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February 09, 2003 DEVELOPER SERIES
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Computing: iGesture Pad
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5cca/
Electronics: SOCOM Navy Seals for PS2
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/ps2/ps2soft/5ceb/
Electronics: PowerPad Pro XBOX Controller
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/xbox/xboxhard/5bec/
Electronics: SI-5 Gen2 Speakers
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/audio/5c86/
Electronics: Panzer Dragoon ORTA for Xbox
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/xbox/xboxsoft/5ce8/
Computing: PowerPad Extended Life Notebook Batteries
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5cec/
Computing: Glow Wire PC Lights
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5b85/
Gadgets: ER1 Personal Robot System
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5ce0/
Gadgets: Securikey Authentication System
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/5cd6/
Electronics: Infoglobe Caller ID Display
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/phones/5c83/
Computing: Dual RW DVD/CD Internal Drive
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/5c94/
Computing: ADS Firewire Drive Kit
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/5cd1/
Electronics: PS2 Network Adapter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/ps2/ps2hard/5bd7/
Computing: Asylum GeForce Ti4600 AGP 4x
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/5ce3/
Computing: D-Link USB/FM Radio Adapter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5cc7/
Computing: Linksys USB 2.0/Ethernet Adapter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5c97/
Computing: Logitech Cordless Freedom Joystick
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/gaming/5cc8/
Computing: IoGear Bluetooth to USB Adapter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5ce5/
Computing: NEC-Mitsubishi 18" LCD
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/display/lcd/5cc3/
Interests: QuickKill
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Sourceforge
JFreeChart 0.9.5 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=250290
JFreeChart version 0.9.5 has been posted. This release contains the
much-requested dual axis charts, plus a host of other changes.
JFreeChart is a class library, written in Java, for generating charts.
Utilising the Java2D APIs, it currently supports bar charts, pie
charts, line charts, XY-plots and time series plots.
POPFile v0.18.0 Windows and Cross Platform Release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=250488
It has been close to 2 months since the last POPFile release and boy
have I and others been busy. POPFile v0.18.0 is a *major* change from
v0.17.9 and you'd do well to read the section entitled ESSENTIAL
READING before you install it. POPFile is an email classification tool
with a Naive Bayes classifier, a POP3 proxy and a web interface. It
runs on most platforms and with most email clients. This version is
backwards compatible with previous versions (even autofixing some
errors that the old versions created) but there are some differences.
This is also the first release in which two additional developers
(additional to me that is) really contributed a lot of code to POPFile.
They are Stanley Krute and Sam Schinke. Stan and Sam worked on many of
the changes to POPFile (which you can read all about in the CVS logs)
including massive changes to the mail parser, whole new skinning
system, HTML 4.01 compliance, tons of testing, lots of user interface
changes. Guys, *you* made a big difference to POPFile, and I want to
say a big "Thank you" in public. This version of POPFile supports
unlimited numbers of connections, multiple natural languages, has a
much improved UI, has many improvements to help catch spam, has a new
Quarantine feature that lets POPFile automatically hide all the mail in
a specific bucket (each mail is replaced with a new mail stating that
POPFile quarantined a message with an option to see the original), and
incorporates features and bug fixes submitted by users. ESSENTIAL
READING 1. BACK UP YOUR OLD INSTALLATION: POPFile makes this really
easy, just copy the entire POPFile directory somewhere. You can then
safely install POPFile v0.18.0 on top of your current installation; I
just think a back up is a sensible precaution. 2. YOUR HISTORY WILL
CLEAR: I have changed the format of the History files used in this
version which means that the old History files will not be read by
POPFile and will in fact be deleted to save disk space. If you need to
do any reclassifications prior to installing v0.18.0 do them! POPFile
does NOT clear buckets, statistics or anything else on install of this
version, just the History files. To refresh the History view click the
History tab at any time; POPFile will check disk for new messages. 3.
IF YOU HAD BROKEN MAGNETS: I have added automatic update of broken
magnets. If you had a magnet like [foo] which POPFile mistakenly
changed to \[foo\] it should get magically fixed and start working. 4.
ACCURACY MIGHT DROP FOR A SHORT WHILE: because of some changes made in
the mail parser it is possible that you might see accuracy drop
initially and you may find yourself reclassifying a few messages that
used to work. This is unfortunate but necessary to make POPFile even
more accurate than before and v0.18.0 incorporates changes that make
POPFile's classification accuracy better; however old corpuses might
need a little retraining. DOWNLOADING You can obtain the latest release
of POPFile by visiting
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=63137 UPGRADING
Just install POPFile on top of the currently installed version. But did
you read the ESSENTIAL READING above first? FAQ zonk3r has spent a
great deal of time on a POPFile FAQ. Please check it out as it covers
many questions that you might have:
http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=14421&group_id=6313
7 THE GORY DETAILS 1. Total rearchitecture of the POPFile code into a
collection of loadable modules to allow for future expansion of POPFile
with different proxy services and different UIs. The major modules are
now: - popfile.pl: controlling process that loads the modules that
implement POPFile's main functionality; - Proxy::POP3 the original POP3
proxying code from POPFile separated into its own module. In future we
should expect to be able to have other Proxy:: modules such as
Proxy::IMAP. - UI::HTML contains the current HTML user interface. I
hope that we'll add other UI modules such as UI::XMLRPC or UI::SOAP in
future. - Classifier::Bayes is the module that does the Naive Bayes
classification. (Note this module also includes a method called
classify_and_modify that performs the classification and modification
of email messages that may be of use to other module writers) POPFile
now supports two process types: the top level process round robins
between the main modules listed above providing concurrent access to
the UI and POP3 proxy. The POP3 proxy itself (see below) forks to
provide multiple simultaneous connections. (That last part was
originally requested by sschinke) 2. Introduction of a scheme for
localization of the user interface using message catalogs stored in the
languages/ subfolder. Currently shipping with languages: English,
French, German, Danish, Dutch, Brazilian, and (for fun and for testing)
H4X0R. Translators can take the English.msg file and translate the
strings within to create their own language for the user interface.
POPFile detects available languages on start up and they are available
from the Configuration page. (Originally requested by pfaelzerchen) 3.
Rework of much of the user interface to make pages shorter and clearer.
This is mostly limited to look and feel and no items have changed tab
in the UI. 4. Total rewrite of the history caching code for clarity
with a change from multiple arrays to a single hash containing all the
cached information. 5. Automatic update checking now defaults to off
and there's a large explanation of what it does in the user interface
to allay the fears of many people concerning the possibility that
programs like POPFile are spying on them. (Requested by quite a few
people) 6. When creating the user interface password the password is
now hidden when typing it. (Requested by kraelen, pfaelzerchen) 7. The
Proxy::POP3 now forks after a new connection is accepted from a valid
client and calls a special child() method that handles the connection
between a client and mail server via POPFile for the life of the client
connection. This is the beginning of a version of POPFile that supports
a very large number of clients. (Requested by many people) 8. A new
command line parameter -test_language can be set to 1 for UI
translators. The UI will show the language identifiers used for each
element rather than the strings associated with the identifier. 9.
Rework of the History page to take into account ideas and suggestions
from many people: Search now operates on From and Subject, From and
Subject have popup windows to show the full text of each, you can sort
by ID, From, Subject or Classification, you can filter by magnet
classified mail, navigation is at the top and the bottom, state is
remembered so that you can sort/filter and remove pages and reclassify
and stay in the same place, many small improvements. 10. Major work on
the MailParse.pm for dealing with improved mail parsing and the
handling of spammers tricks (like S P A C E D out words etc.). Switch
to using the Base64 and QuotedPrint modules from CPAN for improved mail
cracking. (Work done mainly by sschinke) 11. Automated test suite now
part of POPFile. (Suggested by aziegler) 12. Rework of all the HTML and
CSS so that everything can be skinned and so that the complete UI is
HTML 4.01 compliant. (Work done mainly by stanley_krute; there was a
request from nobody for this) 13. You can now filter the History page
by magnet filtered mails to look at them or delete them. (Requested by
jarmstro, tcdk, msc_buff, fitzsimons, dyoungmcwicom) 14. The UI
password no longer appears in URLs in plain text (requested by gribnif)
15. You can do multiple classifications at a time by selecting multiple
messages and changing the drop down and hitting any Reclassify button.
(Requested by dave823; implemented by sschinke) 16. You can now sort
the History page by message ID, From, Subject and Classification
(bucket). (Requested by jerometremblay, tomvoss, biobear) 17. When you
remove a page the History no longer goes back to the start but stays at
the same place in the History if it can. (Requested by ajweiner) 18.
After you reclassify a message the History page stays at the same
position (at the reclassified message). (Requested by harleythebrave,
transit) 19. The installer now picks up old settings from a current
POPFile install to fill in the options on the final dialog. (Requested
by harleythebrave) 20. Added two new options -logdir and -msgdir to
specify the location of the log directory (default to ./) and the
messages (where the history is stored; defaults to messages/).
(Requested by nobody) 21. Search in History now works on From as well
as Subject. (Requested by transit) 22. The navigation from page to page
in the History is now at the top and at the bottom of the page.
(Requested by transit, nobody, nobody, nobody) 23. There are new
[Remove] buttons on each message in the History to let you remove
messages one by one. (Requested by nobody) 24. The X-POPFile-Link:
repositions the History page at the message selected when you click the
link. (Requested by zonk3r) 25. There is a new filter for unclassified
messages. (Requested by nobody) 26. New -toptoo command line option
enables classification on the POP3 TOP command and is only recommended
for people on fast connections. (Requested by jberkes) 27. When viewing
a colorized message there is a blank line between the header and the
body of the message. (Requested by whiteg) 28. Message IDs (and History
filenames) are now globally unique per POPFile install. (Requested by
helphand) 29. You can now control the inclusion of the
X-Text-Classification and X- POPFile-Link headers. (Requested by
nobody) 30. Refreshing a page does not repeat the action any more.
(Reported by nobody) 31. Fixed a bug where magnets with certain
characters in them (e.g. [ or <) did not work and could not be deleted.
(Reported by nobody, nobody, nobody, alanmuk, boneill, bana-sea-) 32.
Fixed a bug where you could make POPFile exit with a divide by zero
error if you started it with no corpus and then tried to Lookup a
word's probability. (Reported by sunshine, gribnif) 33. Fixed a bug
where the Shutdown link on the POPFile Control Center did not work if
the UI password had been set. (Reported by actoews, nobody) 34. Fixed
an embarassing bug where any POP server that contained the word 'stat'
would not work with POPFile. (Reported by nobody, markabcxyz) 35. Fixed
a bug where To magnets did not work correctly in the presence of other
To style email headers. (Reported by dyoungmcwicom) 36. Fixed a bug
where a specific email was causing the History page to lock up when you
tried to view the colorized version. (Reported by ajweiner) 37. Fixed a
bug where having pages in POPFile automatically refresh every ten
minutes could cause POPFile to repeat an action (such as
Reclassification) every 10 minutes. (Reported by mayfoev) 38. Fixed a
bug where parts of a > attribute could appear in the From or Subject
lines on the History (Reported and fixed by sschinke) 39. Fixed a bug
where some CLS and MSG files were not getting deleted from the History
when they were no longer needed. (Reported by helphand) TRANSLATIONS
Thanks to the following for helping to make POPFile a global piece of
software: Brazilian Adriano RG Danish Nicki Brøchner Nielsen Dutch
Jilles Oldenbeuving French Antony Boucher German Matthias Deege
Norweigian Jo Inge Fjellstad Russian Alexander Saltanov Please
translate the UI and the manual into your language. DONATIONS Thank you
to everyone who as clicked the Feed Me! button and donated their hard
earned cash to me in support of POPFile. Thank you also to the people
who have contributed patches, feature requests and bug reports. Keep
the ideas and bug reports coming. John.
samba-vscan 0.3.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=250483
The new release offers some performance improvements, a basic ICAP
client to re-enable Symantec support, some fixes for F-Prot daemon and
updates for mks. samba-vscan is a proof-of-concept module for Samba,
which uses the VFS (virtual file system) features of Samba 2.2.x/3.0
alphaX to provide on-access virus scanning. Samba is an Open
Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print
services to SMB/CIFS clients
HP Inkjet Linux Driver 1.3.1 release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=250494
The Hewlett-Packard Co. Linux Inkjet Driver Project is a add-on to the
GNU Ghostscript application. This driver is based on the Hewlett
Packard Appliance APDK for deskjet printers. This HP Inkjet Linux
Driver (HPIJS) release includes support for custom paper sizes, and a
number of bug fixes. The complete list of changes in this release
include: 1. Added data compression to DJ3320. 2. Changed the default
black pen vertical alignment value for the DJ3320. 3. Added support for
custom paper size. 4. Removed 3425-COVER paper size, this is now a
custom paper size. 5. Added Printable Area documentation. 6. Fixed a
Officejet hang problem (ie: Officejet 500/600/700 and PSC 300). The
Officejet would hang after printing a job. See hpinkjet.sourceforge.net
and the hpijs_readme.html file for more information.
PKS 0.9.6 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=250516
PKS is an OpenPGP Public Key Server. It allows users to store and
lookup public keys from the server's database. It can also synchronize
with other servers. This release is intended to be a solid, stable
bugfix and feature upgrade to 0.9.5. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1 I'd like to announce that PKS 0.9.6 has been released! The
file can be downloaded from the SourceForge Download Area for the "pks"
project. (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=61738)
19427b543972c23fbc1c167d5408d3a9 *pks-0.9.6.tar.gz I just uploaded the
tarball to SourceForge, so don't be surprised if it isn't available on
SF mirrors yet. See the release notes (NEWS file) and ChangeLog for
more information on the changes since 0.9.5. BE SURE TO READ THE
UPGRADING FILE! IMPORTANT NOTES FOR INSTALLATION: * READ THE UPGRADING
FILE! The database format has changed slightly, and backwards
compatibility is NOT the default. * If you want to be able to add keys
via HTTP, make sure to uncomment this line in your pksd.conf:
www_readonly 0 * If you want to be able to download keys, make sure to
uncomment max_reply_keys. Also, you'll probably want to change this
from -1 (unlimited) to a more sane value. * BSD (FreeBSD, NetBSD,
OpenBSD): PKS should work on these platforms. However, no current ports
of PKS exist. (FreeBSD's and NetBSD's ports of pks-0.9.4 should NOT be
used for security reasons.) * Debian Linux users: The Debian package
should catch up to pks-0.9.6 very shortly. * RedHat Linux users:
Running "rpm -ta pks-0.9.6.tar.gz" should build you the required RPMs.
This release is intended to be a solid, stable bugfix and feature
upgrade to 0.9.5. Bug reports and patches are always welcome. Richard
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libxml2-pas-2.5.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249975
libxml2-pas is pascal bindings for the libxml2 library from GNOME
project, a high-performance XML parser supporting also several related
technologies, like XML-Include, X-Path, XML Schema etc. libxslt-pas is
pascal binding for the libxslt library from GNOME project. It
implements a standard XSLT processor compliant to the W3C XSLT
standards. Also, the implementation supports standard XSLT extensions -
exslt. This part is now also translated and included in the
distribution. New versions of header translations is out. This package
contains translations of: libxml2-2.5.2 libxslt-1.0.24 libexslt-0.7.15
For more info, look at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libxml2-pas
http://xmlsoft.org Besides that, do not hesitate to post your feedback
or questions to our mailing list:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
QuantLib 0.3.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249594
Version 0.3.1 of QuantLib and QuantLib-docs have been released.
QuantLib is a quantitative finance C++ library for modeling, pricing,
trading, and risk management in real-life. A tool for derivatives and
financial engineering. SWIG generated wrappers are also released in
their 0.3.1 versions: QuantLib-Guile and QuantLib-MzScheme are included
for the first time, joining the existing wrappers QuantLib-Python and
QuantLib-Ruby. Another new package is the first official QuantLib.NET
release. This is a port of the original QuantLib (C++) to the .NET
Framework. The port has been done in C#, providing full compatibilty
with the CLI. QuantLib.NET can also use existing native libraries (eg.
BLAS, MKL, ATLAS) to speed up computation and random number generation.
Debian packages of QuantLib, QuantLib-docs and some wrappers will be
available shortly. Feedback welcome ciao -- Nando
DrJava stable release (20030203)
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249913
A new stable release of DrJava is now available, providing key bug
fixes for the Interactions Pane. DrJava is an integrated Java
development environment that supports interactive evaluation of
expressions. It is primarily intended for students, but it has features
useful even for advanced users. This release includes several bug fixes
to the RMI code that allows the main portion of DrJava to communicate
with the Interactions Pane. These fixes should resolve the recent
problems users have experienced with resetting the Interactions Pane.
For more detailed information, please see the Release Notes.
Crystal Space 0.96r002 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249604
A new release of Crystal Space is now available. The 0.96r002 release
fixes a few bugs and also adds a major optimization in the OpenGL
renderer (some levels go more than twice as fast now). Crystal Space is
an Open Source 3D SDK for Unix, Windows, MacOS/X. It renders with
OpenGL or software and features curved surfaces, volumetric fog,
dynamic colored lighting, terrain engine, LOD, procedural textures,
portals, etc.
GPGrelay 0.91has been released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=249447
GPGrelay is a small email-relaying server that uses GnuPG (the GNU
Privacy Guard) to sign/encrypt (SMTP-Relay) or verifies/decrypts
(POP3-Relay) emails. This enables many email-clients to send and
receive emails that are PGP-MIME conforming. This release includes
bugfixes and minor feature enhancements.
Slashdot
Cashless Society
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/08/2130219
roomisigloomis writes "France has released "en masse" a new card to
replace money. No private information is stored on the card and anybody
can use it. Just like cash: you lose it and someone else uses it. Do
you think we could be [0]nearing the end of life of paper money?"
Links
0. http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/02/08/cash.smart.ap/index.html
Simpson's Cast On Bravo This Sunday
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/09/0213249
[0]droopus writes "So, what does Dan Castelleneta look like? (He's a
kinda weasly looking bald guy.) See Dan, Hank, Harry, Yeardley, Julie,
Nancy and the rest of the Simpsons cast this Sunday at 8PM (EST) on
Inside the Actors Studio on Bravo. According to the [1] website: "In
anticipation of the landmark 300th episode of The Simpsons, James
Lipton sat down with the series' accomplished ensemble to meet the
actors behind the voices in order to discover how they have managed to
create such a wealth of believable and beloved characters." I saw a
quick preview, and seeing that thin, weasly bald guy go "Aggggggh,
donut" was alsolutely hilarious. Watching [2]Nancy Cartwright morph
effortlessly from Bart, to Nelson, to Ralph is waaaaay cool. My TiVo is
set for this one. One hitch: it's on at the same time as the usual new
Sunday Simpsons episode, so Bravo has thoughtfully repeated the show at
midnight so fans can record both."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.bravotv.com/actorsstudio/archives/simpsons.php
2. http://www.thenancyshow.com/performer.html
Pyromaniac Cosplay
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/08/1743236
[0]mani writes "This is truly taking [1]cosplay to the next level. Not
only are they dressing and acting out characters from [2]SNK/Playmore's
[3]King of Fighters series, but [4]using actual fire to truly simulate
the 2d fighting experience. Pictures and video included. Warning: site
is most definately not in english."
Links
0. http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~mghase
1. http://www.cosplay.com/
2. http://www.playmore.co.jp/
3. http://www.snkneogeo.co.jp/official/kof2002/english/e_kof2002_top.html
4. http://www.tanteifile.com/baka/2003/01/28_01_yamaki3_03/index.html
UK Parliament Domain Without Registrar
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/08/203208
asobala writes "According to [0]this story at The Register, the UK
parliament is using the domain [1]www.parliament.uk. It's a top-level
domain because it was registered before August 1996, before Nominet
handled .uk domains. But since there is no registrar, they can't prove
that they own it."
Links
0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29241.html
1. http://www.parliament.uk/
California Considering More Internet Taxes
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/08/2127250
dcg writes "[0]San Francisco Chronicle is [1]reporting on how web taxes
could help the states, especially California, with its budget woes. One
particularly disconcerting comment is from California's Controller
Steve Westly. 'In addition to sales taxes, Westly said he is
considering a tax on Internet access like those that appear on
telephone bills. He also is looking at a tax on software downloads.'
Would this affect only purchased software, or could sourceforge.net
become a source of revenue for the state..."
Links
0. http://sfgate.com/
1. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/02/08/MN185385.DTL
Circuit Court Okays Vote Swapping Site
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/08/1931255
[0]scubacuda writes "[1]C|net reports that the [2]9th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals court has ruled in favor of [3]Alan Porter's website,
Voteexchange2000.com, a site enabling Gore and Nader voters to swap
their Gore votes in states where Bush was likely to win anyway for the
Green party candidate Nader. In response to the court's decision, Mark
Rosenbaum, legal director of the [4]ACLU's Southern California office,
said, "We're pleased that the court's ruling permits us to challenge
the legality of the secretary of state's partisan attempt to silence
political speech on the Internet during the 2000 election." (For a look
at some of the legal issues behind "vote swapping," [5]visit Gigalaw)"
Links
0. http://.moc.emani. .ta. .aducabucs.
1. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-983718.html
2. http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/
3. http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/5533.html
4. http://www.aclu.org/
5. http://www.gigalaw.com/articles/2001-all/morris-2001-01-all.html
Hardware and Software Art
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/08/2011233
Lupulack writes "Worried about where your discarded obsolete technology
ends up ? If it's lucky it might be at [0]electronic-ouroborus.com/,
where broken - down electronics are transformed into eye pleasing
sculpture. Recycling can be art." And [1]yaxu writes "The [2]runme
software art repository is now open. Share your favourite piece of
software art; whether it be an algorithm, an irc bot, a software app
misappropriation, a virus or sendmail exploit..."
Links
0. http://www.electronic-ouroborus.com/
1. http://slab.org
2. http://runme.org/
Open Watcom 1.0 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/08/196239
[0]JoshRendlesham writes "The [1]Open Watcom C/C++ and FORTRAN 1.0
compilers have been officially released. The [2]source, and binaries
for [3]Win32 and [4]OS/2 systems, are available. This release also
means that outside developers can join and contribute to the project."
Or if you prefer, gcc is up to [5]3.2.2.
Links
0. http://www.rendlesham.tk
1. http://www.openwatcom.org/
2. http://www.openwatcom.org/download/down_source.html
3. http://www.openwatcom.org/download/down_win_installer.html
4. http://www.openwatcom.org/download/down_os2_installer.html
5. http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-3.2/changes.html
Humans Hold Off the Machines... For Now
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/08/1731219
Murr writes "The six game [0]match between Gary Kasparov and the Deep
Junior program ended in a draw today. Kasparov won game 1 and lost game
3 to a blunder, while the other 4 games were drawn. While the quality
of play was not outstanding, after the recent matches of Kramnik and
Kasparov against commercial programs running on (high end) commodity
hardware, it's becoming apparent that chess programs are getting quite
competitive with top human players."
Links
0. http://www.kasparovchess.ru/
PATRIOT II Legislation Leaked
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/07/2217253
[0]Buck Mulligan writes "The Center for Public Integrity [1]reports
that it has obtained a copy of PATRIOT II -- a huge law enforcement
power grab that is intended to build on the USA PATRIOT Act. It's
called the 'Domestic Security Enhancement Act.' CPI says it would
increase domestic intelligence gathering and surveillance while
reducing judicial review and public access to information. For more on
the first PATRIOT Act, see the EPIC [2]page."
Links
0. http://choof.org
1. http://publicintegrity.org/dtaweb/home.asp
2. http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/usapatriot/
Freshmeat
Improving The Software Distribution and Deployment Process
http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/720
A more defined process is needed for development, distribution, and
deployment of software. Specifically, we need to revise the current
process which makes the end product of software development an archive
file (gzipped tarball, Debian package, zip file, etc.) which is
distributed on a CDROM or downloaded through the Internet via FTP or
the Web and finally installed and configured. Software development,
distribution, and deployment is a group activity carried out through
collaboration over the Internet; it should include application
developers, component developers, software users, and software testers,
auditors, and reviewers, among others.
AharTachatte 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112293/
Tachatte's Fluxbox theme is a theme inspired by tachatte.org.
Ally Baggett Brown 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112278/
Ally Baggett Brown is a theme based on a light Ally Baggett background.
ALSA Patch Bay 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112286/
ALSA Patch Bay is a small GUI patchbay for connecting ALSA MIDI ports
or JACK audio ports.
asmail 1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112316/
Asmail is a "mail-checker" like xbiff, but with the Afterstep
look & feel. It indicates the status of your mailbox. It can be put
in the Wharf, execute program on incoming mail, execute program on
mouseclick, show animations and more...
Binc IMAP 1.0.21-1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112308/
Binc IMAP is a simple xinetd/tcpserver based IMAP server with support
for Maildir. It is very easy to install and use.
blinkperl 2003-02-08
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112320/
blinkperl is a telnet server (written in Perl) which plays a random
(ASCII-Art) Blinkenlights-Movie if a telnet client connects. In a
properly configured system, you do not need a 'usual' telnet server
(because of the plaintext password transmission, ssh is better and uses
another port), so why not play ASCII-Art Movies on the telnet port?
Bochs-Tools 1.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112280/
Bochs-Tools is a collection of scripts and programs to be used together
with the Bochs emulator. The main goal is to provide a more Unix-like
interface to the emulator and to enable access to Bochs disk images
from outside of Bochs. This project makes it very simple to copy an
existing OS installation to a Bochs image (as long as Linux has write
access to the relevant file system).
BottomFeeder 2.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112335/
BottomFeeder is an application that reads and displays RSS formatted
feeds. RSS is a syndication format, used by a growing proportion of
sites (including Slashdot).
BPhpWebmail Frontend 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112294/
BPhpWebmail Frontend is an easy-to-use and easy-to-install Web mail
frontend. It features support for multiple POP and IMAP servers, Inbox,
Outbox, Sent, and Saved folders, and an address book.
btcid 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112325/
btcid connects to a Bluetooth telephone and displays its status on the
screen using xosd. It can also execute external programs on incoming
calls.
Calamaris 2.57 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112340/
Calamaris parses the logfiles of a wide variety of Web proxy servers
and generates reports about peak-usage, request-methods, status-report
of incoming and outgoing requests, second and top-level destinations,
content-types, and performance.
CalcChecksum 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112289/
CalcChecksum is a simple utility for calculating various checksums
easily with a graphical user interface.
CdGet 0.2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112341/
CdGet is a smart downloading system used to retrieve the MP3 files of a
CD. It uses freedb and Direct Connect, but is not a traditional Direct
Connect client. Instead, it tries to do the work for you, searching for
sources, matching the wanted album, automatically finding the best
sources, and probing for new ones if the transfer is too slow or is
interrupted. Finally, it saves the file to the right place, which is
configurable, based on the artist, album, title of the song, and track
number.
Class.Jabber.PHP 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112292/
Class.Jabber.PHP is a class which you can use to connect to the Jabber
network. It allows you to easily connect to a server and interact with
it. It supports all packet types (message, iq, and presence), is very
flexible, and offers both high-level methods (registration, message
sending, etc.) and low-level methods (packet sending, etc.).
Dwnl 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112329/
Dwnl is a download manager for the console to manage multiple
downloads.
EzSDK 4.51
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112315/
EzSDK is a PHP SDK which includes a PHP source code generator, a
library of PHP classes, and an application environment consisting of
premade supporting modules. The modules handle user application and
data access security, DB compatibility (with MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle,
etc.), a built-in GUI interface with an interactive desktop, and more.
FLAT Assembler 1.45 Final
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112302/
The flat assembler is a fast and efficient self-assembling 80x86
assembler for DOS, Windows and Linux. It supports all
8086-80486/Pentium instructions with MMX, SSE, SSE2 and 3DNow!
extensions. It can produce output in binary, MZ, PE or COFF format. It
has advanced but easy-to-use macroinstruction support, and it does
multiple quick passes to optimize the code for size.
GrubConf 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112306/
GrubConf is a graphical GRUB configuration editor. It provides an easy
to use interface allowing effortless modification of OSes and the
flexibility to configure the most obscure options. It is designed to
require minimal user interaction while providing tools for the most
adventurous user.
iConquer 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112277/
iConquer is an addictive game of world conquest, played by 1 to 6
players. The object of the game is to conquer the world by occupying
all 42 countries on the map. It features artificial intelligence
algorithms to set the player up against formidable computer opponents
with six AI "personalities" to choose from. It also supports
network play, a powerful help system with detailed information on each
stage of the game along with tips and strategies, customizable strategy
play, and gorgeous graphics.
IDMS Firewall 0.7.0a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112314/
IDMS is a very powerfull firewall configuration script with support for
basically any type of system. It features an easy to use configuration,
traffic shaping/logging, spoof protection, and dynamic table reloading.
jGal D1 [2003-02-07]
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112297/
jGal is a Perl script that generates static XHTML image galleries,
along with thumbnails and slides, from image files. It's derived from
iGal.
KPortage 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112310/
KPortage a graphical frontend for the Gentoo Linux portage system.
libmswrite 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112323/
libmswrite is a portable library for reading and writing Microsoft
Write documents.
LibTPT 1.13-beta (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112322/
TPT is a template scripting language implemented in C++. The LibTPT
parser transforms TPT templates into text. The parser, which integrates
with your C++ code through a simple class API, is small and fast,
focusing on functionality instead of rich feature sets. Uses include
on-the-fly HTML and source code generation.
linuxTheTools 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112313/
TheTools is a handy collection of bash commandline tools for
administrators and power users. The scripts facilitate day-to-day
management and system navigation. It is a companion package to
slakbootIBS.
lithobiusforficatus 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112244/
lithobiusforficatus is a port forwarding tool that allows you to relay
connections through another machine. It does not need root privileges
as long as ports above 1024 are used. It has a menu for easy use on a
shell account.
maitretarot 0.1.98 (Server)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112304/
MaitreTarot is a French Tarot card game. It is a game like Freecell or
poker, and has nothing to do with astrology. It has a server and
various client software.
maitretarot 0.1.98 (libmaitretarot)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112303/
MaitreTarot is a French Tarot card game. It is a game like Freecell or
poker, and has nothing to do with astrology. It has a server and
various client software.
melancolic 0.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112330/
melancolic aims to be a simplistic, yet efficient and robust Ogg Vorbis
audio streamer. It reads raw audio data on stdin and encodes it to one
or more Ogg Vorbis streams at different bitrates, which it offers to
clients through HSLP on a chosen TCP-port. HSLP (HTTP and Shoutcast
Like Protocol) is a completely informal, unspecified protocol (defined
as "the protocol which melancolic does") which tries to be as
compatible as possible with existing HTTP/Shoutcast/Icecast-enabled
audio players as well as HTTP/WWW-clients.
Mod10 and Type Validator 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112097/
This Javascript 1.2-based program allows you to validate 15 different
credit card types including logos, prefixes, and a description of the
card type. The program will do a mod10 check on the credit card number
entered and determine the credit card type of that number based upon
the number prefix.
M&ouml;rkGryning 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112263/
MörkGryning is a theme based on the cover of black metal band
Mörk Gryning's album "Maelstrom Chaos". The main colors
are red, black, and orange. The font used is aqui from the fluxbox
artwiz font package.
ncpfs 2.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112319/
ncpfs allows you to mount volumes of NetWare servers under Linux and to
print to NetWare print queues and spool NetWare print queues to the
Linux printing system.
ogmencoder 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112334/
ogmencoder is a Perl script that uses MPlayer/Mencoder and Transcode to
create an OGM (audio Vorbis) backup of your DVD, ready to be burned to
a CD-R. OGG (but the usual extension for the video files is OGM) is the
file format for multimedia developed by the Xiph.org Foundation. It is
very similar to the common Microsoft AVI. The main difference between
OGM and AVI is that the new format can store audio with the Ogg Vorbis
codec. With this codec, you can decrease the bitrate of your movies (I
use 64 kbps), saving space to increase the video bitrate. Ogmencoder is
completely automatic. Basically, the only thing you have to do is to
insert the DVD in the reader and launch the program.
Once Upon A Time 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112275/
Once Upon A Time is a light theme featuring an image composed by Minti.
OpenGUI 3.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112336/
OpenGUI (formerly FastGL) is a high-level C/C++ graphics &
windowing library built upon a fast, low-level x86 ASM graphics kernel.
It provides 2D drawing primitives and an event- driven windowing API
for easy application development, and it supports the BMP image file
format. You can write apps in the old Borland BGI style or in a
windowed style like QT. OpenGUI supports the keyboard and mouse as
event sources, the Linux framebuffer, SVGAlib, and XFree86-DGA2 (HW
accelerated) as drawing backends, Mesa3D under Linux, and 8, 15, 16,
and 32- bpp color modes.
orbitcpp 1.3.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112305/
orbitcpp is a C++ mapping for ORBit2.
Penggy 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112281/
Penggy is a project that aims to provide connection trough AOL. Its
goals are to support IP tunneling and other proprietary parts of the
AOL protocol like mail, newsgroups, billing info, etc. It includes
implementations of the P3 (i.e. old) and FLAP (i.e. new) protocols, and
permits connection with different media (e.g. PSTN, ISDN, Cable, DSL,
TCP/IP).
Poslib DNS library 0.9.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112324/
Poslib is a library which provides easy access to the Domain Name
System. The client part can be used to create DNS client applications,
while the server part lets you easily create a multi-threaded DNS
server program, portable to many operating systems including Linux,
FreeBSD, and Windows.
PRepS 1.9.3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112337/
PRepS is a problem reporting and tracking system similar to Gnats, only
simpler to use. Currently, PRepS is best used with smaller projects or
projects where all developers have access to the same network. For more
"remote" projects, Gnats may be a better choice.
PyKota Print Quota System 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112321/
PyKota is a centralized and extensible print quota system for the
Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS). It features per-printer user and
group quotas, automated email warning to users and quota administrator,
commandline tools which mimic the disk quota utilities, and much more.
QDBM 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112309/
QDBM (Quick DataBase Manager) is a library of routines for managing
databases. The database is a simple data file containing records, each
a pair of a key and a value. Every key and value is serial bytes with
variable length. Both binary data and character string can be used as a
key and a value. There is neither concept of data tables nor data
types. A key must be unique within a database, so it is impossible to
store two or more records with a key overlaps. The following access
methods are provided to the database: storing a record with a key and a
value, deleting a record by a key, retrieving a record by a key.
Moreover, traversal access to every key are provided, but the order is
arbitrary. These access methods are similar to ones of DBM (or its
compatibles, NDBM and GDBM) library defined in the UNIX standard. QDBM
is an alternative for DBM because of its higher performance.
quicktables 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112276/
quicktables is an iptables firewall/NAT (gateway) script generator. It
was created to quickly provide a secure set of iptables rules. It will
ask you to answer a small handful of questions, and generates your very
own personalized firewall script. It supports NAT and no NAT (firewall
only) options, default policy of DROP on INPUT and FORWARD chains (all
packets dropped), TCP and UDP ACCEPTs on INPUT chain (open ports to the
firewall machine), TCP and UPD port forwarding with NAT (forward ports
to a single internal host--NAT only), multiple ICMP (ping) options, and
multiple logging options (syslog - kern.info).
Remote Internet Connect 2.0.91
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112288/
Remote Internet Connect simplifies connecting a Linux box to the
Internet from another machine running any operating system. A simple
GUI allows the user to quickly connect, disconnect, or see who is
online.
repgrep 0.942
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112041/
repgrep replaces and greps unstructured text data with a string pattern
or patterns. Its emphasis is on the speed of processing for huge
amounts of search patterns. It implements the fast Manber-Wu exact
multiple string search algorithm. Patterns are defined in a simple list
file separated by newlines. One pattern row can consist of several
fields of patterns, used in the output in numerous ways. repgrep can
"quess" the format of the pattern data file and index its
contents, to be used for output with many formatting options given by
the user.
Scribus 0.9.7 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112296/
Scribus is a DTP program for Linux. Its goal is to provide an
easy-to-use tool for simple Desktop Publishing. It tries be as
professional as possible.
ShiFT 0.0.1 alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112298/
ShiFT is a file transfer application which enables users to transfer
files to/from remote computers by FTP, Samba, and SFTP.
TinyCOBOL 0.60
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112282/
TinyCOBOL is an effort to bring a free COBOL compiler to Linux. It
generates GNU assembler for the i386 Linux platform. A executable
binary is then created using the GNU assembler and linker. The project
is approaching the first beta release with many statements already
implemented.
Trackballs 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112285/
Trackballs is a simple game similar to the classic game Marble Madness.
By steering a marble through a track filled with vicious hammers, pools
of acid, and other obstacles the player collects points. When the ball
reaches the destination, the player continue to the next, more
difficult track - unless, of course, time runs out first.
upIRC 3.80
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112327/
upIRC (formerly apIRC) is a fully RFC-compliant client for Internet
Relay Chat (IRC) servers. It includes a full range of features,
including DCC chat support, command shortcuts with variables,
auto-completion of commands, and a one-tap shortcut for entering
nicknames in channels.
wapding 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112299/
wapding is a simple and fast WAP interface to the DING dictionaries of
Frank Richter.
Xerver 3.31
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112291/
Xerver is a fast, tiny Web server which allows you to run CGI scripts
(Perl, PHP, etc.), create aliases (virtual directories), allow/deny
directory listings, create your own error pages ("404 Not
Found"), allow/deny CGI scripts, password protect folders, choose
your own index file extensions, share/unshare hidden files or files
with certain file extensions, share unlimited folders, etc. It supports
HTTP/0.9, HTTP/1.0, HTTP/1.1, and all HTTP methods (GET, POST and
HEAD).
XML Indent 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112300/
XML Indent is an XML stream reformatter written in ANSI C. It is
analogous to GNU indent.
xpad 1.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112328/
xpad is a paperless substitute for leaving sticky notes, index cards,
or "post-it" notes all over your desk. It opens small text
boxes on the X display so that notes can be written and then left to be
read later.
yappa-ng 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112333/
yappa-ng is an easy to use online PHP photo gallery. It has a
comfortable and elaborate album-oriented photo album administration Web
interface. Each picture can be viewed in many different sizes with
resizing created automatically on the fly. It has complete user
selectable language support, and supports password protected albums,
hit counters for albums and images, album info, image captions, gallery
overview, different themes, and a 'Top 10 images' ranking system for
each photo album.
ypserv 2.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112284/
The Network Information Service (NIS) provides a simple network lookup
service consisting of databases and processes. It was formerly known as
Sun Yellow Pages (YP). The functionality of the two remains the same,
only the name has changed. Its purpose is to provide information, that
has to be known throughout the network, to all machines on the network.
zExtranet Portal System 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/111801/
The zExtranet Portal System is a Zope-based portal and dynamic Web site
system that features static HTML, dynamic articles, polls, shopping
carts, a meeting planner, appointments, calendars, contact management,
file sharing, a time-off/sick planner, an RSS newsfeed manager, forums,
shift management, asset management, expense management, reminders,
timed events, and collective lunch ordering. It also features an
authentication system.
Zoe Intertwingle 0.3.9 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/112317/
Zoe is a Web based email client with a built in SMTP and POP3 server
and Google-like search functionality that lives on your desktop. It is
written in Java and uses Lucene technology to provided instant
searching and threading of your email messages.
Slashcode
Email Plugin?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/07/0313227
I'm in charge of a slashsite for the drama department at my school, and
I've had some requests from users and authors of email forwards from
their [EMAIL PROTECTED] to their actual email addresses. I was
wondering if anyone knew of a plugin or a simple-ish method of writing
a plugin that would be able to do that. Thanks!
How to point new_motd.pl to a new file?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/0319225
I'm trying to make new_motd.pl to use my own quotes that are relevant
to my site. Here's what I've done so far : Created text file with
quotes (myfile). Ran strfile -r myfile. Changed new_motd.pl to:
chomp(my $t = `/usr/games/fortune 100% myfile`); Well, it's not working
- anyone know what's up?
Ideas for an Online FAQ
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/07/0310243
So I am thinking about creating a section on Slashcode.com just for a
FAQ. We can use subsections to seperate out the FAQ (AKA Install,
MySQL, Slashd...) and if someone would be willing to come up with new
topics (for that matter new topics and icons are normally welcome) we
could use those. The thing is, would it be useful? Would a number of
you be willing to write up pieces of the FAQ? All you would need to do
is submit them as stories.
Bad install of libapreq-1.1
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/05/1737226
Problems with comments not getting updated and slashd hanging there
after. I noticed that my slash site was running just fine til someone
posted a comment. When they posted a comment and freshenup.pl ran it
updated the articles and ran /htdocs/index.pl. I'd then see index.pl
hung in my ps -ax. Once I killed the process everything ran fine (but
wouldn't update the index.shtml page til the next freshenup.pl call!)
So, I remembered some vague cpan install problem that required a manual
install from my .cpan/build directory. I searched for a way to remove
perl modules and found a script (thank you Alan Burlison you're a GOD)
that let me remove the libapreq-1.1 stuff. Once removed, I installed
the 1.0 version and things are running like a champ! You'll remember
that libapreq has Apache::Cookie in it. Hope this helps folks out.
Libapreq-1.1 just came out on January 31, 2003! (Which is why my
previous test installs were by the book and this one done this weekend
BOMBED!)And yes... I bought the book!P.S. If you're like me, and didn't
install slash in /usr/local like a good boy you'll need to change your
slashdir & sbindir variables accordingly. Apparently when you edit
your slash make file and change slash_prefix(?) it doesn't propogate to
these two fields. (I know, I'm such a pagan!)
Slash on OS X
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/1723252
I'm thinking of using Slash to host a site from my machine running OS
X. Has anyone had any luck following the INSTALL under Darwin and
actually getting Slash up and running? Or is there a good HOWTO I can't
find? Or best of all, can someone put together a .pkg to accompany the
.rpm?
How do I add additional fields in users.pl
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/0657222
I want to add a zip code field to the signup form for new users. Now,
obviously the generation of the form as well as the processing (and
saving the data in the DB) all happens through users.pl. My Perl skills
are VERY rusty and the last time I touched it (Perl 4) there were not
subs, so when I looked at the code it confused the hell out of me. Is
there an example out there of where someone added additonal fields?
Obviously, the zip code field needs to be there when users sign up,
needs to be processed and the field stored in the db (I know how to
create the column ;-) and if someone makes changes in his preferences,
it needs to show up there as well. I know this is a lot to ask, but can
somebody point me in the right direction? There is a line of code that
calls: if ($uid = $slashdb->createUser($matchname,
$form->{email}, $form->{newusernick})) { I assume that's where I
would add the new field. But what is $form-> and what do I need to
do to enable something like $form->{zipcode} ? Sorry for my
ignorance - I'm more of a Java guy... --Michael
Missing index.shtml (?)
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/0655221
Ok... I've managed to get just about everything on the site working,
but now I've found a really bizarre error. It looks as if index.shtml
can't be found. Now, I don't know what's going on here, but after my
last install I decided I'd grab all of the latest plugins and install
them to see what they all did. Fine, right, except that I needed to
upgrade my slash too. Simple solution - get the latest via CVS, and
reinstall everything. However, the new install doesn't seem to have any
.shtml files anywhere except for the FAQ and a couple of others, and my
error log is telling me index.shtml can't be found. If I change the URL
from http://gytha.anu.edu.au to http://gytha.anu.edu.au/index.pl I get
past the 404. Also, once you've logged in, the 404 disappears. It seems
as if an anonymous user gets a 404, but once you've created an account
you're fine. My error log doesn't tell me anything except that I'm
missing index.shtml. Can someone help me out?
No year in date for articles
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/03/2021253
Articles submitted and approved for the site have the date, but are
missing the year. For example a date looks like this: Wednesday January
29, @08:31PM The code in the appropriate template looks like this: [%
story.storytime %] I'm not sure at what point the "story" data
structure is generated. Probably that's where the problem is. Please
help.
PHP-Nuke to Slash conversion script released
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/2320209
Openflows Networks has just released nuke2slash 1.0 to the open source
community under the terms of the GPL. This package converts a PHP Nuke
4.2 site to Slashcode 2.2.6, preserving all articles, polls, comments,
and user accounts. This script hasn't been tested on later versions of
PHP Nuke, but could probably be modified to work on those without too
much difficulty. This software was written for ICANN Watch, with the
assistance of a generous grant from the Markle Foundation.
Slash daemon hangs after 12 hours
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/0654252
My slash daemon hangs either after 12 hours or after posting a story.
My slashd.log does not show any trouble (posted below) - btw, here's a
link to someone who had the same problem:
http://www.slugcity.com/pipermail/tech-slugs/2002- July/000183.html He
never figured it out, couldn't get help and finally gave up - I don't
have that luxury. Your help would be greatly appreciated... here's end
of the log: Mon Feb 3 15:46:06 2003 rand_cartoon.pl begin Mon Feb 3
15:46:06 2003 rand_cartoon.pl end (0.02s; set_recent_topics.pl 6s late)
Mon Feb 3 15:46:08 2003 set_recent_topics.pl begin Mon Feb 3 15:46:08
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