GNU Spotlight October 2009

Originally published in the Free Software Foundation's Free Software Supporter - Issue 19, October 2009:
GNU Spotlight with Karl Berry

Here are the recent GNU software releases:

  • coreutils-7.6
  • dfarc-3.4
  • freedink-1.08.20090918
  • freeipmi-0.7.13
  • gengen-1.4.1
  • gengetopt-2.22.3
  • global-5.7.6
  • gnash-0.8.6
  • gnutls-2.8.4
  • gxmessage-2.12.4
  • gzip-1.3.13
  • icecat-3.5.3
  • ignuit-0.0.15
  • mailutils-2.1
  • octave-3.2.3
  • pem-0.7.8
  • pexec-1.0rc8
  • plotutils-2.6
  • solfege-3.14.8
  • source-highlight-3.1.1
  • wget-1.12
  • zile-2.3.12

I'd like to specially note the first new release of gzip (the longstanding GNU compression package) in many years. Thanks to the new co-maintainer, Jim Meyering, for reviving this. And thanks also to Jim for actively maintaining GNU coreutils and other fundamental GNU packages for many years.

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This month we welcome Jean-Michel Sellier's new package dionysus, intended to provide access to scientific constants. Jean-Michel also maintains the GNU packages archimedes and aeneas for submicron semiconductor design.

Several GNU packages are looking for maintainers and other assistance. Please see http://www.gnu.org/server/takeaction.html#unmaint if you'd like to help. The general page on how to help GNU is at http://www.gnu.org/help/help.html. To submit new packages to GNU, see http://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html.

As always, please feel free to write to me, karl@gnu.org, with any GNUish questions or suggestions for future installments.