2008-10:
* Automatically guess the platform
* Create build log and rebuild script for individual packages
* Support for parallel make/scons
* Improved slepc/petsc packages to avoid the need for manually setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH
* Display platfom-specific instructions as part of the build process
* Automatically probe for system python version
* Added preliminary support for xp
2008-09:
* Added support for sid
* Added support for leopard
* Removed the need for gfortran (in mpi, petsc, suitesparse)
* Added support for custom configuration options
* Added colour progress/error reporting
* Updated to recent versions of all packages
* Added support for intrepid
* Added support for gutsy