[swarm-hackers] 2.3 release

[Scott Christley]

Hello all,

I started a 2.3 release branch for Swarm.  It has been a long time  
since the last release, and I'm not sure of all the change, can you  
please send me any items you would like mentioned in the NEWS file?   
You could also add them directly to the file too if you want.

As part of release, I'm keeping notes on the wiki about the various  
steps to be performed, etc.

http://www.swarm.org/index.php/Swarm:_release_main_page

Note that I'm taking a "branching style" to the release.  By that I  
mean, I don't generate the release from the main development branch,  
instead I make a branch, then do all the release work in that branch,  
allowing the main development branch to be open for continued  
development.  Bug fixes and associated release get done on the release  
branch, and merged to the main development branch afterward.

I am going to start merging in my objc abstraction work, and Mac  
porting work, so this will create a lot of changes on the main  
development branch.

For those interesting in developing packages for GNU/Linux  
distributions, the 2.3 release should be version to start working  
with.  I will put up a file soon, once I have access to the file  
download area on swarm.org

cheers
Scott