Hello!

This is to announce the release of gerbv-2.2.0!  Gerbv is an open source
Gerber file (RS-274X only) viewer for Linux and other unix flavors.  Besides
viewing Gerbers, you may also view Excellon drill files as well as XYRS
(pick-place) files.  For more information, browse to gerbv's web site: 

http://gerbv.sourceforge.net/

Gerbv is allied with the gEDA Project, an open-source collaborative
which has produced an end-to-end tool chain for PCB design on Linux and
other unices.  The gEDA Project's website is here:

http://geda.seul.org/

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Gerbv release 2.2.0 introduces several new features and bug fixes:

*  Updated Windows build with many bug fixes, much faster rendering performance,
and other tweaks to make the Windows version much more usable.

*  Add rendering optimizations to all platforms, improving render performance by
up to 3X when zoomed in, and 50% improvement in zoomed out performance.

*  Many changes to the build options, including the addition of the compile
option -no-undefined to make it easier to build Windows DLLs, improved cross-
compiling tool detection, and better relocatable install support.

*  Improved project file load/save dialog.

*  Improved the ability to parse drill files with user specified formats.

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Gerbv's homepage is on SourceForge:

        http://gerbv.sourceforge.net/.

There you will find a bug database, a feature request database, the CVS repo
and a commit mailinglist.  

To download gerbv-2.2.0, go to 

        http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gerbv/

and grab gerbv-2.2.0.tar.gz

To install gerbv do this:
1. tar zxf gerbv-2.2.0.tar.gz
2. cd gerbv-2.2.0
3. ./configure
4. make && make install

Interesting configure options are:

--help              : Lists all configure options.
--enable-debug      : Program will output lots of debug spew while running
                      (default = no -> no debug output by default.)
--disable-exportpng : Disable compilation of export of PNGs.
                      (default = no -> exportpng on by default.)
--enable-unit-mm    : Set default unit for coordinates in status bar to mm
                      (default = no -> units = inches by default.)
--disable-cairo     : Use GDK only for graphics rendering.
                      (default = no -> both GDK and cairo used by default.)
--enable-efence     : Link with ElectricFence for malloc debugging
                      (default = no -> efence off by default.)
--disable-update-desktop-database
                    : Update desktop icon database after installation
                      (default = no -> desktop icon installed by default.)


Thank you for using gerbv-2.2.0!

                              -- The gerbv team