Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 13:01:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Havoc Pennington <hp@redhat.com> To: gnome-announce-list@gnome.org, gnome-list@gnome.org Subject: GNOME Summary, August 1-8 This is the GNOME Summary for August 1 - August 8. Remember to stop by the GNOME booth if you're at LinuxWorld! ============================================================= Table of Contents ------------------------------------------------------------- 1) GNOME Window Manager 2) LinuxWorld contest 3) CVS checkins and CVS access 4) LinuxWorld 5) Hacking Activity 6) New and Updated Software ============================================================== 1) GNOME Window Manager -------------------------------------------------------------- There was a big thread on wm-dev and gnome-hackers about a GNOME default window manager. Initially someone proposed basing the GNOME default on WindowMaker, but the discussion broadened a bit. You can read it here: http://www.windowmaker.org/lists/wm-dev/ This is the thread start: http://www.windowmaker.org/lists/wm-dev/wm-dev00399.shtml And Alfredo's eventual statement to wm-user about using WindowMaker: http://www.windowmaker.org/lists/wm-user/wm-user02027.shtml Jay Painter continues to hack on gnome-wm, which is in GNOME CVS under that module name. I compiled it and tried it out, and it looks promising. It probably wouldn't hurt to have several GNOME window manager efforts; gives us choices, and it will encourage specifications. Flamers read this first: *** You will still be able to choose your window manager if you want. The GNOME window manager will be a _default_ only. *** *** WindowMaker will still continue in its current form, even if it's also used as a GNOME wm. Read Alfredo's posts. *** ============================================================== 2) LinuxWorld contest -------------------------------------------------------------- Lots of GTK+, GNOME, and GNU applications are nominated in LinuxWorld's Editor's Choice contest. In particular, GNOME itself and the GNOME ICU instant messaging client. Here's the URL: http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-07/lw-07-finalists.html It looks like they're going to pick GNOME or KDE as their editor's choice; I don't envy them the resulting flame-fest. :-) But it will probably get them a lot of page views. ============================================================== 3) CVS checkins and CVS access -------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Tromey mailed gnome-hackers last week because people committed to his libunicode module without asking. Tom shouldn't have had to do that. If you have CVS access, these are the rules: - In any module with a HACKING file, read that file and do what it says. If it says don't commit, don't commit. If it says ask a particular person before committing, then ask them. - If there is no HACKING file, then the default policy is that you send patches to the person in AUTHORS rather than simply committing to CVS. The default policy is also that you have to write a ChangeLog entry and you have to conform to the code indentation style of the module. That is: CVS access does not give you permission to write to any module. It gives you permission to write to your own modules, and any module whose maintainer tells you you may write to it. You can also write to any module if its HACKING file says you can. 3If we keep having problems, we'll probably implement access control lists on the modules. But it would be better if people just followed the rules. ============================================================== 4) LinuxWorld -------------------------------------------------------------- If you're at LinuxWorld, check out the GNOME booth! Also, it looks like there will be some kind of GNOME-KDE linkup; if you're a developer, ask at the GNOME or KDE booth and see if they've come up with a time and place. ============================================================== 5) Hacking Activity -------------------------------------------------------------- Module Score-O-Matic: 46 gtk-- 38 gnumeric 35 gnome-core 35 control-center 25 gnome-mailer 23 mc 22 gb 20 gimp 17 gnomeicu 17 gnome-libs 17 dryad 14 xpdf 14 libunicode 13 gnome-chess 11 gnome-games 11 gnome-db 11 bonobo 10 gphoto 10 gconf User Score-O-Matic: 43 pablo 37 unammx 35 sopwith 31 martin 26 jody 22 glaurent 19 bertrand 17 mmeeks 17 hp 17 andersca 16 kenelson 15 jwise 12 zana 11 kmaraas 11 jamesh 10 rbrady 9 sipan 9 jberkman 8 jrb 8 hvr 8 cgabriel The usual suspects are moving forward: Gtk--, Gnumeric, etc. Good bit of gnome-mailer progress. A GnomeICU release is coming soon, according to Jeremy. As usual there's lots of work on the various IDE/debugger modules, and Bonobo. gnome-core and control center got some tweaks and enhancements as well (I think the UI Properties capplet may now be usable, thanks to Jonathan.) ============================================================== 6) New and Updated Software -------------------------------------------------------------- gnome-python - Python bindings libglade - Runtime loading of Glade XML files (like OpenStep GUI files) Bulb - "warning service" applet; lights up when conditions are met Xwhois - Whois database frontend HTTPD Version Checker - Info about remote web servers gXiao - Organize "albums" of images or other documents GNOME Transcript - SQL client wxWindows - cross-platfrom toolkit, GTK+ is one platform V/Gtk - another cross-platfrom toolkit, GTK+ is one platform RPM explorer - browse files, annotated with info from RPM database gaddr - very simple address book Pan - interesting new newsreader application GIntMon - monitor interrupts on your system gStratego - Stratego game Animator Applet - show animated gifs, etc. GNews - another newsreader screem - web site editing/maintenance application GSnes9x - Nintendo emulator gBasic - Visual Basic compiler GameStalker - Quake server browser Gnomba - Samba browser GProc - process list (similar to top) =========================================================================== Until next week - Havoc