newsletter 6-13-04

contrasutra · 2004-06-15 20:20:37

THERE'S A VERY GOOD REASON WHY IT'S LATE....

Arch Linux Weekly Newsletter

*Jason Chu and Ben Mazer*

Opening

Welcome to the Arch Linux Newsletter. This attempts to give you an ``at
a glance'' look at the world of Arch Linux.

News

This Week in Dev Land

1. Dale has received a script to let firebird and thunderbird play
nice. He's looking at adding them now.
2. Arjan is busy right now. Everyone else is trying to pick up his
slack.
3. Functional specifications are nearly complete for the new AUR system.

ArchStats Updates

/To participate, visit:/ http://archstats.coding-zone.com/

Number of registered systems: 450
Date first system was registered: 20031017
Most recent update occurred: 20040615
Longest recorded uptime: 175 days, 22 hours, 51 minutes, 55 seconds.
Average uptime: 5 days, 1 hours, 51 minutes, 45 seconds.
Least packages installed on a system: 44
Average installed packages: 263
Most packages installed on a system: 733

Discussions

Forum Highlights

1. Benedict_White has been working on porting Webmin to Arch. Check
on his progress in this thread:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=5042.

2. DP has solved the GL.la problem that has plagued many users. He
has provided a simple file to install on your system to replace
the missing library. Read the thread here:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=5124.

Mailing List Highlights

1. The debate was raised again about packaging quality. Jlowell
criticized the developers, stating that there have been too many
broken packages. More of the same points were raised, including
having the developers focus more on developing the base, and less
on the packaging. Read the whole thread here:
http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch … 01625.html.

2. I semi-seriously asked about the possibility of bittorrent
integration with pacman. It would save the developers bandwidth
and give the users a way to contribute. There would be many
technical issues with a bittorrent system. Read the thread here:
http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch … 01670.html.

3. tsykoduk asked about adding changelogs to the packages or
PKGBUILDs. It was decided that the CVS changelogs were sufficient.
Read the thread here:
http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch … 01647.html.

Packages

Package Highlights

1. KDE 3.2.3 was packaged this week. This should fix most of the
problems people have been having with KDE. Read the announcement
here: http://kde.org/announcements/announce-3.2.3.php.

New Packages

speex 1.1.5-1
enigma 1.04-1
fontconfig 2.2.1-2
glibc 2.3.3-1t2
squirrelmail 1.5.1cvs-1
spamassassin 2.63-6
kdetv 0.8.1-1
amarok 1.0beta4-1
m4 1.4.1-1
gimp-gap 2.0.2-1
gimp-help-2 0.3-1
gimp-freetype 0.6-1
bogofilter 0.91.1-1
phpmyadmin 2.5.7-1
ghex 2.6.1-1
openbox 3.2-3
apollon 0.9.4-3
quanta 3.2.3-1
kdevelop 3.0.4-1
sylpheed-claws 0.9.11-1
mozilla-thunderbird 0.6-2
vim 6.3-2
ttf-ms-fonts 1.3-5
subversion 1.0.5-1
iputils 021109-2
iputils 021109-3t1
lcms 1.13-1
xsane 0.94-3
cvs 1.11.17-1
mlterm 2.8.0-5
jed 0.99.16-1
kdeaccessibility 3.2.3-1
kdesdk 3.2.3-1
kdetoys 3.2.3-1
kdeutils 3.2.3-1
kdemultimedia 3.2.3-1
kdenetwork 3.2.3-1
kdepim 3.2.3-1
kdegames 3.2.3-1
kdegraphics 3.2.3-1
kdelibs 3.2.3-1
kdebase 3.2.3-1
kdebindings 3.2.3-1
kdeedu 3.2.3-1
kdeaddons 3.2.3-1
kdeadmin 3.2.3-1
kdeartwork 3.2.3-1
arts 1.2.3-1
xawtv 3.93-1
expect 5.41.0-1
gvim 6.3-1
xmms-cdparanoia 0.1-1
gv 3.5.8-4
irssi 0.8.9-4
imagemagick 6.0.2-1
taglib 1.1-1

STAGING Listing

/To get access to this, and other repos, visit http://tur.archlinux.org/

giftui 0.4.1-s1
briquolo 0.4.2-1
tutris 1.0.1-s1
straw 0.23-1
qtparted 0.4.4-s1
workrave 1.4.1-s1
opera 7.51-s1
sim 0.9.3-s1
gxine 0.3.3-s1
taged 3.0-s1
gmencoder 0.1.0-s1
aspell-fr 0.50.1-1
cmf 1.4.2-s1
gnotime 2.1.7-s1
smb4k 0.4.0-s1
gp 0.26-1
gtk-smooth-engine 0.5.6-s1
windowlab 1.23-s1
crypto++ 5.1-s1
gtkglextmm 1.0.1-s1
libgnomecups 0.1.8-s1
muine 0.6.2-s1
ion-devel 20030814-1
gocr 0.39-s1
kbarcode 1.6.1-s1
ksambaplugin 0.5b2-1
oooqs 2.0.3-s1
libchipcard 0.9.1-1
plone 2.0-s1
kmyfirewall 0.9.6.2-s1
ether-wake 1.09-1
gxmame 0.34b-1
libofx 0.6.4-1
fortune-mod-dune-quotes 2.0.1-s1
gtweakui 0.0.6-s1
lwm 1.2.0-1
nvidia 1.0.5336-s1
materm 0.1-1
lablgtk 1.2.6-s1
monopd 0.9.0-s1
mp3burn 0.3.1-1
ntfsprogs 1.9.2-s1
ocaml 3.07pl2-s1
parse-yapp 1.05-1
kshutdown 0.1.7-s1
pixieplus 0.5.4-1
ooqstart 0.8.3-s1
logjam 4.4.0-s3
replace 2.22-s1
prizm 0.2-s1
bittornado 0.3.2-s1
pygtkglext 1.0.1-s1
xmms-vqf 0.94-s1
scribus-docs 1.0.1-s1
seahorse 0.7.3-2
shaaft 0.5.0-1
supertux 0.1.1-s1
synaptics 0.13.2-s1
hwd 2.2-s1
spe 0.4.2c-s1
gifsicle 1.40-1
texmacs 1.0.3.3-s1
tse3 0.2.7-1
unison 2.9.1-s1
universalkopete 0.1-1
streamtuner-xiph 0.1.0-s1
streamtuner-python 0.1.2-s1
xml-dom 1.43-1
xml-regexp 0.03-1
xml-xql 0.68-1
xtermset 0.5.1-s1
xv 3.10a-1
xymms 0.9.1-s1
sip 3.10.1-s1
qscintilla 1.2-s1
tnftp 20030825-1
imms 1.1-s1
adns-python 1.0.0-1
digikam 0.6.1-s1
htmldoc 1.8.23-1
si3d 1.2-1
xfree86-freefonts-fonts 0.10-1
pil 1.1.4-s1
esmtp 0.5.0-1
gkrellm_amiconnected 0.6-1
gkrellmseti 0.7.0b-1
meld 0.9.1-1
msmtp 0.7.1-1
nautilus_thumbnailers 0.0.3-1
njam 1.00-1
gtk-sharp 0.93-s1
dosemu 1.2.1-s1
digikamplugins 0.6.1-s2
pyxml 0.8.3-s1
skencil 0.6.16-s1
bfilter 0.9.3-1
wtf 0.0.4-s1
amule 1.2.6-s2
jack-audio-connection-kit 0.91.1-2
gnome-cups-manager 0.18-s1
fbpager 0.1.4-s1
mpd 0.10.3-s1
pychecker 0.8.14-s1
py-libmpdclient 0.10.0-s1
cups-pdf 1.4.2a-s1
3ddesktop 0.2.5-s1
scribus-devel 1.1.7-s1
sip 4.0rc3-s1
pyqt 3.11-s1
qalculate 0.5.1-s1
soundtracker 0.6.7-s1
tla 1.2-s1
pycrypto 1.9a6-s1
emelfm2 0.0.7-s2
sylpheed-gtk2 0.9.9-s2
lyx-qt 1.3.4-s1
kradio 0.3.0-2
eric 3.4.1-s1

Problems

FAQ

Q: I'm trying to compile something (in C++), but I'm getting random errors.
A: Arch is using GCC 3.4.0. GCC 3.4 is much stricter when it comes to
C++ code. It will break on many more errors than GCC 3.3. You should
email the developers of the broken application, or check their
CVS/mailing list to see if they have provided patches.

Bugs

Bugs Closed This Week

997 font-config wrong fonts.conf please correct that
991 fontconfig-2.2.90-2 takes out several of my fonts
998 loaddisk is required if installing not from cdrom0
992 Upgrading KDE conflicts spamassassin
990 iputils-021109-2 fails to build
981 Clamav CVS
704 dns lookup AAAA records
898 gv build error
892 imagemagick fails on install. perl5.8
932 librsvg missing libgsf dependency
926 tcl-8.4.6 tclConfig.sh bug
958 BitchX has a wrong symlink
751 downloaderx is broken (needs rebuild against new gtk)
900 xine-lib does not compile with gcc 3.4
979 Clamav CVS
980 Clamav CVS
977 Clamav 0.72

Bugs Opened This Week

1001 unable to use kprinter in OO after update to 3.2.3
1000 idesk missing needed dependency on imlib
999 Automatic loaddisk during bootup fails if CD not in cdrom0
996 avifile will not compile
995 transcode will not compile
994 transcode unable to use xvid option
993 Add xjed to the jed package
989 Xfce4-tips - unfiled dependency
988 rox-system can't start, due to libgtop error.
987 libnss-mysql+pacman woes
986 makepkg -e doesn't validate files
985 liquidwar segfaults - allegro relink error
984 Thunderbird's PKGBUILD source entree is invalid
983 gnome depends on samba and cups
982 gnome-themes contains invalid symlinks

Closing

We're thinking about changing the format of the newsletter. Now that
Arch has an official HTML/CSS standard for documentation, it seems
appropriate to move the newsletter to that standard. We can convert the
newsletter to plain TXT for email, though it may lose some formatting.

How do you read the newsletter? If many people read it over email, we
will continue to provide email ``delivery'' along with HTML, but if most
people read it over the web, we will cut the email delivery. Please give
us your feedback. What is the most convenient format for the newsletter?

That's it for this week, stay tuned for more exciting Arch Linux news.

Dusty · 2004-06-15 20:39:55

You never said what the good reason was that it's late. :evil:

I personally read it either here in the forum or in the ml, depending where I get it first.

You can convert the Arch standard XHTML documents to plain text using

lynx --dump --nolist

. It looks great. Dennis' idea.

If you post it it HTML, that's how people will read it. You can always post a link in the ml.

Dusty

Egil.B · 2004-06-15 23:19:26

I read it on the forums.
And what was the reason for the newsletter being late? *whine*

sarah31 · 2004-06-16 01:24:07

the link for the bit about jlowell bitching again doesn't work.

Dusty · 2004-06-16 01:39:00

sarah31 wrote:

the link for the bit about jlowell bitching again doesn't work.

bah. so what?

dp · 2004-06-16 01:50:12

sarah31 wrote:

the link for the bit about jlowell bitching again doesn't work.

remove the dot from the URL, then it works

http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch … 01625.html

dp · 2004-06-16 01:52:03

Dusty wrote:

sarah31 wrote:
the link for the bit about jlowell bitching again doesn't work.
bah. so what?

ok, i read it on a lot of posts, and now i want to know what it means:

what do you mean with "bah"? is this a short form for something you have in canadian english or canadian français i do not know about?

punkrockguy318 · 2004-06-16 02:51:32

Bah... it's like... The christmas carol... "Bah humbug". You know?

dictionary.com says.. Used to express impatient rejection or contempt.

sarah31 · 2004-06-16 03:06:18

punkrockguy318 wrote:

Bah... it's like... The christmas carol... "Bah humbug". You know?
dictionary.com says.. Used to express impatient rejection or contempt.

bah/pfft/feh all the same to me it is a sign of contempt/lack of concern/rejection/indifference.

xerxes2 · 2004-06-16 11:10:12

Wow, I read the mailinglist. Now I know what you meant about whiners.

Egil.B · 2004-06-16 11:32:20

The sheeps says baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

sarah31 · 2004-06-16 15:18:10

no sheeps say baaa or maaa

Mr Green · 2004-06-16 15:22:20

If you are not happy with something then change it....

Mr Green :twisted:

sarah31 · 2004-06-16 15:31:53

eh? what are you on about now Mr. Green?

Mr Green · 2004-06-16 15:37:13

Sorry

I have the wrong forum.....

I thought this was whingers.org

Mr Green

Dusty · 2004-06-16 15:52:50

bah!

posts++

mcubednyc · 2004-06-16 17:29:39

I prefer getting the newsletter by email, but I can deal with reading it in the forum or wherever if need be. If you decide against email distribution, perhaps consider a notification email to subscribers that carries a link to the newsletter?

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