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

[Guannan Ren]

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.

     Guannan