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authorG. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>2023-02-20 19:06:34 -0600
committerG. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>2023-02-21 19:19:06 -0600
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@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
info-gnu for releases,
and CC groff and linux-man@vger.kernel.org for both. ]]
-groff 1.23 release candidate 3, 1.23.0.rc3, is now available from GNU's
-alpha FTP site. You may download the distribution archive from there.
-
- https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/groff/
+We are pleased to announce the release of groff version 1.23.0.
What is groff?
==============
@@ -29,17 +26,11 @@ while consuming minimal system resources.
Changes
=======
-Release candidate 3 resolves a build problem on macOS 12, fixes several
-automated test failures on non-GNU/Linux hosts, improves gropdf's
-parsing of "papersize" directives in "DESC" files, and clarifies and
-corrects documentation.
-
Since groff 1.22.4 was released in December 2018, 26 people have made a
total of over 4,500 commits.
[[ maintainer: Insert output of
- "git shortlog --summary --email 1.22.4..HEAD" _just before tagging_
- 1.23.0 so that all commits are captured. ]]
+ "git shortlog --summary 1.22.4..1.23.0" ]]
Headline features nominated by our development community include:
* a new 'man' macro, "MR", for formatting man page cross references;
@@ -117,19 +108,19 @@ Use a mirror for higher download bandwidth.
Here are the SHA-1 and SHA-256 checksums.
-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx groff-1.23.0.rc3.tar.gz
-yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy groff-1.23.0.rc3.tar.gz
+xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx groff-1.23.0.tar.gz
+yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy groff-1.23.0.tar.gz
The SHA-256 checksum is encoded in Base64 instead of the hexadecimal
form that most checksum tools default to. The mechanism follows.
-sha256sum < groff-1.23.0.rc3.tar.gz | cut -f1 -d\ | xxd -r -p | base64
+sha256sum < groff-1.23.0.tar.gz | cut -f1 -d\ | xxd -r -p | base64
[*] Use a .sig file to verify that the corresponding file (without the
.sig suffix) is intact. First, be sure to download both the .sig
file and the corresponding archive. Then, verify the archive.
- gpg --verify groff-1.23.0.rc3.tar.gz{.sig,}
+ gpg --verify groff-1.23.0.tar.gz{.sig,}
If that command fails because you don't have the required public
key, you can import it.