[etch-users] Etch 3.12 released

[Jason H. <jh...@ap...>]

Minor release along the lines of making it easier to get etch installed.

The Makefile in the client directory for building client packages (rpm, deb, etc.) has been deprecated in favor of a Rakefile (rake is a make-like utility written in Ruby, rakefiles are Ruby code).  This makes it easier to support various packaging formats.  If you have rake installed (gem install rake if not) then whatever you did with make before is easily done with rake now.  E.g. make redhat is now rake redhat.  Run rake -T to get a list of available tasks.

And I've used that flexibility to make a port for MacPorts.  Running 'rake macport' produces a Portfile suitable for MacPorts.  It has been submitted for inclusion in the official MacPorts tree.  Hopefully soon installing etch on a Mac will be as simple as "port install etch".  I'll send out an email when I get feedback on the MacPorts submission.

Jason