Released as 20140222 ('Euromaidan').

NEWS

@@ -1,3 +1,72 @@
+20140222
+
+New in this release:
+
+* --tollef has been retired.
+
+* --compress has be redesigned due to bugs.
+
+* Format of --eta and --joblog has changed slightly.
+
+* GNU Parallel was cited in: Speaker Verification and Keyword Spotting
+  Systems for Forensic Applications
+  http://lantana.tenet.res.in/website_files/thesis/Phd/srikanth.pdf
+
+* GNU Parallel was cited in: Scaleable Code Clone Detection
+  http://scg.unibe.ch/archive/phd/schwarz-phd.pdf
+
+* GNU Parallel was cited in: Clone Detection that scales
+  http://scg.unibe.ch/archive/masters/Vogt14a.pdf
+
+* GNU Parallel was cited in: Scalable Positional Analysis for Studying
+  Evolution of Nodes in Networks
+  http://arxiv-web3.library.cornell.edu/pdf/1402.3797
+
+* GNU Parallel was cited in: Aggregate Characterization of User
+  Behavior in Twitter and Analysis of the Retweet Graph
+  http://arxiv.org/pdf/1402.2671v1
+
+* GNU Parallel was used (unfortunately without citation) in: Causal
+  Network Models for Predicting Compound Targets and Driving Pathways
+  in Cancer
+  http://jbx.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/02/10/1087057114522690.full
+
+* GNU Parallel was used (unfortunately without citation) in:
+  Performance and Energy Efficiency of Common Compression /
+  Decompression Utilities
+  http://www.researchgate.net/publication/243962643_Performance_and_Energy_Efficiency_of_Common_CompressionDecompression_Utilities_An_Experimental_Study_in_Mobile_and_Workstation_Computer_Platforms/file/3deec51d1dbc0474f9.pdf
+
+* GNU Parallel was used (unfortunately without citation) in: SpringFS:
+  Bridging Agility and Performance in Elastic Distributed Storage
+  http://www.istc-cc.cmu.edu/publications/papers/2014/SpringFS-FAST14.pdf
+
+* GNU Parallel was recommended (without citation) in: Redesigning the
+  Specificity of Protein-DNA Interactions with Rosetta
+  http://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007/978-1-62703-968-0_17
+
+* GNU Parallel is co-distributed with RepeatExplorer
+  http://www.vcru.wisc.edu/simonlab/bioinformatics/programs/repeatexplorer/README.txt
+
+* Convert MP3 to a scrolling spectrum waterfall plot video
+  http://jdesbonnet.blogspot.dk/2014/02/convert-mp3-to-scrolling-spectrum.html
+
+* PHP wrapper class for the GNU Parallel tool
+  https://github.com/geopal-solutions/gnu-parallel-wrapper/tree/master
+
+* Exploratory Data Analysis http://www.slideshare.net/thinrhino/gnunify
+
+* Copias de archivos con rsync y parallel
+  http://linuxmanr4.com/2014/02/20/copias-de-archivos-con-rsync-y-parallel
+
+* Single-Thread-Programme auf Multicore-Rechnern parallelisieren
+  http://www.adlerweb.info/blog/2014/02/08/linux-single-thread-programme-auf-multicore-rechnern-parallelisieren
+
+* Распараллеливаем процессы для ускорения вычислений и выполнения
+  заданий в Linux http://savepearlharbor.com/?p=210480
+
+* Bug fixes and man page updates.
+
+
 20140122
 
 * GNU Parallel was cited in: On the likelihood of multiple bit upsets

README

@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ document.
 
 Full installation of GNU Parallel is as simple as:
 
-  wget http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20140122.tar.bz2
+  wget http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20140222.tar.bz2
-  bzip2 -dc parallel-20140122.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
+  bzip2 -dc parallel-20140222.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
-  cd parallel-20140122
+  cd parallel-20140222
   ./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-20140122.tar.bz2
+  wget http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20140222.tar.bz2
-  bzip2 -dc parallel-20140122.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
+  bzip2 -dc parallel-20140222.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
-  cd parallel-20140122
+  cd parallel-20140222
   ./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 20140122.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for parallel 20140222.
 #
 # Report bugs to <bug-parallel@gnu.org>.
 #
@@ -579,8 +579,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='parallel'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='parallel'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='20140122'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='20140222'
-PACKAGE_STRING='parallel 20140122'
+PACKAGE_STRING='parallel 20140222'
 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 20140122 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures parallel 20140222 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 20140122:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of parallel 20140222:";;
    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 20140122
+parallel configure 20140222
 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 20140122, which was
+It was created by parallel $as_me 20140222, 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='20140122'
+ VERSION='20140222'
 
 
 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 20140122, which was
+This file was extended by parallel $as_me 20140222, 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 20140122
+parallel config.status 20140222
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 

configure.ac

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([parallel], [20140122], [bug-parallel@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([parallel], [20140222], [bug-parallel@gnu.org])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([

doc/release_new_version

@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=parallel&project=home%3Atange
 YYYYMMDD=`yyyymmdd`
 pushd /tmp
 rm -rf parallel-${YYYYMMDD}*
+# This can take 7 minutes
 while ! wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parallel/parallel-$YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2 ; do sleep 2; done
 #wget http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/parallel/parallel-$YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2
 tar xjvf parallel-$YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2
@@ -186,6 +187,8 @@ https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/admindb/bug-parallel
 https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/admindb/parallel
 
 <<<<<
+file:///home/tange/privat/parallel/doc/release_new_version
+
 from:tange@gnu.org
 to:parallel@gnu.org, bug-parallel@gnu.org
 cc:Sandro Cazzaniga <kharec@mandriva.org>,
@@ -204,9 +207,9 @@ cc:Sandro Cazzaniga <kharec@mandriva.org>,
    Ryoichiro Suzuki <ryoichiro.suzuki@gmail.com>,
    Jesse Alama <jesse.alama@gmail.com>
 
-Subject: GNU Parallel 20140222 ('Со́чи/Euromaidan') released
+Subject: GNU Parallel 20140222 ('Euromaidan') released
 
-GNU Parallel 20140222 ('Со́чи/Euromaidan') has been released. It is available for download at: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parallel/
+GNU Parallel 20140222 ('Euromaidan') has been released. It is available for download at: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parallel/
 
 Packagers that default to --tollef should take note that --tollef is now retired after a full year of being obsolete.
 
@@ -219,6 +222,8 @@ New in this release:
 
 * --compress has be redesigned due to bugs.
 
+* Format of --eta and --joblog has changed slightly.
+
 * GNU Parallel was cited in: Speaker Verification and Keyword Spotting Systems for Forensic Applications http://lantana.tenet.res.in/website_files/thesis/Phd/srikanth.pdf
 
 * GNU Parallel was cited in: Scaleable Code Clone Detection http://scg.unibe.ch/archive/phd/schwarz-phd.pdf

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary:	Shell tool for executing jobs in parallel
 Name: 		parallel
-Version: 	20140122
+Version: 	20140222
 Release: 	1
 License: 	GPL
 Group: 		Productivity/File utilities

src/niceload

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 use strict;
 use Getopt::Long;
 $Global::progname="niceload";
-$Global::version = 20140122;
+$Global::version = 20140222;
 Getopt::Long::Configure("bundling","require_order");
 get_options_from_array(\@ARGV) || die_usage();
 if($opt::version) {

src/parallel

@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ sub get_options_from_array {
 sub parse_options {
     # Returns: N/A
     # Defaults:
-    $Global::version = 20140221;
+    $Global::version = 20140222;
     $Global::progname = 'parallel';
     $Global::infinity = 2**31;
     $Global::debug = 0;
@@ -4103,7 +4103,6 @@ sub cattail {
 sub openoutputfiles {
     # Open files for STDOUT and STDERR
     # Set file handles in $self->fh
-    # TODO non-blocking $opt::linebuffer
     my $self = shift;
     my ($outfhw, $errfhw, $outname, $errname);
     if($opt::results) {

src/parallel.pod

@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ I<regexp> is a Perl Regular Expression:
 http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html
 
 
-=item B<--compress>
+=item B<--compress> (alpha 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
@@ -423,11 +423,13 @@ B<plzip>, B<bzip2>, B<lzma>, B<lzip>, B<xz> in that order, and use the
 first available.
 
 
-=item B<--compress-program> I<prg>
+=item B<--compress-program> I<prg> (alpha testing)
 
-Use I<prg> for compressing temporary files. It is assumed that I<prg
+=item B<--decompress-program> I<prg> (alpha testing)
+
+Use I<prg> for (de)compressing temporary files. It is assumed that I<prg
 -dc> will decompress stdin (standard input) to stdout (standard
-output).
+output) unless B<--decompress-program> is given.
 
 
 =item B<--ctrlc>
@@ -524,7 +526,7 @@ See also B<--bg>, B<man sem>.
 Implies B<--semaphore>.
 
 
-=item B<--filter-hosts> (beta testing)
+=item B<--filter-hosts>
 
 Remove down hosts. For each remote host: check that login through ssh
 works. If not: do not use this host.
@@ -744,7 +746,7 @@ B<-l 0> is an alias for B<-l 1>.
 Implies B<-X> unless B<-m>, B<--xargs>, or B<--pipe> is set.
 
 
-=item B<--line-buffer>
+=item B<--line-buffer> (alpha testing)
 
 Buffer output on line basis. B<--group> will keep the output together
 for a whole job. B<--ungroup> allows output to mixup with half a line
@@ -813,7 +815,7 @@ This is useful for scripts that depend on features only available from
 a certain version of GNU B<parallel>.
 
 
-=item B<--nonall> (beta testing)
+=item B<--nonall>
 
 B<--onall> with no arguments. Run the command on all computers given
 with B<--sshlogin> but take no arguments. GNU B<parallel> will log
@@ -824,7 +826,7 @@ This is useful for running the same command (e.g. uptime) on a list of
 servers.
 
 
-=item B<--onall> (beta testing)
+=item B<--onall>
 
 Run all the jobs on all computers given with B<--sshlogin>. GNU
 B<parallel> will log into B<--jobs> number of computers in parallel
@@ -1606,9 +1608,9 @@ Use B<-v> B<-v> to print the wrapping ssh command when running remotely.
 Print the version GNU B<parallel> and exit.
 
 
-=item B<--workdir> I<mydir> (beta testing)
+=item B<--workdir> I<mydir>
 
-=item B<--wd> I<mydir> (beta testing)
+=item B<--wd> I<mydir>
 
 Files transferred using B<--transfer> and B<--return> will be relative
 to I<mydir> on remote computers, and the command will be executed in

src/parallel.texi

@@ -434,8 +434,8 @@ 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}
+@item @strong{--compress} (alpha testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--compress}}
+@anchor{@strong{--compress} (alpha 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
@@ -445,12 +445,15 @@ 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}
+@item @strong{--compress-program} @emph{prg} (alpha testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--compress-program} @emph{prg}}
+@anchor{@strong{--compress-program} @emph{prg} (alpha testing)}
 
-Use @emph{prg} for compressing temporary files. It is assumed that @emph{prg
+@item @strong{--decompress-program} @emph{prg} (alpha testing)
+@anchor{@strong{--decompress-program} @emph{prg} (alpha testing)}
+
+Use @emph{prg} for (de)compressing temporary files. It is assumed that @emph{prg
 -dc} will decompress stdin (standard input) to stdout (standard
-output).
+output) unless @strong{--decompress-program} is given.
 
 @item @strong{--ctrlc}
 @anchor{@strong{--ctrlc}}
@@ -550,8 +553,8 @@ See also @strong{--bg}, @strong{man sem}.
 
 Implies @strong{--semaphore}.
 
-@item @strong{--filter-hosts} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--filter-hosts}
-@anchor{@strong{--filter-hosts} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--filter-hosts}}
 
 Remove down hosts. For each remote host: check that login through ssh
 works. If not: do not use this host.
@@ -794,8 +797,8 @@ standard specifies @strong{-L} instead.
 
 Implies @strong{-X} unless @strong{-m}, @strong{--xargs}, or @strong{--pipe} is set.
 
-@item @strong{--line-buffer}
+@item @strong{--line-buffer} (alpha testing)
-@anchor{@strong{--line-buffer}}
+@anchor{@strong{--line-buffer} (alpha testing)}
 
 Buffer output on line basis. @strong{--group} will keep the output together
 for a whole job. @strong{--ungroup} allows output to mixup with half a line
@@ -864,8 +867,8 @@ 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} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--nonall}
-@anchor{@strong{--nonall} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--nonall}}
 
 @strong{--onall} with no arguments. Run the command on all computers given
 with @strong{--sshlogin} but take no arguments. GNU @strong{parallel} will log
@@ -875,8 +878,8 @@ 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} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--onall}
-@anchor{@strong{--onall} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--onall}}
 
 Run all the jobs on all computers given with @strong{--sshlogin}. GNU
 @strong{parallel} will log into @strong{--jobs} number of computers in parallel
@@ -1720,11 +1723,11 @@ Use @strong{-v} @strong{-v} to print the wrapping ssh command when running remot
 
 Print the version GNU @strong{parallel} and exit.
 
-@item @strong{--workdir} @emph{mydir} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--workdir} @emph{mydir}
-@anchor{@strong{--workdir} @emph{mydir} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--workdir} @emph{mydir}}
 
-@item @strong{--wd} @emph{mydir} (beta testing)
+@item @strong{--wd} @emph{mydir}
-@anchor{@strong{--wd} @emph{mydir} (beta testing)}
+@anchor{@strong{--wd} @emph{mydir}}
 
 Files transferred using @strong{--transfer} and @strong{--return} will be relative
 to @emph{mydir} on remote computers, and the command will be executed in

src/parallel_tutorial.1

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "PARALLEL_TUTORIAL 1"
-.TH PARALLEL_TUTORIAL 1 "2014-01-25" "20140122" "parallel"
+.TH PARALLEL_TUTORIAL 1 "2014-01-25" "20140222" "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 = 20140122;
+    $Global::version = 20140222;
     $Global::progname = 'sql';
 
     # This must be done first as this may exec myself