Released as 20121122 ('Barack').

NEWS

@@ -1,3 +1,39 @@
+20121122
+
+* niceload --sensor makes it possible to use a program to control if a
+  program should be suspended.
+
+* GNU Parallel was part of the justification for Nordic Free Software
+  Award 2012
+  https://fsfe.org/news/2012/news-20121112-01.html
+
+* Dateien schneller packen und konvertieren mit GNU parallel
+  http://www.linux-community.de/Archiv/Tipp-der-Woche/Dateien-schneller-packen-und-konvertieren-mit-GNU-parallel
+
+* Processing images from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Narrow Angle
+  Camera http://lunokhod.org/?p=774
+
+* GNU Parallel is used in types2: Type and Hapax Accumulation Curves
+  http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/josuomel/types2/
+
+* GNU Parallel used in: A Hybrid Factor Analysis and Probabilistic
+  PCA-based system for Dictionary Learning and Encoding for Robust
+  Speaker Recognition
+  http://www.superlectures.com/odyssey2012/lecture.php?id=8&lang=en
+  http://www.cse.iitm.ac.in/~mrsri/ppca.pdf
+
+* Mapreduce avec parallel, cat et une redirection
+  http://datacratic.com/site/blog/mapreduce-avec-parallel-cat-et-une-redirection
+
+* GNU Parallel for Large Batches of Small Jobs
+  https://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/wiki/images/7/7b/Tech-talk-gnu-parallel.pdf
+
+* GNU Parallel used in black belt tip (8:50-10:12)
+  https://aws.amazon.com/apac/awspodcast/episode20/
+
+* Bug fixes and man page updates.
+
+
 20121022
 
 * --results structures output files so they can be imported using

configure

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68 for parallel 20121022.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68 for parallel 20121122.
 #
 # Report bugs to <bug-parallel@gnu.org>.
 #
@@ -559,8 +559,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='parallel'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='parallel'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='20121022'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='20121122'
-PACKAGE_STRING='parallel 20121022'
+PACKAGE_STRING='parallel 20121122'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='bug-parallel@gnu.org'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ 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 20121022 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures parallel 20121122 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of parallel 20121022:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of parallel 20121122:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-parallel configure 20121022
+parallel configure 20121122
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68
 
 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ 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 20121022, which was
+It was created by parallel $as_me 20121122, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2141,7 +2141,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='parallel'
- VERSION='20121022'
+ VERSION='20121122'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -2704,7 +2704,7 @@ 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 20121022, which was
+This file was extended by parallel $as_me 20121122, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -2766,7 +2766,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$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 20121022
+parallel config.status 20121122
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 

configure.ac

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([parallel], [20121022], [bug-parallel@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([parallel], [20121122], [bug-parallel@gnu.org])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([

doc/release_new_version

@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ available for download at: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parallel/
 
 New in this release:
 
+* niceload --sensor makes it possible to use a program to control if a
+  program should be suspended.
+
 * GNU Parallel was part of the justification for Nordic Free Software
   Award 2012
   https://fsfe.org/news/2012/news-20121112-01.html

src/parallel.pod

@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ If I<eof-str> is omitted, there is no end of file string.  If neither
 B<-E> nor B<-e> is used, no end of file string is used.
 
 
-=item B<--env> I<var> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--env> I<var> (beta testing)
 
 Copy environment variable I<var>. This will copy I<var> to the
 environment that the command is run in. This is especially useful for
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ defaults to '\n'. To have no record separator use B<--recend "">.
 B<--files> is often used with B<--pipe>.
 
 
-=item B<--plain> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--plain> (beta testing)
 
 Ignore any B<--profile>, $PARALLEL, ~/.parallel/config, and
 B<--tollef> to get full control on the command line (used by GNU
@@ -981,9 +981,9 @@ it to the command.
 Only used with B<--pipe>.
 
 
-=item B<--results> I<prefix> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--results> I<prefix> (beta testing)
 
-=item B<--res> I<prefix> (alpha testing)
+=item B<--res> I<prefix> (beta testing)
 
 Results in files named by tab separated arguments. Save the output
 into files. The file names will be prefixed with I<prefix> which can

src/parallel.texi

@@ -472,8 +472,8 @@ because it is POSIX compliant for @strong{xargs} while this option is not.
 If @emph{eof-str} is omitted, there is no end of file string.  If neither
 @strong{-E} nor @strong{-e} is used, no end of file string is used.
 
-@item @strong{--env} @emph{var} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--env} @emph{var} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--env} @emph{var} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--env} @emph{var} (beta testing)}
 
 Copy environment variable @emph{var}. This will copy @emph{var} to the
 environment that the command is run in. This is especially useful for
@@ -863,8 +863,8 @@ defaults to '\n'. To have no record separator use @strong{--recend ""}.
 
 @strong{--files} is often used with @strong{--pipe}.
 
-@item @strong{--plain} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--plain} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--plain} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--plain} (beta testing)}
 
 Ignore any @strong{--profile}, $PARALLEL, ~/.parallel/config, and
 @strong{--tollef} to get full control on the command line (used by GNU
@@ -1046,11 +1046,11 @@ it to the command.
 
 Only used with @strong{--pipe}.
 
-@item @strong{--results} @emph{prefix} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--results} @emph{prefix} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--results} @emph{prefix} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--results} @emph{prefix} (beta testing)}
 
-@item @strong{--res} @emph{prefix} (alpha testing)
+@item @strong{--res} @emph{prefix} (beta testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--res} @emph{prefix} (alpha testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--res} @emph{prefix} (beta testing)}
 
 Results in files named by tab separated arguments. Save the output
 into files. The file names will be prefixed with @emph{prefix} which can

src/sql

@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ $Global::Initfile && unlink $Global::Initfile;
 exit ($err);
 
 sub parse_options {
-    $Global::version = 20121022;
+    $Global::version = 20121122;
     $Global::progname = 'sql';
 
     # This must be done first as this may exec myself