[virt-tools-list] [Libosinfo] Libosinfo 0.2.7

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 10:04:06AM +0800, Guannan Ren wrote:
> On 05/14/2013 04:59 AM, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote:
> >Libosinfo 0.2.7 is out!
> >
> >Changes since 0.2.6:
> >
> >- Add/improve/fix data on:
> >   - CentOS 6.*
> >   - Fedora 19
> >   - GNOME 3.8
> >   - openSUSE 12.3
> >   - RHEL 6.4
> >   - Ubuntu 13.04
> >- Add testcases for media detection:
> >   - Debian 7.0.*
> >   - Fedora 17, 18 and 19
> >   - Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04
> >- Installer script fixes/improvements:
> >   - Setup user avatar for Windows 7.
> >   - Fix against old RHEL and Fedora.
> >   - Specify installation method for Fedora (required by Fedora 19).
> >- New API:
> >   - osinfo_platform_get_all_devices()
> >   - osinfo_install_script_generate_command_line()
> >- build:
> >   - Take DESTDIR into account when creating symlinks.
> >   - Fix issues with installing in a tree where libosinfo was already installed.
> >   - Fix a race-condition regarding usb.ids/pci.ids setup.
> >   - Disable static libraries by default.
> >- Some portability improments/fixes.
> >- Fixes `make syntax-check`.
> >- More docs and fixes to existing docs.
> >
> >Release tarball available here for download:
> >https://fedorahosted.org/releases/l/i/libosinfo/libosinfo-0.2.7.tar.gz
> >sha256 checksum:
> >fce8f43d02da7c8f05db1b3cf40850711d56978f880558fde5cde7c8d0b24a46
> >
> >What is libosinfo?
> >=============
> >
> >libosinfo is a GObject based library API for managing information about
> >operating systems, hypervisors and the (virtual) hardware devices they can
> >support. It includes a database containing device metadata and provides APIs
> >to match/identify optimal devices for deploying an operating system on a
> >hypervisor. Via the magic of GObject Introspection, the API is available in all
> >common programming languages with demos for javascript (GJS/Seed) and python
> >(PyGObject). Also provided are Vala bindings.
> >
> >libosinfo is Free Software and licenced under LGPLv2+.
> >
> >Dependencies
> >============
> >
> >- Required:
> >   - gobject-2.0
> >   - gio-2.0
> >   - libxml-2.0
> >
> >- Optional:
> >   - gobject-introspection
> >   - Vala (build-time only)
> >
> >For further information about libosinfo please consult the project homepage
> >
> >    https://libosinfo.org/
> >
> 
>     When I click the above link, it leads me to Daniel's blog which
> I visit a lot:)
>     When I use http://libosinfo.org, it leads me to libosinfo
> project homepage.
>     Probably, these two project stay on the same host machine.

Yes, unfortunately my web hosting setup doesn't support https:// for
any sites, other than my blog


Daniel
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