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

27. November - 3 December

• New Webserver for netlabs.org
  • needs more info
• SlideShow and ShowImage Modules for Doodles Screen Saver
  • The ShowImage module for DSS was updated (now uses GBM library instead of MMPM/2)
  • First version of the SlideShow module was released
  • Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/dssaver/Modules
• Uniaud new Release Candidate
  • All files in one place release
  • Some APM fixes
  • SB Live code updated to latest
  • Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/uniaud/uniaud114rc2.zip
• WarpVision
  • Stream code reorganized to be more understandable
  • Stream code reorganizing allows to implement DVD menus (first steps done)
  • Stream code reorganizing allows to implement stream plugins
  • Implemented one cache for all stream types (simplify things a lot)
• Netlabs Object Model (NOM), the object model for Voyager
  • Checked into SVN
  • gcc and libc based
  • IDL compiler works
  • Most of the class related stuff is working
  • No class replacing yet
  • No dynamic class loading yet
  • Binary interface not stable. Will change in the future
• Voyager desktop
  • Checked into SVN
  • Completely based on NOM
  • Some basic desktop, GUI and support classes
  • Very experimental at the moment

20. November - 26. November

• GenMAC - Adding new Chipsets
  • Thorolf Godawa will coordinate support for new chipsets in GenMAC
  • Many thanks to Thorolf for stepping forward
  • Please read the full post for more details
  • See: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.genmac.user/695
• WarpIN 1.0.13
  • Fixed a minor bug in the install script processing.
  • Fixed Install/Close/Cancel processing when the "Archive, View" dialog was open. Bug 849.
  • WIC now defaults to overwriting newer files rather than aborting. Bug 890.
  • WIC deinstalls no longer require the "archive" and "path" elements in the .XCD file. Bug 851.
  • Added an Unlock All option to the "Locked File" dialog. Bug 802.
  • Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/warpin/warpin-1-0-13.exe
• AMPOS2, now with:
  • Apache 2.2.3
  • MySQL 5.0.27
  • PHP 5.1.5
  • Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/ampos2/ampos2-a22-20061117.wpi

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.