weekly news - 20060310
maintainer@lunar-linux.org
maintainer at lunar-linux.org
Fri Mar 10 12:37:12 UTC 2006
Hi!
Here's the latest weekly news edition!
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Hi!
yes it's really a weekly. I know - a bit overdue but that happens. As you all kno by now - the rate of weeklies per month is inversely proportional to the amount of work being done on lunar! And there has been much to talk about too.
A few weeks since 1.6.0-rc3 - we are getting nervous about -final now. I have been holding back the final release to do some working on core code changes that are long overdue and high impact. This set things back a bit but it means that we can actually sit back a bit and test the changes.
A few of the most important changes include backfixes regarding the alias code. But more importantly there has been a major overhaul -needed- for the optimization code. The old code contained many wrong assumptions and produced not only confusion, but probably also unnecessary optimization flags. On top of that the code is now ready to have alternate optimization flags per compiler. You will see this if you install the (EXPERIMENTAL) gcc4 or (obsolete) gcc2 module - the layout and flags you can pick from is very different.
Lunar will also use one of the compilers as the default, which is of course the current gcc module (3.4.5). But - if the modules that you are building permit it, allow you to use a different compiler for them. This will not work for things like kernel modules, etc. But still might prove useful for testing other compilers. I have been using the Intel C/C++ compiler for testing purposes for instance with lunar.
I hope to decide soon when to merge everything into lunar and finish 1.6.0. Not sure when this is going to happen tho. A few things make it hard for me to estimate this - real life can be consuming my time ;^)
Auke
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New modules: (3)
libdvdnav-0.1.10: provides sophisticated DVD navigation
nicotine-1.0.8: a Python-based client for the soulseek network
xmms2-beta-0.2DrCox: It's a music player, it plays audio
Removed modules: (168)
applewmproto
bdftopcf
beforelight
bigreqsproto
bitmap
compositeproto
damageproto
dmxproto
editres
encodings
evieext
fixesproto
font-adobe-100dpi
font-adobe-75dpi
font-adobe-utopia-100dpi
font-adobe-utopia-75dpi
font-adobe-utopia-type1
font-alias
font-arabic-misc
font-bh-100dpi
font-bh-75dpi
font-bh-lucidatypewriter-100dpi
font-bh-lucidatypewriter-75dpi
font-bh-ttf
font-bh-type1
font-bitstream-100dpi
font-bitstream-75dpi
font-bitstream-speedo
font-bitstream-type1
font-cursor-misc
font-misc-misc
font-sony-misc
font-sun-misc
font-util
font-xfree86-type1
fontcacheproto
fontsproto
fonttosfnt
fslsfonts
fstobdf
glproto
gtkpod
iceauth
ico
imake
inputproto
kbproto
libFS
libICE
libSM
libX11
libXScrnSaver
libXTrap
libXau
libXaw
libXcomposite
libXcursor
libXdamage
libXdmcp
libXevie
libXext
libXfixes
libXfont
libXfontcache
libXft
libXi
libXinerama
libXmu
libXp
libXpm
libXprintAppUtil
libXprintUtil
libXrandr
libXrender
libXres
libXt
libXtst
libXv
libXvMC
libXxf86dga
libXxf86misc
libXxf86vm
libdmx
libdrm
libfontenc
liblbxutil
liboldX
libxkbfile
libxkbui
linux-devel-svn
linux-dri-x86
makedepend
mkfontdir
mkfontscale
printproto
randrproto
recordproto
renderproto
resourceproto
rgb
scrnsaverproto
trapproto
videoproto
x11-profile-minimal
x11perf
xauth
xbitmaps
xcalc
xclock
xcmiscproto
xcmsdb
xconsole
xcursor-themes
xcursorgen
xdpyinfo
xdriinfo
xev
xextproto
xeyes
xf86-input-keyboard
xf86-input-mouse
xf86-video-ati
xf86-video-fbdev
xf86-video-nv
xf86-video-v4l
xf86-video-vesa
xf86-video-vga
xf86-video-via
xf86-video-vmware
xf86-video-voodoo
xf86bigfontproto
xf86dgaproto
xf86driproto
xf86miscproto
xf86rushproto
xf86vidmodeproto
xgamma
xhost
xineramaproto
xinit
xkbcomp
xkbdata
xkbutils
xlsatoms
xlsfonts
xman
xmessage
xmh
xmodmap
xmore
xorg-cf-files
xorg-server
xplsprinters
xpr
xprop
xproto
xproxymanagementprotocol
xrandr
xrdb
xrefresh
xset
xterm
xtrans
xvinfo
xwd
xwininfo
xwud
xxvidtune
New versions: (43)
AfterStep : 2.2.0 -> 2.2.1
CGI.pm : 3.16 -> 3.17
CPAN : 1.83 -> 1.87
File-MimeInfo : 0.12 -> 0.13
HTML-Parser : 3.49 -> 3.50
Net-DNS : 0.55 -> 0.57
Time-HiRes : 1.86 -> 1.87
autobook : 1.4 -> 1.5
bmpx : 0.13 -> 0.13.1
cgdb : 0.6.0 -> 0.6.1
elinks : 0.11.0 -> 0.11.1
fluxbox-devel : 0.9.13 -> 0.9.14
freeciv : 2.0.7 -> 2.0.8
git : 1.0.6 -> 1.2.4
glew : 1.3.3 -> 1.3.4
glib-2 : 10.0 -> 8.6
glibmm : 2.8.0 -> 2.8.4
gnupg : 1.4.2.1 -> 1.4.2.2
ipw2200 : 1.1.0 -> 1.1.1
ivman : 0.6.9 -> 0.6.10
k3b : 0.12.13 -> 0.12.14
k3b-i18n : 0.12.13 -> 0.12.14
libglademm : 2.6.1 -> 2.6.2
libusb : 0.1.11 -> 0.1.12
liferea : 1.0.6 -> 1.0.7
linux-2.6 : 2.6.15.5 -> 2.6.15.6
linux_logo : 4.12 -> 4.13
moc : 2.3.3 -> 2.4.0
modutils-wrappers : 0.5 -> 0.6
mysql : 5.0.18 -> 5.0.19
nessus : 2.2.6 -> 2.2.7
openoffice-bin : 2.0.0 -> 2.0.2
phpMyAdmin : 2.7.0-pl2 -> 2.8.0.1
poppler : 0.5.0 -> 0.5.1
proxychains : 2.0 -> 3.0
qjackctl : 0.2.19a -> 0.2.20
showeq : 5.2.5.0 -> 5.3.0.0
snort : 2.4.3 -> 2.4.4
sshfs : 1.5 -> 1.6
sylpheed2 : 2.2.1 -> 2.2.2
tellico : 1.1.1 -> 1.1.2
xscreensaver : 4.23 -> 4.24
xscreensaver-kde : 4.23 -> 4.24
Moved modules:
KDE-Documentation : kde3 -> kde3/base
akode : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
amarok : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
apollon : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
arts : kde3 -> kde3/base
filelight : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
freeglut : zbeta -> graphics
gcc4 : zbeta -> compilers
gwenview : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
hk_classes : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
k3b : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
k3b-i18n : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kaffeine : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
karchiver : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
kasablanca : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
kavi2svcd : kde3-utils -> kde3/utils
kbarcode : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
kbiff : kde3-utils -> kde3/utils
kbirthday : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
kbudget : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
kcheckgmail : kde3-utils -> kde3/utils
kcmpureftpd : kde3-utils -> kde3/utils
kdbg : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
kde3-i18n-af : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-ar : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-az : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-bg : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-bn : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-br : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-bs : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-ca : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-cs : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-cy : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-da : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-de : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-el : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-en_GB : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-eo : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-es : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-et : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-eu : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-fa : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-fi : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-fr : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-fy : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-ga : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-gl : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-he : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-hi : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-hr : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-hu : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-is : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-it : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-ja : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-km : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-ko : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-lt : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-lv : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-mk : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-mn : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-ms : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-nb : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-nds : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-nl : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-nn : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-pa : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-pl : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-pt : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-pt_BR : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-ro : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-ru : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-rw : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-se : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-sk : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-sl : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-sr : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-sr at Latn : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-ss : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-sv : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-ta : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-tg : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-tr : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-uk : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-uz : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-zh_CN : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kde3-i18n-zh_TW : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kdeaccessibility3 : kde3 -> kde3/base
kdeaddons3 : kde3 -> kde3/base
kdeadmin3 : kde3 -> kde3/base
kdeartwork3 : kde3 -> kde3/base
kdebase3 : kde3 -> kde3/base
kdebindings3 : kde3 -> kde3/base
kdeedu3 : kde3 -> kde3/base
kdegames3 : kde3 -> kde3/base
kdegraphics3 : kde3 -> kde3/base
kdelibs3 : kde3 -> kde3/base
kdemultimedia3 : kde3 -> kde3/base
kdenetwork3 : kde3 -> kde3/base
kdenlive : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
kdepim3 : kde3 -> kde3/base
kdesdk3 : kde3 -> kde3/base
kdetoys3 : kde3 -> kde3/base
kdetv : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
kdeutils3 : kde3 -> kde3/base
kdevelop : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
kdevmon : kde3-utils -> kde3/utils
kdewebdev3 : kde3 -> kde3/base
kdiff3 : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
kdirstat : kde3-utils -> kde3/utils
kexchange : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
keybled : kde3-utils -> kde3/utils
kile : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
kio-burn : kde3-utils -> kde3/utils
kio-locate : kde3-utils -> kde3/utils
kkeyled : kde3-utils -> kde3/utils
kmldonkey : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
kmplayer : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
kmymoney2 : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
knetmap : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
knoda : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
koffice : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
koffice-l10n-bg : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-ca : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-cs : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-cy : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-da : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-de : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-el : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-en_GB : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-es : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-et : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-eu : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-fi : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-fr : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-hu : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-it : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-nb : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-nl : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-nn : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-pl : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-pt : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-pt_BR : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-ru : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-sl : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-sr : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-sr at Latn : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-sv : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-ta : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-tg : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
koffice-l10n-zh_CN : kde3-i18n -> kde3/i18n
kompose : kde3-utils -> kde3/utils
konserve : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
konversation : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
kover : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
kpl : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
kplayer : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
krename : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
krusader : kde3-utils -> kde3/utils
ksetisaver : kde3-utils -> kde3/utils
ksetiwatch : kde3-utils -> kde3/utils
ksim : kde3-utils -> kde3/utils
kssh : kde3-utils -> kde3/utils
ksubeditor : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
ksubtile : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
ktorrent : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
kvirc : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
kxmleditor : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
libchipcard-kde : kde3-utils -> kde3/utils
okle : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
qbankmanager : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
qt3 : kde3 -> kde3/base
showimg : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
sim : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
smb4k : kde3-utils -> kde3/utils
tellico : kde3-apps -> kde3/apps
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