GNU Spotlight with Karl Berry (November 2012)
New releases this month (as of November 27, 2012):
- autoconf-archive-2012.11.14
- gengetopt-2.22.6
- libzrtpcpp-2.3.2
- automake-1.12.5
- global-6.2.5
- parallel-20121122
- binutils-2.23.1
- gnunet-0.9.4
- pyconfigure-0.1
- bison-2.6.5
- gnunet-gtk-0.9.4
- sipwitch-1.4.0
- ccrtp-2.0.5
- gnutls-3.1.5
- solfege-3.20.7
- complexity-1.0
- libmicrohttpd-0.9.23
- ucommon-6.0.1
- ed-1.7
- librejs-4.9.2
- freeipmi-1.2.3
- libtasn1-3.1
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I'd like to specially mention the first release of GNU pyconfigure http://www.gnu.org/software/pyconfigure/, which provides developers using Python's setup.py for their package with ways to support the standard GNU configure && make installation method.
Another special mention for Ludovic Courtes for his new GNU package (system) Guix, http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/, going along with all his work on Guile.
We also welcome Dimitry Bogatov as the new maintainer of GNU Thales, Brian Lane and Phillip Susi as new co-maintainers of GNU parted, Hellekin and Daniel Reusche as new co-maintainers of GNU social, Fabio Gonzalez as the author and maintainer of the new GNU package fcrypt, and Paulo Cesar Pereira de Andrade as the new maintainer of GNU lightning.
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As always, please feel free to write to me, karl@gnu.org, with any GNUish questions or suggestions for future installments.