From: Jari Aalto <jari DOT aalto AT cante DOT net>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: bzr 2.0.0 -- Python based distributed version control
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:08:31 +0300
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Available both for Cygwin 1.5 and 1.7

PACKAGE DESCRIPTION
===================

Home page: http://bazaar-vcs.org/
License  : GPL (Bzr is part of GNU project)

Distributed version control that is used in projects like managing
Ubuntu packages <http://ubuntulinux.org> and it is one of the funded
projects of Canonical.

- Uses one .bzr directory at the top of the tree
- The user interface is simple and familiar to people with experience
  from CVS or Subversion.
- Offers a choice between centralized and decentralized/diconnected work.
- Strong security. History can be GPG-signed to protect against
  man-in-the-middle attacks, bad mirrors, server intrusion or data
  corruption.

CHANGES SINCE LAST RELEASE
==========================

Bazaar 2.0.0 is the first long term support release. It contains
extensive core infrastructure changes (new repository format). The new
engine offers substantial speed enhancements compared the previous
releases.

http://doc.bazaar-vcs.org/development/en/release-notes/index.html (primary)
http://doc.bazaar-vcs.org/bzr.dev/en/release-notes/NEWS.html (secondary)
https://launchpad.net/bzr/+announcements (project announcements)

INSTALL OR UPGRADE NOTES
========================

Upgrade existing branches to new format with commands:

  bzr info                To see current repository format
  bzr reconcile           To correct metadata prior upgrade
  bzr upgrade		  To convert repository to latest format
  bzr pack		  To make repository faster

Following additional Cygwin modules can be also installed:

  python-paramiko - for ssh/sftp support
  python-crypto   - required by paramiko

CYGWIN INSTALLATION INFORMATION
===============================

To install this package, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the
<http://cygwin.com/> web page. This downloads setup.exe to your
system. Then, run setup and answer all of the questions. You'll find
the package listed in the "All" category. After installation, read the
documentation at directories:

    /usr/share/doc/<package-version>/*
    /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/<package-version>.README

If you have questions or comments, please send them to the Cygwin
mailing list at <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>.

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