= freecode-submit project release news 2.11: 2026-02-23:: Archival release: frreshclub API does not work yet! Code hardened with ChatGPT 5.2. Error out gracefully on malformed config data. 2.10: 2024-02-13:: Archival release - code partially ported to Python 3 but non-working. 2.9: 2014-06-19:: Final archival release. On June 18, 2014, freecode.com ceased accepting new updates. Accordingly, this software is now obsolete. 2.8: 2014-06-01:: Minor documentation improvements, and stricter pylint checking. 2.7: 2013-12-24:: Fix a minor bug when the script is called without data input. 2.6: 2013-09-27:: Documentation fixes. Automatically generate an md5 file when shipping this code. 2.5: 2013-04-20:: Remove the obsolete Release-Focus field. 2.4: 2012-06-19:: Freecode JSON connections have changed from http to https. 2.3: 2011-11-03:: Deal with the Freshmeat to Freecode name change. Means the name of this tool has to change. 2.2: 2010-11-24:: Release withdrawal, previously broken, now works. (This required a site API change.) 2.1: 2010-10-21:: Now has a query mode that can retrieve project metadata in editable form. Properly deletes URLs not present in your update list. Request withdrawal is implemented. License changed to BSD. 2.0: 2010-10-17:: Updated to work with the JSON-based 3.0 API. Major rewrite and simplification of the code. 1.6: 2004-08- 2:: Documentation and packaging fixes. 1.5: 2004-04-30:: Fix documentation bug, add note about .netrc. 1.4: 2003-12-31:: Fix bug in processing of text foci indicators. 1.3: 2003-12-29:: Fix typo affecting the RPM field. 1.2: 2003-12-24:: Add validation using the new server methods for fetching foci and license types. 1.1: 2003-12-22:L Fix typos in documentation and some untested methods.