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To: mozilla-general@mozilla.org From: Pat Gunn <pgunn01@ibm.net> Subject: Mozilla Newsletter (third: 21 May 1998) Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 19:52:48 -0400 Mozilla Newsletter 21 May 1998 (3rd newsletter) Welcome to the Mozilla newsletter. The idea of this newsletter is to describe happenings that are of interest to the Mozilla developer and/or Mozilla users. You can expect a new version of this newsletter every week or two, describing the happenings in the Mozilla community in that time. If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to take over maintenance of this newsletter, please drop me a note at pgunn01@ibm.net. The most recent version of this newsletter will be available at http://junior.apk.net/~qc/dok/moz_news, older versions are available on request via email. The first version of the Mozilla Newsletter was on 1 May 1998. Since the last revision of the Mozilla newsletter, many of the OS ports that are in development have advanced, and patches are making their way into the CVS tree. The Mail/News code is becoming available via CVS, but isn't completely there. Mozilla on MacOS has begun to honor the settings of the Appearance Manager, making the appearance of elements able to be set through the Appearance Control Panel. Mozilla on Rhapsody has taken great strides, and supposedly has been seen running. Tinderbox has become available, showing the status of the build on several platforms, and making it evident who breaks the build with each checkin. For the uninformed, there are a set of machines that continually build Mozilla, and logs from the build (along with completion info) are passed to the cvs server and displayed, along with build status. As the code changes with submissions, it becomes very evident when something breaks. I (Pat Gunn) have been chasing authors of patches that make Mozilla build or work properly, making sure they've submitted their patches and gotten them into the CVS tree. If you've made patches of this nature and haven't submitted them yet, you'll probably be hearing from me soon. Several large projects are finally taking off, a good example being the translation project. --- Status of each OS: Win32: Currently, using VC++ is still the only option, but there have been signs of activity in making it build with other compilers. Win16: AFAIK, nobody has been working on this. MacOS: Builds fine OS/2: Still working on getting all of NSPR to build and work properly Status at http://www.axess.com/users/sobotka/warpzilla/wzbldpjs.htm BeOS: Working on NSPR Status at http://www.best.com/~rhess/beos/bezilla/ Rhapsody: Nearing usability (supposedly runs with patches) Generic Unix: Builds well with Motif, Lesstif is still very instable. AmigaOS: Not sure -- --------------------------------------------------- Pat Gunn, moderator:comp.sys.newton.announce comoderator:comp.os.os2.moderated "You can always judge a man by the quality of his enemies." -- Dr Who http://junior.apk.net/~qc ------------------------------------------------