[lfs-announce] LFS and BLFS 13.0 are released

The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the release of
LFS Version 13.0 (systemd) and BLFS Version 13.0 (systemd).

This release is a major update to both LFS and BLFS.

The LFS release includes updates to binutils-2.46 and glibc-2.42. In total, 36
packages were updated since the last release and extensive updates to the
text have been made throughout the book to improve readability. The Linux kernel has
also been updated to version 6.18.10.

Overall there have been over 100 commits to LFS since the previous stable version of
the book. Packages that have security updates include: glibc, coreutils, expat, Perl,
Python, systemd, xz, and vim. See
https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/advisories/12.4.html for a complete description
of security updates since the last stable release.

In BLFS several packages have been added and removed. See
https://rivendell.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/news.html for a complete list.

See https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/advisories/12.4.html for BLFS packages that
were affected by security updates since the last stable release.

Overall there were 843 tickets closed via more than 1300 commits made to BLFS.

Please see the ChangeLog in the book for a full list of changes.

Thanks for this release goes to many contributors. Notably:

Douglas Reno
Xi Ruoyao
Pierre Labastie
Joe Locash
Rahul Chandra
Zeckma

I'd like to add a special thanks to our newest editor, Joe Locash. His help
during this development cycle has been a tremendous help.

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As an additional announcement, Randy McMurchy has volunteered to take over editing
responsibilities for the System V versions of LFS and BLFS. Randy was the senior
editor for BLFS in the 2006 to 2011 time frame and now has the time to manage those
books. A time frame for updates has not been established yet.
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You can read the books online[0]-[1], or download[2]-[3] to read locally.

Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS development
team at lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org or
blfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org. Registration for the mailing lists
is required to avoid junk email.

-- Bruce Dubbs
LFS

[0] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/13.0-systemd/
[1] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/13.0-systemd/

[2] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/13.0-systemd/
[3] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/downloads/13.0-systemd/