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GSView 4.4 released
Forwarded message from Klaus Staedtler posted on comp.os.os2.apps:100539
Version 4.4 of the PM ghostscript frontend GSView has been released
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/get44.htm
"Changes in version 4.4:
* Assorted bug fixes.
* Fixes to work with security changes in Ghostscript 8.00.
* Catalan, Russian and Slovak translations."
Apache 2.0.45 for OS/2
"Apache 2.0.45 Released
The Apache HTTP Server Project is proud to announce the eighth public
release of Apache 2.0.
Since the new effort began with release 2.0.42 to retain configuration
and module-interface stability in the Apache 2.0 series, there should be
no required changes in configuration or third-party module binaries to
upgrade from 2.0.42 or later. We continue to make every effort to maintain
this easy upgrade path in future 2.0 releases."
There is an extensive list of changes at
http://mirrors.midco.net/pub/apache.org/httpd/CHANGES_2.0
OS/2 binaries -
http://nagoya.apache.org/mirror/httpd/binaries/os2/httpd-2.0.45-os2.zip
IBM Licences Snap Graphics SE
There's a story on http://www.osnews.com/ that IBM have licenced Snap
Graphics SE for OS/2 available on SWC.
"Product Information
General Availability Release GM13
SciTech Version 2.1.3 Build 367
IBM Build Level a.096"
netlabs.org updates
After a long absence in public forums/mailinglists I would like to restart
the habit to send mails about netlabs.org projects on a regular base.
During the last years of my studies I was busy with a lot of other stuff
so netlabs.org was not really the first thing I thought about when I got
some spare time. There is still plenty of stuff to do so please be patient
with all of us :-)
PROJECTS:
REXX/OS:
You probably found out that this was an April-fool, there were several
hints for that, you should check:
- the date of the news
- the timestamp of the file on the ftp
- the revision of the "kernel"
- the binary in a hex editor (the original binary was about 70kbytes)
We had the idea for this joke in a Wintercamp with some of our developers,
I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! Thanks to all of you who
participated in the joke and took it even further (you might check some
newsgroups for some very funny followups - greetings to Holger)! The
binary was mainly done by Chris Wohlgemuth and the text basicaly by
Christian Langanke. Later Ulrich Möller couldn't ressist to add a lot of
other jokes too. Thanks to all of you!
The website will most probably stay like this for "historic" reasons :-)
URL: http://rexxos.netlabs.org
Odin:
I get quite a lot of emails of people who ask what happened to the
daily/weekly Odin builds. They first stopped because one of the developers
who made them moved to Germany. Now the problem is some big changes in
Odin which lead to compilation issues that are not yet resolved
completely. Because of this it does not yet make sense to restart the
daily/weekly Odin builds. However, as soon as this issue is resolved there
are plans to bring them back online! Also the rumours about Odin beeing
dead are completely nonsense, netlabs.org CVS is still updated on a
regular base, check yourself if you don't believe it. There is still a
tremendous development and you can imagine from which side I guess.
URL: http://odin.netlabs.org (btw the application database is back, you
can add reports again in case you didn't notice yet).
PMPDF:
After some hot discussions Bart sat down and released an updated version
of PMPDF. This time as a WPI package which makes it *really* easy to
install (however, still RTFM). It's recommended for everyone out there who
would like to create PDF's in OS/2 on the fly!
URL: http://pmpdf.netlabs.org
Everblue:
You probably won't believe it but there *is* progress in Everblue, and
very good one too! Sebastian Wittmeier worked on Everblue the past weeks
to continue the work done by Brian Smith. The result is a GIMP running on
OS/2 PM without the need of XFree86/OS2! In the next days we will release
a first public *beta* version (which does have problems for sure). We hope
to nail down some bugs afterwards (and also to find some more supporters
to finish that project :-)
I will announce the beta soon, please don't bug me with questions before
that :) For the impatient people we have some screenshots on the homepage.
URL: http://everblue.netlabs.org
Lookout/2:
I already regret that I've announced Lookout/2 to the public month ago
because there is still nothing available as download ;-) Today I was in
contact with Fonz, the main developer of Lookout. He still does work on it
and the product gets better and better. But for sure this does not help
anyone of you out there as long as there is nothing to download. We know
that and we try to change that, I know Fonz and Lookout good enough that I
will never make any public statements about a release anymore in the
future ;) Simply wait. The day will come. Probably...
URL: http://lookout.netlabs.org
That's it so far, there is still plenty of stuff left to announce. Simply
browse our projects, there is a tremendous ammount of new stuff in there,
some big and some small things but they could be useful :-). We try to
automate the news messages in the future but I have to code that first.
Also there are some other important things we would like to
announce/discuss but as usual we all don't have the time needed. More
later.
Thanks for the ongoing support
Adrian Gschwend & the netlabs.org developers
Mozilla 1.4a for OS/2 is available
See:
http://www.mozilla.org/releases/
Installer is here:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.4a/mozilla-os2-vacpp-1.4a-installer.exe
Zipfile is here:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.4a/mozilla-os2-vacpp-1.4a.zip
Spellchecker is included, and this version should work with the Innotek
Java plugin (I haven't tested it)
We will hopefully be releasing a GCC version of this milestone as well so
people can compare the two, since this will probably be the last
milestone compile with VACPP.
Michael Kaply
IBM
RSJ CD-Writer for OS/2 5.0
RSJ CD-Writer 5.0 has been released.
http://www.rsj.de/stage/en/cdwriter/cd_os2.asp
Change list from 4.0x to 5.0 shows:
* DVD+R/RW support
* DVD-R/RW support
* Recorder detection enhanced
* German version: "CD Writer Steuerung" changed to "CD Writer Kontrollfeld"
to match the program object title
* OEM version of Ricoh 7060S added to cddrv.inf
* Fixed license problem in CopyWizard and CD Cover Print
There is an online order page
https://www.rsj.de/stage/en/order/orderos2.asp
RSJ CD-Writer for OS/2 Internet Only 111.21 Euro (Excl VAT) 119.01 US$
(Excl VAT)
RSJ CD-Writer for OS/2 plus shipping Full Version 128.45 Euro (Excl VAT)
137.47 US$ (Excl VAT)
Upgrade RSJ CD-Writer for OS/2 (Versions 2.50-4.x) to RSJ CD-Writer for
OS/2 5.00
Keyfile of previous version is required for installation
Internet Only 33.62 Euro (Excl VAT) 35.98 US$ (Excl VAT)
A demo version is available for download -
http://www.rsj.de/stage/en/demo/1demoos2.asp
DFSee version 5.17 released
Better HPFS-superblock fixing and display of Linux devicenames
DFSee is the SWISS-ARMY-KNIFE for disk and filesystem problems. With
FDISK-like displays, analysis and recovery, FIX commands, UNDELETE for
HPFS/NTFS, imaging and cloning. More details at:
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee.htm
Direct download links:
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee517.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/disk/dfsee517.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/dfsee517.zip
Most important functional changes:
- MAP Added Linux-device names and disk numbers to displays
- MAP Fixed freespace name display for small free area's
- AUTOBASE Set better max limit when no valid superblock found
- FIXSUPER Create/recalculate HPFS superblock (see -r option)
- DIRMAP HPFS allocation percentage fixed in all displays
- PART Added Linux /dev/hda1 style device names and disk number
- HELP -? supported on SCAN MEM SAVETO IMPORT EXPORT DELWIPE RECOVER
- PSAVE Fixed clipped registration text in binary file headers
- LOG Add '-7-' for 8-bit ASCII logfile (default is now 7-bit)
Check DFS*.TXT files for details, all changes listed in DFSHIST.TXT
Registering DFSee will give you the right to use all 5.xx versions and get
support plus a reasonable amount of assistance by email. Existing 4.xx
registrations can be upgraded to 5.xx as well.
But even more important, it enables further development of DFSee!
Regards, Jan van Wijk
java 1.4.1 refreshed - beta 6
Innotek's Java 1.4.1 port has been refreshed @
http://innotek.de/index.html
Heres the changelog:
2003-03-31: Beta 6
- updated to the latest 1.4.1_02 level (including Java
Web Start 1.2.0_02)
- included timezone setup utility to specify the exact
timezone of the system in case the TZ environment
variable in OS/2 is not accurate/correct
- added first drop of the Mozilla Java Plug-In
- numerous bugfixes
regards,
- dink
PostgreSQL 7.3.2 is up
I don't know if anyone else noticed this but the OS/2 version of
PostgreSQL has been updated to 7.3.2
The URL is http://www.ecomstation.it/postgres/
See the Download link
"PostgreSQL is a sophisticated Object-Relational DBMS, supporting almost
all SQL constructs, including subselects, transactions, and user-defined
types and functions. It is the most advanced open-source database
available anywhere."
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