Date:  Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:47:25 -0500
From:  madodel <madodel at ptdprolog.net>
Subject:  [VOICENWS] Net: netlabs.org newsletter #25 [eCUPS, UniAudio, WarpVision, DSS, FM/2, KLIBC, Lucide, Voyager, QT3]

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From: netlabs.org team <newsDESPAM at DESPAMnetlabs.org>

This is the latest edition of the bi-weekly netlabs.org newsletter. The 
newsletter can be read on the web at the following URL: 
http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Netlabs_bi_weekly_newsletter

News from netlabs.org:

25. December - 31 December

* Best Wishes
   o netlabs.org wishes you all the best for 2007, we are looking forward 
to another year full of projects :)
* eCUPS Updates
   o PIN.EXE and PPDENC.EXE utilities were updated
   o This fixes a lot of problems when importing PPD files
   o Download link and more information is available in the full newsgroup 
posting
   o Full Information: 
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.ecups.devel/16
* netlabs.org server news
   o The basic server setup is done, we are running FreeBSD 6.2 on this machine
   o Adrian started to configure the different services and preparing migration
   o Goal is to finish basic setup before January 7th
* UniAudio
   o Latest updates from ALSA being ported into UNIAUD
   o Still research stage for SW multistreams
* WarpVision
   o Various fixes
   o DVD menu heavily under investigation
   o Musepack support added
* DSS updates
   o The ShowImage and the SlideShow modules have been updated to version 1.7.1
   o Small update to better recognize errors due to having not enough free 
shared memory
   o Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/dssaver/Modules
* FM/2
   o Refresh removable drive added
   o Some defects found and raised
   o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/fm2/timeline
* kLIBC
   o A lot of cleanup
   o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline
* Lucide
   o Some small updates
   o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/timeline
* Voyager Documentation
   o Some cleanup and some additions in CUA area
   o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/v_doc/timeline

18. December - 24 December

* UniAudio news
   o Started research on adding software mixing into UNIAUD32. This has to 
be fully transparent for old MMOS2 and new UNIAUD API applications
* WarpVision news
   o Continued work on DVD menu, so no new features at the moment
* QT3 Application
   o Paul Smedley ported Scribus to eComStation
   o Scribus is an open-source program for creating professional page layouts
   o It uses Cairo as a rendering engine
   o Please read the "Known Issues" on Pauls website
   o See: http://smedley.info/os2ports/scribus.html
* Lucide
   o Czech NLS added
   o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/timeline


Netlabs.org relies on your support as well, we hire developers to have 
better progress on projects. For sure this costs money so any sponsoring is 
very welcome! You can support netlabs.org via netlabs.org sponsoring units: 
http://www.mensys.net/NETLABS/

Thanks for your support!

We can be reached at: newsDESPAM at DESPAMnetlabs.org

Greetings,
netlabs.org team





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