icu, libvpx, klusrmgr, libxml2, nasm, libogg, libvorbis, libtheora, lame, expat, gcc, xvidcore, x264, readline, python
19.05.2020
We released version 65.1-1 of icu (International Components for Unicode), version 1.8.2-1 of libvpx (VP8/VP9 Video Codec SDK), version 1.4.0-1 of klusrmgr ((kLIBC) User Manager), version 2.9.10-1 of libxml2 (Library providing XML and HTML support), version 2.14..02-1 of nasm (A portable x86 assembler which uses Intel-like syntax), version 1.3.4-1 of libogg (The Ogg bitstream file format library), version 1.3.6-4 of libvorbis (he Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec), version 1.1.1-1 of libtheora (Theora Video Compression Codec), version 3.100-1 of lame (Free MP3 audio compressore), version 2.2.9-1 of expat (An XML parser library), version 9.2.0-4 of gcc (Various compilers (C, C++, Objective-C, ...), version 1.3.7 of xvidcore (MPEG-4 Simple and Advanced Simple Profile codec), versions 0.160-1 of x264 (H264/AVC video streams encoder), version 8.0-2 of readline (A library for editing typed command lines), version 2.7.6-25 of python (An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language)
It is uploaded as rpm to the netlabs rel or exp repository. To install just use either yum or ANPM. If anyone prefers a zip file, those are available at the netlabs rel repo or at the netlabs exp repo.

What's new in icu:
  • moved source to github
  • enable doxygen
  • add bldlevel to the dll
  • update to latest source
What's new in libvpx:
  • Update to version 1.8.2
  • syncronized with latest fedora spec
  • moved source to github
What's new in klusrmgr:
  • Fix vxapps tickets #12 and #13
  • Remove "wheel" group upon installation
  • Add a refresh timer to the GUI in order to detect externally changed users
What's new in libxml2:
  • update to vendor version 2.9.10
  • enable icu support
What's new in nasm:
  • updated to vendor version 2.14.02
  • synchronized with fedora spec
What's new in libogg:
  • updated to latest source
  • moved the source to github.com/bitwiseworks
  • added a debug package
  • added a buildlevel to the dll
What's new in libvorbis:
  • moved the source to github.com/bitwiseworks
  • added a debug package
  • added a buildlevel to the dll
What's new in libtheora:
  • first OS/2 rpm version
What's new in lame:
  • first OS/2 rpm version
What's new in expat:
  • update to version 2.2.9
  • built with latest tools
  • remove -Zbin-files
What's new in gcc:
  • Require gettext-devel when building to avoid GCC own intl usage [gcc-os2#24]
  • Fix forwarders for GCC runtime 4.4.0-4.4.2, 4.4.4 and 4.4.5 [gcc-os2#25]
What's new in xvidcore:
  • first OS/2 rpm version
What's new in readline:
  • update to version 8.0
  • sync with latest fedora spec
  • use scm_macros
  • add legacy package to the old version 6.1-4
  • fix library name in dll
What's new in python:
  • Move OS/2 port from Trac to GitHub
  • Build with GCC 9 and latest toolchain
  • Provide built-in dbm and bsddb modules
  • Make python distutils recognize FOO_dll.a libraries in EMX mode
  • Make sys.getfilesystemencoding() never return None [#1]
  • Properly restore BEGINLIBPATH and friends after execve/spawnve

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