0.5.5 final README message

frs/Current Releases/0.5.5/README.txt

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+WARNING: Not recommended for new designs!
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+Please note that this will be last 0.5.x version, and is marked "End of life"; the 1.1.0 version is included, and has 'experimental' status.
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+This is an archived version of the GNU ARM Eclipse plug-in update site.
+
+To install it, point your Eclipse to it:
+	Eclipse -> Install New Software -> Add -> Archive -> select .zip file.
+
+This version (0.5.5) runs on CDT 8.0 (Eclipse 3.7 Indigo) or later, 
+including Eclipse 4.3 Keppler.
+
+Changes since previous 0.5.4 version:
+
+- new ARM toolchains added:
+	Tools for Embedded (arm-none-eabi-)
+	Sourcery Lite Linux (arm-none-linux-gnueabi-)
+	Linaro GNUEABIHF Linux (arm-linux-gnueabihf-)
+- ARM64 (AArch64) toolchains added:
+	Linaro AArch64 Bare (aarch64-none-elf-)
+	Linaro AArch64 Linux (aarch64-linux-gnu-)
+
+- C/C++ 'Hello ARM World' templates added
+
+- flash binary output type in CreateFlash no longer locked to hex and computed according to selection
+- elf32-littlearm, elf32-bigarm, elf32-little, elf32-big, tekhex removed from CreateFlash output type;
+
+- new cpu added: arm720, arm710t, arm720t, arm740t, strongarm1110, arm1156t2f-s, cortex-a7, cortex-a15, cortex-a53, cortex-m0plus, marvell-pj4, fa526, fa626, fa606te, fa626te, fmp626, fa726te
+- new FPU types added: ‘fp-armv8’, ‘neon-fp-armv8’, and ‘crypto-neon-fp-armv8’
+- FPU Type enabled even for default Float ABI
+
+- 'Other target flash' field added
+
+- compiler -ffunction-sections, -fdata-sections and linker -Xlinker --gc-sections, defaults as enabled
+
+- startfiles default as enabled in linker
+- toolchain debug format as default instead of dwarf
+
+- accept spaces in project names (requires a CDT patch, that will come with CDT 8.2.1)
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