[ANNOUNCE] kbd-2.7-rc1

[ANNOUNCE] kbd-2.7-rc1

[Alexey Gladkov]

kbd 2.7-rc1 Release Notes
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The kbd-2.7-rc1 is available at

https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kbd/kbd-2.7-rc1.tar.gz
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kbd/kbd-2.7-rc1.tar.xz
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kbd/kbd-2.7-rc1.tar.sign


Changes
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libkeymap:
* Add API to get/set keymap keywords.
* Export functions to convert the value to kernel code.
* Fix double kbdfile open.
* Dump action codes for keycode 0.

libkfont:
* Fix buffer allocation for doubled font.
* Check console mode.

keymaps:
* Add hcesar layout, for portuguese speaking countries.
* Update Colemak-DH keymaps with upstream changes.
* sv-latin1.map: make Ctrl+AltGr+9 act as Ctrl+].

fonts:
* Remove non-free Agafari fonts.

build-sys:
* Use autoconf 2.72.
* Do not substitute variables from configure.
* Makefiles cleanup.
* Fix build warning.

other:
* Add configure option to control keymaps compression.
* Update man pages.
* Remove deprecated startup scripts.
* Remove outdated docs.


Git repository
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/legion/kbd.git

Feedback and bug reports, as always, are welcomed.

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Rgrds, legion