GNOME Summary - 2001-12-08 - 2001-12-15

Table of Contents

  1. GNOME 2.0 Developer Platform Beta
  2. Compiling FAQ
  3. Dependency chart
  4. Evolution 1.0 released
  5. Ximian Setup Tools power forward
  6. GStreamer Release
  7. A gaggle of glade articles
  8. Is GNOME ready for the desktop?
  9. Translated GNOME summaries
  10. Hacker Activity
  11. New and Updated Software

1. GNOME 2.0 Developer Platform Beta

Jeff Waugh announced that the platform beta was out and ready to be used. For those that don't know, GNOME is internally split into packages that are defined as being part of the platform and those that are part of the desktop. The platform are those packages that enable developers to code applications to the GNOME standard, so GTK+ for example. Whereas, the desktop are those packages that end-users see as part of their environment, such as the panel.

The platform beta means that all the APIs are frozen (well almost) and that application developers should now start using them. This will root out the remaining bugs in the platform as developers port the applications users actually see.

http://lists.gnome.org/archives/gnome-2-0-list/2001-December/msg00354.html

2. Compiling FAQ

Got a spare machine or drive, an afternoon to spare and an itch to compile GNOME? The compiling FAQ put together by Chema Celoria might be just what you've been looking to get started with. If you think there are some missing areas or have a question send them to him!

http://www.gnome.org/~chema/gnome-love/compiling_faq.html

3. Dependency chart

This useful dependency chart should help anyone trying to compile GNOME 2.0 out of CVS or from the recent releases. Complex isn't it! The GNOME 2.0 dotplan site has information on how to use the vicious build scripts to build the platform. For those developers that would rather use RPM have a look at the GNOME 2.0 Developer Snapshots channel in Ximians red-carpet. The Ximian packages are built on top of Havoc Penningtons gnomehide packages.

http://cle.org.hk/~baddog/files/GNOME2/gnome2-dependency.png

ftp://people.redhat.com/hp/gnomehide/

4. Evolution 1.0 released

After 2 years of hard work Evolution 1.0 finally hit the download sites. Congratulations to the team involved and thanks, not just for Evo but for all the support you've provided to GNOME. The hackers barely seem to have had a quick sleep before moving onto hacking on the 2.0 release - amazing! So don't walk, run! to their web store and buy it now, ... yes stop reading, I'll be here when you get back.

http://www.ximian.com/about_us/press_center/press_releases/evolution1_0.html

http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution-hackers/2001-December/003902.html

5. Ximian Setup Tools power forward

Tambet recently added a new font tool which enables you to install fonts for various backends such as gnome-print and X. The aim is to provide support for other backends such as ghostscript, TeX and staroffice. The tool previews fonts that you don't have and enables you to install them. Look for a release very soon now, in the meantime there are some screenshots.

http://primates.ximian.com/~chema/xst/index.html

6. GStreamer Release

The GStreamer team released 0.3.0 with substantial additions to the core capability being added. They've also added a dynamic dotplan page which is generated from FIXME's in the code - a great place for any new hacker to start.

http://www.gstreamer.net/releases/0.3.0/notice.php

http://www.gstreamer.net/dotplan

7. A gaggle of glade articles

Eddy Ahmed and Ishan Chattopadhyaya proved that great minds think alike by releasing articles on using Glade almost together. As a GUI interface building tool Glade has to rate up there amongst developer favourites. These two articles give step by step instructions on how to get started - great work guys!

http://writelinux.com/glade/index.php

http://www.geocities.com/ichattopadhyaya/linux/glade.htm

8. Is GNOME ready for the desktop?

James Ogley considers a question that vexes many Linux users. Restricting his analysis to examining the most common user needs of a Web Browser, Email program and Word Processor, his conclusion is we're "almost theree". The main difficulty he identifies is that AbiWord has problems with some types of proprietary formats and tables. All the more reason we should try and avoid these in our daily lives!

http://www.rubberturnip.org.uk/gnomedesktop.html

9. Translated GNOME summaries

As always we have translations of the GNOME summaries available. So linked below are French translation, Spanish translation and Hungarian translation. If there are other translations available please let us know.

http://www.gynov.org/news/index.php4

http://es.gnome.org/actualidad/

http://cactus.rulez.org/projects/gnome/summary/

10. Hacker Activity

Thanks for Paul Warren for these lists.

Most active modules:
110 gnucash
101 evolution
67 gimp
64 gnome-core
57 gnome-applets
51 gnumeric
44 gtk+
41 gnomemm
41 gnome-i18n
38 at-spi
36 web-devel-2
30 gtkmm-root
28 galeon
24 pan
24 libgnomeui
23 gedit
23 gtkhtml
21 gnome-control-center
20 gnome-db
20 ximian-setup-tools
[133 active modules omitted] 		Most active hackers:
74 stano
60 menthos
55 murrayc
54 peticolas (gnucash)
52 michael
43 kmaraas
39 kevinv
38 billh
37 rodrigo
35 film
32 fejj
32 jberkman
32 rlb (gnucash)
28 seth
26 hp
25 jody
23 adrighem
21 andersca
21 israel
21 jirka
[144 active hackers omitted]

11. New and Updated Software

For more information on these packages visit the GNOME Software map: http://www.gnome.org/applist/listrecent.php3

The GNOME 2.0 platform looks to be coming along fantastically well. There's plenty of news here and judging by the screenshots and diaries on Advogato it's in a runable state. So if you've got an existing GNOME 1.4.X application now is the time to start porting!

Go Gnome!

Steve

gnome-summary@gnome.org

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