Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 16:15:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Havoc Pennington <hp@redhat.com> To: gnome-announce-list@gnome.org, gnome-list@gnome.org Subject: GNOME Summary, October 5-12 This is the GNOME Summary for October 5-12. ============================================================= Table of Contents ------------------------------------------------------------- 1) "October GNOME" Released Today 2) IGS hiring 7 developers for GNOME groupware 3) Loki Installer uses libglade and libxml 4) Gnumeric trashes StarOffice and Applix in Excel Importing 5) GNOME Hackers at ALS 6) Developer Release of Gtk-- 7) Homer Applet 8) Hacking Activity 9) New and Updated Software ============================================================== 1) "October GNOME" Released Today -------------------------------------------------------------- We've been continuously releasing new versions of all the GNOME components in the 1.0.x series, but haven't assembled a complete, tested-as-a-group set of packages since the original 1.0 release. This version has some nice new features, and hundreds of bug fixes since GNOME 1.0. An upgrade is strongly recommended. Announce here: http://www.gnome.org/mailing-lists/archives/gnome-announce-list/1999-October/0020.shtml ============================================================== 2) IGS hiring 7 developers for GNOME groupware -------------------------------------------------------------- Nat Friedman wrote to gnome-list to describe Internation GNOME Support's groupware plans. This involves integrating the Evolution email client, GNOME Calendar, GNOME Card, etc. using our CORBA/Bonobo framework. http://www.gnome.org/mailing-lists/archives/gnome-list/1999-October/0356.shtml I am excited about this. :-) ============================================================== 3) Loki Installer uses libglade and libxml -------------------------------------------------------------- Loki's new GPL Setup 1.0 installer uses libglade and libxml for its user interface. libglade loads an XML file generated by the Glade GUI builder at runtime, giving you the ability to tweak your widget layout in Glade without recompiling your application. Setup 1.0 uses XML to describe the application to be installed, as well as for the GUI. Have a look: http://www.lokigames.com/development/setup.php3 libglade and libxml are some of the most exciting features of the GNOME development environment, so it's sweet to see them in production use. ============================================================== 4) Gnumeric trashes StarOffice and Applix in Excel Importing -------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Barr has a review of StarOffice here: http://linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-10/lw-10-vcontrol_1.html Start reading Joe's article just under Figure 3, it's pretty fun. :-) The Gnumeric team deserves kudos. Gnumeric has become a thriving free software project with 4 or 5 really serious developers hacking on it continuously; note its standing in the Module Score-O-Matic below. They have a huge directory of sample Excel spreadsheets, and Gnumeric can load them all. They've implemented zillions of spreadsheet functions and have a fast, clean spreadsheet engine. The only thing that's really missing is graphs/charts, and that problem is definitely on the agenda. ============================================================== 5) GNOME Hackers at ALS -------------------------------------------------------------- Lots of us will be at Atlanta Linux Showcase; look for Nat and Miguel, they are the easiest to find because they are everywhere at once, moving really quickly. :-) I'll be at the Red Hat booth Friday morning and Saturday afternoon. Also, there's some kind of GTK+/Gnome Application Development book event at the New Riders booth Friday from 5 to 6 (tentatively). Nat and Miguel are giving talks early Friday afternoon. Nat's talk on Bonobo will be of special interest to developers. ============================================================== 6) Developer Release of Gtk-- -------------------------------------------------------------- The first release of the current developer version of Gtk-- is available; see the Gtk-- home page here: http://lazy.ton.tut.fi/terop/iki/gtk/gtk--.html This is the first release to incorporate Karl Nelson's libsigc++: http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/~kenelson/libsigc++/ Gtk-- has changed quite a bit since the stable version. It's worth having a look. ============================================================== 7) Homer Applet -------------------------------------------------------------- The Homer Applet has been written; we've arrived as a desktop. Homer complements Wanda the GNOME Fish, resulting in new productivity records (record lows, that is). Homer is here: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Cable/4608/homer You'll probably have to download it separately for the forseeable future since we can't put copyrighted images on CVS. :-( But it's worth it! ============================================================== 8) Hacking Activity -------------------------------------------------------------- Module Score-O-Matic: (number of CVS commits per module, during this week) 66 gnumeric 56 gnome-core 42 gnomeweb 34 gnome-libs 26 gimp 24 gtk+ 19 gphoto 19 dia 19 desktop-docs 17 gnome-chess 16 gtk-- 15 gnome-games 15 gnome-debug 14 gnome-vfs 14 gnome-applets 12 gnome-db 10 gnome-print 10 gnome-pim User Score-O-Matic: (number of CVS commits per user, during this week) 37 mwimer 33 unammx 30 jesusb 30 imain 29 jody 27 mmeeks 24 jpr 23 cgabriel 22 jberkman 21 martijn 19 jirka 19 ettore 18 sopwith 15 sipan 15 campd 15 cactus 15 bpaauwe 14 hp 13 wlashell 12 rodrigo 12 kenelson 12 atena 10 eskil ============================================================== 9) New and Updated Software -------------------------------------------------------------- Electric Ears - like Electric Eyes, but for sound! ;-) Gip - GNOME Install Project Homer Applet - enough said Gfax - Fax application DDUP Applet - Dynamic DNS manager applet Gseq - Sequencing application sawmill - Nice, minimal GNOME-compliant window manager PyORBit - ORBit bindings for Python gsetit - work progress tracker Eucalyptus - Email client gBackGround - changes root window background (applet) Gnomba - Samba browser GnomeTREK - Star Trek Encyclopedia browser Atomix - A mind game gmchat - Chat application gisdnload - ISDN load meter XSitecopy - synchronizes ftp/web sites gnome-pilot - Pilot synchronization daemon Bluefish - HTML editor gimon - ISDN monitor RadioActive - interface to radio tuner cards gtkdiff - diff frontend GMail - mail client GSEdit - text editor Sound Monitor applet - monitors sound See the software map on www.gnome.org (or Freshmeat) for more information about any of these packages. Of course there are also all the components of the October GNOME release, the above list is just the stuff from the software map. =========================================================================== Until next week - Havoc