openSUSE Build Service 1.7 released

Today, the openSUSE Build Service team released the latest version
of the openSUSE Build Service, a tool that provides software 
developers with the ability to create and release software for
openSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise and other Linux distributions, 
including Fedora, Red Hat, Mandriva, Debian and Ubuntu. The 
openSUSE Build Service allows developers to create packages, 
software stacks or even a whole distribution as well as use and 
integrate them with other open source components.

Key features of the 1.7 release include:

 * A new attribute system
   A flexible system that stores information related to projects or
   packages. This gives a good overview and enables teams or
   individuals to use the openSUSE Build Service as database for
   their information.

 * Faster build speeds
   The SAT Solver speeds up the dependency calculation by factor 
   of 1,000X, which means a package change submitted to the build 
   service starts building in seconds instead of minutes.

 * Customized branding
   For local instances of the openSUSE Build Service, this release
   offers the ability to add custom branding and the Web user
   interface (UI) now supports individual themes.

 * An openSUSE Build Service server appliance
   Built as hard disk image and live CD, this appliance allows users
   to run the system from a USB stick and just replace it with a new
   version on update without losing the data they have submitted to
   the server.

 * In addition to bug fixes, other improvements include a request 
   system that now offers a review mechanism, improved status information 
   (package build dependencies, repository status, etc.), and improved
   merge handling of sources for automated conflict resolution.


For more information and to download openSUSE Build Service 1.7, go here:

  http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service

For downloading the appliance, go here:

 http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service/OBS-Appliance

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Adrian Schroeter
SUSE Linux Products GmbH
email: adrian@suse.de

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