[rhelv6-beta-list] General Availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite Bridges Development Agility with Production Stability

[Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (Santiago) Beta releases discussion mailing-list]

Today Red Hat announces it has expanded its Red Hat Enterprise Linux 
Developer Program with significant enhancements to the Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux Developer Suite, including a new toolset for software 
developers worldwide. Through the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer 
Suite, Red Hat delivers the latest, stable open source developer tool 
versions at an accelerated cadence than that of Red Hat Enterprise 
Linux. Developers now have access to a robust suite of tools with 
synchronized availability on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat 
OpenShift, allowing developers to deploy applications freely to either 
environment.

For developers, having ready access to the latest, stable development 
tools is key to taking advantage of new Linux advancements. By providing 
affordable access to essential development tools in addition to the 
industry’s leading open enterprise platform for development use, the Red 
Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite helps maximize developer 
productivity and speed time to deployment.

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite includes:

  * Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including its specialized variants, and 
related Add-On software for development use. This includes: Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific 
Computing, Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z, Red Hat Enterprise 
Linux for IBM POWER, Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Business 
Applications, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop, High-Availability 
Add-On, Load Balancer Add-On, Resilient Storage Add-On, Scalable File 
System Add-On, High-Performance Network Add-On, Extended Update Support, 
and MRG Real Time and Smart Management Add-on.

  * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Toolset, a collection of 
development tools to create highly scalable applications. Red Hat plans 
to accelerate the release cadence of these tools to deliver the latest, 
stable tool versions on a separate life cycle from Red Hat Enterprise 
Linux releases.

The first version of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite 
includes a toolset that makes developing Linux software applications 
faster and easier by allowing users to compile once and deploy to 
multiple versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Using the Developer 
Toolset, software developers can now develop Linux applications using 
the latest C and C++ upstream tools. These tools include:

  * The latest GNU Compiler Collection (GCC 4.7) with support for C and C++

  * The latest version of the GNU Project Debugger (GDB 7.4) with 
improvements to aid the debugging of applications

  * GNU binutils collection of binary developer tools, version 2.22, for 
the creation and management of Linux applications

This version of the GNU development tool chain is an alternative to the 
one bundled in Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases. Compatible with all 
supported versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the Developer Toolset is 
available for users who develop applications for Red Hat Enterprise 
Linux 5 and 6. Of course, developers can continue to use the version of 
the toolchain provided in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Please see the 
release notes for support of specific minor releases.

There are several ways to obtain the Developer Toolset:

  * The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Suite

  * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Support Subscriptions

  * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Workstation. Note that Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux Workstation subscribers can migrate to a new Red Hat 
Developer Workstation at no additional charge.

Developer Toolset beta participants are encouraged to visit the Red Hat 
Customer Portal to select the Red Hat developer product that is right 
for them.

To access documentation (requires login), visit:
  * Developer Toolset: 
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/Red_Hat_Developer_Toolset/

  * Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/

To learn more about Red Hat Developer Support Subscriptions, visit:
  * http://www.redhat.com/developers/rhel

It’s easy to take advantage of all the benefits of a Red Hat Partner 
Program.  For more information on the Red Hat Partner Program, visit:
  * http://www.redhat.com/partners

Sincerely,

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux team