diff --git a/about/history/index.html b/about/history/index.html deleted file mode 100644 index eeac2a71..00000000 --- a/about/history/index.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,113 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: History -parent: About -layout: default_with_title -has_children: true -nav_order: 1 ---- - -

- Although, fortunately, GAP is not yet part of history, - we have kept a few documents marking steps of its development. - In particular, the prefaces of the manuals of the various releases - sketch the respective progress. We present here links to (relevant - extracts from) these prefaces as well as to some 'interim reports' - that appeared in the GAP Forum. (For recent developments see the - Release history.) - -

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GAP Council

-The Council, was formed in 1995 to provide broad -policy advice for the future development of GAP. -It served as an editorial board for GAP packages until 2024, but its interests extend more broadly, to include -enhancing recognition not only of GAP itself but also of -the whole field of computational group theory. - -

GAP Centres

-In March 2005 the GAP Council and the GAP developers have agreed that status and responsibilities of "GAP Headquarters" should be passed to -an equal collaboration of a number of GAP Centres, where there is -permanent staff involvement and an element of collective or organisational commitment, while fully recognising the vital -contributions of many individuals outside those Centres. diff --git a/about/history/index.md b/about/history/index.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..79982399 --- /dev/null +++ b/about/history/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +--- +title: History +parent: About +layout: default_with_title +has_children: true +nav_order: 1 +--- + +Although, fortunately, GAP is not yet part of history, +we have kept a few documents marking steps of its development. +In particular, the prefaces of the manuals of the various releases +sketch the respective progress. We present here links to (relevant +extracts from) these prefaces as well as to some 'interim reports' +that appeared in the GAP Forum. (For recent developments see the +[Release history](https://github.com/gap-system/gap/blob/master/CHANGES.md).) + +- Preface for + [GAP 2.4](preface_2.4.html), the first publically + released version of GAP (JN, December 1988) +- Preface for [GAP 3.1](preface_3.1.html) (JN, March 1991) +- From the preface for [GAP 3.2](preface_3.2.html) + (JN, January 1993) +- Preface for [GAP 3.4.3](preface_3.4.3.html), the last + GAP 3 release from Aachen (JN, June 1994) +- Interim Report + [GAP, 1997, me and all that]({{ site.baseurl }}/ForumArchive/Neubuese.1/Joachim.1/GAP,_199.1/1.html) + (JN, June 1995) +- Interim Report + [Organizing GAP]({{ site.baseurl }}/ForumArchive/Neubuese.1/Joachim.1/Interim_.1/1.html) (JN, December 1995) +- Interim Report + [A European summer of CGT '97]({{ site.baseurl }}/ForumArchive/Neubuese.1/Joachim.1/interim_.1/1.html) + (JN, July 1996) +- Interim Report + [WWW pages and refereeing]({{ site.baseurl }}/ForumArchive/Neubuese.1/Joachim.1/Interim_.2/1.html) + (SL + JN, September 1996) +- From the preface for [GAP 3.4.4](preface_3.4.4.html) + (SL, April 1997) +- Interim Report + [Move of GAP addresses]({{ site.baseurl }}/ForumArchive/Neubuese.1/Joachim.1/INTERIM_.1/1.html) + (JN, June 1997) +- Forum letter + [Contributions to GAP]({{ site.baseurl }}/ForumArchive/Wright.1/Charles.1/Contribu.2/1.html) (CW, July 1997) +- From the preface for [GAP 4.B.1](preface_4.B.1.html), the first beta + release of GAP 4 (JN, July 1997) +- From the preface for [GAP 4.1](preface_4.1.html) (SL, July 1999) +- Preface for [GAP 4.3](preface_4.3.html) (SL, May 2002) +- Preface for [GAP 4.4](preface_4.4.html) (AH, March 2004) +- Preface for {% include ref.html label="Preface" text="GAP 4.5" %} (June 2012) + +### GAP Council +The [GAP Council]({{ site.baseurl }}/council/) was formed in 1995 to provide broad +policy advice for the future development of GAP. +It served as an editorial board for GAP packages until 2024, but its interests extend more broadly, to include +enhancing recognition not only of GAP itself but also of +the whole field of computational group theory. + +### GAP Centres +In March 2005 the GAP Council and the GAP developers have agreed that status and responsibilities of "GAP Headquarters" should be passed to +an equal collaboration of a number of [GAP Centres]({{ site.baseurl}}/centres/), where there is +permanent staff involvement and an element of collective or organisational commitment, while fully recognising the vital +contributions of many individuals outside those Centres.