1 Announcement ************** The GNUstep Base Library, version 1.15.3, is now available. 1.1 What is the GNUstep Base Library? ===================================== The GNUstep Base Library is a library of general-purpose, non-graphical Objective C objects. For example, it includes classes for strings, object collections, byte streams, typed coders, invocations, notifications, notification dispatchers, moments in time, network ports, remote object messaging support (distributed objects), and event loops. It provides functionality that aims to implement the non-graphical portion of the OpenStep standard (the Foundation library). There is more information available at the GNUstep homepage at `http://www.gnustep.org'. 1.2 Noteworthy changes in version `1.15.3' ========================================== * Extended NSUserDefaults so it recognizes ../ as a relative path. * Added TLS/SSL support for NSStream based on GNU TLS * Added support for https to NSURLConnection using new stream code and added basic support for digest authentication. * Fixed various problems with and added new options to KVO. 1.3 Where can you get it? How can you compile it? ================================================== The gnustep-base-1.15.3.tar.gz distribution file has been placed at `ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core'. Please log bug reports on the GNUstep project page `http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=gnustep' or send bug reports to .