Released as 20131222 ('玉兔 Mandela').

NEWS

@@ -1,3 +1,86 @@
+20131222
+
+* GNU Parallel now has a motto: For people who live life in the
+  parallel lane.
+
+* Detect if the buffer dir $TMPDIR runs out of space. This changes a
+  central piece of code, making this release alpha quality.
+
+* --keep-order --(n)onall will sort according to the sshlogin.
+
+* Detection number of CPUs on DEC Tru64.
+
+* GNU sql: --list-tables for sqlite3.
+
+* GNU Parallel was cited in: Variational Message-Passing: Extension to
+  Continuous Variables and Applications in Multi-Target Tracking
+  http://www.ics.uci.edu/~ajfrank/pubs/thesis.pdf
+
+* GNU Parallel was cited in: Genome Assembly: Scaffolding Guided by
+  Related Genomes
+  https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/37431
+
+* GNU Parallel was cited in: Metagenomic analysis of Mariana Trench
+  sediment samples
+  http://repositorio.ul.pt/handle/10451/9436
+
+* GNU Parallel was cited in: Diacritization, automatic segmentation
+  and labeling for Levantine Arabic speech
+  http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6642556
+
+* GNU Parallel was cited in: Investigation of emotion classification
+  using speech rhythm metrics
+  http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6642591
+
+* GNU Parallel was cited in: A Rhythm-Based Analysis of Arabic Native
+  and Non-Native Speaking Styles
+  http://www.ijsps.com/uploadfile/2013/1128/20131128014413279.pdf
+
+* GNU Parallel was cited in: Evolutionary optimization of wetlands
+  design
+  http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2480400
+
+* GNU Parallel was cited (unfortunately with wrong citation) in:
+  RDBMS vs NoSQL: Performance and Scaling Comparison
+  http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Dissertations/2012-2013/RDBMS%20vs%20NoSQL%20-%20Performance%20and%20Scaling%20Comparison.pdf
+
+* GNU Parallel was used (without proper citation) in: Comprehensive
+  Analysis Pipeline for Discovery of Human Genetic Variation
+  http://www.google.com/patents/US20130311106
+
+* Encrypt and decrypt in parallel with GPG
+  http://blog.tkassembled.com/412/encrypt-and-decrypt-in-parallel-with-gpg/
+
+* Using GNU Parallel to create a SVM classifier 
+  http://ivanyu.me/blog/2013/12/01/parallel/
+
+* Parallel xz compression
+  http://anthon.home.xs4all.nl/rants/2013/parallel_xz/
+
+* Got CPUs to burn? Put 'em to work with GNU parallel
+  http://baoilleach.blogspot.dk/2013/11/got-cpus-to-burn-put-em-to-work-with.html
+
+* Parallel rsync
+  http://pastebin.com/JmnB9ffq
+
+* Gnu Parallel for fun and profit
+  https://gist.github.com/celoyd/f7eb55ad69c9b33fd8c3
+
+* Parallelization of Exploitation
+  http://rantsideasstuff.com/parallelization-of-exploitation/
+
+* Running assemblies in parallel
+  https://khmer-protocols.readthedocs.org/en/v0.8.3/metagenomics/4-assemble.html
+
+* Procesando la contabilidad del PP
+  http://www.neorazorx.com/2013/07/procesando-la-contabilidad-del-pp.html
+
+* Mon make à moi (French)
+  http://www.slideshare.net/lindenb/mon-make-moi-tout-sauf-galaxy
+
+* Bug fixes and man page updates.
+
+
 20131122
 
 * A citation notice is printed on stderr only if stderr is a terminal,

README

@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ document.
 
 Full installation of GNU Parallel is as simple as:
 
-  wget http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20131122.tar.bz2
+  wget http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20131222.tar.bz2
-  bzip2 -dc parallel-20131122.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
+  bzip2 -dc parallel-20131222.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
-  cd parallel-20131122
+  cd parallel-20131222
   ./configure && make && make install
 
 
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ Full installation of GNU Parallel is as simple as:
 If you are not root you can add ~/bin to your path and install in
 ~/bin and ~/share:
 
-  wget http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20131122.tar.bz2
+  wget http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20131222.tar.bz2
-  bzip2 -dc parallel-20131122.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
+  bzip2 -dc parallel-20131222.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
-  cd parallel-20131122
+  cd parallel-20131222
   ./configure --prefix=$HOME && make && make install
 
 Or if your system lacks 'make' you can simply copy src/parallel

configure

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for parallel 20131122.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for parallel 20131222.
 #
 # Report bugs to <bug-parallel@gnu.org>.
 #
@@ -579,8 +579,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='parallel'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='parallel'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='20131122'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='20131222'
-PACKAGE_STRING='parallel 20131122'
+PACKAGE_STRING='parallel 20131222'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='bug-parallel@gnu.org'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures parallel 20131122 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures parallel 20131222 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of parallel 20131122:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of parallel 20131222:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-parallel configure 20131122
+parallel configure 20131222
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by parallel $as_me 20131122, which was
+It was created by parallel $as_me 20131222, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2159,7 +2159,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='parallel'
- VERSION='20131122'
+ VERSION='20131222'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -2710,7 +2710,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by parallel $as_me 20131122, which was
+This file was extended by parallel $as_me 20131222, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -2772,7 +2772,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-parallel config.status 20131122
+parallel config.status 20131222
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 

configure.ac

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([parallel], [20131122], [bug-parallel@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([parallel], [20131222], [bug-parallel@gnu.org])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([

doc/release_new_version

@@ -96,8 +96,11 @@ gpg --auto-key-locate keyserver --keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve parallel-$
 
 #../ftpsync/src/ftpsync parallel-$YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2{,.sig,*asc} ftp://ftp-upload.gnu.org/incoming/alpha/
 
-echo put parallel-$YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2{,.sig,*asc} | ncftp ftp://ftp-upload.gnu.org/incoming/ftp/
+../ftpsync/src/ftpsync parallel-$YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2{,.sig,*asc} ftp://ftp-upload.gnu.org/incoming/ftp/
-echo put parallel-latest.tar.bz2{,.sig,*asc} | ncftp ftp://ftp-upload.gnu.org/incoming/ftp/
+../ftpsync/src/ftpsync parallel-latest.tar.bz2{,.sig,*asc} ftp://ftp-upload.gnu.org/incoming/ftp/
+
+#echo put parallel-$YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2{,.sig,*asc} | ncftp ftp://ftp-upload.gnu.org/incoming/ftp/
+#echo put parallel-latest.tar.bz2{,.sig,*asc} | ncftp ftp://ftp-upload.gnu.org/incoming/ftp/
 #echo put parallel-$YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2{,.sig,*asc} | ncftp ftp://ftp-upload.gnu.org/incoming/alpha/
 
 
@@ -201,13 +204,25 @@ cc:Sandro Cazzaniga <kharec@mandriva.org>,
    Ryoichiro Suzuki <ryoichiro.suzuki@gmail.com>,
    Jesse Alama <jesse.alama@gmail.com>
 
-Subject: GNU Parallel 20131222 ('Yutu' 玉兔 eller Mandela) released
+Subject: GNU Parallel 20131222 (玉兔 Mandela) released
 
-GNU Parallel 20131222 ('Yutu' 玉兔 eller Mandela) has been released. It is
+GNU Parallel 20131222 (玉兔 Mandela) has been released. It is
 available for download at: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parallel/
 
 New in this release:
 
+* GNU Parallel now has a motto: For people who live life in the
+  parallel lane.
+
+* Detect if the buffer dir $TMPDIR runs out of space. This changes a
+  central piece of code, making this release alpha quality.
+
+* --keep-order --(n)onall will sort according to the sshlogin.
+
+* Detection number of CPUs on DEC Tru64.
+
+* GNU sql: --list-tables for sqlite3.
+
 * GNU Parallel was cited in: Variational Message-Passing: Extension to
   Continuous Variables and Applications in Multi-Target Tracking
   http://www.ics.uci.edu/~ajfrank/pubs/thesis.pdf
@@ -309,7 +324,8 @@ http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL284C9FF2488BC6D1
 Walk through the tutorial (man parallel_tutorial). Your commandline
 will love you for it.
 
-When using GNU Parallel for a publication please cite:
+When using programs that use GNU Parallel to process data for
+publication please cite:
 
 O. Tange (2011): GNU Parallel - The Command-Line Power Tool, ;login:
 The USENIX Magazine, February 2011:42-47.

packager/obs/home:tange/parallel/parallel.spec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary:	Shell tool for executing jobs in parallel
 Name: 		parallel
-Version: 	20131122
+Version: 	20131222
 Release: 	1
 License: 	GPL
 Group: 		Productivity/File utilities

src/niceload

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 use strict;
 use Getopt::Long;
 $Global::progname="niceload";
-$Global::version = 20131122;
+$Global::version = 20131222;
 Getopt::Long::Configure("bundling","require_order");
 get_options_from_array(\@ARGV) || die_usage();
 if($opt::version) {

src/parallel

@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ sub get_options_from_array {
 sub parse_options {
     # Returns: N/A
     # Defaults:
-    $Global::version = 20131202;
+    $Global::version = 20131222;
     $Global::progname = 'parallel';
     $Global::infinity = 2**31;
     $Global::debug = 0;

src/parallel.pod

@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ string that is not in the command line.
 See also: B<:::>.
 
 
-=item B<--bar> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--bar> (beta testing)
 
 Show progress as a progress bar. In the bar is shown: % of jobs
 completed, estimated seconds left, and number of jobs started.
@@ -311,9 +311,9 @@ It is compatible with B<zenity>:
 seq 1000 | parallel -j30 --bar '(echo {};sleep 0.1)' 2> >(zenity --progress --auto-kill) | wc
 
 
-=item B<--basefile> I<file> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--basefile> I<file> (beta testing)
 
-=item B<--bf> I<file> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--bf> I<file> (beta testing)
 
 I<file> will be transferred to each sshlogin before a jobs is
 started. It will be removed if B<--cleanup> is active. The file may be
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ See also: B<--fg>, B<man sem>.
 Implies B<--semaphore>.
 
 
-=item B<--bibtex> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--bibtex> (beta testing)
 
 Print the BibTeX entry for GNU B<parallel> and disable citation
 notice.
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ I<size> defaults to 1M.
 See B<--pipe> for use of this.
 
 
-=item B<--cleanup> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--cleanup> (beta testing)
 
 Remove transferred files. B<--cleanup> will remove the transferred files
 on the remote computer after processing is done.
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ I<regexp> is a Perl Regular Expression:
 http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html
 
 
-=item B<--compress> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--compress> (beta testing)
 
 Compress temporary files. If the output is big and very compressible
 this will take up less disk space in $TMPDIR and possibly be faster due to less
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ B<plzip>, B<bzip2>, B<lzma>, B<lzip>, B<xz> in that order, and use the
 first available.
 
 
-=item B<--compress-program> I<prg> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--compress-program> I<prg> (beta testing)
 
 Use I<prg> for compressing temporary files. It is assumed that I<prg
 -dc> will decompress stdin (standard input) to stdout (standard
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ See also B<--bg>, B<man sem>.
 Implies B<--semaphore>.
 
 
-=item B<--filter-hosts>
+=item B<--filter-hosts> (alpha testing)
 
 Remove down hosts. For each remote host: check that login through ssh
 works. If not: do not use this host.
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ specified, and for B<-I>{} otherwise.  This option is deprecated;
 use B<-I> instead.
 
 
-=item B<--joblog> I<logfile> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--joblog> I<logfile> (beta testing)
 
 Logfile for executed jobs. Save a list of the executed jobs to
 I<logfile> in the following TAB separated format: sequence number,
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ This is useful for scripts that depend on features only available from
 a certain version of GNU B<parallel>.
 
 
-=item B<--nonall>
+=item B<--nonall> (alpha testing)
 
 B<--onall> with no arguments. Run the command on all computers given
 with B<--sshlogin> but take no arguments. GNU B<parallel> will log
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ This is useful for running the same command (e.g. uptime) on a list of
 servers.
 
 
-=item B<--onall>
+=item B<--onall> (alpha testing)
 
 Run all the jobs on all computers given with B<--sshlogin>. GNU
 B<parallel> will log into B<--jobs> number of computers in parallel
@@ -830,11 +830,11 @@ When using B<--group> the output will be grouped by each server, so
 all the output from one server will be grouped together.
 
 
-=item B<--output-as-files> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--output-as-files> (beta testing)
 
-=item B<--outputasfiles> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--outputasfiles> (beta testing)
 
-=item B<--files> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--files> (beta testing)
 
 Instead of printing the output to stdout (standard output) the output
 of each job is saved in a file and the filename is then printed.
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ Print the number of CPU cores and exit (used by GNU B<parallel> itself
 to determine the number of CPU cores on remote computers).
 
 
-=item B<--no-notice> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--no-notice> (beta testing)
 
 Do not display citation notice. A citation notice is printed on stderr
 (standard error) only if stderr (standard error) is a terminal, the
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ will generate the files:
 See also B<--files>, B<--header>, B<--joblog>.
 
 
-=item B<--resume> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--resume> (beta testing)
 
 Resumes from the last unfinished job. By reading B<--joblog> or the
 B<--results> dir GNU B<parallel> will figure out the last unfinished
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ re-use the computers. This is useful if some jobs fail for no apparent
 reason (such as network failure).
 
 
-=item B<--return> I<filename> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--return> I<filename> (beta testing)
 
 Transfer files from remote computers. B<--return> is used with
 B<--sshlogin> when the arguments are files on the remote computers. When
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ Print the job to be run on stderr (standard error).
 See also B<-v>, B<-p>.
 
 
-=item B<--transfer> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--transfer> (beta testing)
 
 Transfer files to remote computers. B<--transfer> is used with
 B<--sshlogin> when the arguments are files and should be transferred

src/parallel.texi

@@ -317,8 +317,8 @@ string that is not in the command line.
 
 See also: @strong{:::}.
 
-@item @strong{--bar} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--bar} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--bar} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--bar} (beta testing)}
 
 Show progress as a progress bar. In the bar is shown: % of jobs
 completed, estimated seconds left, and number of jobs started.
@@ -327,11 +327,11 @@ It is compatible with @strong{zenity}:
 
 seq 1000 | parallel -j30 --bar '(echo @{@};sleep 0.1)' 2> >(zenity --progress --auto-kill) | wc
 
-@item @strong{--basefile} @emph{file} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--basefile} @emph{file} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--basefile} @emph{file} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--basefile} @emph{file} (beta testing)}
 
-@item @strong{--bf} @emph{file} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--bf} @emph{file} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--bf} @emph{file} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--bf} @emph{file} (beta testing)}
 
 @emph{file} will be transferred to each sshlogin before a jobs is
 started. It will be removed if @strong{--cleanup} is active. The file may be
@@ -367,8 +367,8 @@ See also: @strong{--fg}, @strong{man sem}.
 
 Implies @strong{--semaphore}.
 
-@item @strong{--bibtex} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--bibtex} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--bibtex} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--bibtex} (beta testing)}
 
 Print the BibTeX entry for GNU @strong{parallel} and disable citation
 notice.
@@ -392,8 +392,8 @@ than a single record.
 
 See @strong{--pipe} for use of this.
 
-@item @strong{--cleanup} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--cleanup} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--cleanup} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--cleanup} (beta testing)}
 
 Remove transferred files. @strong{--cleanup} will remove the transferred files
 on the remote computer after processing is done.
@@ -429,8 +429,8 @@ separating the columns. The n'th column can be access using
 @emph{regexp} is a Perl Regular Expression:
 http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html
 
-@item @strong{--compress} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--compress} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--compress} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--compress} (beta testing)}
 
 Compress temporary files. If the output is big and very compressible
 this will take up less disk space in $TMPDIR and possibly be faster due to less
@@ -440,8 +440,8 @@ GNU @strong{parallel} will try @strong{lzop}, @strong{pigz}, @strong{gzip}, @str
 @strong{plzip}, @strong{bzip2}, @strong{lzma}, @strong{lzip}, @strong{xz} in that order, and use the
 first available.
 
-@item @strong{--compress-program} @emph{prg} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--compress-program} @emph{prg} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--compress-program} @emph{prg} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--compress-program} @emph{prg} (beta testing)}
 
 Use @emph{prg} for compressing temporary files. It is assumed that @emph{prg
 -dc} will decompress stdin (standard input) to stdout (standard
@@ -545,8 +545,8 @@ See also @strong{--bg}, @strong{man sem}.
 
 Implies @strong{--semaphore}.
 
-@item @strong{--filter-hosts}
+@item @strong{--filter-hosts} (alpha testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--filter-hosts}}
+@anchor{@strong{--filter-hosts} (alpha testing)}
 
 Remove down hosts. For each remote host: check that login through ssh
 works. If not: do not use this host.
@@ -640,8 +640,8 @@ This option is a synonym for @strong{-I}@emph{replace-str} if @emph{replace-str}
 specified, and for @strong{-I}@{@} otherwise.  This option is deprecated;
 use @strong{-I} instead.
 
-@item @strong{--joblog} @emph{logfile} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--joblog} @emph{logfile} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--joblog} @emph{logfile} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--joblog} @emph{logfile} (beta testing)}
 
 Logfile for executed jobs. Save a list of the executed jobs to
 @emph{logfile} in the following TAB separated format: sequence number,
@@ -859,8 +859,8 @@ GNU @strong{parallel} is less than @emph{version} the exit code is
 This is useful for scripts that depend on features only available from
 a certain version of GNU @strong{parallel}.
 
-@item @strong{--nonall}
+@item @strong{--nonall} (alpha testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--nonall}}
+@anchor{@strong{--nonall} (alpha testing)}
 
 @strong{--onall} with no arguments. Run the command on all computers given
 with @strong{--sshlogin} but take no arguments. GNU @strong{parallel} will log
@@ -870,8 +870,8 @@ computer. @strong{-j} adjusts how many computers to log into in parallel.
 This is useful for running the same command (e.g. uptime) on a list of
 servers.
 
-@item @strong{--onall}
+@item @strong{--onall} (alpha testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--onall}}
+@anchor{@strong{--onall} (alpha testing)}
 
 Run all the jobs on all computers given with @strong{--sshlogin}. GNU
 @strong{parallel} will log into @strong{--jobs} number of computers in parallel
@@ -882,14 +882,14 @@ adjusts how many computers to log into in parallel.
 When using @strong{--group} the output will be grouped by each server, so
 all the output from one server will be grouped together.
 
-@item @strong{--output-as-files} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--output-as-files} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--output-as-files} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--output-as-files} (beta testing)}
 
-@item @strong{--outputasfiles} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--outputasfiles} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--outputasfiles} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--outputasfiles} (beta testing)}
 
-@item @strong{--files} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--files} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--files} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--files} (beta testing)}
 
 Instead of printing the output to stdout (standard output) the output
 of each job is saved in a file and the filename is then printed.
@@ -1004,8 +1004,8 @@ itself to determine the number of physical CPUs on remote computers).
 Print the number of CPU cores and exit (used by GNU @strong{parallel} itself
 to determine the number of CPU cores on remote computers).
 
-@item @strong{--no-notice} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--no-notice} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--no-notice} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--no-notice} (beta testing)}
 
 Do not display citation notice. A citation notice is printed on stderr
 (standard error) only if stderr (standard error) is a terminal, the
@@ -1173,8 +1173,8 @@ will generate the files:
 
 See also @strong{--files}, @strong{--header}, @strong{--joblog}.
 
-@item @strong{--resume} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--resume} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--resume} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--resume} (beta testing)}
 
 Resumes from the last unfinished job. By reading @strong{--joblog} or the
 @strong{--results} dir GNU @strong{parallel} will figure out the last unfinished
@@ -1206,8 +1206,8 @@ there are fewer than @emph{n} computers in @strong{--sshlogin} GNU @strong{paral
 re-use the computers. This is useful if some jobs fail for no apparent
 reason (such as network failure).
 
-@item @strong{--return} @emph{filename} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--return} @emph{filename} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--return} @emph{filename} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--return} @emph{filename} (beta testing)}
 
 Transfer files from remote computers. @strong{--return} is used with
 @strong{--sshlogin} when the arguments are files on the remote computers. When
@@ -1591,8 +1591,8 @@ Print the job to be run on stderr (standard error).
 
 See also @strong{-v}, @strong{-p}.
 
-@item @strong{--transfer} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--transfer} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--transfer} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--transfer} (beta testing)}
 
 Transfer files to remote computers. @strong{--transfer} is used with
 @strong{--sshlogin} when the arguments are files and should be transferred

src/parallel_tutorial.1

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "PARALLEL_TUTORIAL 1"
-.TH PARALLEL_TUTORIAL 1 "2013-12-03" "20131122" "parallel"
+.TH PARALLEL_TUTORIAL 1 "2013-12-03" "20131222" "parallel"
 .\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 .if n .ad l

src/sql

@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ $Global::Initfile && unlink $Global::Initfile;
 exit ($err);
 
 sub parse_options {
-    $Global::version = 20131130;
+    $Global::version = 20131222;
     $Global::progname = 'sql';
 
     # This must be done first as this may exec myself