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Sourceforge
SCons 0.10 is now available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=244414
SCons alpha release 0.10 is now available for download. SCons is a
software construction tool (build tool, or substitute for Make)
implemented in Python, based on the winning design in the Software
Carpentry build tool competition (in turn based on the Cons build
tool). IMPORTANT: Release 0.10 contains the following interface
changes: - The meaning of the third argument passed to user-defined
Scanner functions has changed. It was formerly the target node being
built, and is now a list of directories (a path) which may be searched
for files found during the scan. - The .sconsign files are no longer
ASCII text, they are now a pickled (binary) Python data structure. This
release adds the following features: - SCons now prints a description
of Python functions being executed as actions to update a target. -
Scanners now support a "recursive" attribute that specifies the Scanner
will be re-applied to files found during the scan. - A new Clean()
method supports removing user-specified files when using the -c option.
- New SetJobs() and GetJobs() method support setting or fetching the
default number of jobs. - The MinGW tool chain is now supported. - A
new --debug=includes option has been added. The following fixes have
been added: - SCons now symlinks or copies files from Repositories on
different file systems, when hard links won't work. - The Install()
method prints something when the -n option is used. - When the -n
option is used, SCons no longer creates duplicate source files in a
BuildDir(). - The Program() Builder (and other multiple-step Builders)
now work properly when only the source file is specified. - A bug when
building a file whose basename matched the directory in which it lived
has been fixed. - The -c options will now properly remove symlinks. -
The Environment.get() now returns None by default. - Error messages now
all start with "scons: ***". - Warning messages now all start with
"scons: warning:". Performance has been improved as follows: - Scanners
are now called once and only once per file. - Internal checks for
whether a file has a Builder have been significantly sped up. -
Unnecessary internal imports have been removed. The following changes
have been made to the SCons packaging: - The scons-local packages no
longer contain Python bytecode (*.pyc) files. The documentation has
been improved: - The initial explanation of SConscript files has been
improved. - A misformatted table in the StaticObject description has
been fixed. - New features have been documented.
lifelines internationalized
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=244180
LifeLines is a genealogy program to help with your family history
research. Its primarily strengths are its powerful scripting language
and the ability easily import and export information in the GEDCOM
format. Recent copies of lifelines now include Danish, French, German,
and Swedish message catalogs.
Millstone 3.0.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=244080
Millstone is a library for creating server side user interfaces for
networked Java applications. It provides easiness and modularity of
component based user interface development to Internet application
development as well as terminal independency. This version is service
release for the Millstone Base 3.0 and the Millstone WebAdapter 3.0
modules. This version includes fixes to both base and web-adapter
modules, and it also adds some previously unimplemented features to the
default theme.
JGAP 0.32 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=244075
JGAP is a genetic algorithms package written in Java. It is designed to
require minimum effort to use "out of the box," but is also designed to
be highly modular to allow for custom components to be easily plugged
in by the more adventurous. JGAP 0.32 is a maintenance release that
primarily includes optimizations to increase performance and reduce
memory consumption. Minor enhancements and fixes, as well as additions
to the documentation, are also included. Please see the Changelog for
details. JGAP 0.32 is considered an alpha release and is therefore not
feature-complete and may contain bugs.
EasySok 0.3.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=244037
EasySok is a sokoban game for KDE. It is themeable, has a level editor
and a solver, various import/export functions, a retro mode and other
nice features. This is just a bugfix release for users of gcc 3.2. If
you could compile EasySok 0.3.1, there is no need to switch to this new
version.
KRadio 0.2.7 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=244060
KRadio is a radio application for KDE3. It has support for video4linux
radio devices and lirc remote control. Changes in this release include:
the configuration dialog is now in KDE style; a configurable "good
signal" level has been added; and numerous bugs have been fixed. And
many fixes that can be read in the
http://www.kawo1.rwth-aachen.de/~witte/kradio/ChangeLog kradio can be
downloaded as usual from
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=45668 or from
http://www.kawo1.rwth-aachen.de/~witte/kradio.html And don't forget to
contribute your station preset file to our database ;) Have fun! Martin
drjava-20030115-2237 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=244050
This development release includes a new approach for the communication
between the main DrJava JVM and the JVM used by the Interactions Pane.
It should resolve many of the Interactions Pane problems that users
have recently encountered, and it needs to be tested on all platforms.
DrJava is an integrated Java development environment that supports
interactive evaluation of expressions. Download it by following the
"more download options" link on our home page.
TurboPower Orpheus 4.06 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=244023
Orpheus is an award-winning UI toolkit for Borland Delphi and
C++Builder. It contains over 120 components covering everything from
data entry to calendars and clocks. Other noteworthy components include
an Object Inspector, LookOut bar, & report views. This is a source-code
only release. TurboPower Orpheus project page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tporpheus
MPman MP-F70 suite 0.3 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=243804
Version 0.3 of the kernel driver and utilities for the MPman MP-F70
portable MP3 player is up for download. The kernel driver provides a
block device which you can then mount in read-write mode. The
mpf70-utils allow you to extract MP3 information and queue tracks to
the player in one command! http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpf70/
Chicken of the VNC 1.3.5 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=243785
Chicken of the VNC is a VNC client for Mac OS X. A VNC client allows
one to display and interact with a remote computer screen. In other
words, you can use Chicken of the VNC to interact with a remote
computer as though it's right next to you. This release contains
enhancements, including new encoding support, support for wheel mice,
and performance improvements.
Slashdot
MIT Develops Quantum-Dot OLEDs
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/0649235
[0]deglr6328 writes "Researchers at MIT have [1]developed a [2]new type
of Organic Light emitting Diode ([3]OLED) using Cadmium Selenium
Quantum Dots as the electron-hole recombination layer. It is widely
believed that the next generation of flexible flat panel display
technologies will be self luminous (non-backlit) organic light emitting
diodes. However, the efficiency and lifespan of both small molecule and
polymer type OLEDs, to date, has been poor for small wavelength
emitting compounds. Using quantum dots as the emissive layer in OLEDs
potentially solves both of these problems since they are inorganic and
won't degrade, and they have a theoretical maximum quantum efficiency
of near 100%. Mmmmm ... can't wait to buy my first roll-up display!"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2002/dot.html
2. http://optics.org/articles/news/9/1/2/1
3. http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/display/creating.jhtml
Competition To Find Aussie PM's Email Address
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/0639234
Internet Ninja writes "While we can all send anti-war emails to
'president' of the USA and even the Australian opposition, nobody can
email the [0]Prime Minister of Australia. So the opposition party
started a [1]competition to track it down as reported in Australias
Sydney Morning Herald."
Links
0. http://www.pm.gov.au/
1. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/19/1042911270295.html
Dave Hughes' Campaign To Connect 6 Billion Brains
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/0242203
[0]polarfleece writes "The Asociated Press has a [1]fine story about
Dave Hughes, one of my personal heros. For those of you who may never
have heard of him, he is THE pioneer in the use of wireless networking
for mass connectivity. His main website is at [2]wireless.oldcolo.com."
An anonymous reader also point to the [3]profile of Hughes accompanying
the article.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAN3J1L5BD.html
2. http://www.wireless.oldcolo.com
3. http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAHFD3F5BD.html
Why (FM, Not XM) Radio Sucks
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/0227226
wemmick writes "The Washington Post has an article [0]"Can XM Put Radio
Back Together Again?" which discusses the history of marketing FM
radio, how XM could be different, and about Lee Abrams -- "the man who
shackled FM radio to the tyranny of mass market research" and is now
program director for XM."
Links
0. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57791-2003Jan15.html
BASF Shows Off Some Tantalizing Nanotech
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/0048259
[0]Dan B. writes "The Technology section in The Age today is running a
story on the current [1]'Next Generation' nanotech coming to a store
near you from [2]BASF. Interesting read, but I'd like some more info on
the 10 hour batteries the size of a cigarette lighter."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/19/1042911268269.html
2. http://www.basf.com/
Rolling Out Mozilla in an Organization?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/19/2239259
jdclucidly asks: "I am a network administrator for a small non-profit
(about 50 employees). I would like to roll Mozilla 1.2.1 out to all of
our desktops. We don't have a single ghost image because the computers
on site are too varied. Yes, I did my Googling. The source for the
installer is just huge and mind boggling. Is there something like a
Mozilla Administration Kit that will generate custom Mozilla
installers? If not, would people on Slashdot be interested in starting
a new project to make such a kit?" If you were going to deploy a
"branded" version of Mozilla, company-wide, how would you do it,
especially if you had to worry about a mixed OS environment?
Nvidia Talks About Next-Gen Geforce, Plus Pics
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/19/2216224
[0]Per Hansson writes "Techspot was at Comdex in Sweden a few days ago;
we have now posted a small interview with Nvidia along with some
high-res pictures of the Geforce FX on [1]this page in our new comments
system." This is one of the strangest looking video cards I've ever
seen (and it isn't cheap), though it may look different by the time you
can buy it in a box. Which is not yet, despite [2]all the [3]hype.
Links
0. http://www.techspot.com/
1. http://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3978
2. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/06/1215204&tid=126
3. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/18/1824202&tid=137
UFO Evidence From SOHO Satellite
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/19/1955238
[0]Anonymous Coward writes "EuroSeti is set to reveal during the week
of Jan 24-27 National Space Centre in Leicester, UK scientifically
sound and verifiable [1]evidence based on observations taken by the
SOHO satellite and other satellites that indicate UFOs are present
within our solar system. For the past two years, hundreds of
extraordinary UFO-like images have been gleaned by a Spanish-based team
using two space-based satellites. NASA initially tried to explain the
images away as pixel faults, passing meteors or asteroids, etc., but
when a European-led consortium presented them with images that clearly
were none of the aforementioned, they 'clamped up.'"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.ufomag.co.uk/euroseti.htm
Multi-vendor Game Server (GameSpy) DDoS Attack
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/19/1729250
w4rl5ck writes "[0]PivX has this [1] security advisory about DDoS
attacks using a single modem line and some game servers (i.e. Counter
Strike, QuakeX, Battlefield 1942 - in short, those supporting GameSpy).
Works via spoofed udp packages querying the server stats, and because
udp is connectionless, the server simply answers - to the spoofed
address, of course. Funny thing, isn't it? (originally found on
[2]heise.de)"
Links
0. http://www.pivx.com/
1. http://www.pivx.com/kristovich/adv/mk001/
2. http://www.heise.de/
Maine School & Linux
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/19/1538243
[0]Feztaa writes "[1]This story talks about a private school in Maine
that has introduced linux into their computer labs, with smashing
success. Apparently, they spent less than half of the money that other
schools spent on new computer labs, and got better hardware to boot."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6349
Freshmeat
asmail 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110021/
Asmail is a "mail-checker" like xbiff, but with the Afterstep
look & feel. It indicates the status of your mailbox. It can be put
in the Wharf, execute program on incoming mail, execute program on
mouseclick, show animations and more...
CCZE 0.1.134
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110050/
CCZE is a fast log colorizer in C, intended to be a drop-in replacement
for RASZi's colorize.pl.
Childsplay 0.62
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110037/
Childsplay is a suite of educational games for young children. It aims
to be more games-like then gcompris.
cvsd 0.9.16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110027/
cvsd is a wrapper program for CVS in pserver mode. It will run 'cvs
pserver' under a special uid/gid in a chroot jail. cvsd is run as a
daemon and is controlled through a configuration file. It is easy to
configure and provides tools for setting up a rootjail and managing
repositories.
cwdaemon 0.2.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110041/
cwdaemon is a small daemon which uses the PC parallel port and a simple
transistor switch to output Morse code to a transmitter from a text
message sent to it via the UDP protocol.
fancybash 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109984/
fancybash adds the following features to a bash prompt: login name,
hostname, PTS/TTY, count and size of files in the current directory,
directory name, jobs running in the background, current time, and fancy
colors. While its colors are cyan/grey when working as an unprivileged
user, they change to yellow/red when becoming root (or another user
with uid=0).
flexbackup 1.0pre2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110032/
flexbackup is a very configurable Perl-based backup tool that can
backup local machines as well as remote machines (using ssh). It allows
the backup itself to be made with afio, cpio, tar, or dump.
galculator 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110052/
galculator is a GTK 2 based scientific calculator supporting algebraic
mode as well as RPN. Features include arithmetic operations plus
precedence handling, full keypad support, trigonometric functions,
power, square root, natural and common logarithm, constants (e, PI),
and inverse and hyperbolic functions. It supports different number
bases (decimal, hexadecimal, octal, and binary) and angle bases
(radiant, degree, and grad).
Gestalter 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110043/
Gestalter is a free vector drawing program. The user interface is
loosely modeled after Adobe Illustrator. The central element is the
Bezier curve used as a base part for almost every other object. Complex
paths are possible, compound paths can be constructed, grouping of
elements is enabled, and everything can be screened by a mask. Adding
and deleting of nodes is implemented as well as transformations
(translation, rotation, scaling, and skewing).
GtkAtlantic 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110029/
GtkAtlantic is a client for playing Monopoly-like board games on monopd
servers.
guiftp 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110036/
Guiftp is a simple FTP client using the GTK+ toolkit. It can actually
connect to a remote host, and download and upload files and
directories. It supports interrupted transfer and bookmarks, and you
can do the usual operations like erase files and directories, create
directories, and erase directories recursively on both the local and
the remote computer.
IceWM Control center 0.95
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110055/
The IceWM Control Center allows you to run various tools for
configuring IceWM's options.
isp4you 0.8.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110024/
isp4you is a Webmin module that creates a virtual Apache Web server and
a user (with a random password). It automatically creates DNS entries,
up to 100 mail accounts, a MySQL database, quotas, etc. You can also
create a new Webmin user that will only have access to its own new
account. The supported languages are English, Dutch, Spanish, German,
Turkish, and French.
Jacksum 1.1.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110049/
Jacksum is a free checksum utility written entirely in Java. It
supports most common checksum algorithms (Adler32, BSD sum, POSIX
cksum, CRC-16, CRC-32, MD2, MD5, SHA, and Unix System V sum). Recursive
file processing is supported.
Japana 2.0.3 (Current)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110031/
Japana is a small HTTP proxy written in Perl. It converts Japanese
characters (Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji) into ASCII (Romaji) on the
fly. The translation is done with the kakasi library (an older version
without the need for kakasi still exists).
Katoob 20030119 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110054/
Katoob is a light-weight, multi lingual, BIDI-aware text editor. It
supports opening and saving files in multiple encodings. The main
support was for the Arabic language but other languages are also
supported.
Knoppix 3.1-2003-01-20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110016/
KNOPPIX is a bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software,
automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards,
sound cards, SCSI devices, and other peripherals. It can be used as a
Linux demo, educational CD, rescue system, etc. It is not necessary to
install anything on a hard disk due to on-the-fly decompression.
KSambaPlugin 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110011/
KSambaKonqiPlugin is a complete SAMBA configuration plugin for KDE 3.
It consists of a KControl Center Module for configuring nearly every
option on a SAMBA server and a Konqueror properties dialog plugin for
quick sharing of single directories.
lamprop 0.9.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110018/
lamprop calculates some properties of fiber-reinforced composite
laminates. It calculates engineering properties like Ex, Ey, Gxy,
thermal properties CTE_x and CTE_y, physical properties like density
and laminate thickness, and stiffness and compliance matrices.
makeself 2.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110019/
makeself is a small shell script that generates a self-extractable
compressed TAR archive from a directory. The resulting file appears as
a shell script, and can be launched as is. The archive will then
uncompress itself to a temporary directory and an arbitrary command
will be executed (for example, an installation script). This is pretty
similar to archives generated with WinZip Self-Extractor in the Windows
world.
Matrox Millennium II Xv extension 1.0-RC1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110008/
This is an XFree86 driver to add Xv (Xvideo) support for the Matrox
Millennium II. It includes hardware YUV->RGB conversion and up/down
scaling. Performance is not stellar compared to modern cards but it's
enough to allow smooth fullscreen DVD playback on a moderately fast
computer (P3-933).
MDB Tools 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110026/
MDB Tools is a library and set of utilities for reading Microsoft
Access Database (MDB) files. The authors are currently seeking
developers to help on the project. The package also includes a
GTK-based file browser, a small SQL engine, and an ODBC driver.
nail 10.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110047/
Nail is a mail user agent derived from Berkeley Mail 8.1. It is
intended to provide the functionality of the POSIX.2 mailx command with
built-in support for MIME messages, POP3, and SMTP. It also contains
some minor enhancements like the ability to set a From: Address. Nail
offers its full command set both for interactive and batch use, and is
especially useful for sending attachments from scripts or for reading
mail via slow connections and on bad terminals. In recent system
environments, nail is Unicode/UTF-8 capable.
netatalk 1.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110025/
netatalk is an implementation of the AppleTalk Protocol Suite for Unix
systems. It contains support for EtherTalk Phase I and II, AppleShare
over IP, DDP, RTMP, NBP, ZIP, AEP, ATP, PAP, ASP, and AFP. It provides
Appletalk file, printing, and routing services on Solaris 2.5, Linux,
OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, SunOS 4.1, Mac OS X, and Ultrix 4.
Plone CMS 1.0 RC2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110042/
Plone CMS is a content management system that is simple to set up,
maintain and modify. It is designed to be a proper content management
system that can replace Interwoven Teamsite or Opentext's Livelink.
Polar Jukebox System 0.6.0.57-pre1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110046/
The Polar Jukebox System (PJS) is a set of curses and console
applications that allow you to manage huge amounts of MP3 files. It
stores all information in a PostgreSQL database for fast and reliable
operating. The tools include jplay (a Pine-like player with playlists
and many sophisticated features), jrec (an audio CD to PJS converter),
jfunc (commandline options for the PJS), jget (ssh-based tools for
transfering CDs between PJSes), jdel, jimport, jexport, and more.
Project Manager X 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/109748/
PMX is a simple project management tool for OS X. It allows you to
track, group, and manage project items and resource allocation. It
displays the project in a nice Gantt Chart that can be printed.
Quick Spam Filter 0.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110015/
Quick Spam Filter is a small, fast spam filter that works by learning
to recognise the words that are more likely to appear in spam than
non-spam. It is intended to be used in a procmail recipe to mark email
as being possible spam.
rdiff-backup 0.10.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110013/
rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another. The target directory
ends up a copy of the source directory, but extra reverse diffs are
stored in a special directory so you can still recover files lost some
time ago. The idea is to combine the best features of a mirror and an
incremental backup. rdiff-backup can also operate in a bandwidth-
efficient manner over a pipe, like rsync. Thus you can use rdiff-backup
and ssh to securely back up to a remote location, and only the
differences will be transmitted. It can also handle symlinks, device
files, permissions, ownership, etc., so it can be used on the entire
file system.
SpamTUNNEL 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110022/
With SpamTunnel is a tool for filtering spam. It features a filtering
rate of over 80% without using any blacklists or whitelists and without
any false positives. It uses a self-teaching algorithm. Its proxy-like
design obviates the need to change your mail client or mailing habits
or download your mail twice. SpamTUNNEL also strives to remain
completely unobtrusive.
squidefender 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110028/
Squidefender is a Perl script which analyzes a squid log file in native
format to detect attacks. If it finds an attack, it sends a complaint
email to the ISP of the attacker. It also has the option to execute an
external command to take other actions. This can be used to
automatically adapt your firewall when an attack has occured. The power
of squidefender lies in its configuration options, which let you easily
add new attacks to scan for. Another interesting option of squidefender
is its ability to use different message templates based on the attack
found.
The Kiwi Toolkit 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110014/
The Kiwi Toolkit is a foundation class library containing many useful
classes that complement the Java Foundation Classes (JFC). It includes
many classes and components that were not provided with the JFC, such
as a TreeTable component, a DateChooser, an MVC charting package (bar
charts, line charts, pie charts), a plugin framework for Java, an
application resource manager (for loading images, icons, HTML pages,
audio clips, and other resources from JAR files), a better
internationalization API, and much more.
throttle 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110010/
throttle copies the standard input to the standard output while
limiting bandwidth to the specified maximum.
Thy 0.4.40 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110048/
Thy is a lightweight httpd designed to be clean and fast, yet powerful
enough to serve many hits a day.
TiLP 6.00-stable
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110012/
TiLP is a linking program for Texas Instruments' graphing calculators.
It can handle any TI calculator from TI73 to V200 with any link cable
(parallel, serial, TI's Black/Gray/Silver Link, AVRlink, and virtual).
It features backup and restore, sending and receiving variables, ROM
dumping, screen captures, grouping and ungrouping of TI files, and runs
on UNIX, Windows, and Mac OS.
Tritium 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110006/
Tritium is a skin designed for Noatun, but it works well on XMMS's
K-Jofol plugin, or K-Jofol 2000b2 (at least under WINE). There is a a
little bug where when you mess with the volume control, the clock is
momentarily screwed up.
VDRadmin 0.22
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110009/
VDRadmin is a program to administer VDR (video digital recorder) via
HTTP. A small HTTP server is included.
VideoDB 2003-01-19
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110017/
VideoDB is a database to manage your personal video collection. It's
mainly designed for videofiles but you can also put your DVDs and VHS
tapes in it. It features fetching movie data/covers from the Internet
Movie Database (IMDb), local caching of coverimages, an option to mark
movies as seen, a search by genre or title/subtitle/plot/cast data, a
filter for TV episodes, a random movie function and a simple borrow
manager. It is a personal database, so no user
management/authentication scheme is implemented. Everybody may
add/edit/delete movies.
Slashcode
Are there ways to integrate Drupal based sites int
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/18/2342231
Is slash and drupal close enough in architecture so that they can pull
stories from each other or comingle successfully? I've enclosed the URL
and for anyone who doesn't know what it can do. It can be seen at
http://www.debianplanet.org/ The main page for Drupal is
http://www.drupal.org/
Karma Bonus
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/18/0015227
Slash used to allow users with good karma to have a +1 assigned to new
comments they were creating (so it would increment the value of comment
at creation). The way this is done was changed recently (like say on
Wednesday). What happens now is that the comment is logged with a value
of "yes" for karma_bonus. A user can adjust the value for what this
bonus means (by default it is +1). When you look on you own page you
see the raw score, which is 1. We have been getting rid of the +1/-1
and such type bonuses and going to a system where the user can decide
what they want to apply for a bonus.
Debian package for Slash
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/173223
I just installed the Debian package for Slash, and for the most part
everything just worked after the "apt-get install slash". There were a
few misplaced Perl modules, but that was fairly easily fixed. I am
still getting some errors though, and I was wondering if anyone could
make sense of these. I also have a problem where the Messages user
options page doesn't display any of the dropdowns, or any other options
for the user. It will just display the text about the page, and the
command button. http://www.parkmoor.dyndns.org/ is the address in case
any of my descriptions are unclear. Thanks for any help. Here's the
/var/log/slash/[sitename]/[sitename]_error.log output when I try to
load http://www.parkmoor.dyndns.org/messages.pl: [Fri Jan 17 03:58:53
2003] [error] /messages.pl:Apache::ROOTwww_2eparkmoor_2edyndns_2
eorg::messages_2epl:/var/www/slash/www.parkmoor.dy
ndns.org/htdocs/messag es.pl:22:Class Slash::Messages is not working
properly. Try `perl -MSlash::Messages -le 'Slash::Messages->new'` to
see why. [Fri Jan 17 03:58:53 2003] [error] Which was called
by:Apache::ROOTwww_2eparkmoor_2edyndns_2eorg::mess
ages_2epl:/var/www/slash/www.parkmoor.dyndns.org/h tdocs
/messages.pl:163:Class Slash::Messages is not working properly. Try
`perl -MSlash::Messages -le 'Slash::Messages->new'` to see why. [Fri
Jan 17 03:58:53 2003] [error] Can't call method "getDescriptions" on an
undefined value at /var/www/slash/www.parkmoor.dyndns.org/htdocs/mess
ages.pl line 101.
Improving mod_perl Sites' Performance
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/1659252
O'Reilly's got a multi-part article series online about improving
mod_perl's performance. Since Slash is, uh, slightly, tied to mod_perl,
this may be some good reading for some of you. Here are links to the
parts: Part 1 The Big Picture Part 2 Essential Tools Part 3 Code
Profiling Techniques Part 4 Memory Part 5 More Memory
The Strict Slash theme
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/15/033226
Like I wrote in "Upcoming XHTML/Accessibility Slash theme" I'm working
on a slash theme with the goal of complying with the W3C's Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. It's far from complete, but I think that
it has reached a point where I want to hear comments from others and
see if someone is interesting in contributing patches to fix bugs /
implement new features. It requires latest slash cvs and it's available
from anonymous read-only cvs: cvs -d
:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/c vs loginNo password,
just press Enter. cvs -d
:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/c vs co strict It's
hosted by Openflows, who has been supporting the development of this
theme. You vill find a List of changes and a Todo list on the demo site
strict.openflows.org And if you are looking for something interesting
to read on the same topic, Joe Clark's Answers -- In Valid XHTML.
How does index.shtml pick up currentqid for polls?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/14/2254228
In the process of upgrading from R_2_3_0_46 to the current snapshot of
Slash, my poll appears to have died. No matter what currentqid gets set
to, or how many polls I delete or add, poll qid 6 (which now doesn't
exist) is always the poll that gets written to index.shtml. Also, when
I go to a poll that *does* exist
(http://www.scylla.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1), none of the questions are
listed, just the title. To make sure I have a clean slate, I have
created a whole new /usr/local/slash/site directory, dumped and
recreated the auto_poll, pollanswers, pollquestions, and pollvoters
tables, and reinstalled slash. The only thing that's the same is
database and the directory that slash was installed to. So, my question
is how does index.shtml get the value it's suppossed to use? I looked
in index.pl and it appears to use pollbooth('_currentqid', 1) to write
the value. And, of course, I need to hunt down the function that lists
the poll questions in pollbooth.pl (to find out why they aren't
displayed on vote windows). I've spent a lot of time trying to hunt
down functions in .pm files but now I'm giving up and hoping I can find
someone who "just knows". So, anyone just know or have someplace I can
go for detailed specs on the poll plugin?
Upgrading apache without messing up slash
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/13/2011240
I need to upgrade my apache server for security reasons, but I am
worried that I will mess up my slash site in doing so. How do I go
about updating my website to the latest version of apache without
messing up slash? Is the a document on this somewhere? I have apache
1.3.22 and I want to get 1.3.27. Thanks. Also, how do I tell what
version of slash I am currently running? --John
What version of slash is running on /. ?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/13/1824231
Well, that's all I am asking... Krow: Look for the latest tag in CVS
for slash, that is what slashdot is using.
Enable comment counter?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/13/1822241
I'm reading the online docs and also bought the 'Running Weblogs with
Slash' book - somehow I can't figure this out? How do I enable that
counter (e.g. 40 of 51 comments)
Galleria photo gallery plugin beta released
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/13/1819259
We've released our first beta of a photo gallery plugin for Slash. It's
called Galleria. Features include file-upload via http, a slide show,
etc. All under the GPL. For more inforation see
http://www.lottadot.com/
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