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+18 August 2015. Summary of changes for version 20150818:
+
+This release is available at https://acpica.org/downloads
+
+1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem:
+
+Fix a regression for AcpiGetTableByIndex interface causing it to fail. Lv 
+Zheng. ACPICA BZ 1186.
+
+Completed development to ensure that the ACPICA Disassembler and Debugger 
+are fully standalone components of ACPICA. Removed cross-component 
+dependences. Lv Zheng.
+
+The max-number-of-AML-loops is now runtime configurable (previously was 
+compile-time only). This is essentially a loop timeout to force-abort 
+infinite AML loops. ACPCIA BZ 1192.
+
+Debugger: Cleanup output to dump ACPI names and namepaths without any 
+trailing underscores. Lv Zheng. ACPICA BZ 1135.
+
+Removed unnecessary conditional compilations across the Debugger and 
+Disassembler components where entire modules could be left uncompiled.
+
+The aapits test is deprecated and has been removed from the ACPICA git 
+tree. The test has never been completed and has not been maintained, thus 
+becoming rather useless. ACPICA BZ 1015, 794.
+
+A batch of small changes to close bugzilla and other reports:
+- Remove duplicate code for _PLD processing. ACPICA BZ 1176.
+- Correctly cleanup after a ACPI table load failure. ACPICA BZ 1185.
+- iASL: Support POSIX yacc again in makefile. Jung-uk Kim.
+- ACPI table support: general cleanup and simplification. Lv Zheng, Bob 
+Moore.
+- ACPI table support: fix for a buffer read overrun in AcpiTbFindTable. 
+ACPICA BZ 1184.
+- Enhance parameter validation for DataTableRegion and LoadTable ASL/AML 
+operators.
+- Debugger: Split debugger initialization/termination interfaces. Lv 
+Zheng.
+- AcpiExec: Emit OemTableId for SSDTs during the load phase for table 
+identification.
+- AcpiExec: Add debug message during _REG method phase during table 
+load/init.
+- AcpiNames: Fix a regression where some output was missing and no longer 
+emitted.
+- Debugger: General cleanup and simplification. Lv Zheng.
+- Disassembler: Cleanup use of several global option variables. Lv Zheng.
+
+Example Code and Data Size: These are the sizes for the OS-independent 
+acpica.lib produced by the Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 32-bit compiler. The 
+debug version of the code includes the debug output trace mechanism and 
+has a much larger code and data size.
+
+  Current Release:
+    Non-Debug Version: 101.3K Code, 27.7K Data, 129.0K Total
+    Debug Version:     198.6K Code, 80.9K Data, 279.5K Total
+  Previous Release:
+    Non-Debug Version: 100.9K Code, 24.5K Data, 125.4K Total
+    Debug Version:     197.8K Code, 81.5K Data, 279.3K Total
+
+
+2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler and Tools:
+
+AcpiExec: Fixed a problem where any more than 32 ACPI tables in the XSDT 
+were not handled properly and caused load errors. Now, properly invoke 
+and use the ACPICA auto-reallocate mechanism for ACPI table data 
+structures. ACPICA BZ 1188
+
+AcpiNames: Add command-line wildcard support for ACPI table files. ACPICA 
+BZ 1190.
+
+AcpiExec and AcpiNames: Add -l option to load ACPI tables only. For 
+AcpiExec, this means that no control methods (like _REG/_INI/_STA) are 
+executed during initialization. ACPICA BZ 1187, 1189.
+
+iASL/Disassembler: Implemented a prototype "listing" mode that emits AML 
+that corresponds to each disassembled ASL statement, to simplify 
+debugging. ACPICA BZ 1191.
+
+Debugger: Add option to the "objects" command to display a summary of the 
+current namespace objects (Object type and count). This is displayed if 
+the command is entered with no arguments.
+
+AcpiNames: Add -x option to specify debug level, similar to AcpiExec.
+
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 17 July 2015. Summary of changes for version 20150717:
 
 1) ACPICA kernel-resident subsystem: