2014-09-02: merge

merge

diff --git a/.hgsigs b/.hgsigs
--- a/.hgsigs
+++ b/.hgsigs
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ a41ca7bf033667a8dfeacd48be5caf315fabb020
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diff --git a/.hgtags b/.hgtags
--- a/.hgtags
+++ b/.hgtags
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ 0e1335f015a83c6c6616019189c665b3849269ce
 07ec05365e84d29d24ce5f476654f9542931ed2d v0.5.11
 9af37e8efa7a2674caec07c7d2339f136f380d37 wisp-mode-0.2
 5475d743562512c44d2cdd0bf534c78c88efb0f8 v0.6.0
+64745a296d569849de536000b636c100e3e0d30c v0.6.1
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ wisp_SOURCES = wisp-guile.w wisp-reader.
 EXTRA_DIST = $(wisp_SOURCES) $(wisp_DATA) bootstrap.sh wisp.py examples tests runtests.sh wisp-repl-guile.sh
 CLEANFILES = ${wisp} ChangeLog
 DISTCLEANFILES = ${CLEANFILES} @abs_top_builddir@/1 @abs_top_builddir@/2 @abs_top_builddir@/syntaxtests.sh
+# don't spout out lots of stuff at each distcheck. Disable for debugging.
+AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--quiet"
+
 
 all : ${wisp}
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+wisp 0.6.1 (2014-08-05):
+- simpler unicode handling
+- honor --quiet in bootstrapping
+
 wisp 0.6.0 (2014-07-14): 
 - Better performance
 - Support for SRFI-105
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl run `autoreconf -i` to generate a configure script. 
 dnl Then run ./configure to generate a Makefile.
 dnl Finally run make to generate the project.
-AC_INIT([wisp], [0.6.0],
+AC_INIT([wisp], [0.6.1],
         [arne_bab@web.de])
 # Check for programs I need for my build
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET