11 Announcement 2************** 3 4The GNUstep Makefile Package version 2.8.0 is now available. 5 61.1 What is the GNUstep makefile package? 7========================================= 8 9The makefile package is a simple, powerful and extensible way to write 10makefiles for a GNUstep-based project. It allows the user to write a 11project without having to deal with the complex issues associated with 12configuration, building, installation, and packaging. It also allows 13the user to easily create cross-compiled binaries. 14 151.2 Changes in version '2.8.0' 16============================== 17 18 * Better library combo and ABI detection: gnustep-make will now 19 attempt to detect the optimal library combo and ABI supported by 20 the installed compiler and Objective-C runtime library. Explicit 21 selection of the runtime ABI is now possible using the 22 '--with-runtime-abi' configure option. 23 24 * Full support for the gnustep-2.0 Objective-C ABI. 25 26 * Support for creating a Git tag and creating a tarball from a git 27 tag using the 'git-tag' and 'git-dist' targets. 28 29 * Support for creating a Mercurial tag and creating a tarball from a 30 hg tag using the 'hg-tag' and 'hg-dist' targets. 31 32 * Dropped legacy Rhapsody and FreeBSD-out support. 33 341.3 Changes in version '2.7.0' 35============================== 36 37Garbage collection support removed 38 39 ARC enabled by default if the ng runtime is used 40 41 Multi-architecture directory layout adjusted to be more Debian 42compatible 43 44 Framework support fixes 45 46 Various other minor bugfixes 47 481.4 Obtaining gnustep-make 49========================== 50 51You can get the gstep-make-2.8.0.tar.gz distribution file at 52<ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core> 53 54 Please log bug reports on the GNUstep project page 55<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=gnustep> or send bug reports to 56<bug-gnustep@gnu.org>. 57