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Linux-Announce Digest #853, Volume #4 Sun, 8 Aug 2004 16:13:02 EDT
Contents:
[TRILUG] August 12, 2004 Meeting in RTP, NC - RPM Q&A ("G.Wolfe Woodbury")
"Java 1.5 Tiger: A Developer's Notebook" Released by O'Reilly (fwd) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
Debian Weekly News - August 3rd, 2004 (fwd) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
[FSFE PR][EN] Software patents no bigger threat to Free Software than ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
2004 O'Reilly Open Source Convention Wrap-up (fwd) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
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From: "G.Wolfe Woodbury" <ggw@wolves.homeip.net>
Subject: [TRILUG] August 12, 2004 Meeting in RTP, NC - RPM Q&A
Date: 8 Aug 2004 16:40:01 GMT
TriLUG's August meeting will be Thursday August 12, 2004. Our speaker
will be Jeff Johnson, RPM legend. He will be discussing RPM and package
management: how does package mangement (yum/apt-rpm, apt, portage) fit
into current OSS distributions. This will be an open discussion, so
bring your questions, suggestions, gripes, etc.
TriLUG meets in the Dreyfus Auditorium of the Research Triangle
Institute in Research Triangle Park in North Carolina USA
Meetings start at 7:00pm Eastern Time
For directions, see:
http://www.trilug.org
--
G.Wolfe Woodbury `- -'
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The Line Eater is a boojum!
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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 14:38:50 CST
From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: "Java 1.5 Tiger: A Developer's Notebook" Released by O'Reilly (fwd)
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For Immediate Release
For more information, a review copy, cover art, or an interview with
the authors, contact:
Kathryn Barrett (707) 827-7094 or kathrynb@oreilly.com
A Crash Course in the Next Evolution of Java
O'Reilly Releases "Java 1.5 Tiger: A Developer's Notebook"
Sebastopol, CA--The next version of Java, code-named Tiger, is more t=
han
just a minor update. With more than one hundred substantial changes t=
o the
core language and numerous library and API additions, developers will=
have
a variety of new features, facilities, and techniques to master. But =
with
so many changes, where do you start? You could read through the lengt=
hy
and occasionally boring language specification; you could wait for th=
e
newest 500-page tome on concepts and theory; you could even play arou=
nd
with the new JDK, hoping to figure things out on your own; or, you ca=
n get
straight to work with =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C5=93Java 1.5 Tiger: A Develope=
r's Notebook"
(McLaughlin and Flanagan, O'Reilly, US $29.95).
This no-nonsense guide by bestselling Java authors Brett McLaughlin a=
nd
David Flanagan sidesteps the dull prose and lecture and jumps right i=
nto
the jaws of Tiger. Developers will have a handle on many of the impor=
tant
new features of the language by the end of the first chapter, and be =
neck
deep in code before they hit page twenty. Through more than fifty wor=
king
code samples, they'll get complete, practical coverage of generics, l=
earn
how boxing and unboxing affects type conversion, understand the power=
of
variable arguments, learn how to write enumerated types and annotatio=
ns,
master Java's formatting methods and in for/in loop, and even get a g=
rip
on concurrency in the new JVM.
"Whatever Tiger ends up being called officially, it introduces so man=
y new
features to the language that it took nearly 200 pages to cover them,=
"
note McLaughlin and Flanagan. "You'll find that each page of this boo=
k is
dense with code, example, and terse explanation. There isn't any wast=
ed
space. In fact, that's precisely what you're holding in your hands--a
concise crash course in the next evolution of Java, Tiger. By the tim=
e
you're though, you'll be typing your lists, taking your overloading t=
o an
entirely new level, writing compile-time checked annotations, and
threading more efficiently than ever before."
"Java 1.5 Tiger: A Developer's Notebook" is set up as something of a =
cross
between a learning exercise (where you would read from back to front)=
and
a cookbook (where you can skip around without concern). Developers ca=
n
skim the table of contents to find what interests them, but because t=
he
topics are often interrelated they're likely to find themselves brows=
ing
through additional chapters as they put all the pieces together. By t=
he
time they're finished with the book, Java developers will understand:
-Generics, including type-safe collections and defining generic class=
es
-Enumerated types and values, and their relationship to public static
final constants
-Tiger's autoboxing and autounboxing conversions between primitive ty=
pes
and wrapper types
-Variable arguments (varargs), including defining your own vararg met=
hods
-Tiger's extensive support for compiler-checked annotations
-The new format() and printf() methods
-The extensive concurrency support in Tiger, including locks, schedul=
ing
timers, uncaught exceptions in threads, and the new Callable interfac=
e
"Java 1.5 Tiger: A Developer's Notebook" provides a hands-on introduc=
tion
to this important update, presented in a way to help experienced Java
developers bypass pages of theory about the technology and get straig=
ht to
work. Part of the new Developer's Notebook series from O'Reilly, thi=
s
concise, lab-style guide (printed on graph paper with plenty of margi=
n
space for notes) emphasizes example over explanation and practice ove=
r
theory. The book focuses learning by doing, by experimenting with too=
ls
and discovering what works.
Additional Resources:
Chapter 3, "Enumerated Types," is available online at:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javaadn/chapter/index.html
For more information about the book, including table of contents, ind=
ex,
author bios, and samples, see:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javaadn/
For a cover graphic in JPEG format, go to:
ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/graphics/book_covers/hi-res/0596007388.jpg
Java 1.5 Tiger: A Developer's Notebook
Brett McLaughlin and David Flanagan
ISBN 0-596-00738-8, 177 pages, $29.95 US, $43.95 CA
order@oreilly.com
1-800-998-9938
1-707-827-7000
http://www.oreilly.com
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From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: Debian Weekly News - August 3rd, 2004 (fwd)
Date: 8 Aug 2004 19:40:05 GMT
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Debian Weekly News
http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2004/30/
Debian Weekly News - August 3rd, 2004
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Welcome to this year's 30th issue of DWN, the weekly newsletter for
the Debian community. Debian's 11th birthday is near (August 16th),
and, so several partis are planned. Pablo Lorenzzoni [1]announced that
the [2]Brazilian Debian community have postponed the celebrations to
August 21st. Holger Levsen [3]invited all interested bodies to
celebrate on Castle Hohenholz, 100 km north of Berlin and 30 km far
away from Szczecin (Stettin).
1. http://hackers.propus.com.br/~pablo/blog/?id=3D34
2. http://www.debian-br.org/
3. http://lists.debian.org/debian-events-eu/2004/08/msg00002.html
Improved Debian Developer Packages Overview. Igor Genibel
[4]announced an improved [5]packages overview page.
It now contains links to [6]upstream watch information, [7]excuse
analysis by Bj=F6rn Stenberg. Information is generally displayed in
UTF-8 as well. Some information can be hidden as well, configured
stateful via cookies.
4. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2004/07/msg00017.html
5. http://qa.debian.org/developer.php
6. http://dehs.alioth.debian.org/
7. http://bjorn.haxx.se/debian/
Sarge Package Removals. Because of the approaching freeze of sarge,
the [8]debian-release list has seen a flurry of "please remove foo
from sarge" requests. Typically, such packages are still undergoing
extensive upstream development and are not yet ready for a stable
release. Steve Langasek [9]asked that such requests be accompanied by
a release critical bug report with details on why the package should
not be included in sarge.
8. http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/
9. http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2004/07/msg00107.html
OSCON Talks Jay Lyman [10]reviewed talks given by three Debian
developers at this year's [11]O'Reilly Open Source Conference. Bdale
Garbee spoke about community development and noted that people are
surprised when something comes from amateurs because not many people
recognise what they can do. Jeff Licquia described Progeny's model of
componentised GNU/Linux. Jeff Waugh discussed the future of GNOME.
10. http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=3D04/07/30/1436242
11. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2004/
New RFH Tag for orphaned Packages. Frank Lichtenheld [12]announced a
new "request for help" tag for the [13]Work Needed and Prospective
Packages for [14]packages. This tag is meant for situations in which
the current maintainer wants to continue maintaining the package, but
needs some help to do this, because his time is limited or the package
is quite big and needs several maintainers.
12. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2004/08/msg00000.html
13. http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/
14. http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested
Sarge Release Timeline. Steve Langasek posted another [15]release
update. There are still several major bugs in the base system that are
being worked on. With the base system frozen, CD images of
[16]debian-installer release candidate 1 will be made available within
a day or two afterward. On August 8th official security support for
sarge is said to begin with the number of release critical bugs
dropped by 100. The timeline predicts them to drop to zero on
September 1st, followed by the relase on September 15th.
15. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2004/08/msg00001.html
16. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
New Debian GNU/Hurd Installation Method. Michael Banck has
[17]announced a new installation method for the Debian [18]GNU/Hurd
port. It uses the [19]xattr-hurd support for ext2 by Roland McGrath
[20]mentioned earlier. Using his [21]kernel patch and [22]star, one
can extract a [23]base tarball and get a working Debian GNU/Hurd
system immediately.
17. http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2004/08/msg00006.html
18. http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/
19. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2004-02/msg00108.html
20. http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2004/10/
21. http://people.debian.org/~mbanck/xattr-hurd/kernel-patch-xattr-hurd_2=
0040302-3_all.deb
22. http://packages.debian.org/testing/utils/star
23. http://people.debian.org/~mbanck/xattr-hurd/gnu-latest.tar.bz2
Status of GNOME 2.6 in Sarge. Jordi Mallach wrote an [24]update on
GNOME 2.6 in sarge. [25]gnome-applets and a number of other less
important packages depending on [26]libgtop2 has finally made it into
testing. The only two remaining packages that keep the metapackages
for GNOME 2.6 out of testing are [27]eog and [28]gnome-games. The
latter package will take a while since it is affected by several
release transitions currently ongoing.
24. http://oskuro.net/blog/freesoftware/gnome-2.6-sarge-2004-08-03-02-18
25. http://packages.debian.org/gnome-applets
26. http://packages.debian.org/libgtop2
27. http://packages.debian.org/eog
28. http://packages.debian.org/gnome-games
Bug Squashing Parties. With the release of sarge coming closer and
closer, bug squashing parties become more important in order to reduce
the number of release critical bug reports and to stabilise the
[29]debian-installer. Martin Zobel-Helas [30]announced a bug squashing
party from August 20th to 22nd in Darmstadt, Germany. Debian people
from Europe and Germany are invited to participate this event.
29. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
30. http://lists.debian.org/debian-events-eu/2004/07/msg00113.html
Versioning and Stabilising of Debtags. Enrico Zini [31]wondered how he
should handle the libraries for debtags properly. The debtags codebase
is getting fairly stable and I'm planning to release version 1.0.
Andrew Suffield [32]asserted that no shared libraries should be
uploaded for binary interfaces (ABI) that are not yet stable enough.
Enrico would also appreciate people to help him with packaging.
31. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/08/msg00007.html
32. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/08/msg00020.html
Introducing Debian Lieutenants? Glenn McGrath [33]wondered if the
Debian project needs a structural change, and maybe Lieutenants who
would be located between the project leader and maintainers. He
asserted that Debian is more a "team of champions" than a "champion
team" and that it is difficult to change something which does not lay
within one's own responsibility.
33. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/08/msg00054.html
Security Updates. You know the drill. Please make sure that you update
your systems if you have any of these packages installed.
* [34]squirrelmail -- Multiple vulnerabilities.
34. http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-535
New or Noteworthy Packages. The following packages were added to the
unstable Debian archive [35]recently or contain important updates.
35. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/newpkg_main
* [36]akregator -- RSS feed aggregator for KDE.
* [37]caspar -- Makefile snippets for common tasks.
* [38]cvs-mailcommit -- Send CVS commitments via mail.
* [39]dtach -- Emulates the detach feature of screen.
* [40]fillets-ng -- Puzzle game about witty fish saving the world
sokoban style.
* [41]matchbox-desktop -- Desktop application launcher for
resource-limited systems.
* [42]pathogen -- Puzzle game about matching 3D model structures.
* [43]pgpool -- Connection pool server for PostgreSQL.
* [44]yapps2 -- Yet Another Python Parser System.
36. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/akregator
37. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/caspar
38. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/cvs-mailcommit
39. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/dtach
40. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/fillets-ng
41. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/embedded/matchbox-desktop
42. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/pathogen
43. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/pgpool
44. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/python/yapps2
Debian Packages introduced last Week. Every day, a different Debian
package is [45]featured from the testing distribution. If you know
about an obscure package you think others should also know about, send
it to [46]Andrew Sweger. Debian package a day introduced the following
packages last week.
45. http://www.livejournal.com/users/debaday/
46. http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=3Ddebaday
* [47]dirvish -- Filesystem based backup system using rsync.
* [48]sipcalc -- Advanced console-based ip subnet calculator.
* [49]ipsc -- IP Subnet Calculator for console.
* [50]intuitively -- Automatic IP configuration detection for
laptops.
* [51]mimms -- MMS (mms://) streaming media download utility
47. http://www.livejournal.com/users/debaday/26274.html
48. http://www.livejournal.com/users/debaday/26514.html
49. http://www.livejournal.com/users/debaday/26834.html
50. http://www.livejournal.com/users/debaday/26987.html
51. http://www.livejournal.com/users/debaday/27157.html
Orphaned Packages. 11 packages were orphaned this week and require a
new maintainer. This makes a total of 177 orphaned packages. Many
thanks to the previous maintainers who contributed to the Free
Software community. Please see the [52]WNPP pages for the full list,
and please add a note to the bug report and retitle it to ITA: if you
plan to take over a package.
52. http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/
* [53]fftw -- Library for computing Fast Fourier Transforms.
([54]Bug#263126)
* [55]fftw3 -- Library for computing Fast Fourier Transforms.
([56]Bug#263125)
* [57]gwrapguile -- G-wrap: Tool for exporting C libraries into
Scheme interpreters. ([58]Bug#263127)
* [59]k6fftwgel -- Library for computing Fast Fourier Transforms on
AMD K6-2. ([60]Bug#263131)
* [61]k7fftwgel -- Library for computing Fast Fourier Transforms on
AMD K7. ([62]Bug#263132)
* [63]libofx -- Development package for libofx0. ([64]Bug#263129)
* [65]mmake -- Makefile generator for Java programs.
([66]Bug#261581)
* [67]modemu -- Telnet services for communication programs.
([68]Bug#261585)
* [69]p4fftwgel -- Library for computing Fast Fourier Transforms on
Intel P4. ([70]Bug#263133)
* [71]photopc -- Interface to digital still cameras.
([72]Bug#261681)
* [73]rdiff-backup -- Backup program to use deltas for history.
([74]Bug#261578)
53. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libs/fftw2
54. http://bugs.debian.org/263126
55. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libs/fftw3
56. http://bugs.debian.org/263125
57. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libs/libgwrapguile1
58. http://bugs.debian.org/263127
59. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libs/k6fftwgel2
60. http://bugs.debian.org/263131
61. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libs/k7fftwgel2
62. http://bugs.debian.org/263132
63. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libs/libofx0c102
64. http://bugs.debian.org/263129
65. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/mmake
66. http://bugs.debian.org/261581
67. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/modemu
68. http://bugs.debian.org/261585
69. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libs/p4fftwgel2
70. http://bugs.debian.org/263133
71. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/graphics/photopc
72. http://bugs.debian.org/261681
73. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/rdiff-backup
74. http://bugs.debian.org/261578
Want to continue reading DWN? Please help us create this newsletter.
We still need more volunteer writers who watch the Debian community
and report about what is going on. Please see the [75]contributing
page to find out how to help. We're looking forward to receiving your
mail at [76]dwn@debian.org.
75. http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/contributing
76. mailto:dwn@debian.org
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From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: [FSFE PR][EN] Software patents no bigger threat to Free Software than
Date: 8 Aug 2004 19:45:01 GMT
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Essen, Aug 5th 2004
In reaction to the decision by the City of Munich to re-evaluate its
migration plans to Free Software, the Free Software Foundation Europe
points out that software patents are equally a significant problem for
both Free Software and proprietary software alike.
"Without doubt, software patents are a roadblock to innovation.
They will extort a high price that has to be paid by all European
citizens through loss of competitiveness, and also jobs", says Georg
Greve, President of the FSFE.
Software patents can not be a reason to stop migration from non-free to
Free Software. While Free Software is going to suffer along with all of
industry and society, there is no need to fear for its existence or
legal safety any more than there is need to fear such legal insecurity
with regard to proprietary software.
"Therefore, the FSFE encourages the municipality of Munich to not allow
being stopped on its way to freedom by tactics of spreading Fear,
Uncertainty and Doubt", says Georg Greve. He also adds: "As a related,
but different issue we also suggest them to increase the pressure on the
German government to refuse software patents once and for all."
About the Free Software Foundation Europe
The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSF Europe) is a charitable
non-governmental organization dedicated to all aspects of Free
Software in Europe. Access to software determines who may participate
in a digital society. Therefore the freedoms to use, copy, modify and
redistribute software - as described in the Free Software definition-
allow equal participation in the information age. Creating awareness
for these issues, securing Free Software politically and legally, and
giving people freedom by supporting development of Free Software are
central issues of the FSF Europe, which was founded in 2001 as the
European sister organization of the Free Software Foundation in the
United States.
Further information: http://www.fsfeurope.org
Contact:
Georg C. F. Greve <greve at fsfeurope.org>
Tel: +49-40-23809080
Fax: +49-40-23809081
_______________________________________________
Press-release mailing list
Press-release@fsfeurope.org
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From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: 2004 O'Reilly Open Source Convention Wrap-up (fwd)
Date: 8 Aug 2004 19:45:05 GMT
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For Immediate Release
August 6, 2004
For more information, contact:
Suzanne Axtell (707) 827-7114 or suzanne@oreilly.com
More Than Open Data at the 2004 O'Reilly Open Source Convention
Sebastopol, CA--An intriguing theme permeated the 2004 O'Reilly Open
Source Convention (aka OSCON) in Portland, Oregon last week: "open
thinking." The process by which projects are vetted and improved through
group effort is spreading beyond software and into areas such as
cartography and bioscience--welcome affirmation of the open source way for
the 2,000 convention participants.
"We've unleashed enormous technological changes, but where are they
going?" asked O'Reilly Media, Inc. CEO Tim O'Reilly. "What are the paths
by which technology moves from the cutting edge of science, through hacker
culture, and eventually into the mainstream? One of the lessons of open
source is that the project with the best community adoption characteristics
wins. Open source has found its natural communities, and is now reaching
out to new ones."
This was the busiest convention--in terms of attendance and programming--
in three years, underscoring the fact that open source and free software
continues to be adopted by mainstream enterprise, from Apple, IBM,
Microsoft, and Novell to Sun, Hewlett-Packard, and Ticketmaster. "We're
at an interesting stage with open source," observed convention program chair
Nathan Torkington. "The programmers who make it all possible are still going
strong, stronger than ever--they have Perl, Python, Mono, Java, Apache, and
dozens of other platform pieces to build on."
In addition to keynotes, tutorials, and sessions lead by innovators such
as Freeman and George Dyson, Bdale Garbee, Robert Lefkowitz, Milton Ngan,
and David Rumsey, evening events kept the conversations rolling into the
wee hours, punctuated by receptions and sponsored parties. A moot court,
organized by UC Berkeley's Pam Samuelson and Pamela Jones of Groklaw,
aired the legal issues of the Linux/SCO case. Perl legends Larry Wall and
Damian Conway and "Hackers and Painters" author Paul Graham all spoke
during the traditional Tuesday Night Extravaganza. NASA's Jeff Norris gave
a presentation on how open source is powering the Mars Rover mission. In
addition, attendees packed the sold-out exhibit hall during its two-day
run; organized birds-of-a-feather sessions on topics like Plone, poker,
human creativity, and e-voting; and wrapped up the convention with a field
trip to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
OSCON continues to be a forum for important announcements. Some of the
organizations and businesses getting the word out at the convention
include:
- BEA announced the expansion of its developer site, dev2dev
- O'Reilly previewed "Make," its magazine of do-it-yourself tech projects
which debuts in January 2005
- MySQL AB announced that it will team up with O'Reilly to present the
2005 MySQL Users Conference
- M1Global introduced a set of free and open source software relating to
model-driven development
- ActiveState released Komodo 3.0
"Everyone really seemed to enjoy themselves, which is very gratifying,"
concluded Torkington. "We're going to do everything we can to make next
year even bigger and better."
Additional Resources:
For complete conference details, visit:
http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/
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