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GNU Source Installer 2.5 released
     posted by sick_soul, Mon 21 Jul 2008 02:13:57 AM UTC

GNU Source Installer 2.5 has been just released
(unchanged from rc2).

Changes include basic support for internationalization,
and many bugfixes in all components,
which results in more packages supported.

GNU Source Installer is an effort to leverage the [...]

GNU Source Installer 2.5rc2 available
     posted by sick_soul, Thu 26 Jun 2008 01:11:59 AM UTC

A new release candidate for sourceinstall 2.5 has been
prepared, and all the 2.5rc2 components have been
uploaded to the download area.

Please report any problem you should find.

http://www.gnu.org/software/sourceinstall
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sourceinstall

sourceinstall 2.5rc1 available
     posted by sick_soul, Sun 11 May 2008 07:22:41 AM UTC

A release candidate for sourceinstall 2.5 has been prepared,
and all the 2.5rc1 components have been uploaded to the download
area. Please report any problem you should find.

http://www.gnu.org/software/sourceinstall
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sourceinstall/

GNU Source Installer 2.4 released (GPLv3)
     posted by sick_soul, Fri 29 Jun 2007 11:27:40 PM UTC

GNU Source Installer 2.4 has been just released.
The main focus of this version is the move to GPLv3.
The latest bugfixes for libsrcinst are also included.

GNU Source Installer is an effort to leverage the
GNU installation standards to offer easy installation from source code and management of installed source code packages. [...]

GNU Source Installer 2.3 released
     posted by sick_soul, Sat 06 Jan 2007 10:17:21 AM UTC

GNU Source Installer 2.3 has been now officially released.
Its components are:

libsrcinst-2.3.1.tar.gz
sourceinstall-2.3.tar.gz
sourceinstall-gtk-2.3.tar.gz

See the file section on savannah,
or the GNU sites and mirrors for the downloads. [...]

GNU Source Installer 2.2 released
     posted by sick_soul, Sat 05 Aug 2006 07:05:02 AM UTC

GNU Source Installer 2.2 has been released.
See the file section on savannah,
or the GNU sites and mirrors for the downloads.

Primary site:

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sourceinstall
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sourceinstall

new features available
     posted by sick_soul, Tue 01 Aug 2006 06:57:40 PM UTC - 2 replies

These new features are available in current CVS,
and in the latest CVS builds:

libsrcinst:

  • rewrote upgrade package functionality. This fixes a lot of

  problems with the upgrade actions in the programs.

  • consider directory dependencies. Previously only file and link
[...]
CVS builds available on ftp.gnu.org
     posted by sick_soul, Sun 16 Jul 2006 04:14:25 PM UTC

These new CVS builds will be prepared between releases
to offer bleeding edge functionality and bugfixes
without having to wait for the regular builds.

They are called

libsrcinst-cvs.tar.gz
sourceinstall-cvs.tar.gz
sourceinstall-gtk-cvs.tar.gz

and are available on ftp.gnu.org

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sourceinstall/

or any of the GNU ftp mirrors:

http://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html

GNU Source Installer 2.1 released
     posted by sick_soul, Sun 30 Apr 2006 07:12:45 PM UTC

A new version of the Source Installer is available!

Version 2.1 fixes serious bugs, and offers new functionality,
like better consistency checks, file conflicts detection bewteen packages, automatic management of entries in the info directory file, and better uninstallation. [...]

sourceinstall project news
     posted by sick_soul, Thu 23 Feb 2006 12:34:27 PM UTC

Here's some juicy information about the project
that could be interesting for sourceinstall users:

DEVELOPMENT
In sourceinstall-gtk, a new "save log" feature is being implemented, well suited for better bug reports.
It will simply save the output of commands run during build [...]


Older News Approved
GNU Source Installer 2.0 released posted by sick_soul, Wed 08 Feb 2006 11:20:39 PM UTC
Second test release of Source Installer 2 available posted by sick_soul, Sat 28 Jan 2006 04:43:18 PM UTC
work on the GTK frontend started posted by sick_soul, Fri 16 Dec 2005 06:13:23 PM UTC
GNU Source Installer version 0.5 released posted by sick_soul, Mon 05 Sep 2005 07:31:08 PM UTC
Undergoing and future changes, project goals posted by sick_soul, Fri 12 Aug 2005 12:41:48 AM UTC
GNU Source Installer version 0.4 released posted by sick_soul, Wed 20 Jul 2005 07:26:15 AM UTC
GNU Source Installer version 0.3 released posted by sick_soul, Tue 21 Jun 2005 09:49:46 PM UTC
version 0.2 has been released posted by sick_soul, Sat 11 Jun 2005 01:27:27 AM UTC

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