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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/PackageNotes" by DimitrisGlezos
by fedorawiki-noreply＠fedoraproject.org 23 Sep '06

23 Sep '06

Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by DimitrisGlezos: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/PackageNotes The comment on the change is: Remove unnecessary heading and promote content ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - = Package Notes = - The following sections contain information regarding software packages that have undergone significant changes for Fedora Core [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]]. For easier access, they are generally organized using the same groups that are shown in the installation system. - == GNOME Desktop Environment == + = GNOME Desktop Environment = The following packages have been split into several packages to improve performance and manageability as noted: @@ -16, +14 @@ * `NetworkManager`, which no longer depends on `bind` and `caching-nameserver` - == Web Server == + = Web Server = The `php` package has been split to separate the command line binary from the CGI executable. - == Ext3 File System Utilities == + = Ext3 File System Utilities = A new version of `e2fsprogs` is included in this release which has a number of bug fixes. The `ext2online` feature has been integrated into `resize2fs`, so the `ext2online` program has been removed from this package. - == Licensing Audit == + = Licensing Audit = The [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board Fedora Project Board] initiated a [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FreeSoftwareAnalysis licensing audit] to ensure all software included in Fedora Core is compliant with the package licensing guidelines. This process is now complete, and several changes were made as a result: @@ -42, +40 @@ * The `netpbm` package has been [http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2006-August/msg00271.h… changed] to remove all unlicensed or improper files from the source tarball. - == Kenel Headers == + = Kenel Headers = The process of generating kernel headers has been [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h… changed] which provides several [http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/2/24 benefits] included easier maintenance and consistency.

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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Security" by PaulWFrields
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23 Sep '06

Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by PaulWFrields: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Security The comment on the change is: Remove unnecessary heading and promote content ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - = Security = - This section highlights various security items from Fedora Core. - == General Information == + = General Information = A general introduction to the many proactive security features in Fedora, current status and policies is available at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security.

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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Security" by PaulWFrields
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23 Sep '06

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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Devel/Tools" by PaulWFrields
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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Devel/Runtime" by PaulWFrields
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23 Sep '06

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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Devel/Tools/GCC" by PaulWFrields
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23 Sep '06

Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by PaulWFrields: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Devel/Tools/GCC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## page was renamed from Docs/Beats/DevelTools/GCC - === GCC Compiler Collection === + == GCC Compiler Collection == This release of Fedora has been built with GCC 4.1, which is included with the distribution. - ==== Caveats ==== + === Caveats === * Fedora developers have introduced changes in the ELF .hash section that provides symbols for dynamic linking. This new .gnu.hash section, which is produced with the new default `--hash-style=gnu` option for `gcc`, serves the same purpose as previous hash sections. It provides, however, an approximately 50% increase in dynamic linking speed. Binaries and libraries produced with the new hashing function are incompatible with older `glibc` and dynamic linker releases. To use the old-style hashing routines for compatibility with older `glibc`-based systems, pass the `--hash-style=sysv` option instead. @@ -18, +18 @@ * The `specs` file is no longer installed on most systems. Ordinary users will not notice, but developers who need to alter the file can use the `-dumpspecs` option to generate the file for editing. - ==== Code Generation ==== + === Code Generation === * The SSA code optimizer is now included and brings with it better constant propagation, partial redundancy elimination, load and store code motion, strength reduction, dead storage elimination, better detection of unreachable code, and tail recursion by accumulation. * Autovectorization is supported. This technique achieves higher performance for repetitive loop code, in some circumstances. - ==== Language Extensions ==== + === Language Extensions === * The new sentinel attribute causes the compiler to issue a warning if a function such as `execl(char *path, const char *arg, ...)`, which requires a NULL list terminator, is missing the NULL.

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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Devel/Tools" by PaulWFrields
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23 Sep '06

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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Devel/Runtime" by PaulWFrields
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23 Sep '06

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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Devel" by PaulWFrields
by fedorawiki-noreply＠fedoraproject.org 23 Sep '06

23 Sep '06

Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by PaulWFrields: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Devel The comment on the change is: Remove unnecessary heading and promote content ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## page was renamed from Docs/Beats/DevelTools - = Development = This section covers various development tools and features. [[Include(/Runtime)]] [[Include(/Tools)]] - == Ruby == + = Ruby = The standard search path for Ruby libraries, `$:`, has changed in accordance with [:Packaging/Ruby:the packaging guidelines]. Changes were also made to some of the entries in `Config::CONFIG` in the `rbconfig` module. The most important changes include:

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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Devel/Tools/GCC" by PaulWFrields
by fedorawiki-noreply＠fedoraproject.org 23 Sep '06

23 Sep '06

Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by PaulWFrields: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Devel/Tools/GCC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## page was renamed from Docs/Beats/DevelTools/GCC - == GCC Compiler Collection == + === GCC Compiler Collection === This release of Fedora has been built with GCC 4.1, which is included with the distribution. - === Caveats === + ==== Caveats ==== * Fedora developers have introduced changes in the ELF .hash section that provides symbols for dynamic linking. This new .gnu.hash section, which is produced with the new default `--hash-style=gnu` option for `gcc`, serves the same purpose as previous hash sections. It provides, however, an approximately 50% increase in dynamic linking speed. Binaries and libraries produced with the new hashing function are incompatible with older `glibc` and dynamic linker releases. To use the old-style hashing routines for compatibility with older `glibc`-based systems, pass the `--hash-style=sysv` option instead. @@ -18, +18 @@ * The `specs` file is no longer installed on most systems. Ordinary users will not notice, but developers who need to alter the file can use the `-dumpspecs` option to generate the file for editing. - === Code Generation === + ==== Code Generation ==== * The SSA code optimizer is now included and brings with it better constant propagation, partial redundancy elimination, load and store code motion, strength reduction, dead storage elimination, better detection of unreachable code, and tail recursion by accumulation. * Autovectorization is supported. This technique achieves higher performance for repetitive loop code, in some circumstances. - === Language Extensions === + ==== Language Extensions ==== * The new sentinel attribute causes the compiler to issue a warning if a function such as `execl(char *path, const char *arg, ...)`, which requires a NULL list terminator, is missing the NULL.

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