[rhelv6-announce] Red Hat Developer Toolset 2.1 Now Available

[Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (Santiago) announcement mailing-list]

Red Hat is pleased to announce the general availability of Red Hat 
Developer Toolset 2.1. This latest version bridges development agility 
with production stability by delivering the latest stable versions of 
essential open development tools to enhance developer productivity and 
improve deployment times.

Red Hat Developer Toolset 2.1 introduces a new tool to its content set - 
Git 1.8.4 - and updates key packages to help developers deliver new 
applications and functionality faster. Red Hat Developer Toolset enables 
C and C++ developers to compile once and deploy to multiple versions of 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux on physical, virtual, and cloud environments. 
Moreover, Red Hat Developer Toolset can be used to develop applications 
for deployment on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and on OpenShift, offering 
customers exceptional flexibility.

Red Hat Developer Toolset 2.1 delivers the following capabilities:

* Users can compile on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 to run on Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux 6 and test on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta. In 
addition, the Red Hat Developer Toolset retains functionality allowing 
users to compile on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and deploy on Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux 5 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

* Git 1.8.4.  Git 1.8.4 provides developers using Red Hat Enterprise 
Linux 6 with a new release of the powerful distributed version control 
system designed to handle projects of any size with speed and efficiency.

* General updates, inclusive of minor bug fixes and feature 
enhancements, to the following packages: GCC 4.8.2, Eclipse 4.3.1, and 
elfutils 0.157. Developers can code with confidence knowing that they’re 
using stable, recently updated packages.

In addition to these enhancements, Red Hat Developer Toolset 2.1 also 
continues to deliver software collections functionality, which enables 
the concurrent installation of multiple versions of the same software 
components on a system.


RED HAT DEVELOPER TOOLSET 2.1 AVAILABILITY

Red Hat Developer Toolset 2.1 is available now to customers with an 
active Red Hat Enterprise Linux developer-related subscription. This 
includes:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite [1]
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Workstation [2]
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Support Subscriptions [3]
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFR Subscriptions (for qualifying partners)
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux Academic Site Subscriptions

To learn more about Red Hat developer offerings, visit the Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux Developer Program page at 
https://access.redhat.com/products/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/Developer/

For more information on how to install Red Hat Developer Toolset, 
reference the Developer Toolset User Guide at 
http://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Developer_Toolset/2/html/User_Guide/ 



ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

To access additional documentation for Red Hat Developer Toolset, visit:
* Red Hat Developer Toolset 2.1 documentation:
   o Red Hat Developer Toolset 2.1 Release notes:
 
http://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Developer_Toolset/2/html/2.1_Release_Notes/
   o Red Hat Developer Toolset 2.1 User Guide:
 
http://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Developer_Toolset/2/html/User_Guide/
   o Red Hat Software Collections Guide:
 
http://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Developer_Toolset/2/html/Software_Collections_Guide/
* Other Red Hat Enterprise Linux documentation: 
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/


Sincerely,

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Team

[1] https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/developers/rhel_developer_suite.html
[2] 
https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/developers/rhel_developer_workstation_professional.html
[3] 
https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/developers/rhel_developer_support_professional.html