Netlabs News

12. November - 18. November

• • See:

5. November - 11. November

• Dynamic Windows Library
  • Fix for 8 bit pictures and code loaded for conversion of 24bpp
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/dwindows/timeline
• eCUPS
  • Some updates in code but also in the How To
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups/timeline
• kBuild
  • Fixed bad merge
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline
• lswitcher
  • Added map file creation
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/lswitcher/timeline
• Lucide
  • Two tickets closed as not valid/supported
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/timeline
• NEPMD
  • Three fixes
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/nepmd/timeline
• Odin32
  • Colors ticket closed as being Panorama issue
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/odin32/timeline
• Qt Applications for OS/2
  • A few applications updated/fixed, other one is frozen
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qtapps/timeline
• RPM and YUM
  • One update due to kbuild
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/rpm/timeline
• Samba for eCS (OS/2)
  • Quite some updates and fixes in various components
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/timeline
• Unix Ports and more
  • Loads of updates
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/ports/timeline
• USB
  • New ticket raised about ICY box
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/usb/timeline
• WebDAV Plugin for NetDrive
  • KMK makefile update
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/ndpdav/timeline

29. October - 4. November

• Dynamic Windows Library
  • Mix of updates, fixes and new stuff
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/dwindows/timeline
• Java port for eCS (OS/2)
  • Sponsoring update and new ticket raised
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/java/timeline
• lswitcher
  • Wiki update and mix of fixes and additions. Some new tickets as well.
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/lswitcher/timeline
• Odin32
  • Debug updates
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/odin32/timeline
• Qt Applications for OS/2
  • Some apps updated, new one added, some fixes solved and others closed because of end of respective projects.
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qtapps/timeline
• Qt Version 4 for OS/2
  • One question raised and a new ticket created about hidden popup
  • See:http://svn.netlabs.org/qt4/timeline
• Samba for eCS (OS/2)
  • Work on 3.5.11 code, smblogon updates, new ticket raised
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/timeline
• Unix Ports and more
  • OpenSSL ticket raised
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/ports/timeline
• USB
  • USBRBs work
  • See: http://svn.netlabs.org/usb/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 :-) (you can also use the template with empty descriptions).

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
• MacOSJan at xs4all dot nl
• os2info at gmx dot net
• Michael at oehlhof dot de

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_newsletter4). 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.

Besides the above, a weekly version is published on the new BLOG site (http://blog.netlabs.org/). All what has to be done is create a new entry, type in 'News:' with the period behind it. Grab the content from this newsletter page in presentation mode and past it in the body of the new entry. Check the 'netlabs.org news' option, on the right, and press Publish.