BuildStream 1.6.4 released

[Tristan Van Berkom <tr...@codethink.co.uk>]

Hi all,

This is another bugfix release in the 1.6.x stable series, it has
support for .netrc handling in some plugins, new richer warning/error
messages regarding source aliases and overall hardening various
bugfixes.


What is BuildStream ?
=====================
BuildStream is a Free Software tool for building/integrating software
stacks. It takes inspiration, lessons and use-cases from various
projects including OBS, Reproducible Builds, Yocto, Baserock,
Buildroot, Aboriginal, GNOME Continuous, JHBuild, Flatpak Builder and
Android repo.

BuildStream supports multiple build-systems (e.g. autotools, cmake,
distutils, make, meson), and can create outputs in a range of formats
(e.g. debian packages, flatpak runtimes, sysroots, system images) for
multiple platforms and chipsets.


=================
buildstream 1.6.4
=================

  o BuildElement classes now support `create-dev-shm`

  o script element plugin now supports `create-dev-shm`

  o Python 3.6 is no longer tested in CI but support is maintained on
    best effort level.

  o New fatal warnings for unaliased sources

  o New errors raised when using an unresolved source alias

  o Add support for .netrc in remote/tar/zip sources

  o Bugfixes and better stability in fuse layer

  o Various bug fixes, documentation updates and CI related cleanup


Contributors:
=============
 - Abderrahim Kitouni
 - Chandan Singh
 - Dor Askayo
 - Javier Jardón
 - Jürg Billeter
 - Sam Thursfield
 - Seppo Yli-Olli
 - Thomas Coldrick
 - Tristan van Berkom
 - Valentin David


Where can I get it ?
====================
https://github.com/apache/buildstream/releases/tag/1.6.4

For more information on the BuildStream project, visit our home page
at https://buildstream.build/

Cheers,
    -Tristan