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August 17, 2004

Gtk2-Perl 2.7.91

Gtk2-Perl is the collective name for a set of Perl bindings for
GTK+ 2.x and various related libraries. These modules make it easy
to write GTK+ and GNOME applications using a natural, Perlish,
object-oriented syntax.

This is Gtk2-Perl 2.7.91.

Overview of Changes in Glib 1.054

Documentation fixes and improvements. [Ross, muppet]

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=64773&package_id=91217&release_id=260792

Overview of Changes in Gtk2 1.054

Documentation updates for Gtk2::Toolbar, more accurately
describing the types of parameters. [muppet]
Allow undef to various Gtk2::Toolbar methods where appropriate.
[Torsten, muppet]

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=64773&package_id=91218&release_id=260805

There’s no new Gtk2::GladeXML release — 1.00 is current.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=64773&package_id=91221&release_id=227402

There’s no new Gnome2::GConf release — 1.000 is current.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=64773&package_id=102147&release_id=227385

Overview of Changes in Gnome2::Canvas
1.002

Fix a bug in Gnome2::Canvas::polygon_to_point(). [muppet]
Fix unusably broken bindings of Gnome2::Canvas::w2c_affine(),
Gnome2::Canvas::Item::i2w_affine(), and
Gnome2::Canvas::Item::i2c_affine(), with regression tests.
[muppet]
Portability fixes for Mac OS X. [muppet]
Minor documentation enhancements. [muppet]

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=64773&package_id=91220&release_id=260831

There’s no new Gnome2::VFS release — 1.003 is current.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=64773&package_id=102457&release_id=249314

Overview of Changes in Gnome2
1.013

Make construct-only properties work when using
Gnome2::Program::init.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=64773&package_id=91219&release_id=260236

GStreamer 0.8.5

This release is the first one to have complete out-of-the-box
Win32 support for MSVC7.

Release notes are attached.

Enjoy
Thomas

GStreamer: Release notes for GStreamer 0.8.5
“Stuttgart”

The GStreamer team is happy to announce a new release in the
0.8.x stable series of the GStreamer streaming-media framework.

The 0.8.x series is a stable series aimed at end users. It is
not API or ABI compatible with the stable 0.6.x series. It is,
however, parallel installable with the 0.6.x series.

This is the first GStreamer release that compiles with MSVC7
with full debug support. Installation of the binaries and the
locales are also handled.

This module only contains core functionality. For actual media
playback, you will need other modules. GStreamer Plugins contains a
huge set of additional plugins. GStreamer FFmpeg contains a plugin
based on the popular FFmpeg decoding library. These modules need
not have the same source version as the core, as long as they are
in the 0.8.x series.

Features of this release

Parallel installability with 0.6.x series
Internationalization
New Translation: Albanian (sq), Laurent Dhima
Translations: af, az, cs, en_GB, fr, nl, sq, sr, sv, tr,
uk
first release that works on Windows with MSVC7
fixed lists can now be intersected
transform functions from fraction to double added
optimal scheduler fixes
fixation fixes
filesrc fixes
typefind fixes

Bugs fixed in this release

145100 : segfault in gst_pad_call_get_function
147889 : gst_element_link_pads_filtered may ignore named dest
pad …
148692 : GstQueue binary compatibility breakage
149981 : Win32 not included in the source distribution
150242 : GStreamer doesn’t copy some buffer flags
correctly

API changed in this release

API additions:
- A new function, gst_scheduler_register, has been added.
- A new enum member of GstBufferFlag, GST_BUFFER_DELTA_UNIT has
  been added.
API depreciations:
- GstBufferFlag has a deprecated enum member,
  GST_BUFFER_KEY_UNIT. Buffers should be marked with
  GST_BUFFER_DELTA_UNIT when they’re not key units instead, since key
  units are the more common case.

Download

You can find source releases of gstreamer in the download
directory: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/

GStreamer Homepage

More details can be found on the project’s website: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/

Support and Bugs

We use GNOME’s bugzilla for bug reports and feature requests:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer

Developers

CVS is hosted on cvs.freedesktop.org/.
All code is in CVS and can be checked out from there. Interested
developers of the core library, plug-ins, and applications should
subscribe to the gstreamer-devel list. If there is sufficient
interest we will create more lists as necessary.

Applications

Applications already ported to use GStreamer 0.8.x include the
GNOME desktop components like gnome-media and nautilus-media, as
well as other GNOME applications including sound-juicer, totem and
RhythmBox.

Contributors to this release

Benjamin Otte
Colin Walters
David Schleef
Laurent Dhima
Ronald Bultje
Steve Lhomme
Thomas Vander Stichele
Wim Taymans
Zaheer Abbas Merali

gnome-applets 2.7.2

GNOME Applets are the little programs you run in your panel.
Just about everyone uses a GNOME Applet or two, the package
includes applets like the battery applet, CPU load applet, weather
applet and mixer applet.

Changes in GNOME-Applets 2.7.2

GNOME 2.8.0 Beta 2

Overall

Require gnome-panel 2.7.x (Davyd Madeley)
New tooltips and warning dialogs for the battery applet (Davyd
Madeley)
Use global settings for cdplayer applet (Mark McLoughlin)
Remove unneeded screen-exec dependancies (Kjartan Maraas, Davyd
Madeley)
ANSI C fixes (Kjartan Maraas)
New locations and spelling fixes for gweather (Frank Solensky,
Davyd Madeley, Francisco Javier F. Serrador)
Change centigrade to celsius and add kPa to gweather
preferences (Ryan Lortie, Davyd Madeley)
Change Forecast to Details (Karthik BG)
Change Humidity to Relative Humidity (Christian Neumair)
modemlights can now go for more then 99 hours of connection
time (Vincent Noel)

Translations

ar (Arafat Medini)
nb (Kjartan Maraas)
id (Ahmad Riza H Nst)
nl (Michiel Sikkes)
ja (Takeshi AIHANA)
bg (Vladimir Petkov)
uk (Maxim Dziumanenko)
ru (Russian Team)
de (Christian Neumair, Hendrik Brandt)
zh_CN (Funda Wang)
sr (Danilo Segan)
sq (Elian Myftiu)
es (Francisco Javier F. Serrador)
en_CA (Adam Weinberger)
cs (Miloslav Trmac)
ms (Hasbullah Bin Pit)
pl (GNOME PL Team)
no (Kjartan Maraas)
pt_BR (Estio Samuel Procipio, Raphael Higino)
fr (Christophe Merlet)
ko (Changwoo Ryu)
sv (Christian Rose)
da (Martin Willemoes Hansen)
pt (Duarte Loreto)
cy (Telsa Gwynne)
nn (Asmund Skjoveland)
sk (Marcel Telka)
mn (Sanlig Badral)
fi (Ilkka Tuohela)

Thanks to everyone who has contributed. My apologies to anyone I
missed. GNOME applets is now in string freeze until the branch for
2.9 so the translators can weave their magic. Please check for
duplicates before filing bugs.

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-applets/2.7/gnome-applets-2.7.2.tar.bz2

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-applets/2.7/gnome-applets-2.7.2.tar.gz

–davyd

—
http://davyd.ucc.asn.au/

libgda 1.1.6
libgnomedb 1.1.6

libgda/libgnomedb are a complete framewok for developing
database-oriented applications, and currently allow access to
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Sybase, SQLite, FireBird/Interbase, IBM
DB2, mSQL and MS SQL server, as well as MS Access and xBase files
and ODBC data sources.

libgda/libgnomedb are the base of the database support in the
GNOME Office application suite, providing database access for many
features in both Gnumeric and Abiword.

This is another development release in the road to 1.2, which
will be the next stable release, and which shows a preview of the
new features getting into the 1.2 final release. It is not intended
for production use, but by people wanting to experiment with the
new features and to help on the development. We are though trying
to have these 1.1.x series as stable as possible, so things should
not break too much 🙂

Changes since libgda 1.1.5

Added generation of .devhelp for API documentation
(Daniel)
Many improvements in FireBird provider (Jerónimo)
Fixed missing setting of row number in gda_row_set_number
(Szalai)
Documentation fixes (Daniel, Rodrigo)
Updated translations:
- cs (Miroslav)
- de (Christian)
- en_CA (Adam)
- en_GB (David)
- fi (Tommi)
- fr (Audrey)
- pt (Duarte)

Changes since libgnomedb 1.1.5

Fixed synchronization of libgda configuration and GConf
(Rodrigo)
Fixed gnome_db_option_menu_get_selection (Daniel)
Fixes for compilation with GCC 3.4 (Gustavo)
Updated translations:
- de (Christian)
- fi (Tommi)
- pt (Duarte)

Tarballs are available at
http://download.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libgda/1.1/

http://download.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libgnomedb/1.1/

To install this new version, you’ll need: * libgda: glib,
libxml2, libxslt
* libgnomedb: libgda and dependencies, libgnome/ui, libglade,
libbonoboui and, optionally, gtksourceview

You can find more information at the projects’ homepage
(http://www.gnome-db.org), or
you can ask any question/propose anything you want in the GNOME-DB
mailing list, which is available at http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-db-list.

Epiphany 1.2.8

Hi,

What is it ?

Epiphany is the GNOME web browser, based on the mozilla
rendering engine. It aims to be simple and easy to use.

http://gnome.org/projects/epiphany/

Epiphany 1.2.8 is the latest stable release in the GNOME 2.6
series.

What’s changed ?

Epiphany 1.2.8

Code changes

Adapt to Mozilla API changes (Christian)
Confirm before overwriting a file (Christian) [#143501]

Bug fixes

Fix compilation of nautilus view (Christian) [#148995]
Fix some memory leaks (Jean-François Rameau)
Really translate the program name (Christian) [#148948]
Fix restoring the history window on resume (Christian)
Fix new tab position (Christian)
Fix a crash in content handler (Christian) [#149550]
Fix context menu on links with namespaced tag (Mikael Brockman)
[#150208]

Where can I get it ?

Source code:

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/epiphany/1.2/epiphany-1.2.8.tar.gz
with MD5 sum 19d80db940f722b890dd439038743f83.

Epiphany 1.2.8 requires mozilla 1.4, 1.4.x, 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6,
1.7, 1.7.x, 1.7 branch, 1.8a2 or trunk.

More about dependencies and installation tips: http://gnome.org/projects/epiphany/downloads.html

Enjoy.

Christian

Epiphany 1.3.5

Hi,

What is it ?

Epiphany is the GNOME web browser, based on the mozilla
rendering engine. It aims to be simple and easy to use.

http://gnome.org/projects/epiphany/

Epiphany 1.3.5 is a development release in the unstable series
leading up to GNOME 2.8.

What’s changed ?

Epiphany 1.3.5

Code changes

Get rid of the startup script, and use rpath linking instead
(ported from galeon)
Adapt to changed mozilla APIs (Christian)

Bug Fixes

Fix application name i18n (Christian) [#148948]
Some mem leak fixes (Jean-François Rameau)
Fix restoring the history window on resume (Christian)
Fix dragging of urls which gnome-vfs can’t handle
(Christian)
Fix new tab positioning when opening tabs from drags
(Christian)
Make keyword search URL localisable (Christian) [#144909]
Fix crash in ellisising label (Christian) [#149114]
Sort topics by name in bookmark properties dialogue (Christian
Neumair) [#149639]
Fix some compiler warnings (Christian)
Fix compilation with gcc 2.95 (Christian)
Fix context menu on links with namespaced tag (Mikael Brockman)
[#150208]

Translation updates

Arafat Medini (ar)
Maetin AEmirov (az)
Vladimir Petkov (bg)
Miloslav T. (cs)
Martin Willemoes Hansen (da)
Adam Weinberger (en_CA)
Gareth Owen (en_GB)
Francisco Javier F. Serrador (es)
Pauli Virtanen (fi)
Christophe Merlet (RedFox) (fr)
Alastair McKinstry (ga)
Ravishankar Shrivastava (hi)
Laszlo Dvornik (hu)
Takeshi AIHANA (ja)
Changwoo Ryu (ko)
Hasbullah Bin Pit (ms)
Reinout van Schouwen (nl)
Asmund Skjoveland (nn)
GNOME PL Team (pl)
Duarte Loreto (pt)

gnopernicus 0.9.9

Hi,

I have the pleasure to announce the release of version 0.9.9 of
gnopernicus, the screen reader for the GNOME desktop.

What is it ?

gnopernicus is designed to allow blind and visually impaired user
to use the computer. gnopernicus presents the information using
three devices: speech, magnifier and braille.

What’s new in 0.9.9 ?

Miscellaneous:

Install brlmon in libexec, not in bin directory.

Translation:

Add bengali translation.
Update Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, Serbian, Simplified
Chinese, Polish, Canadian English, Danish, Spanish, Dutch.

Presentation:

Inform user when the moves to another group (when context has
been changed).

Where can I get it ?

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnopernicus/0.9/
gnopernicus-0.9.9.tar.gz

Regards,
Dragan

gnome-games 2.7.7

ATTENTION ***

A lot of the themes have been split into a separate package
called gnome-games-extra-data. The core package now contains only a
minimum amount of graphics, it is still functional, but your
favourite themes may not be there. You can get the missing themes
back by installing the gnome-games-extra-data package.
gnome-games-extra-data can be found at:

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-games-extra-data/2.7/

In the shuffling of themes, Richard Hoelscher’s “Paris” SVG card
theme has crept into the main distribution. It uses the same source
of inspiration as David Bellot’s SVG card deck, but is smaller and
less detailed, making it faster to load.

Bugfixes:

Aisleriot: Thieves, elevator and eagle_wing are now all playable
again (callum).

Five or More: Grid drawing improvements (Paolo Borelli).

Gnometris: Don’t play sounds when we don’t actually do anything
(Jon McCann).

Mines: Fix a rounding error when displaying scores on some
platforms (callum).

Get it from:

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-games/2.7/

Callum

gedit 2.7.91

gedit 2.7.91 is out:

Fixes

Bump Intltool requirement to 0.31 (Owen Taylor)
Make the print dialog resizable (Jody Golberg)
Fix a leak on Revert (Paolo Borelli)
Update to the latest egg-recent (Paolo B.)
Add new languages to the spell plugin (J.H.M. Dassen)

New and updated translations

Francisco Javier F. Serrador (es)
Duarte Loreto (pt)
Changwoo Ryu (ko)
Gurban Tewekgeli (tk)
Laurent Dhima (sq)
Kjartan Maraas (no)
Artur Flinta (pl)
Miloslav Trmac (cs)
Adam Weinberger (en_CA)
Christian Neumair (de)
Funda Wang (zh_CN)
Miloslav Trmac (cs)
Asmund Skjoveland (nn)
Maxim Dziumanenko (uk)
Changwoo Ryu (ko)
Takeshi AIHANA (ja)
Meelad Zakaria (fa)

ciao

paolo

gnome-games-extra-data 2.7.0

This is the initial release of the extra themes for gnome-games.
Most of the graphics you will find here were formerly in the
gnome-games package. There are two additional tilesets for Mahjongg
from Richard Hoelscher based on the old GNOME 1.4 graphics.

You can find it at:

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-games-extra-data/2.7/

Callum

Epiphany Extensions 1.1.3

Hi,

What is it ?

Epiphany Extensions is a collection of extensions for Epiphany,
the GNOME web browser.

Epiphany Extensions 1.1.3 is a development release for use with
the 1.3.x development series of Epiphany.

What’s new ?

Epiphany Extensions 1.1.3

Code changes

Minor cleanup of certificates extension (Christian)
Make gestures extension support unloading/reloading (Adam)

Updated translation:

Changwoo Ryu (ko)

Where can I get it ?

Source code:

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/epiphany-extensions/1.1/epiphany-extensions-1.1.3.tar.bz2
with md5 sum dc1f7b5b26efc212012fcc802da36320.

Epiphany Extensions 1.1.3 requires Epiphany 1.3.5 or above:

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/epiphany/1.3/epiphany-1.3.5.tar.bz2

Regards,

Christian

Mergeant 0.52

Mergeant is a database user and administration tool based on
GNOME-DB. It allows users to easily manage any database supported
by GNOME-DB.

This is a development release, the first one after the splitting
of Mergeant into libmergeant and the GUI frontend, resulting in a
much better architecture.
This release works pretty well with PostgreSQL, but it does not
work so well for other databases. Please report any bug to http://bugzilla.gnome.org.

Changes since release 0.51:

Lots of bug fixes (Vivien)
Basic SELECT query druid (Vivien)
New user documentation (Vivien)
Changed requirements to GTK+ 2.4.0 at least (Vivien)
Corrected the ways the arrows in the relations graphs pointed
(Vivien)
Changes to the dictionnary are saved during an idle call

Changes since release 0.50:

Lots of UI improvements (Vivien)
Share data dictionaries between workspaces (Vivien)
Added synchronization of database and data dictionary
(Vivien)
Non parsed queries can now be executed (Vivien)
Updated documentation (Vivien)
Lots of bug fixes
Updated translations:
- cs (Miroslav)
- en_CA (Adam, Alexander)
- en_GB (Gareth)
- es (Francisco)
- pt (Duarte)
- pt_BR (Evandro)
- zh_CN (Funda)

Tarballs can be found at:

http://download.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/mergeant/0.52/

Mailing list is at:

http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-db-list/

To install Mergeant, you’ll need:

libgda >= 1.1.6
libgnomedb >= 1.1.6
GTK >= 2.4.x
libgnome/ui, libbonobo/ui >= 2.0.x

You can find more information at the projects’ homepage
(http://www.gnome-db.org).

—
Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo@gnome-db.org>

Release Digest: GNOME, August 16, 2004

Gtk2-Perl 2.7.91

GStreamer 0.8.5

gnome-applets 2.7.2

Changes in GNOME-Applets 2.7.2

libgda 1.1.6 libgnomedb 1.1.6

Epiphany 1.2.8

What is it ?

What’s changed ?

Where can I get it ?

Epiphany 1.3.5

What is it ?

What’s changed ?

gnopernicus 0.9.9

What is it ?

What’s new in 0.9.9 ?

Where can I get it ?

gnome-games 2.7.7

ATTENTION ***

gedit 2.7.91

gnome-games-extra-data 2.7.0

Epiphany Extensions 1.1.3

What is it ?

What’s new ?

Where can I get it ?

Mergeant 0.52

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