Dear Gobby users,
there is again another release candidate release before the final one which
will probably take place next week at the same time if no showstopper is
found.
This release announcement will only list the differences between the first
release candidate and the current one. Sadly it was required to depend on
this new net6 minor release due to the Win32 localisation additions. So
you must upgrade net6 prior to upgrading the other libraries.
1. What's New
1.1. Gobby
Please refer to section 3 of this document if you encounter problems.
We need to fix any obvious bugs in this release which might still exist.
Version 0.3.0rc3:
* Fixes for the Windows platform:
- Tool windows
- Drag'n'drop through OLE
- Build fixes
- Localisation
* Go to line functionality added
* Crash in Zeroconf support fixed
* Crash on empty configuration file fixed
* Source fixes for GCC 3.3 compatibility
* Saves on partitions different from the one /tmp resides on are now
supported again
* Updated translations
* Depends on net6 1.2.1 or newer versions out of the 1.2.x series
URL: http://gobby.0x539.de
1.2. Sobby
Most people did not notice the presence of a dedicated server and wanted
this feature to be integrated into Gobby. Well, try it out and report us
if it works. You might also adapt Sobby to your personal needs (e.g.
preservation of more chat log lines), feel free to do so. If it's worth
to include into the main branch, please send us a patch and we'll realise
it as a command line option.
Version 0.3.0rc3:
* GCC 3.3 compilation fixes
1.3. obby
To keep the posibility to fix bugs in this release, `obby' is not yet
finally released.
Version 0.3.0rc3:
* Document creations are now logged
* GCC 3.3 compilation fixes
* Depends on net6 1.2.1 or newer versions out of the 1.2.x series
1.4. net6
Version 1.2.1:
* Gettext handling changes, update is required: It is now possible
to translate strings in the header files.
2. How to get it
2.1. Microsoft Windows
An installer containing a binary build of Gobby is available as usual.
The containing application requires Microsoft Windows 2000 or newer.
Please follow the platform guide[2] this time, it *is* important
to install Gtk+ and Gtkmm first.
URL: http://releases.0x539.de/gobby/gobby-0.3.0rc3.exe
2.2. Linux
Gobby is now included in most major Linux distributions. We expect them
to update the builds in their unstable branches in the next weeks.
Backports to the stable revisions would also be appreciated, please tell
us about them.
2.3. Mac OS X
Installing Gobby by using DarwinPorts[3] is supported and the encouraged
way. This release candidate already hit the DarwinPorts repository, so
a simple `port -a upgrade', or `port install gobby', will be sufficient.
2.4. Source
net6: http://releases.0x539.de/net6/net6-1.2.1.tar.gz
obby: http://releases.0x539.de/obby/obby-0.3.0rc3.tar.gz
Gobby: http://releases.0x539.de/gobby/gobby-0.3.0rc3.tar.gz
Sobby: http://releases.0x539.de/sobby/sobby-0.3.0rc3.tar.gz
To compile either Gobby or Sobby you need the newest versions of both
net6 and obby installed.
The MD5 checksums:
e5e22450144b7a788955164729ef5034 net6-1.2.1.tar.gz
7f6eae742cd20ceb239604bd2415a09a obby-0.3.0rc3.tar.gz
59f6b9b7076cb6f23fad054554eedb6a gobby-0.3.0rc3.tar.gz
8c3538992f83527cfb9f0a42a9e2ed87 sobby-0.3.0rc3.tar.gz
3. Problems
When you encounter problems with the installation please refer to the
relevant platform installation guide in `INSTALL' or to the one at the
Wiki[4].
When you find reproduceable bugs you could report them into our ticketing
system[5]. Please try to provide a testcase how to reproduce the crash and
include a backtrace.
You could also contact the `obby-users' mailinglist for help. You could
find information how to subscribe on [6].
4. How to help
Are you skilled in writing English documentation? Do you know C++ very well?
If you could answer any of those two questions with `yes' and want to help
us, just contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]'.
Please help in translating our applications. A tool to ease this task called
Rosetta[7] is provided by Canonical Ltd. You could translate this branch
of net6[8], obby[9] and gobby[10] quite easily into your own language of
choice.
There is also the possiblity to make a donation to us. The money will be
used to develop these projects and to keep the morale up. Those who work
well need to eat well.
5. Disclaimer
We release our software to the public WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. We cannot be
held liable for any data loss occuring at your side, like e.g. open
documents lost due to a crash. So better be save than sorry and save
your files more often when working within Gobby. Please note that this
software is published under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
6. About us
We, the 0x539 dev group, are a small group of prospective freelance hackers
dedicated to pursuing the philosophy of free software and open standards,
while having fun. We will put our efforts into making it possible for others
to reuse our code, by making it compatible with standard interfaces and
libraries that are used on a wide variety of platforms.
Kind regards,
Philipp Kern
0x539 dev group
[1] http://www.swig.org
[2] http://darcs.0x539.de/trac/obby/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/wiki/InstallationGuide
[3] http://darwinports.opendarwin.org
[4] http://darcs.0x539.de/trac/obby/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/wiki/InstallationGuide
[5] http://darcs.0x539.de/trac/obby/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/newticket
[6] http://list.0x539.de/mailman/listinfo/obby-users
[7] https://launchpad.net/rosetta
[8] https://launchpad.net/products/net6/+series/1.2/+pots/net6/
[9] https://launchpad.net/products/obby/+series/0.3/+pots/obby/
[10] https://launchpad.net/products/gobby/+series/0.3/+pots/gobby/
