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Slashdot
Nullsoft's Waste: Encrypted, Distributed, Mesh Net
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/0140241
[0]Myriad writes "[1]Nullsoft, makers of the venerable [2]Winamp MP3
player, released today a secure, distributed mesh-like networking
protocal and platform called [3]Waste. This v1.0 beta release uses RSA
(key based) and Blowfish encryption for [4]security, and features
Instant Messanging and group chat, along with file browsing, searching,
and transfer. Waste has been released under the GPL, with source and
binaries [5]available here."
Links
0. http://`moc.livellafo' `ta' `toor'
1. http://www.nullsoft.com/
2. http://winamp.com/
3. http://www.nullsoft.com/free/waste/
4. http://www.nullsoft.com/free/waste/security.html
5. http://www.nullsoft.com/free/waste/download.html
Contactless Credit Cards
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/2252233
An anonymous reader writes "According to his article in EETimes, Visa
and Phillips are teaming up to introduce a so-called "[0]contactless
credit card". Basically it'll work like the proximity cards many of us
use for access to our places of work or apartments. You won't need to
physically swipe it, simply waving it over a reader is good enough."
Links
0. http://www.eetimes.com/sys/news/OEG20030528S0030
A Good Summer Read?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/003200
binaryhead asks: "Well, the semester has just ended, and I have
graduated from school! :-) I start my full-time job in a month and want
to read a good book in the mean time. Having read Snowcrash,
Neuromancer, and most of the hacker biographies, I am trying to find a
scifi-geek-hacker book that people like. I might try the new [0]Kevin
Mitnick book, but I wanted to see what Slashdot preferred. Thanks."
Links
0.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0471237124/qid=1053913512/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/104-0014672-2959122?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
Video Games Boost Visual Skills
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/2329209
[0]cmburns69 writes "A new study published in Nature Magazine ([1]MSNBC
summary) suggests that [2]playing action games improves visual skills.
Among other things, young adults who played action games such as Grand
Theft Auto and Medal of Honor regularly could track up to five objects
at a time - 30% more than non-players. Apparently, the game type is
important, as ten hours of the block-rotating game Tetris failed to
improve test scores."
Links
0. http://www.netnexus.com
1. http://www.msnbc.com/news/919010.asp
2. http://www.nature.com/nsu/030527/030527-5.html
Slashback: Rendering, Munich, Clones
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/24/2033228
Slashback tonight with a passel of updates, corrections and tangents
related to recent Slashdot postings, including GNU/Linux vs. Windows in
Munich, Bunnie Huang's book on Xbox hacking, Mozilla's 5-line
crash-test, and (sigh) yet another SCO note, but at least it's one to
smile at. Read on for the details.
SCO Might Sue Linus for Patent Infringement?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/2240224
An anonymous reader writes "[Darl McBride, SCO's chief executive
[0]stated] that unless more companies start licensing SCO's property,
he may also sue Linus Torvalds, who is credited with inventing the
Linux operating system, for patent infringement." It's right at the end
of the story and it's quite a statement.
Links
0.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BC408959E-005A-4E93-9006-B32DCD1FCA22%7D&siteid=yhoo
Nucular Hydrogen Economy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/149239
[0]Mark Baard writes "The hydrogen economy will at least in part be
[1]based on nukes. The DOE will build a pilot high-temperature,
gas-cooled reactor (HTGR), which theoretically can co-generate
electricity and hydrogen, side by side, inside a cheap modular unit."
Links
0. http://www.baard.com
1. http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0322/baard.php
Play GNU Chess On Your Scanner
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/2016232
[0]leighklotz writes "Debian developer and Internet Mail Archive
founder [1]Jeff Breidenbach of [2]PARC has made [3]GlyphChess, a
chess-playing copier using Python, [4]GNU Chess and [5]DataGlyphs
attached to the bottom of the pieces. DataGlyphs are cool 2D barcodes
made out of / and \ marks for ones and zeros that use the [6] coding
from CDs for error coding. If you don't happen to have a Xerox machine
at home, it also works with SANE..."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.jab.org/www/projects.html
2. http://www.parc.com/
3. http://www2.parc.com/asd/members/jbreiden/glyphchess.html
4. http://www.gnu.org/software/chess/
5. http://www.parc.com/solutions/dataglyphs
6. http://www.cs.utk.edu/~shuford/terminal/reed_solomon_codes.html
Asia Running Out Of IP Addresses
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/1959251
[0]miladus writes "According to a story at [1]Zdnet, Asian countries
are running out of IP addresses. China, for example, was assigned 22
million IP addresses (for a population of 1.3 billion) under IPv4. The
US owns 70 percent of current IP addresses. Perhaps [2]IPv6 will solve
the problem."
Links
0. http://www.miladus.org/mt
1. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-1010666.html?tag=fdfeed
2. http://www.ipv6.org/
Real Launches Music Download Service
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/1549209
fupeg writes "Spurred on by Apple's success, as well as their own
purchase of [0]listen.com, [1]Real Networks announced their own online
music service, dubbed RealOne Rhapsody. Here is the [2]press release.
They're offering songs at $0.79 per song, but with a $9.99/month
subscription. The first two months are free. The press release says
that 2/3 of their 300,000 song catalog is available for CD burning,
while everything is available for 'on-demand' listening."
Links
0. http://www.listen.com/
1. http://www.realnetworks.com/
2. http://www.realnetworks.com/company/press/releases/2003/rhapsody.html
Freshmeat
Access Point Utilities for Unix 1.3.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124237/
Access Point Utilities for Unix is a set of utilities that configure
and monitor a Wireless Access Point under Unix. It is known to compile
(with GCC and the IBM C compiler) and run under Linux, FreeBSD,
OpenBSD, MacOS X, AIX, and QNX.
America's Army Gentoo GameCD 20030528
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124290/
America's Army Gentoo GameCD is a bootable CD that contains the full
America's Army combat simulation video game client. It features a
completely graphical boot process and hardware auto-detection. It
requires a modern PC with NVIDIA or ATI (Radeon 8500+) hardware, and
includes accelerated graphics drivers.
Animail 2.0-pre16 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124293/
Animail is a multiserver POP3/APOP/IMAP4 (with or without SSL) mail
retrieval utility. It features an advanced filtering system based on
blacklisting, whitelisting, or a combination of both. It is possible to
send an autoresponse which prompts people to reply and add themselves
to the 'autoaccept' file. It also allows filters based on regular
expressions which match against the email headers. (If a message is
filtered, only the header is downloaded, not the entire body.)
Combining external filtering programs (e.g. SpamAssassin or Bogofilter)
as message post-download plugins is also easily acomplished, thus
extending filtering capabilities in an unlimited way. Available
delivery options include mailbox, maildir, local SMTP, and pipe to a
command.
ANT is Not a Telephone 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124263/
ANT is a telephone application for GNU/Linux, ISDN4Linux, and OSS.
Apache 2.0.46 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124275/
Apache is the world's most popular HTTP server, being quite possibly
the best around in terms of functionality, efficiency, security and
speed.
arch revision control system 1.0pre24
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124239/
arch is a modern replacement for CVS, specifically designed for the
distributed development needs of open source projects. It has uniquely
good support for development on branches (especially good merging
tools), distributed repositories (every developer can have branches in
their own repository), changeset-oriented project management (arch
commits changes to multiple files at once), and, of course, file and
directory renaming.
AutoUpdate 5.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124300/
AutoUpdate is a Perl script which performs a task similar to Red Hat's
up2date or autorpm. It can be used to automatically download and
upgrade RPMs from different HTTP(S) or (S)FTP sites, while also
handling dependencies. Moreover, it can also be used to keep a server
with a customized (Red Hat) distribution plus all clients up to date.
BANG! R6-V7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124218/
BANG! is a news CGI script written in Perl. It generates an HTML file
(news.txt) containing your news that can be included in your site via
SSI #include directives.
Bauk 1.76 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124304/
Bauk is a high performance HTTP server for UNIX-like operating systems.
It brings together a rich set of features with real configurability and
ease of administration. Some of Bauk's features include virtual hosts,
URL aliases, execution of CGI programs, HTTP authentication: Basic
method, network traffic per virtual host quotas, connections per client
IP number quotas, directory browsing, server host name aliases, access
restriction by IP address, configurable HTTP log format, multiprocess
architecture, simple configuration, easy administration, flexibility
and much more.
beltane 1.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124242/
Beltane is a Web-based central management console for the samhain file
integrity system. If samhain is used in a client/server setup, beltane
enables the administrator to browse client reports, acknowledge them,
and update file signature databases stored centrally on the log server.
bind 8.4.0-RC2 (Bind8-Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124266/
The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) implements an Internet name
server for Unix operating systems. The BIND consists of a server (or
`daemon') called `named' and a resolver library. A name server is a
network service that enables clients to name resources or objects and
share this information with other objects in the network.
BinPost 0.3 alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124236/
BinPost is multi-platform tool for posting multi-part binaries to
Usenet. It features an intiutive GUI and many features for experts.
Blassic 0.5.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124276/
Blassic is a classic Basic interpreter. The line numbers are mandatory,
and it has PEEK & POKE. The main goal is to execute programs
written in old interpreters, but it can be used as a scripting
language.
Bookcase 0.6.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124225/
Bookcase is a personal book collection manager for KDE. It uses an XML
file storage format, and tracks 26 book properties by default.
Unlimited user-defined fields are allowed. Author names are
automatically formatted, and the collection may be sorted by any
property. Filters are available to limit the visible books by definable
criteria. Full customization for printing is possible through editing
the default XSLT file. Automatic ISBN validation is included. Exporting
to Bibtex and Bibtexml is possible.
bosdl 0.11 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124235/
bosdl is a client for Boss Ogg based on the SDL. It features TrueType
fonts, album covers, and a progress meter.
cdrtools 2.00.3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124245/
cdrtools (formerly cdrecord) creates home-burned CDs with a CDR/CDRW
recorder. It works as a burn engine for several applications. It
supports CD recorders from many different vendors; all SCSI-3/mmc- and
ATAPI/mmc-compliant drives should also work. Supported features include
IDE/ATAPI, parallel port, and SCSI drives, audio CDs, data CDs, and
mixed CDs, full multi-session support, CDRWs (rewritable), TAO, DAO,
RAW, and human-readable error messages. cdrtools includes remote SCSI
support and can access local or remote CD writers.
Cone 0.50
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124269/
Cone (COnsole Newsreader And Emailer) is a text-based email client. It
seamlessly handles multiple POP3 and IMAP accounts and local mail
folders. It is also a simple newsreader. It is designed to be foolproof
enough to be used by inexperienced users, but also offers advanced
features for power users.
Connect Daily Web Calendar 2.1.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124250/
Connect Daily, a Web-based calendaring system, allows multiple users to
add and edit calendar events using a Web browser. The calendar display
can be directly integrated into your Web site. It provides advanced
capabilities for managing resources and facilities. The approval
processes allow many users to edit calendars, with the assurance that
all items added are approved. It supports event download to MS Outlook
and Palm OS PDAs. Authentication to LDAP directories is also supported.
Crash Core Analysis Suite 3.3-28
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124267/
The Crash Core Analysis Suite utility is a self-contained tool, loosely
based on the SVR4 crash command but completely merged with gdb, thereby
combining the kernel-specific nature of crash with the source level
debugging capabilities of gdb. The utility can be used to investigate
live systems, kernel core dumps created from the Kernel Core Dump patch
offered by Mission Critical Linux, and kernel core dumps created from
the Linux Kernel Crash Dumps (LKCD) patch offered by SGI.
devlabel 0.38.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124299/
Devlabel is a program which dynamically creates symbolic links to
disk/partition names. It uses the disk's and/or partition's unique
identifiers to keep the symlink pointed to the correct location even if
the underlying partition's name has changed. So, regardless of whether
/dev/sdb6 becomes /dev/sdc6, devlabel figures this all out and points
the symlink to the correct data.
DHCP Usage Statistics 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124273/
DHCP Usage Statistics is a Perl script that analyzes your dhcpd.conf
and dhcpd.leases files and generates output for a Web page.
doxygen 1.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124249/
Doxygen is a cross-platform, JavaDoc-like documentation system for C++,
C, C#, Java, IDL, and PHP. Doxygen can be used to generate an on-line
class browser (in HTML) and/or an off-line reference manual (in LaTeX
or RTF) from a set of source files. Doxygen can also be configured to
extract the code-structure from undocumented source files. This
includes dependency graphs, class diagrams and hyperlinked source code.
This type of information can be very useful to quickly find your way in
large source distributions.
Easy-to-Say password generator 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124248/
Easy-to-Say password generator is called as a PHP function with
arguments. You can specify a predefined part of the password, password
length, "fuzzy factor", and other characteristics.
Edit Source 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124202/
Edit Source is a script that allows files on a Web site to be edited
without requiring FTP. It features the ability to create directories
and normal text files, as well as editing and deleting files.
Elm ME+ PL102 (25)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124286/
Elm 2.4ME+ is based on Elm 2.4. It contains enhanced MIME and character
set support. It can read mail from POP or IMAP folders and can pass
mail to the PGP or GPG programs. It also includes modules for TLS/SSL,
iconv, and SMTP.
eXtended Account Managing Software 0.0.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124252/
eXtended Account Managing Software (XAMS) allows Administration of
Unix, Web, FTP, DNS, and email accounts to manage a provider's typical
userbase. Especially focusing on email account management, it enables
you to easily create accounts, set aliases, and delegate domain
administration to 2nd party resellers or customers. It uses PHP with
MySQL or PostgreSQL as a backend, and is therefore able to manage tons
of email accounts independently from your Unix/Linux accounts. Exim for
SMTP and Courier for POP/IMAP are fully supported, but postfix, Cyrus,
and qmail can be used too.
eZ publish 3.1 Beta 1 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124240/
eZ publish is an open source content management system and development
framework. As a content management system (CMS) it's most notable
feature is its revolutionary, fully customizable, and extendable
content model. This is also what makes it suitable as a platform for
general Web development. Its stand-alone libraries can be used for
cross-platform, database independent PHP projects. eZ publish is also
well suited for news publishing, e-commerce (B2B and B2C), portals, and
corporate Web sites, intranets, and extranets. eZ publish is dual
licenced between GPL and the eZ publish professional licence.
findutils 4.1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124282/
The findutils package consists of three programs. `find' is a program
which searches a directory tree to find a file or group of files. It
walks the directory tree and reports all occurences of a file matching
the user's specifications. `locate' scans one or more databases of
filenames and displays any matches. `xargs' builds and executes command
lines by gathering together arguments it reads on the standard input.
Most often, these arguments are lists of file names generated by
`find'.
Free Bangla Fonts 0.6.0 (Sagar)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124233/
The Free Bangla Fonts project is a volunteer run project dedicated for
creating Free, high quality, completely Unicode compliant Open Type
Bengali fonts. This project aims to be the central resource for getting
and developing Free Bengali fonts. The initial aim of this project is
to release a full set of Bengali fonts that supports all the major
Bengali Yuktakhars (conjuncts).
Free Bangla Fonts 0.8.5 (Akaash)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124232/
The Free Bangla Fonts project is a volunteer run project dedicated for
creating Free, high quality, completely Unicode compliant Open Type
Bengali fonts. This project aims to be the central resource for getting
and developing Free Bengali fonts. The initial aim of this project is
to release a full set of Bengali fonts that supports all the major
Bengali Yuktakhars (conjuncts).
FreeBSD-boot-rescue 1.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124257/
FreeBSD-boot-rescue is a small FreeBSD system for the purpose of system
booting or repairing a boot/rescue system. You can put it on a CD or
floppy and boot it. It has support for many filesystems (ext2, ufs,
ntfs, msdos, and iso9660).
Genius 0.5.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124309/
Genius is an arbitrary precision integer and multiple precision
floating point calculator. It includes its own programming language
similiar in some aspects to C,bc or pascal. It can deal with rational
numbers and complex numbers. It has matrix support as well. It uses the
gmp library so it is very fast for calculations of large numbers. It
has a command line and a GNOME interface.
giFToxic 0.0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124308/
giFToxic is a GTK 2-based client for giFT
Gmemo 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124231/
Gmemo is an applet which reminds you of birthdays, feasts (with first
name, Mother's day, etc.), or any other event. It is customizable
(name, type, date & time, repeat mode, multi-alarm mode, etc.).
gURLChecker 0.4.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124291/
gURLChecker is a C/GNOME 2 tool that can check links on a single Web
page or on a whole Web site in order to determine the validity of each
page.
Human Activity Logger 2.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124224/
Human Activity Logger allows you to keep track of your time. It lets
you add, edit, and delete log entries, which are classified according
to categories of your choosing. You can quickly browse around old log
entries, go to a date, and search. You can maintain separate logs
accessible from the same installation of the program (e.g., for
separate projects). You can browse statistics by day, week, month, and
year, each screen providing totals and averages. There are various
other helpful functions.
Ian 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124222/
Ian (I am normal) is a shell script designed to make a honeypot look
more like a production system. This is accomplished by creating bogus
data and history files, altering modification times of these files,
adding users, patching x number of programs, and allowing the user to
include their own created files.
ifGraph 0.4.9 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124246/
ifGraph is a set of Perl scripts created to help network administrators
to visualize network flow on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly
basis. The graphics are created with RRDTool, and it shows bytes
(in/out) and errors for each interface. It also shows the
current/average/max use and the respective link/interface usage in
percentages. The program also outputs HTML files to make the
visualization of the PNG/GIF/GD images more friendly and easy.
Internet Communications Engine 1.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124285/
Ice is a modern alternative to object middleware such as CORBA or
COM/DCOM/COM+. It is easy to learn, yet provides a powerful network
infrastructure for demanding technical applications. It features an
object-oriented specification language, easy to use C++ and Java
mappings, a highly efficient protocol (including protocol compression),
asynchronous method invocation and dispatch, dynamic transport
plug-ins, TCP/IP and UDP/IP support, SSL-based security, a firewall
solution, and much more.
j 0.19.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124278/
J is a multifile, multiwindow programmer's editor written entirely in
Java. It features syntax highlighting for Java, C, C++, XML, HTML, CSS,
JavaScript, Lisp, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Scheme, Tcl/Tk, Verilog, and
VHDL, automatic indentation, directory buffers, regular expressions,
multifile find and replace, autosave and crash recovery, undo/redo, and
FTP/HTTP support. All keyboard mappings can be customized. Themes may
be used to customize the editor's appearance.
Ksetiwatch 2.6.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124229/
Ksetiwatch is a monitoring tool for the [EMAIL PROTECTED] distributed computing
project, which searches for signals of extraterrestrial life. It
displays the state of the [EMAIL PROTECTED] client(s) running on your computer
or in your local network, and logs/manages completed work units.
libposition 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124297/
libposition provides a set of functions for calculating motion and
displacement in one-, two-, and three-dimensional space. It is part of
The Universe Project.
Links 2.1pre11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124271/
Links is graphics and text mode WWW browser, similar to Lynx. It
displays tables, frames, downloads on background, uses HTTP/1.1
keepalive connections, and features Javascript. In graphics mode it
displays PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, and XBM pictures, runs external bindings
on other types, and features anti-aliased font, smooth image zooming,
48-bit dithering, and gamma and aspect ratio correction.
Luola 1.1.4 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124279/
Luola is a cavern-flying game for 1-4 players. Each player flies a
small V-shaped ship and has one special weapon. The object of the game
is simply to destroy all other players.
Mailgust 1.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124234/
Mailgust is a mailing list manager, newsletter distribution tool, and
message board system. All sent mail is stored on a Web message board
for visitors to read. It features unlimited lists, many different read
and write permission settings, HTML newsletters, post approval, no
timeouts, a Web archive, list importing, notification management, and
much more.
N-View 2.7 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124238/
N-View is a network monitor for small and medium-sized networks. It
features automatic scanning of subnets for host addresses, monitoring
of ICMP responses from all hosts, signalling of timeouts and delays in
the GUI and by mail, a portscanner, an SNMP client (MIB browser and
trap receiver), a graphical display of network traffic for network
interfaces, connectivity to hosts by telnet, HTTP browser, or an
arbitrary external program (such as ssh), printing of network diagrams,
automatic generation of HTML pages, and more.
New Kinetics DB/Java Mapper 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124228/
The New Kinetics DB/Java Mapper is a GUI tool used to create Java
source code files which map to a JDBC reachable database table. The
tool not only produces Java bean pattern representations of database
tables, it also inserts Javadoc comments automatically. The code
generating methods are also available as a library that can be used
from within your own code.
newsgrab-ui 3.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124265/
newsgrab-ui is simple graphical user interface for the newsgrab.pl
"complete set" binary downloader. It uses a Perl background
daemon for downloading and an object oriented PHP Web interface.
newsgrab-ui 3.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124223/
newsgrab-ui is simple graphical user interface for the newsgrab.pl
"complete set" binary downloader. It uses a Perl background
daemon for downloading and an object oriented PHP Web interface.
PsyncX 2.0b2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124281/
PsyncX allows you to backup either part or all of your hard drive. You
can mirror your selected folder to a FireWire drive, a disk image, or a
network drive (this feature doesn't seem to be working right now). In
addition, psync will create a bootable drive if you mirror your entire
harddrive. PsyncX allows you to schedule regular backups as well.
(Note: your computer can't be asleep for this to work properly).
QTads 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124289/
QTads is a graphical, non-HTML interpreter for Tads games. Both Tads 2
as well as Tads 3 games are supported. It uses Trolltech's Qt library,
which means it's highly portable. It has some nice features, like
fullscreen mode, text justification, margins, and font anti-aliasing.
It fully supports Unicode in Tads 3, ISO Latin character mapping files
in Tads 2, and the full set of Multimedia Tads character entities in
both Tads 2 and 3 (like "curly" quotes and typographical
dashes).
RH Email Server 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124259/
The RH Email Server uses OpenLDAP authentication for IMAP, POP3, SMTP,
and SSL/TLS protocols. It includes a Web interface, administration, and
filters.
RSS-IM Gateway 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124198/
The RSS-IM Gateway allows you to let visitors read your RSS feed
through an instant messgaing network such as AIM, MSN, ICQ, YIM, or
Jabber. It is very easy to set up and can easily handle hundreds of
users.
samhain 1.7.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124241/
samhain is a daemon that can check file integrity, search the file tree
for SUID files, and detect kernel module rootkits (Linux only). It can
be used either standalone or as a client/server system for centralized
monitoring, with strong (192-bit AES) encryption for client/server
connections and the option to store databases and configuration files
on the server. For tamper resistance, it supports signed
database/configuration files and signed reports/audit logs. It has been
tested on Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, and Unixware.
SBAM 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124264/
SBAM (Software Based Abled Mixer) is a new approach to computer-based
DJing.. This project aims to help DJs concentrate on the important
aspects of DJing and to decrease the stress factor. It is intended for
the DJs that have no need for beatmixing or other advanced mixing
techniques, which means you'll be limited when it comes to creative
individual mixing of tracks. Instead, you'll be able to concentrate on
finding the right track for the audience.
screen-scraper 0.8.7b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124270/
screen-scraper is a tool for extracting data from Web sites. It
consists of a proxy server that allows the contents of HTTP and HTTPS
requests to be viewed, and an engine that can be configured to extract
information from Web sites using special patterns and regular
expressions. It handes authentication, redirects, and cookies, and
contains an embedded scripting engine that allows extracted data to be
manipulated, written out to a file, or inserted into a database. It can
be used with PHP, Java, or any COM-friendly language such as Visual
Basic or Active Server Pages.
Scribe Email Client 1.86-test29 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124255/
Scribe is a cross platform email client, address book, and calendar. It
is small, fast, and easy to install. It has multi-language support, and
currently includes English, French, Chinese, Italian, Czech, Spanish,
German, and Dutch. It is very expandable via a plugin interface, and
uses its own HTML engine (and not IE when run on Windows). It supports
POP3, [E]SMTP, MIME, IMAP4, and MAPI. An integrated contact database
and calendar are included.
shellforge 0.1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124045/
shellforge enables you to write shellcode programs in C. It transforms
C program code into shellcode that will run on a Linux/x86 system. It
provides macros to substitute libc calls with direct system calls and a
Python script to automate compilation, extraction, encoding, and tests.
shsql 1.21
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124258/
shsql is a a reasonably full-featured, efficient SQL database for
Unix/Linux that can be downloaded and installed by a non-privileged
user in 5 minutes. It can be embedded directly into applications
requiring no persistent server process, has a small code size and
memory footprint, uses plain ASCII whitespace-delimited data files
which can be modified in a text editor, and is easy to administer. It
can be used for rapid prototyping situations, demos, exploratory work,
one-developer projects, etc. where full-blown packages like MySQL or
Oracle aren't already available or are unacceptable.
Sluice 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124251/
Sluice is a workflow engine Jabber component. Its goal is to allow
users to create and configure an automated workflow or business process
with ease. The clients should be very simple with all the work being
done on the server/component end. The main component and modules are
done in perl. The Web client is done in PHP.
Songer 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124155/
Songer is an ID3 tagger designed for the ROX desktop that supports the
drag-and-drop nature of ROX. It is designed to be a simple tagging
utility. Songer currently only supports MP3s and ID3 version 1 tags.
Future support of ID3v2 and OGG files is planned.
Support Information Tracker 0.16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124280/
Support Information Tracker is a knowledge base for organizations.
Features include multiple document versions, group permissions,
document submission reviews, and many more.
Swiss-PdbViewer 3.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124268/
Swiss-PdbViewer is an application that provides a user friendly
interface for analyzing several proteins at the same time. The proteins
can be superimposed in order to deduce structural alignments and to
compare their active sites or any other relevant parts. Amino acid
mutations, H- bonds, angles, and distances between atoms are easy to
obtain with the intuitive graphic and menu interface.
SX 1.1.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124288/
SX is a graphical 3D geometric object editor implemented in Scheme (GNU
Guile). It can create, edit, or modify any geometry consisting of
points, one dimensional elements (lines), triangles, quadrilaterals,
and boxes in 3D.
taglog 0.1.40
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124227/
Taglog is designed for anyone who spends most of their day sitting at a
computer, working on various projects. You can make notes about what
you do, as you go along, associating them with the projects you work
on. At the end of the week you can produce a report of how your time
was spent, broken down by project for booking purposes. You can view
previous entries, by date, or by project. You can enter the actions you
intend to take, associate them with a project, and mark them as active,
or complete.
TextMaker Release
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124226/
TextMaker is a word processor that launches quickly, needs little
memory, does not require complicated setup, and has the full feature
set of a modern high-end word processor. It reads and writes Microsoft
Word 6/95/97/2000/XP files.
Tk Ecasound 1.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123732/
Tk Ecasound is a frontend for Ecasound. It has the look of a multitrack
recorder. It supports Ladspa plugins, multiple devices inputs/outputs,
and multiple effects.
TransFlat 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124137/
TransFlat is a clean, flat theme.
uClinux 2.5.70-uc0 (2.5.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124221/
uClinux is a set of patches for Linux that supports MMUless processors.
It brings a full featured operating system onto platforms that would
otherwise run less advanced, simpler operating systems. uClinux gives
the programmer a Linux API with remarkably few concessions to the lack
of MMU (Memory Management Unit), and in terms of code size and
efficiency it has an advantage over standard Linux.
vsftpd 1.2.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124305/
vsftpd is a secure and fast FTP server for UNIX-like systems that is
used on many large and critical Internet sites. Despite its small size,
it is surprisingly configurable.
VT Survey Tool 2.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124287/
Survey is a Web-based tool which allows users to autonomously create
and run online surveys, feedback, or registration forms.
WANPIPE beta7-2.3.0 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124272/
WANPIPE S-series is a family of intelligent multi-protocol WAN and ADSL
adapters that support data transfer rates up to 8Mbps. All WAN
protocols supported by WANPIPE are implemented in firmware and run on
the card. An advantage of an intelligent adapter is that it offloads
the system CPU and improves stability. By adding a Sangoma WAN/ADSL
component to the Linux kernel, one can create a powerful multi-T1/ADSL
router/firewall with proven reliability of Linux. Sangoma S-series
cards support an optional on board T1/E1 CSU/DSU that eliminates all
external components of a traditional routing solution: i.e. T1/E1 line
can be directly connected to the card. WANPIPE supports the following
protocols, ATM, ADSL, Frame Relay, PPP, MULTILINK PPP, CHDLC, X25(API),
BitStreaming (API), BiSync(API), and SDLC(API). Furthermore, WANPIPE
supports custom API development such as: Credit card verification,
Voice-over IP, Satellite Comm. All device drivers are part of the
standard Linux Kernel distribution.
ZWarehouse 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124274/
ZWarehouse is an e-commerce solution with a Web management interface,
support for skins, multi-language by default, and well-documented
interfaces for extensions. It has multiple user-defined currencies,
exchange rates (manual and automatic), custom images to set multiple
configurations, intuitive navigation, real time order tracking,
unlimited product options, real time UPS shipping calculation, an
unlimited number of custom-defined shipping modules, and credit card
and PayPal payment modules.
Newsforge Reports
Tux goes to college
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/27/1514225
- by Russell Pavlicek - In an era when mature Linux distributions
abound, do you need a special one just for college? Robert Kennedy
Collegein Delémont, Switzerland, thinks so. This institution allows
its students to learn entirely via the Internet, so the computer tools
at the student's disposal are critical to the success of both the
learner and the college itself. The school's CollegeLinux 2.3, a
single-CD Linux distribution, is a ...
Commercial CAD/CAM for Linux?
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/138215
- by Carl Brown - I recently returned from my annual pilgramage to the
Eastec 'Advanced Productivity Exposition' trade show in Springfield MA,
billed as 'The East Coast's Largest Annual Manufacturing Event.' Every
year since 1999, I have made the rounds there, asking all the CAD/CAM
vendors at the show the same simple question: "Do you have any plans
for a Linux version?" The answer has always been an unequivocal "No."
The excuses varied, but ...
Replacing MS Exchange with Bynari
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/27/126249
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - The company's Web site says, "Bynari
makes a Linux email server and components that connects to Outlook
clients using our own unique middleware called the Connector. The
current products are the Insight Family of messaging services
consisting of Linux based Mail Server, InsightConnector, and the LDAP
Client. Bynari utilizes an open standards model for its mail and
messaging server and supports, not only the Intel ...
Newsforge Newsvac
HP's Linux Laptops Prove Popular
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/219207
Public demand for the low-cost Linux-based laptops Hewlett-Packard
began selling in Thailand earlier this month has been "overwhelming," a
company representative said this week.
Why Munich Dumped Microsoft for Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/2035243
Microsoft on Wednesday lost its bid to keep the German city of Munich
a Windows customer. The Munich City Council on Wednesday announced that
it has decided to deploy the Linux open-source operating system and
will migrate its 14,000 desktop and notebook computers away from
Windows products to Linux.
City of Munich (Germany) replaces Windows with Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/1927202
Anonymous Reader writes "Its official. Munich council will be replacing
its 14,000 MS Windows servers and clients with SuSE Linux."
Benefits of Carrier Grade Linux Under Discussion at SUPERCOMM 2003
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/1853248
Annette Oevermann writes "May 28, 2003On June 4th the Open Source
Development Lab (OSDL) invites attendees of SUPERCOMM 2003 in Atlanta,
Georgia, to learn about the benefits of using carrier-grade Linux in
telecommunications infrastructure equipment. At their panel discussion
Running Your Business on Carrier Grade Linux, HP, IBM, Intel,
MontaVista Software, Nokia and SuSE Linux will discuss the technology
and business advantages of this ...
Head of German branch of Microsoft quits.
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/1831233
Anonymous Reader writes "Old news (24 May), but interesting. As the
title states, the head of MS Germany has resigned. The german gov't has
been an enthusiastic adopter of Linux. SuSE linux is based in Munich,
Germany."
AUUG Calls For SCO To Cease Destructive Actions
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/1619236
Gordon Hubbard writes "AUUG Inc. calls on SCO to cease its destructive
actions and to work toward the constructive resolution of intellectual
property issues.
Hospital Case Study of FOSS Use
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/169238
Joseph Dal-Molin found this case study of Open Source Software in a
Dublin, Ireland hospital: 'This study describes the implementation of
open source software in a large Irish public sector organization,
Beaumont Hospital.
Getting Serial: The Ultimate Linux Box S-ATA Disk Subsystem
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/1355223
One of the big advantages of Linux is you don't need all that much
buck to get maximum bang. With the advent of serial ATA disk drives and
controllers, I thought we might undertake this approach in hardware as
well. Street prices on comparable RAID controllers--I compared the
3Ware Escalade 8500-4, which we use here, to an Adaptec 2400--seem to
be fairly close.
Japan Embraces Linux on the Desktop With Lindows.com/EDGE Partnership
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/1351232
Lindows.com, Inc. today firmed their global position as they publicly
announced their exclusive partnership with the EDGE, a diverse public
company, to sell LindowsOS in Japan for home, work and educational
uses.
Asset Control moves to Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/1348248
Asset Control of the Netherlands has ported its AC Server 5.1 data
management system to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system with
the Oracle 9i RDBMS.
Thinkgeek
Gadgets: Squid Light
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/5ffb/
Interests: I'm blogging this.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/oreilly/tshirts/5eb7/
Interests: Tempt me.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/oreilly/tshirts/5c37/
Gadgets: USB Memory Watch
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/5eec/
Cube Goodies: R/C Hovercraft
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5ef3/
Caffeine: Octane Energy Gel
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/accessories/5f0b/
Gadgets: Yes Solstice
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/6004/
Computing: TouchStream LP ZeroForce Keyboard
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5fff/
Cube Goodies: Duct Tape Wallet
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5f21/
Computing: Ideazon Zboard
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5fed/
Computing: ICE-Cube Barebones Mini-PC
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/handhelds/5fd7/
Gadgets: Inova X5 LED Flashlights
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/5fd3/
Tshirts: fork agent smith
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/5f84/
Cube Goodies: Midnight blue 'geek.' glass
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/mugs/5f01/
Caffeine: Jo Mints w/Guarana
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/5f3c/
Tshirts: Follow the white rabbit.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/5f79/
Tshirts: M.A.D.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/5e8f/
Gadgets: USB Digital Voice Recorder
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5ec3/
Caffeine: ThinkGeek 'Best Of' Caffeine Sampler v2.5
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/drinks/5f35/
Caffeine: Case O' Cricket Cola
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/drinks/5f6b/
Sourceforge
WebGUI 5.3
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=279638
WebGUI 5.3 is here and packed with new goodies. It includes a new theme
management system that will easily enable you to transport your designs
and templates from one site to another with the click of a mouse. 5.3
also includes a new Data Form wobject that allows content managers to
build simple data entry applications on the fly. The default rich
editor has been upgraded to include direct integration with the
collateral manager, spell checking, and emoticons. There is also a
brand new trash and clipboard management system which makes it even
easier to move your content around. Among dozens of other features
there are also over 10 new macros to make your content mangement
experience faster and easier. You can find our latest release here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=51417
FreedroidRPG 0.9.5 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=279673
Version 0.9.5 of Freedriod RPG has been released. Freedriod RPG is a
graphical single player role playing game for Linux, featuring the Tux
as the hero battling evil MS machines in a future universe. Version
0.9.5 now comes with map editor, dialog editor and item editor. Any new
submissions for characters, dialogs, quests and other content welcome.
You can find our latest release here:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=54521
YAM Amiga 2.4p1 bugfix release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=279701
The YAM (Yet-Another-Mailer) open source team is pleased to announce
the release of version 2.4p1 of the well-known AmigaOS Email client
(MUA). This release is a minor bugfix release which mainly fixes some
last-minute bugs that weren't fixed in the last full 2.4 release. YAM
(short for 'Yet Another Mailer') is a MIME-compliant Internet mailer
written for AmigaOS computers. It supports multi-POP3, APOP, SMTP,
TLSv1/SSLv3, multiple users, PGP, unlimited hierarchical folders,
filters, configurable GUI, ARexx interface. You can find the latest
release here:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13560
Columba 0.10.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=280523
A new stable version of Columba is now available. Columba is an email
client written in Java, featuring a user-friendly graphical interface
with wizards and internalionalization support. Its a powerful email
management tool with features to enhance your productivity and
communication. So, take control of your email before it takes control
of you! This version fixes several bugs related to i18n and attachment
issues. http://columba.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=download For more
information visit: http://columba.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=news
par2cmdline v0.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=280247
PARv2.0 is a parity archive file format specification that uses
reed-soloman code to protect sets of files within your filesystem.
PARv2.0 allows for protection of files without having to archive them
first by operating on virtual "blocks" of data within those files. For
every N recovery blocks, you can recover N missing or corrupted blocks.
PARs main purpose is helping to insure binary usenet propigation, but
is by no means limited to that purpose. Announcement: Version 0.2 of
par2cmdline is now available for download in source code form from the
following URL:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/parchive/par2cmdline-0.2.tar.gz?down
load This version has been compiled and tested on the following
platforms (and you can download pre-compiled binaries for them from:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=30568&release_id=
161776): CPU OS Distribution --- -- ------------ Alpha Linux 2.2 Debian
3.0 Cerfcube SA1110 Linux 2.4 Debian 3.0 J2EEE IBM Websphere PPC G4
MacOS X 10.2 Server Edition Sparc R220 Sun Solaris 8 Sparc Ultra 60
Linux 2.4 Debian 3.0 x86 Cygwin 1.3.22 x86 Linux 2.4 Debian 2.2 x86
Linux 2.4 Red Hat 7.3 x86 Linux 2.4 Red Hat 9.0 x86 Windows The
following changes have been made since version 0.1 was released: *
Corrected a fault in the handling of filenames that have 8-bit
characters. * Reduced restrictions on permitted characters in filenames
on unix operating systems. * Added many portability enhancements
including the use of GNU Autoconf/Automake for configuration and
compiling on different cpu/os platforms. * Added support for verifying
and repairing using version 1.0 PAR files. Please report any problems
you encounter with this version of par2cmdline in the parchive tracker
at: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=30568 Peter B Clements
(Author of par2cmdline and QuickPar) The Parchive Project
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/parchive
OggCarton Home Jukebox goes beta
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=278737
OggCarton is a cross-platform CD ripper, database, and web server for
Ogg and MP3 files. OggCarton needs no external database or web server.
With this release, the OggCarton Home Jukebox software moves from the
alpha to the beta stage. Accordingly, binaries and installers for
Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows are now available for those who prefer to
not roll their own. Full source is still available for those who do.
Enjoy!
Tcl/Tk 8.4.3 release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=278739
Tool Command Language (Tcl) is an interpreted language and very
portable interpreter for that language. Tcl is embeddable and
extensible, and has been widely used since its creation in 1988 by John
Ousterhout. The Tcl Core Team is pleased to announce the 8.4.3 releases
of the Tcl scripting language and the Tk toolkit. This is the third
patch release of Tcl/Tk 8.4. Tcl/Tk 8.4.3 Release Announcement May 20,
2003 The Tcl Core Team is pleased to announce the 8.4.3 releases of the
Tcl scripting language and the Tk toolkit. This is the third patch
release of Tcl/Tk 8.4. More details can be found below. We would like
to express our gratitude to all those who submit bug reports and
patches. This information is invaluable in enabling us to identify and
eliminate problems in the core. Where to get the new releases:
------------------------------ Tcl/Tk 8.4.3 sources are freely
available as open source from the Tcl Developer Xchange web site at:
http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/8.4.html This web page also contains
additional information about the releases, including new features and
notes about installing and compiling the releases. Sources are always
available from the Tcl SourceForge project's file distribution area:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10894 Windows,
Linux, Solaris and HP-UX binaries are available from:
http://www.activestate.com/Tcl For additional information:
--------------------------- Please visit the Tcl Developer Xchange web
site: http://www.tcl.tk/ This site contains a variety of information
about Tcl/Tk in general, the core Tcl and Tk distributions, Tcl
development tools, and much more. Thank you for your contributions:
--------------------------------- As usual, this release includes
contributions from the Tcl community. We have a page honoring these
contributors at: http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/contributors.html
Summary of Changes since Tcl/Tk 8.4.2:
-------------------------------------- The following were the main
changes in Tcl/Tk 8.4.3. A complete list can be found in the changes
file at the root of the source tree. The more complete ChangeLog is
also included with each source release. This is a patch release, so it
primarily included bug fixes and corrections to erratic behavior. Below
are only the most notable changes. * Correct case-insensitive unicode
string comparison in Tcl_UniCharNcasecmp * Corrected loading of
tclpip8x.dll on Win9x * Correct Tcl_SubstObj handling of \x00 bytes *
Correct wide int issues in 'format' * Remove assumption that file times
and longs are the same size * Allow Tcl to differentiate between
reparse points which are symlinks and mounted drives on Windows * Bad
command count on TCL_OUT_LINE_COMPILE * Store pointers to notifier
funcs in a struct to work around some platform linker issues * Load
correct (non-)debug dll for dde or registry * Fixing ObjMakeUpvar's
lookup algorithm for the created local variable * Make sure that
tclWideIntType is defined and somewhat sensible everywhere * Corrected
inconsistent results of [string is integer] observed on systems where
sizeof(long) != sizeof(int) * Substantial changes to the Windows clock
synch phase-locked loop in a quest for improved loop stability * Made
changes so that the "wideInt" Tcl_ObjType is defined on all platforms,
even those where TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG is defined. Also made the
Tcl_Value struct have a wideValue field on all platforms. Potential
incompatibility for TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG platforms because that struct
changes size *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY *** * Catch any errors
returned by the Windows functions handling TLS ASAP instead of waiting
to get some mysterious crash later on due to bogus pointers * Correct
'glob -path {[tcl]} *', where leading special character instead lists
files in '/'. Bug only occurs on Windows where '\' is also a directory
separator. * Fixed memory leak in threaded allocator on Windows caused
by treating cachePtr as a TLS index * Ensure cd is thread-safe *
Correct mem leak on closing a Windows serial port * Prevent string
repeat crash when overflow sizes were given * Worked around the issue
of realpath() not being thread-safe on Mac OS X by defining NO_REALPATH
for threaded builds on Mac OS X * Correct handling of the gb2312
encoding by making it an alias of the euc-cn encoding and creating a
gb2312-raw encoding for the original. Most uses of gb2312 really mean
euc-cn. * Corrected another putenv() copy behavior problem when
compiling on Windows and using Microsoft's runtime * Stop buttons from
being very wide when a tk_messageBox has a lot of content on Unix *
Fixed crash in [winfo server] on Mac OS X * Correct compound button
display in the disabled state * Correct crash when generating
postscript for a single-line polygon (point) with no color * Updated
French message catalog * Use gb2312-raw as the alias for gb2312*
charset fonts on unix -- Tcl Core Team and Maintainers Jeff Hobbs, Tcl
Core Release Manager
SCons 0.14 adds Java support, Autoconf-like functionality
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=279029
SCons alpha release 0.14 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). This release most notably adds support for Java builds (javac,
javah, rmic and jar), and adds integrated Autoconf-like functionality
for finding #include files and libraries. This release also contains
significant performance improvements from previous releases. IMPORTANT:
Release 0.14 contains the following interface changes: - Tool
specifications no longer take a "platform" argument. - Emitter
functions in Builders are now passed Node objects, not strings, for all
targets and sources. - New TargetSignatures() and SourceSignatures()
functions have been added to replace SetBuildSignatureType() and
SetContentSignatureType(). - The Export() function and the exported
variables argument of SConscript() now search for variables using the
same rules as Python: local first, then global. - The SetJobs() and
GetJobs() functions have been deprecated in favor of using
SetOption('num_jobs', num) and GetOption('num_jobs'). - Callable
expansions of construction variables in a command line now take a
fourth "for_signature" argument that is set when the expansion is being
called to generate a build signature. - Construction variables for
building a target are now frozen when the Builder is called; later
changes to the Environment do not necessarily affect how the target is
build. See the release notes for more information about these changes.
This release adds the following features: - Support for the Java tools
javac, javah, rmic and jar has been added. - A Configure() function has
been added that supports a lot of functionality similar to Autoconf. -
A new PLATFORM construction variable stores a string representing the
platform on which SCons is being run. - Dependencies may now be
specified on in-core Python values. - Help text can now be sorted
arbitrarily. - New $TARGET and $SOURCE attributes: ".posix" expands to
a path name with forward slashes as separators, even on Win32 systems;
".srcpath" expands to a path to the source of a file in a BuildDir;
".srcdir" expands to a path to the BuildDir itself. - A new clear()
method resets a Node's state for re-use by continuous integration build
interfaces. - Support for using Ghostscript to convert Postscript to
PDF files has been added. - A stand-alone "Alias" function has been
added. - Import('*') will now import everything that's been Export()ed.
- New SetOption() and GetOption() functions support setting and
fetching various command-line options within an SConscript file. - The
Tool() function now adds tool names to a $TOOLS variable, which may be
used to examine what tools are available. - The C preprocessor
"#import" statement is now supported. - Newly-built .dll files can now
be registered with the Windows registry using regsvr32. - An IDL
scanner has been added. - A builder for Windows type library (.tlb)
files from IDL files. The following fixes have been added: - Cygwin
fixes: Use the .dll extension for shared libraries; don't use -fPIC
when compiling shared libraries; use 'rm' to remove files; use MSVC '@'
syntax for linking long command-lines. - The SYSTEMROOT environment
variable on Win32 systems is now automatically propagated to the
execution ENV environment. - Remote CVS file names are now checked out
using Posix-style path names. - Trying to expand an out-of-range
subscript for a construction variable like $TARGETS or $SOURCES now
interpolates the null string. - SCons now correctly links or duplicates
files in subsidiary BuildDir() directories. - SCons now reports
"Cleaning targets ..." when the -c option is used. - The "Entering
directory" message now quotes the directory name exactly like Make
does. - Export() now works correctly for local Python variables, and
can accept a dictionary as an argument. - PDB files now get put in a
BuildDir() correctly. Performance has been improved as follows: -
Unnecessary redundant signature calculations for command lines and
Nodes have been eliminated. Development tests suggest this may speed up
builds up to 30% or more.
Python 2.2.3 rc 1
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=279300
The first and hopefully only release candidate for Python 2.2.3 is now
out. See http://www.python.org/2.2.3 for details. We expect Python
2.2.3 final to be released within a week of this announcement.
DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=279457
Major bug fix for 1.61.1 and accumulated enhancements and fixes from
previous releases.
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