Release Digest: GNOME, July 8, 2002 | Linux Today

Release Digest: GNOME, July 8, 2002

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 9, 2002

netspeed_applet 0.2

Application
===========

netspeed_applet 0.2

Description
===========

netspeed_applet is a little gnome applet that shows the traffic on a
specified networksdevice in kbytes/s.

Enhancements
============
- ported to gnome2
- new cool icons for network-card (ethX, etc.) and ppp (pppX)

Download
========

http://mfcn.ilo.de/netspeed_applet
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libgda/libgnomedb/gnome-db 0.8.192

libgda/libgnomedb/gnome-db 0.8.192 have been released.

libgda/libgnomedb are a complete framewok for developing
database-oriented
applications, and actually allow access to PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle,
Sybase,
SQLite and ODBC data sources.
gnome-db is a set of visual applications that let you access from a nice
UI all the features provided in libgda/libgnomedb.

This is another preview release of the GNOME 2 versions of these 3
projects, andlikely to be the last one before the final gASQL/gnome-db
merging, which is
now showing in your nearest CVS server.

libgda 0.8.192
--------------

 - Some work on the report engine (carlos)
 - More API documentation (gonzalo, rodrigo)
 - Added gda_connectionexecnon_query to GdaConnection API (rodrigo)
 - Added get_database virtual method on providers (rodrigo)
 - Added change_database virtual method on providers (rodrigo)
 - Added command line tool for libgda configuration (gonzalo)
 - Fixed many config API problems (gonzalo)
 - Allow storing passwords in data sources (rodrigo)
 - Added GdaTransaction class for a better use of transactions (rodrigo)
 - Added gda_clientopen_connectionfrom_string to GdaClient API
(rodrigo)
 - Re-added PARENT_TABLES schema from the GNOME 1.4 branch (rodrigo,
gonzalo)
 - First working version of the Oracle provider for the new API (tim)
 - Fixed PostgreSQL tests (gonzalo)
 - Updated SQLite provider to the latest changes (carlos)
 - Added SQL parser (andru)
 - Improved error management in GdaConnection class (gonzalo)
 - Updated translations:
        - da (olau)
        - es (pablodc)
        - ko (cwryu)
        - no (kmaraas)
        - pl (chyla)
        - pt (dnloreto)
        - sk (stano)
        - sv (menthos)
        - sl (minmax)
        - vi (pablo)

libgnomedb 0.8.192
------------------

 - Fixed parallel installation of pixmaps (tagoh)
 - Fixed parallel installation of Bonobo components (tagoh)
 - Fixed schema files for translation (rodrigo)
 - Added control center applet for database connections config (rodrigo)
 - Extended GnomeDbGrid API (rodrigo)
 - Allow edition of passwords associated with data sources (rodrigo)
 - Small compilation fixes (damon)
 - New & improved GnomeDbBrowser widget (rodrigo, gonzalo)
 - Fixed English sentences (kmaraas)
 - Fixed crash when exiting gnome-db-components (gonzalo)
 - Added gnome_db_config API based on Gconf and synchronized with the
non-GConf
   API in libgda (gonzalo)
 - Fixed displaying of errors in GnomeDbError widget (gonzalo)
 - Updated translations:
        - da (olau)
        - es (pablodc)
        - ko (cwryu)
        - no (kmaraas)
        - pl (chyla)
        - pt (dnloreto)
        - sk (stano)
        - sl (minmax)
        - sv (menthos)º

gnome-db 0.8.192
----------------

 - Removed manager component, as all configuration is all managed by the
   libgnomedb's control center applet (rodrigo)
 - Fixed problems with icons and Bonobo (gonzalo)
 - Updated translations:
        - no (kmaraas)
        - pl (chyla)
        - sl (minmax)
        - sv (menthos)

Tarballs are available at
ftp://ftp.gnome-db.org/pub/gnome-db/sources/v0.8.192/

To install this new version, you'll need:
* libgda: glib, libxml2, libxslt
* libgnomedb: libgda and dependencies, libgnome/ui, libglade,
libbonoboui
* gnome-db: libgda/libgnomedb and dependencies

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.
Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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