Netlabs News

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

If you are looking for the bi-weekly newsletter, please go here: Netlabs_bi_weekly_newsletter

11. December - 17 December

• New netlabs.org server news
  • The new server did arrive
  • It will be setup in the nearest future
• UniAudio news
  • Investigating differences of setting up PCM with UNIAUD API and MMOS2 API on HDA. UNIAUD API works ok, MMOS2 does not
• WarpVision news
  • Simplify codec detection
  • SSE fix for WMA
  • Code cleanup
  • FLV1 support added
  • DART playback fixed
  • Fixed old style dvd playback
  • Added DVD playback style selection (Menu or old style). Menu style is under active development now
• Updates to Compiling XWorkPlace
  • The document about how to compile XWorkPlace has been updated
  • See: http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Compiling_XWP
• PathRewrite article
  • Yuri Dario has updated the PathRewrite Articel at EDM2
  • See: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Pathrewrite
• kBuild
  • A hugh load of updates again!
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline
• QT
  • Various additions
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/timeline

4. December - 10 December

• XWorkPlace 1.0.6
  • Many bugs fixed (too many to include here) by Paul Ratcliffe (unless otherwise stated).
  • See: http://xworkplace.netlabs.org/ for information.
  • See: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/xworkplace/xwp-1-0-6.exe for download.
• WarpIN 1.0.14
  • Various bugfixes:
    • Closing the Archive, View window caused WarpIN to exit. Bug 896.
    • Added a FAIL option to the CREATEOBJECT attribute. Bug 893.
    • Updated documentation for the EXECUTE and DEEXECUTE attribues. Bug 894.
  • See: http://warpin.netlabs.org/ for information.
  • See: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/warpin/warpin-1-0-14.exe for download.
• netlabs.org server news, we ordered!
  • CPU: AMD Dual Core A64 X2 4200+ / 2x2200MHz / 2x512KB Cache
  • Motherboard: TYAN 3950 AM2 with VGA / 2x Gbit Intel LAN (4 DIMM)
  • Memory: 2048MB ECC DDRAM2(2x1024MB)
  • Backplanes: 8 SATA Backplanes
  • Harddisk: 3 x 320GB SATA 7.200 U/min with 16MB Cache (Seagate)
  • Controller: 3Ware SATA-Raid 9550SX-8 (0,1,5,10) 8xHDD 128MB [LP]
  • Power supply: 510 Watt Zippy
  • We will put some more news online as soon as we got the box!
• UniAudio news
  • Added latest HDA code.
  • Fixed ICH2/3 init and latest ICH traps
• WarpVision news
  • DVD Menus investigations is still going on
  • Fixed MPEG1 video distortions
  • Fixed crash in WMV3 files
  • Fixed precaching Added playlist
  • Added missing files Add palette support for DVD navigation
  • Various documentation updates
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/wvgui/timeline
• kBuild
  • A hugh load of updates again!
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline
• Lucide
  • Added Italian
  • Fixed #96, remembering last selected printer
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/timeline
• Voyager Documentation
  • Pictures added
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/v_doc/timeline

Guidelines for mail gathering and bi-weekly processing

This is intended to be a procedure on how to create the bi-weekly newsletter, so that multiple people are able to do it, in case others are away.

The news is gathered on a weekly basis. Sources for news are various. We know the following:

• #netlabs channel, just connect and see what comes by
• http://news.netlabs.org/
• various SVN timelines for the projects that are already in SVN (needs to be listed explicitly?)

There is a mail id on netlabs for mailing out the newsletter to various contacts. The mail id is: news at netlabs dot org It uses the following IMAP mailserver: mail dot netlabs dot org

For the start of a new newsletter a copy from the previous one can be made and then copy the new news into it, to make life easy :-) The easiest way to get the text is grabbing it from the webpage in normal view mode. Check the text a second time, and align it a bit. Address it with BCC to the following addresses:

• martin at os2world dot com
• stevew at jafar dot hartnell dot edu
• submit at os2voice dot org
• webmaster at ecomstation dot com
• webredactie at os2-gg dot nl
• ktk at netlabs dot org
• j dot van dot der dot heide at hccnet dot nl
• os2info at gmx dot net

Don't forget the subject line with the next number and of it goes.

After the newsletter is sent the 'Netlabs bi-weekly newsletter' webpage has to be updated. (http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Netlabs_bi_weekly_newsletter). Just copy the news on top of the others and add a heading.

Then the draft version of the bi-weekly page can be emptied and the heading for the next week can be added.

That is basicly the process of the bi-weekly newsletter.