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v0.8.10

v0.8.10: Fancy fetching
@tgamblin tgamblin tagged this 28 Oct 06:12 
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v0.8.10 Release Notes
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For users
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  - Packages can now fetch source from git, svn, and hg repositories.
  - Environment module support, docs.
  - Extensive additions to online documentation.
  - 18 new packages

For packagers
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  - Versions in ranges are now more permissive, fixing some long-standing
    bugs.  pkg@:1 will now match pkg@1.0, pkg@1.1, pkg@1.9.1, etc.
    Previously "@:1" would not match any minor or patch versions above 1.
  - Github-aware list urls (spack will find releases tab on github)

Commands
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  - spack list can now do globs (e.g., spack list mpi*)
  - spack md5 command does single-file checksums
  - spack info -r autogenerates package list for documentation.
  - spack edit -c can edit Spack commands by name.

Robustness
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  - Extensive new unit tests (for fetching and mirroring)
  - MPI installs can work without fortran compilers
  - Version updates fix long-standing test failure. Tests all pass now.
  - Many bugfixes

18 new packages
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  ImageMagick  automake   fontconfig  libNBC   libtool  netgauge
  autoconf     bib2xhtml  freetype    libpng   lwm2     sundials
  automaded    coreutils  jpeg        libtiff  mpe2     swig
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