[Libosinfo] [virt-tools-list] Libosinfo 0.2.7

[Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)]

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 5:04 AM, Guannan Ren <gren at redhat.com> wrote:
> On 05/14/2013 04:59 AM, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote:
>>
>> Libosinfo 0.2.7 is out!
>>
>> Changes since 0.2.6:
>>
>> - Add/improve/fix data on:
>>    - CentOS 6.*
>>    - Fedora 19
>>    - GNOME 3.8
>>    - openSUSE 12.3
>>    - RHEL 6.4
>>    - Ubuntu 13.04
>> - Add testcases for media detection:
>>    - Debian 7.0.*
>>    - Fedora 17, 18 and 19
>>    - Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04
>> - Installer script fixes/improvements:
>>    - Setup user avatar for Windows 7.
>>    - Fix against old RHEL and Fedora.
>>    - Specify installation method for Fedora (required by Fedora 19).
>> - New API:
>>    - osinfo_platform_get_all_devices()
>>    - osinfo_install_script_generate_command_line()
>> - build:
>>    - Take DESTDIR into account when creating symlinks.
>>    - Fix issues with installing in a tree where libosinfo was already
>> installed.
>>    - Fix a race-condition regarding usb.ids/pci.ids setup.
>>    - Disable static libraries by default.
>> - Some portability improments/fixes.
>> - Fixes `make syntax-check`.
>> - More docs and fixes to existing docs.
>>
>> Release tarball available here for download:
>> https://fedorahosted.org/releases/l/i/libosinfo/libosinfo-0.2.7.tar.gz
>> sha256 checksum:
>> fce8f43d02da7c8f05db1b3cf40850711d56978f880558fde5cde7c8d0b24a46
>>
>> What is libosinfo?
>> =============
>>
>> libosinfo is a GObject based library API for managing information about
>> operating systems, hypervisors and the (virtual) hardware devices they can
>> support. It includes a database containing device metadata and provides
>> APIs
>> to match/identify optimal devices for deploying an operating system on a
>> hypervisor. Via the magic of GObject Introspection, the API is available
>> in all
>> common programming languages with demos for javascript (GJS/Seed) and
>> python
>> (PyGObject). Also provided are Vala bindings.
>>
>> libosinfo is Free Software and licenced under LGPLv2+.
>>
>> Dependencies
>> ============
>>
>> - Required:
>>    - gobject-2.0
>>    - gio-2.0
>>    - libxml-2.0
>>
>> - Optional:
>>    - gobject-introspection
>>    - Vala (build-time only)
>>
>> For further information about libosinfo please consult the project
>> homepage
>>
>>     https://libosinfo.org/
>>
>
>     When I click the above link, it leads me to Daniel's blog which I visit
> a lot:)
>     When I use http://libosinfo.org, it leads me to libosinfo project
> homepage.
>     Probably, these two project stay on the same host machine.

Ah yes, using 'https' instead of 'http' does that. Thanks for pointing
it out. I'll try to remember in next release announcement.

--
Regards,

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
FSF member#5124