11 Announcement
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4The GNUstep Makefile Package version 2.8.0 is now available.
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61.1 What is the GNUstep makefile package?
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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.
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151.2 Changes in version '2.8.0'
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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.
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29   * Support for creating a Mercurial tag and creating a tarball from a
30     hg tag using the 'hg-tag' and 'hg-dist' targets.
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32   * Dropped legacy Rhapsody and FreeBSD-out support.
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341.3 Changes in version '2.7.0'
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36
37Garbage collection support removed
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39   ARC enabled by default if the ng runtime is used
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41   Multi-architecture directory layout adjusted to be more Debian
42compatible
43
44   Framework support fixes
45
46   Various other minor bugfixes
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481.4 Obtaining gnustep-make
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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>.
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