Netlabs News: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:27, 26 March 2006

This page will be used to gather news about netlabs.org and it's projects.

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  - Support developers in jobs they do not like :-)
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20. - 26. March

GenMac 1.7 test release
- 10 new chipsets added
- WPA support coming
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.genmac.user/260
LibC 0.6.1 and Unix utils
- Updated majorly, see http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline for a list of changes (a lot :-))
- LibC ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.1-csd1.zip
- Knut built some utils as well (coreutils and more), see ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/alpha
EDM2 Updates agian
- See: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Special:Recentchanges

13. - 19. March

GCC 3.3.5 CSD1 released
- I don't have much info about that, Adrian could probably add something, or Bird?!
- For a list of changes, please see the Documentation Package mentioned below
- See: http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/query?status=closed&milestone=libc-0.6.1
- Download Runtime: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.1-csd1.zip
- Download Compiler: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/gcc-3.3.5-csd1.zip
- Download Documentation: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/gcc-3.3.5-csd1-doc.zip
New WDSibyl Release
- Documentation is available in Englisch and German
- WDSibyl is a Pascal compiler for Win32 and OS/2
- See: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wdsibyl/
Update of Doodle's Screen Saver to Version 1.6
- A WarpIn install package is available and also the source code
- There are three new modules, bug fixes and other improvements
  - see the changelog or the homepage of DSSaver for details
- Homepage: http://dssaver.netlabs.org/
WVGUI 1.0 RC3
- RC3 contains documentation in INF format in the DOC subdirectory
- See the documentation for a changelog
- Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wvgui/wvgui1.0rc3.zip
Developers Workshop
- new details for some presentations
- See: http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Developers_Workshop_2006#Schedule
EDM2
- The OS/2 API Doc was updated, the UniCode part
- See: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Special:Recentchanges

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 If you are looking for the bi-weekly newsletter, please go here: [[Netlabs_bi_weekly_newsletter]]
 ===Participation===
-As netlabs.org is mostly about open source projects, it is also depending on participation of many people. This can be on different areas as everybody has different skills and interests.
+As netlabs.org is mainly about open source projects, it is depending on participation of many people. This can be in different areas as everybody has different skills and interests.
 * How can you participate
 ** Contribute to the NikiWiki
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 *** Subscribe to the community@netlabs.org mailinglist (see NikiWiki for more details).
 *** Discuss your thoughts and ideas with the whole netlabs.org community.
 ===20. - 26. March===
 * GenMac 1.7 test release