hello-2.9 released [stable]

[rrt]

I'm delighted to announce version 2.9 of GNU hello. See below for
changes in this version.

Here are the compressed sources and a GPG detached signature[*]:
  http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/hello/hello-2.9.tar.gz
  http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/hello/hello-2.9.tar.gz.sig

Use a mirror for higher download bandwidth:
  http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html

[*] Use a .sig file to verify that the corresponding file (without the
.sig suffix) is intact.  First, be sure to download both the .sig file
and the corresponding tarball.  Then, run a command like this:

  gpg --verify hello-2.9.tar.gz.sig

If that command fails because you don't have the required public key,
then run this command to import it:

  gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 68089F7380EE4A00

and rerun the 'gpg --verify' command.

This release was bootstrapped with the following tools:
  Autoconf 2.69
  Automake 1.13.3
  Gnulib v0.0-7981-g06e3f53

NEWS

* Noteworthy changes in release 2.9 (2013-10-10) [stable]

A series of patches from Sami Kerola has modernized and improved the
build system, added the possibility of user-defined new-style
greetings, and added support for Unicode.

Various translations have been updated (thanks to the Translation Project).