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==== Haskell ====
==== Haskell ====
The [[SIGs/Haskell|Haskell SIG]] is pleased that Fedora 12 is shipping with {{Package|haskell-platform}}-2009.2.0.2.  [http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/ Haskell Platform] is standard set of libraries and tools which provide a stable known platform for developing Haskell projects.


{{Package|ghc}} has been updated to 6.10.4, the {{Package|xmonad}} window manager and more libraries have also been added.
{{Package|ghc}} has been updated to 6.10.4.  The {{Package|xmonad}} window manager and quite a few more libraries have also been added.


==== PHP ====
==== PHP ====

Revision as of 22:52, 29 September 2009

Development-Debuggers

Changed Packages


Package
Fedora 11
Fedora 12
Upstream URL
gdb
6.8.50.20090302
6.8.50.20090811
http://gnu.org/software/gdb/
lsof
4.81
4.82
ftp://lsof.itap.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/lsof
pylint
0.16.0
0.18.0
http://www.logilab.org/projects/pylint


29 packages, 3 changed, 26 unchanged.


Development-Languages

Haskell

The Haskell SIG is pleased that Fedora 12 is shipping with haskell-platform-2009.2.0.2. Haskell Platform is standard set of libraries and tools which provide a stable known platform for developing Haskell projects.

ghc has been updated to 6.10.4. The xmonad window manager and quite a few more libraries have also been added.

PHP

Fedora 12 includes version 5.3.0 of php. This includes a number of significant new features including support for namespaces, late binding, more consistent float rounding as well as a number of performance enhancements. For complete details see http://php.net/releases/5_3_0.php.


Development Languages Changed Packages


Package
Fedora 11
Fedora 12
Upstream URL
PyKDE4
4.2.2
4.3.0
http://developer.kde.org/language-bindings/
PyQt4
4.4.4
4.5.4
http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/
PyQt4-devel
4.4.4
4.5.4
http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/
clutter-gtk
0.8.2
0.10.2
http://www.clutter-project.org
cpp
4.4.0
4.4.1
http://gcc.gnu.org
eclipse-nls-ar
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-bg
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-cs
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-da
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-de
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-el
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-es
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-fi
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-fr
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-he
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-hu
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-it
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-ja
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-ko
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-nl
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-no
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-pl
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-pt
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-pt_BR
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-ro
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-ru
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-sv
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-tr
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-uk
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-zh
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-nls-zh_TW
0.2.0
3.5.0.v20090620043401
http://babel.eclipse.org/
eclipse-rcp
3.4.2
3.5.0
http://www.eclipse.org/
gcc
4.4.0
4.4.1
http://gcc.gnu.org
gcc-c++
4.4.0
4.4.1
http://gcc.gnu.org
gcc-gfortran
4.4.0
4.4.1
http://gcc.gnu.org
gnome-python2
2.26.1
2.27.1
http://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-python/
gnome-python2-applet
2.26.0
2.27.2
 
gnome-python2-bonobo
2.26.1
2.27.1
http://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-python/
gnome-python2-canvas
2.26.1
2.27.1
http://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-python/
gnome-python2-desktop
2.26.0
2.27.2
 
gnome-python2-gconf
2.26.1
2.27.1
http://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-python/
gnome-python2-gnome
2.26.1
2.27.1
http://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-python/
gnome-python2-gnomekeyring
2.26.0
2.27.2
 
gnome-python2-gnomevfs
2.26.1
2.27.1
http://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-python/
gnome-python2-libwnck
2.26.0
2.27.2
 
gstreamer-python
0.10.14
0.10.15
http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
guile
1.8.6
1.8.7
http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/
mono-core
2.4
2.4.2.3
http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page
mono-data
2.4
2.4.2.3
http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page
mono-data-sqlite
2.4
2.4.2.3
http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page
mono-extras
2.4
2.4.2.3
http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page
mono-web
2.4
2.4.2.3
http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page
mono-winforms
2.4
2.4.2.3
http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page
php
5.2.9
5.3.0
http://www.php.net/
php-cli
5.2.9
5.3.0
http://www.php.net/
php-common
5.2.9
5.3.0
http://www.php.net/
php-ldap
5.2.9
5.3.0
http://www.php.net/
php-mysql
5.2.9
5.3.0
http://www.php.net/
php-pdo
5.2.9
5.3.0
http://www.php.net/
pycairo
1.8.2
1.8.6
http://cairographics.org/pycairo
pygobject2
2.16.1
2.18.0
http://www.pygtk.org/
pygobject2-codegen
2.16.1
2.18.0
http://www.pygtk.org/
pygobject2-devel
2.16.1
2.18.0
http://www.pygtk.org/
pygobject2-doc
2.16.1
2.18.0
http://www.pygtk.org/
pygtk2
2.14.1
2.15.2
http://www.pygtk.org/
pygtk2-codegen
2.14.1
2.15.2
http://www.pygtk.org/
pygtk2-devel
2.14.1
2.15.2
http://www.pygtk.org/
pygtk2-doc
2.14.1
2.15.2
http://www.pygtk.org/
pygtk2-libglade
2.14.1
2.15.2
http://www.pygtk.org/
pygtksourceview
2.4.0
2.6.0
http://download.gnome.org/sources/pygtksourceview/
python
2.6
2.6.2
http://www.python.org/
python-decorator
2.3.2
3.0.1
http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~micheles/python/documentation.html
python-dns
1.6.0
1.7.1
http://www.dnspython.org/
python-fedora
0.3.12
0.3.14
https://fedorahosted.org/python-fedora/
python-logilab-astng
0.17.4
0.19.0
http://www.logilab.org/projects/astng/
tcl
8.5.6
8.5.7
http://tcl.sourceforge.net/
tk
8.5.6
8.5.7
http://tcl.sourceforge.net
tkinter
2.6
2.6.2
http://www.python.org/


703 packages, 78 changed, 625 unchanged.

Development-Libraries-Java

Changed Packages


Package
Fedora 11
Fedora 12
Upstream URL
jsch
0.1.39
0.1.41
http://www.jcraft.com/jsch/


72 packages, 1 changed, 71 unchanged.


Development-Libraries

Changed Packages


Package
Fedora 11
Fedora 12
Upstream URL
ConsoleKit-libs
0.3.0
0.3.1
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ConsoleKit
ConsoleKit-x11
0.3.0
0.3.1
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ConsoleKit
GConf2-devel
2.26.0
2.26.2
http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/
MySQL-python
1.2.2
1.2.3
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python/
NetworkManager-glib
0.7.1
0.7.995
http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
PackageKit-glib
0.4.6
0.5.1
http://www.packagekit.org
PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin
0.4.6
0.5.1
http://www.packagekit.org
PackageKit-gtk-module
0.4.6
0.5.1
http://www.packagekit.org
PackageKit-qt
0.4.6
0.5.1
http://www.packagekit.org
apr-util-ldap
1.3.4
1.3.8
http://apr.apache.org/
audit-libs
1.7.12
1.7.13
http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit/
audit-libs-python
1.7.12
1.7.13
http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit/
boost-devel
1.37.0
1.39.0
http://www.boost.org/
cairo-devel
1.8.6
1.8.8
http://cairographics.org
chmlib
0.39
0.40
http://www.jedrea.com/chmlib/
clutter
0.8.6
1.0.0
http://www.clutter-project.org/
control-center-filesystem
2.26.0
2.27.4
http://www.gnome.org
dbus-devel
1.2.12
1.2.16
http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/
dbus-glib-devel
0.80
0.82
http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/
dbus-libs
1.2.12
1.2.16
http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/
dbus-x11
1.2.12
1.2.16
http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/
e2fsprogs-devel
1.41.4
1.41.8
http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/
e2fsprogs-libs
1.41.4
1.41.8
http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/
empathy-libs
2.26.1
2.27.5
http://live.gnome.org/Empathy
evolution-data-server-devel
2.26.1
2.27.5
http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/
evolution-data-server-doc
2.26.1
2.27.5
http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/
fontconfig-devel
2.6.99.behdad.20090508
2.7.1
http://fontconfig.org
glade3-libgladeui
3.6.1
3.6.7
http://glade.gnome.org/
glib2-devel
2.20.1
2.21.4
http://www.gtk.org
glibc-devel
2.10.1
2.10.90
http://sources.redhat.com/glibc/
glibc-headers
2.10.1
2.10.90
http://sources.redhat.com/glibc/
glx-utils
7.5
7.6
http://www.mesa3d.org
gmp-devel
4.2.4
4.3.1
http://gmplib.org/
gnome-desktop-devel
2.26.1
2.27.5
http://www.gnome.org
gnome-disk-utility-libs
0.3
0.4
http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gnome-disk-utility
gnome-disk-utility-ui-libs
0.3
0.4
http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gnome-disk-utility
gnome-keyring-devel
2.26.1
2.27.5
http://www.gnome.org
gnome-keyring-pam
2.26.1
2.27.5
http://www.gnome.org
gnome-media-libs
2.26.0
2.27.5
http://www.gnome.org
gnome-panel-devel
2.26.1
2.27.4
http://www.gnome.org
gnome-panel-libs
2.26.1
2.27.4
http://www.gnome.org
gnutls-devel
2.6.6
2.8.1
http://www.gnutls.org/
gobject-introspection
0.6.1
0.6.3
http://live.gnome.org/GObjectIntrospection
gtk2-devel
2.16.1
2.17.7
http://www.gtk.org
gtk2-devel-docs
2.16.1
2.17.7
http://www.gtk.org
gupnp-devel
0.12.7
0.12.8
http://www.gupnp.org/
hal-devel
0.5.12
0.5.13
http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/hal
hal-libs
0.5.12
0.5.13
http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/hal
kdebase-workspace-devel
4.2.2
4.3.0
http://www.kde.org/
kdelibs-devel
4.2.2
4.3.0
http://www.kde.org/
kdemultimedia-devel
4.2.2
4.3.0
http://www.kde.org/
kdepimlibs-devel
4.2.2
4.3.0
http://www.kde.org/
krb5-devel
1.6.3
1.7
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/
libX11-devel
1.2
1.2.99
http://www.x.org
libXaw-devel
1.0.4
1.0.6
http://www.x.org
libXext-devel
1.0.99.1
1.0.99.4
http://www.x.org
libXi-devel
1.2.1
1.2.99
http://www.x.org
libXrandr-devel
1.2.99.4
1.3.0
http://www.x.org
libXt-devel
1.0.5
1.0.6
http://www.x.org
libXtst-devel
1.0.3
1.0.99.1
http://www.x.org
libcurl
7.19.4
7.19.5
http://curl.haxx.se/
libcurl-devel
7.19.4
7.19.5
http://curl.haxx.se/
libdrm-devel
2.4.6
2.4.12
http://dri.sourceforge.net
libgphoto2
2.4.5
2.4.6
http://www.gphoto.org/
libgtop2-devel
2.26.1
2.27.3
http://download.gnome.org/sources/libgtop/2.26
libiptcdata
1.0.3
1.0.4
http://libiptcdata.sourceforge.net/
libogg-devel
1.1.3
1.1.4
http://www.xiph.org/
libpcap
0.9.8
1.0.0
http://www.tcpdump.org
libpng-devel
1.2.35
1.2.37
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
libselinux-devel
2.0.80
2.0.85
http://www.selinuxproject.org
libselinux-python
2.0.80
2.0.85
http://www.selinuxproject.org
libselinux-utils
2.0.80
2.0.85
http://www.selinuxproject.org
libsemanage-python
2.0.31
2.0.33
http://www.selinuxproject.org
libsepol-devel
2.0.36
2.0.37
http://www.selinuxproject.org
libsoup
2.26.1
2.27.5
http://live.gnome.org/LibSoup
libsoup-devel
2.26.1
2.27.5
http://live.gnome.org/LibSoup
libstdc++-devel
4.4.0
4.4.1
http://gcc.gnu.org
libtalloc
1.2.0
1.3.1
http://www.samba.org/
libtasn1-devel
1.8
2.2
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/download.html
libtdb
1.1.3
1.1.5
http://www.samba.org/
libuser-devel
0.56.9
0.56.10
https://fedorahosted.org/libuser/
libuser-python
0.56.9
0.56.10
https://fedorahosted.org/libuser/
libvirt
0.6.2
0.7.0
http://libvirt.org/
libvirt-python
0.6.2
0.7.0
http://libvirt.org/
libvorbis-devel
1.2.0
1.2.3
http://www.xiph.org/
libxcb-devel
1.2
1.3
http://xcb.freedesktop.org/
libxklavier
3.9
4.0
http://gswitchit.sourceforge.net/
mesa-libGL-devel
7.5
7.6
http://www.mesa3d.org
mesa-libGLU-devel
7.5
7.6
http://www.mesa3d.org
nautilus-extensions
2.26.3
2.27.4
http://projects.gnome.org/nautilus/
netpbm-devel
10.35.62
10.35.64
http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
nspr-devel
4.7.3
4.8
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/nspr/
nss-devel
3.12.3
3.12.3.99.3
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/
opencv
1.0.0
1.1.0
http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/
openldap-devel
2.4.15
2.4.16
http://www.openldap.org/
openoffice.org-ure
3.1.0
3.1.1
http://www.openoffice.org/
pam-devel
1.0.91
1.1.0
http://www.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/index.html
pango-devel
1.24.1
1.25.3
http://www.pango.org
pciutils-devel
3.1.2
3.1.3
http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/pciutils.shtml
perl-Archive-Zip
1.23
1.30
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Archive-Zip/
perl-BSD-Resource
1.28
1.29.03
http://search.cpan.org/dist/BSD-Resource/
perl-DBD-MySQL
4.010
4.011
http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-mysql/
perl-DBD-Pg
2.11.6
2.13.1
http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-Pg/
perl-DBI
1.607
1.609
http://dbi.perl.org/
perl-Git
1.6.2.2
1.6.4
http://git-scm.com/
perl-HTML-Parser
3.59
3.60
http://search.cpan.org/dist/HTML-Parser/
perl-IO-Socket-SSL
1.24
1.27
http://search.cpan.org/dist/IO-Socket-SSL/
perl-Net-LibIDN
0.11
0.12
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-LibIDN/
perl-XML-RSS
1.43
1.44
http://search.cpan.org/dist/XML-RSS/
pilot-link-devel
0.12.3
0.12.4
http://www.pilot-link.org/
pixman-devel
0.14.0
0.15.18
http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/lib/pixman-0.14.0.tar.bz2
poppler
0.10.5
0.11.2
http://poppler.freedesktop.org/
poppler-glib
0.10.5
0.11.2
http://poppler.freedesktop.org/
ppl
0.10.1
0.10.2
http://www.cs.unipr.it/ppl/
pycairo-devel
1.8.2
1.8.6
http://cairographics.org/pycairo
python-devel
2.6
2.6.2
http://www.python.org/
python-logilab-common
0.38.0
0.41.0
http://www.logilab.org/projects/common
python-paramiko
1.7.4
1.7.5
http://www.lag.net/paramiko/
python-sqlalchemy
0.5.2
0.5.4
http://www.sqlalchemy.org/
python-urlgrabber
3.0.0
3.9.0
http://linux.duke.edu/projects/urlgrabber/
python-virtinst
0.400.3
0.500.0
http://virt-manager.org
qt-devel
4.5.0
4.5.2
http://www.qtsoftware.com/
readline-devel
5.2
6.0
http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html
rpm-devel
4.7.0
4.7.1
http://www.rpm.org/
rpm-libs
4.7.0
4.7.1
http://www.rpm.org/
rpm-python
4.7.0
4.7.1
http://www.rpm.org/
sat4j
2.0.3
2.1.0
http://www.sat4j.org/
sip-devel
4.7.9
4.8.2
http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/sip/intro
slang-devel
2.1.4
2.2.0
http://www.jedsoft.org/slang/
sqlite-devel
3.6.12
3.6.14.2
http://www.sqlite.org/
startup-notification-devel
0.9
0.10
http://www.freedesktop.org/software/startup-notification/
strigi-devel
0.6.4
0.7.0
http://www.vandenoever.info/software/strigi
strigi-libs
0.6.4
0.7.0
http://www.vandenoever.info/software/strigi
subversion-javahl
1.6.1
1.6.3
http://subversion.tigris.org/
tokyocabinet
1.4.9
1.4.23
http://tokyocabinet.sourceforge.net/
webkitgtk
1.1.4
1.1.12
http://www.webkitgtk.org/
xen-libs
3.3.1
3.4.0
http://xen.org/
xulrunner-devel
1.9.1
1.9.1.2
http://developer.mozilla.org/En/XULRunner


3766 packages, 138 changed, 3628 unchanged.


Development-System

Changed Packages


Package
Fedora 11
Fedora 12
Upstream URL
fontpackages-filesystem
1.20
1.22
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/fontpackages/
kernel-firmware
2.6.29.4
2.6.31
http://www.kernel.org/
kernel-headers
2.6.29.4
2.6.31
http://www.kernel.org/
oprofile
0.9.4
0.9.5
http://oprofile.sf.net
oprofile-gui
0.9.4
0.9.5
http://oprofile.sf.net
systemtap
0.9.5
0.9.9
http://sourceware.org/systemtap/
systemtap-runtime
0.9.5
0.9.9
http://sourceware.org/systemtap/


50 packages, 7 changed, 43 unchanged.


Development-Tools

Development Tools Changed Packages


Version 1.3.1 of mercurial now includes experimental support for sub-repositories.


Package
Fedora 11
Fedora 12
Upstream URL
automake
1.10.2
1.11
http://sources.redhat.com/automake
binutils
2.19.51.0.2
2.19.51.0.14
http://sources.redhat.com/binutils
bzr
1.14
1.17
http://www.bazaar-vcs.org/
cmake
2.6.3
2.6.4
http://www.cmake.org
doxygen
1.5.8
1.5.9
http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/index.html
eclipse-cdt
5.0.2
6.0.0
http://www.eclipse.org/cdt
eclipse-changelog
2.6.6
2.6.7
http://sources.redhat.com/eclipse
eclipse-egit
0.4.0
0.5.0
http://repo.or.cz/w/egit.git
eclipse-linuxprofilingframework
0.1.0
0.2.0
http://eclipse.org/linuxtools
eclipse-mylyn
3.1.0
3.1.1
http://www.eclipse.org/mylyn
eclipse-mylyn-java
3.1.0
3.1.1
http://www.eclipse.org/mylyn
eclipse-oprofile
0.1.0
0.2.0
http://www.eclipse.org/linuxtools/projectPages/oprofile/
eclipse-pydev
1.4.4
1.4.7
http://pydev.sourceforge.net
eclipse-subclipse
1.6.0
1.6.2
http://subclipse.tigris.org/
eclipse-svnkit
1.2.3
1.3.0
http://www.svnkit.com/
eclipse-valgrind
0.1.0
0.2.1
http://www.eclipse.org/linuxtools/projectPages/valgrind
elfutils
0.140
0.142
https://fedorahosted.org/elfutils/
elfutils-libelf
0.140
0.142
https://fedorahosted.org/elfutils/
elfutils-libelf-devel
0.140
0.142
https://fedorahosted.org/elfutils/
elfutils-libs
0.140
0.142
https://fedorahosted.org/elfutils/
git
1.6.2.2
1.6.4
http://git-scm.com/
glade3
3.6.1
3.6.7
http://glade.gnome.org/
gnome-doc-utils
0.16.1
0.17.3
http://www.gnome.org/
gnome-doc-utils-stylesheets
0.16.1
0.17.3
http://www.gnome.org/
mercurial
1.2.1
1.3.1
http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/
mock
0.9.16
0.9.17
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Projects/Mock
qemu-common
0.10
0.10.91
http://www.qemu.org/
qemu-img
0.10
0.10.91
http://www.qemu.org/
qemu-kvm
0.10
0.10.91
http://www.qemu.org/
qemu-system-x86
0.10
0.10.91
http://www.qemu.org/
rpm-build
4.7.0
4.7.1
http://www.rpm.org/
rpmdevtools
7.1
7.3
https://fedorahosted.org/rpmdevtools/
rpmlint
0.87
0.90
http://rpmlint.zarb.org/
sip
4.7.9
4.8.2
http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/sip/intro
subversion
1.6.1
1.6.3
http://subversion.tigris.org/
svnkit
1.2.3
1.3.0
http://www.svnkit.com/
yum-utils
1.1.21
1.1.22
http://yum.baseurl.org/download/yum-utils/


530 packages, 37 changed, 493 unchanged.


emacs has been updated to version 23. Emacs 23 has a wide variety of new features, including:

  • Improved Unicode support.
  • Font rendering with Fontconfig and Xft.
  • Support for using X displays and text terminals in one session, and for running as a daemon.
  • Support for multi-file commits in distributed version-control systems (VC-dir).
  • New modes and packages for viewing PDF and postscript files (Doc-view mode), connecting to processes through D-Bus (dbus), connecting to the GNU Privacy Guard (EasyPG), editing XML documents (nXML mode), editing Ruby programs (Ruby mode), and more.