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From: Steve George <s@rascal.org> To: gnome-list@gnome.org, gnome-announce-list@gnome.org Subject: GNOME Summary for May 13 - May 19 2001 Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 22:41:14 +0100 This is the GNOME Summary for May 13 - May 19, 2001. ============================================================= Table of Contents ------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Eazel Ends 2) GNOME 2.0 release plan announced 3) Minutes of the GNOME Board meeting 15 May 2001 by Daniel Veillard 4) Getting Help 5) Life after Eazel 6) Project of the week 7) Hacking Activity 8) New and Updated Software ============================================================== 1) Eazel Ends -------------------------------------------------------------- Bart Decrem announced that Eazel had been unable to get continuing funding so would be shutting down shortly. This is clearly a very disappointing event for both the Eazel people and the whole GNOME community. http://lists.gnome.org/archives/gnome-hackers/2001-May/msg00209.html A number of the Eazel hackers have stepped up to continue hacking on their modules and supply expertise for others to continue. The number of active developers will clearly reduce so if you've wanted to get involved with a core part of GNOME here is a good opportunity. For more information on the various modules see the thread: http://lists.gnome.org/archives/gnome-hackers/2001-May/msg00204.html ============================================================== 2) GNOME 2.0 release plan announced -------------------------------------------------------------- Sander announced the release plan for GNOME 2.0. The aim is to have the new release out by the end of year. Given that all core components have to be ported to the new framework in that period this is a fast-moving calender. http://lists.gnome.org/archives/gnome-2-0-list/2001-May/msg00019.html ============================================================== 3) Minutes of the GNOME Board meeting 15 May 2001 by Daniel Veillard -------------------------------------------------------------- The work continues on the GNOME Foundation. The main focus of the meeting was the upcoming GNOME 2.0 development phase. Areas of interest cover getting a tinderbox up and running and how the tree will be stabilised. http://lists.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-May/msg00001.html ============================================================== 4) Getting Help -------------------------------------------------------------- Many people run into the same gotchas and problems in GNOME: these issues frequently come up on bugzilla or in the support channels. So to get a head-start on many of the common problems see this FAQ by Mark Gordon of Ximian: http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/support/2001-April/001008.html ============================================================== 5) Life after Eazel -------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Leonard considers the shutdown of Eazel in a broader context. He worries that the dot.com implosion means fewer Free Software hackers working fulltime on pushing forward. While noting the successes of the last few years he doubts that the gap can be closed with proprietary systems in tighter times. http://salon.com/tech/col/leon/2001/05/16/eazel_gone/index1.html ============================================================== 6) Project of the week -------------------------------------------------------------- One of the hardest parts of working on Free Software is starting: taking that first step to working on a project. The Gnome Love project was organised to answer this by supplying a forum for new hackers to get advice in and items to begin work on. Miguel emailed to say that the idea is to: "match people interested in improving Gnome, our applications, our desktop and our libraries with people who can guide them through this process and can hold their hands: we are basically trying to create a Gnome Hacking School." To find out more join the mailing list at gnome-love-request@gnome.org, put `subscribe' in the subject. ============================================================== 7) Hacking Activity -------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks the Paul Warren for these lists. Most active modules 108 evolution 77 galeon 72 ximian-setup-tools 48 gnumeric 46 gdm2 31 mc 28 gtkhtml 28 gimp 27 soup 26 gtk+ 25 web-devel-2 22 nautilus 22 gnome-db 20 gal 19 ORBit2 18 gnome-vfs 16 gnome-core 15 glib 15 gail 14 dia [99 active modules omitted] Most active developers 56 jirka 38 minmax 29 proskin 28 martin 27 maubury 27 michael 27 fejj 27 jody 25 kmaraas 25 owen 25 chema 23 hansp 22 veillard 21 danw 20 rodrigo 20 ettore 19 rodo 18 yaneti 18 padraigo 17 mitch [120 active developers omitted] ============================================================== 8) New and Updated Software -------------------------------------------------------------- Software updated this week gbonds - Savings bond inventory application. Gtkdial - Graphical frontend to the wvdial intelligent PPP dialer. gramps - A genealogy program. B4Step - Window Manager with innovative window banner management. Flink Mailchecking applet - support multiple mail accounts and theming. Sodipodi - Vector drawing program. Pan - Multi-threaded Usenet newsreader. Pygmy - A GNOME mail client written in Python. gnuvd - Dutch dictionary using the Van Dale(tm) online service. Quick Record - New! Applet for quickly recording audio. ggv - Postscript and PDF document viewer. gbuilder - C/C++ IDE. rubrica - Addressbook application. Moleskine - Source code editor in pygnome. linphone - Web-phone for talking to another person over any IP network. gnome-vfs - Virtual file system access library. gnome-chess - graphical chess application. Gnome-- - is a powerful C++ binding for the GNOME libraries. XFce - Light-weight GNOME compliant desktop. Gabber - Open Source instant messaging Jabber client. Etherape - Graphical network monitor. uf-view - cartoon viewer for User Friendly and others. RadioDJ - Radio device controller. =========================================================================== Eazel closing is a set-back: they added to the GNOME community more than just their code. They showed the way a commercial company can collaborate openly in the Free Software process. Eazel enlivened the vision of Free Software on the desktop - consider how far we've come already. Their legacy is the firm foundation that the community can build on. GNOME is the sum of every persons contribution, past and present - everyone can make a difference, check-out developer.gnome.org for how you can get involved. For a positive perspective see Havocs post: http://lists.gnome.org/archives/gnome-hackers-readonly/2001-May/msg00215.html Thanks, Steve _______________________________________________ gnome-announce-list mailing list gnome-announce-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-announce-list