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Linux-Announce Digest #128
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Linux-Announce Digest #128, Volume #5 Sun, 15 May 2005 07:13:03 EDT
Contents:
swbis-0.446 released (fwd) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
Introducing Software Freedom Day 2005 (fwd) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
[HUMBUG] Next Meeting - 21st May 2005 (Mark Suter)
COMMERCIAL: BalanceNG 1.355 available (BalanceNG Support)
Free software user groups ... in and around India ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
mma - Musical MIDI Accompaniment version Beta 0.14 (Bob van der Poel)
Mailman 2.1.6 (the mailing-list manager) is getting ready ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
fish version 1.9 released ("Axel Liljencrantz")
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From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: swbis-0.446 released (fwd)
Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 03:57:48 CST
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Hello!
I am pleased to announce GNU swbis 0.446, available at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/swbis/
The project home page is
http://www.gnu.org/software/swbis
The md5 digest is:
921542ab86f19ad4da5bd9dd9bad804c swbis-0.446.tar.gz
The sha1 digest is:
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What is swbis
=============
The swbis project is a free and from-scratch GPL'ed implementation of
IEEE 1387.2-1995 Std (Part 2: Software Administration) which describes
a format and utilities for software packaging. [The IEEE standard is
superseded by ISO/IEC 15068-2,1999, and is almost identical to the Open
Group spec CAE C701 which is available on the Open Group(tm) web site.]
The swbis project provides features similar to other packaging systems
such as utilities for package creation, installation, and verification.
However, the implementation of these features are unique in these ways:
* Non-intrusive to current packaging practice because swbis packages
are ordinary tarballs with a prescribed file layout. swbis can cast
this file layout in a minimal form that is non-disruptive to users
of free software packages. In fact swbis has a specific tool,
swign, which signs a directory and then uses GNU tar to create a
IEEE 1387.2 POSIX tar archive that includes a valid embedded
GPG signature.
Look Ma! No new tools copying your data, and guess what,
that directory could be your source directory!
* Although swpackage is a self-contained tar writing utility, swbis
aims to be orthogonal with the GNU toolset. swbis uses bash,
tar, and gpg directly.
* Makes no new requirements on system provisioning. swinstall and
swcopy can install to almost any host including minimal hosts and
non-GNU/Linux platforms. At their core they are C programs which
write a shell script able to be read and executed from a Posix's
shell's standard input. No part of swbis is required on the
target host for installation and copying.
* Many parts of swbis are made network transparent by direct use of
ssh. swinstall and swcopy are network transparent and support
a target syntax for multiple host hops.
What's New
==========
This release adds major features to swinstall for control script
execution and script exit status recording. Minor features and bug
fixes were added to swpackage, swcopy, swverify and swign.
Current Development State
=========================
swbis is alpha software (although many parts are beta). It does,
however, have features which allow correctness to be verified.
GNU tar format mimicry (which makes the swign utility possible)
tests package creation. The RPM package translation capability
allows verification of installed package integrity using rpm and the
rpm database.
Future Directions
=================
Completing swverify and swinstall are top priority. Even though a 0.XXX
release should be considered alpha, every 0.XXX release will be have
passed extensive regression testing. At times there may be bug fix
branch on 0.XXX.YYY Development will proceed along 0.XXX branch up to
0.9XX and a 1.0 release sometime in 2007.
Support
=======
I am working alone, I need help to accelerate design and implementation.
swbis needs users and testers. If you hate swbis, find a unrepairable
critical flaw and let the world know so I can stop wasting my time :)
However, if its fixable I'll fix it and keep right on working. Friendly
criticisms and bug reports are even more welcome.
Thanks,
Jim
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From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: Introducing Software Freedom Day 2005 (fwd)
Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 03:25:16 CST
>From the IIEP list. FN
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Dear All,
(Sorry for cross posting)
Software Freedom Day is a global grassroots effort organised by a
growing number of SFD teams around the world to promote the use of Free and
Open Source Software. Over 70 teams joined the celebration last year,
organising a range of events at schools, universities and public places.
This year, we have every opportunity to grow and make a serious impact
on public opinion.
The Software Freedom Day for this year shall hold on Saturday,
September 10th, 2005.
You are invited to participate by forming local teams and plan local
events. As we did last year, the Software Freedom International will
provide logistical support including on-line facilities and physical
materials like FOSS CDs e.t.c.
Click on http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ for more details about SFD
and forming your own team locally.
Regards
Akanni Olukayode
KnowledgeHouseAfrica
www.knowledgehouseafrica.org
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From: Mark Suter <suter@zwitterion.humbug.org.au>
Subject: [HUMBUG] Next Meeting - 21st May 2005
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 21:00:12 CST
The Home Unix Machine Brisbane Users Group exists to get fellow
Unix users in contact with each other, to introduce people to
Unix and Unix-like operating systems, and to help users in
operating those systems. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Meetings tend to be informal. We socialize, discuss Unix and
computing, solve Unix problems for new and experienced users
alike and, these days, have regular talks.
Date: Saturday, 21st May 2005 (every second Saturday)
Time: From 3pm with the network up 30 minutes after we are
granted entry. The network will be brought down after
midnight to allow time to clean up for a 1am exit.
Venue: Room S201, Hawken Engineering Building (no. 50)
The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus
Car parking is currently unregulated on Saturdays. The
University is serviced by public transport with frequent
buses during University terms. For more information:
http://www.uq.edu.au/about/index.html?page=1070
http://www.uq.edu.au/maps/index.html?menu=1&z=2&id=25
Cost: Membership until our AGM in September is $20, but no one
has to join unless they are going to use club services
such as our network access during meetings.
Talks: Information on upcoming talks is announced separately.
For information on talks see the announcements by our
Talks Maintainer on the announce mailing list.
Food: The eating places (ranging from take away to a la Carte)
at 'The Ville' are usually open until about 10pm Saturday
night. There is also the Pizza Cafe on campus near the
Schonell Theater:
http://www.uqunion.uq.edu.au/schonell/pizzacaffe/
http://www.uq.edu.au/maps/index.html?menu=1&z=2&id=11
Drinks: Various soft drinks and snacks are available from the
three vending machines located immediately outside the
room. Remember to bring change!
For more information on club meetings and HUMBUG itself see our
web page at http://www.humbug.org.au/ or email me directly.
Humbug President
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Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 11:13:44 CST
From: BalanceNG Support <balanceng-support@inlab.de>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: BalanceNG 1.355 available
FYI: BalanceNG 1.355 is now available at http://www.BalanceNG.net .
Changes to 1.353 are:
* Extended scanner/parser allowing quoted strings
* New configuration command "remark" for configuration management and version controlling
* Time stamps and BalanceNG Version stamps added to configuration file.
BalanceNG (Balance Next Generation) is a generic IP Load Balancing Solution running on Linux.
BalanceNG is small, fast and (relatively) easy to use and setup. It offers session persistence,
different distribution methods (Round Robin, Random, Hash and Least Resource) and
a customizable UDP health check agent (available in source code).
BalanceNG supports VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) to set up High Available
configurations on multiple nodes.
BalanceNG is available at http://www.BalanceNG.net .
---
Thomas Obermair
Inlab Software GmbH
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Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 15:28:30 CST
From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: Free software user groups ... in and around India
Have been trying to build a listing of Free/Libre and Open Source Software user
groups in the region. The current compiliation needs volunteers to keep it
updated. It is available at
http://maitri.ubuntu.com/softwarefreedomday/wiki/index.php/LUGs/FSUGs/GLUGs_in_India
Or if you're having a problem with the long URL, just go to
http://indiaflosslist.notlong.com
Currently, what the page lists includes:
Table of contents [showhide]
1 GNU/Linux links and lists (India)
1.1 All India networks
1.2 Regional networks in India
1.2.1 Northern India
1.2.2 Southern India
1.2.3 Western India
1.2.4 Eastern India
1.2.5 Miscellaneous
1.2.6 Indic Computing, localisation
1.2.7 GNU/Linux in Education (India)
1.2.8 Magazines, other resources
2 GNU/Linux links and lists (Asia)
2.1 West Asian region
3 GNU/Linux links and lists (Africa)
3.1 Nigeria
4 GNU Linux links and lists (Latin America)
4.1 Brasil
5 GNU/Linux links and lists (Miscellaneous)
If you would like to volunteer and help to keep this page up-to-date, your
involvement would be appreciated! This is a wiki, so you can go, log-in and
make the improvements.
Thank you! FN
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Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 15:24:59 CST
From: Bob van der Poel <bvdp@uniserve.com>
Subject: mma - Musical MIDI Accompaniment version Beta 0.14
I'm pleased to announce the release of my program
mma - Musical MIDI Accompaniment
version: Beta 0.14
MMA is a accompaniment generator -- it creates midi tracks
for a soloist to perform with. User supplied files contain
pattern selections, chords, and MMA directives.
MMA is very versatile and generates excellent tracks. It comes
with an extensive user-extendable library with a variety of
patterns for various popular rhythms, an extensive user manual,
and many demo songs.
MMA is a command line driven program. It creates MIDI files
which need a sequencer or MIDI file play program.
MMA is written in Python. You'll need Python 2.3 (or later)
for MMA to function.
MMA is supplied in 4 tar.gz archives. Included:
mma-bin -- the main script and library files.
mma-html -- documentation in HTML format.
mma-pdf -- documentation in PDF format.
mma-songs -- a collection of about 230 songs in MMA format.
If you get all four download packages the total size is still
less than 1.5 megabytes.
MMA is currently in final BETAs. We are hoping for a 1.0 release
in summer 2005. Right now we need help in debugging the program,
creating songs for distribution, and new and improved
library files.
Best of all, MMA is free. It is released under the terms of the GNU
General Public License. It has been developed on a Linux platform,
but should be usable on just about any system. A detailed page now
exists on our web site on how-to install on a Windows system.
MMA is available on my personal home page:
http://mypage.uniserve.com/~bvdp/mma/
If you have any questions or comments, please send them
to: bvdp@uniserve.com
Beta 0.14: A number of bug fixes, many more system macros,
ALLTRACKS command added, major fixes to chord generation.
Comments appreciated!
--
Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA **
EMAIL: bvdp@uniserve.com
WWW: http://mypage.uniserve.com/~bvdp
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Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 03:47:03 CST
From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: Mailman 2.1.6 (the mailing-list manager) is getting ready
>From barry@python.org Sun May 15 14:08:02 2005
A few more last minute fixes and some language updates. Please let me
know if you encounter any show stoppers. Barring any really critical
bugs, this is going to be 2.1.6 final.
-Barry
https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=327367
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Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 04:57:31 CST
From: "Axel Liljencrantz" <liljencrantz@gmail.com>
Subject: fish version 1.9 released
fish, the friendly interactive shell is a UNIX shell that is focused on
interactive use, discoverability, and user friendliness. The design
goal of fish is to give the user a rich set of powerful features in a
way that is easy to discover, remember, and use. fish features a
user-friendly and powerful tab-completion, including descriptions of
every completion, tab-completion of strings with wildcards, and many
completions for specific commands. It also features an extensive and
discoverable help system. A special help command gives access to all
the fish documentation in your preferred Web browser. Other features
include syntax highlighting with extensive error checking, support for
the X clipboard, smart terminal handling based on terminfo and an easy
to search, no duplicates history.
Version 1.9 contains a large number of UI tweaks including improved
search, better completion pager layout code, and improved error
reporting. The quoting rules were changed so that quoted and unquoted
text can be mixed in one token, and the syntax for defining functions
was improved. This release also includes several bugfixes.
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