changes in the core GAP system introduced in GAP 4.8.8
      2.7-2 New and updated packages since GAP 4.8.7
    2.8 GAP 4.8.9 (December 2017)
    2.9 GAP 4.8.10 (January 2018)
  3 Changes between GAP 4.6 and GAP 4.7
    3.1 GAP 4.7.2 (December 2013)
      3.1-1 Changes in the core GAP system introduced in GAP 4.7
      3.1-2 New and updated packages since GAP 4.6.5
    3.2 GAP 4.7.3 (February 2014)
    3.3 GAP 4.7.4 (February 2014)
    3.4 GAP 4.7.5 (May 2014)
    3.5 GAP 4.7.6 (November 2014)
    3.6 GAP 4.7.7 (February 2015)
    3.7 GAP 4.7.8 (June 2015)
  4 Changes between GAP 4.5 and GAP 4.6
    4.1 GAP 4.6.2 (February 2013)
      4.1-1 Changes in the core GAP system introduced in GAP 4.6
      4.1-2 New and updated packages since GAP 4.5.4
    4.2 GAP 4.6.3 (March 2013)
    4.3 GAP 4.6.4 (April 2013)
    4.4 GAP 4.6.5 (July 2013)
  5 Changes between GAP 4.4 and GAP 4.5
    5.1 Changes in the core GAP system introduced in GAP 4.5
      5.1-1 Improved functionality
      5.1-2 Changes in distribution formats
      5.1-3 Improvements to the user interface
      5.1-4 Better documentation
    5.2 Packages in GAP 4.5
      5.2-1 Interface between the core system and packages
      5.2-2 New and updated packages since GAP 4.4.12
    5.3 GAP 4.5.5 (July 2012)
    5.4 GAP 4.5.6 (September 2012)
    5.5 GAP 4.5.7 (December 2012)
  6 Overview of updates for GAP 4.4
    6.1 GAP 4.4 Bugfix 2 (April 2004)
    6.2 GAP 4.4 Bugfix 3 (May 2004)
    6.3 GAP 4.4 Bugfix 4 (December 2004)
    6.4 GAP 4.4 Update 5 (May 2005)
    6.5 GAP 4.4 Update 6 (September 2005)
    6.6 GAP 4.4 Update 7 (March 2006)
    6.7 GAP 4.4 Update 8 (September 2006)
    6.8 GAP 4.4 Update 9 (November 2006)
    6.9 GAP 4.4 Update 10 (October 2007)
    6.10 GAP 4.4 Update 11 (December 2008)
    6.11 GAP 4.4 Update 12 (December 2008)
  7 Changes from Earlier Versions
    7.1 Changes between GAP 4.3 and GAP 4.4
      7.1-1 Potentially Incompatible Changes
      7.1-2 New Packages
      7.1-3 Performance Enhancements
      7.1-4 New Programming and User Features
    7.2 Earlier Changes