Newsletter for Saturday, April 05th 2008

::: L I N K S   F O R   T H E   D A Y :::

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::: R E L E A S E   H E A D L I N E S (30) :::

[001] - AgileWiki 0.14 (COODBMS)
[002] - amforth 2.7 
[003] - Astaro Security Linux 6.313 (Stable 6.X)
[004] - BalanceNG 2.061 
[005] - Banjar 0.8.1 
[006] - CookieCheck 1.0 
[007] - DTMF2NUM 0.1a 
[008] - Email 3.0.0 
[009] - eric4 4.1.2 
[010] - Four in a line 1.0 
[011] - Freeciv 2.1.3 (Stable)
[012] - gpgdir 1.8 
[013] - JLanguageLearn 0.8.4 
[014] - Linux LiveCD VoIP Server 2.0.26 (Documentation)
[015] - LON-CAPA 2.6.3 
[016] - mklircrc 0.3 
[017] - NapKIN 0.0 
[018] - NeroLINUX 3.5.0.1 
[019] - ngrease 0.3.0 
[020] - NuFW 2.2.14 (Stable 2.2)
[021] - phpfspot 1.4 
[022] - PowerDNS Administrator 1.1.6 
[023] - python-rope 0.8 
[024] - QAddress 0.2.2 
[025] - ropeide 1.5.1 
[026] - ropemacs 0.5 
[027] - RoundCube Webmail 0.1.1 
[028] - TaskForest 1.06 
[029] - Widelands build-12 
[030] - xpra 0.0.4 


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[001] - AgileWiki 0.14 (COODBMS)
  by Bill la Forge (http://freshmeat.net/users/laforge49/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 05:27

Database
Documentation
Information Management

About: AgileWiki is meant to create software systems which are fluid,
easily configured and can be reorganized on-the-fly to meet ever changing
requirements. It includes a COW-based database, the Rolonics programming
paradigm, and semantic inferencing. 

Changes: There is now a wiki page describing every Browse command. The
sample application, check register, has been updated as along with its
wiki page. This application now demonstrates how to extend the COODBMS
server. A new runScript utility was included.

License: Common Public License

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/agilewiki/

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[002] - amforth 2.7 
  by Matthias Trute (http://freshmeat.net/users/mtrute/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 12:50

Scientific/Engineering
Software Development :: Embedded Systems
System :: Hardware

About: amforth is a Forth distribution for the the AVR Atmega
microcontroller. Once put into flash, it needs only a serial connection to
the host computer to work interactivly. New words are compiled directly
into flash, thus extending the dictionary immediately. It provides most of
the ANS94 Forth Standard plus extensions. It is written in AVR standard
assembly language and Forth itself. The main development uses Atmega8 and
Atmega32 controllers; other Atmega controllers work with small
adjustments.

Changes: This release fixes a few bugs and optimizes the core system
slightly. The most notable change in the library part is the assembler. 

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/amforth/

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[003] - Astaro Security Linux 6.313 (Stable 6.X)
  by astaro (http://freshmeat.net/users/astaro/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 12:41

System :: Networking :: Firewalls

About: Astaro Security Linux is an all-in-one network security gateway
that includes a firewall, intrusion protection, virus protection, spam
protection, URL filtering, and a VPN gateway. Features include stateful
packet inspection, deep packet filtering, intrusion detection and
prevention, portscan detection, content filtering, virus detection for
email and Web traffic, profile handling, IPSec, SSL, and PPTP VPN
tunneling, spam blocking, proxies for HTTP, FTP, POP3, SMTP, DNS, VoIP,
SOCKS, and Ident, logging, and reporting. The WebAdmin, the Install
Wizard, and Up2Date service make it easy to install, manage, and update.

Changes: This is just a small bugfix Up2Date, including a fix for not
forwarding email due to a broken external RBL server. 

License: Free For Home Use

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/asl/

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[004] - BalanceNG 2.061 
  by Thomas Obermair (http://freshmeat.net/users/thomasobermair/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 12:39

Internet
Internet :: Proxy Servers
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Site Management

About: BalanceNG is a modern software IP load balancing solution. It is
small, fast, and easy to use and setup. It offers session persistence,
different distribution methods (Round Robin, Random, Weighted Random,
Least Session, Least Bandwidth, Hash, Agent, and Randomized Agent) and a
customizable UDP health check agent in source code. It supports VRRP to
set up high availability configurations on multiple nodes. It supports
SNMP, integrating the BALANCENG-MIB with Net-SNMPD. It integrates pcap
packet dumping for debugging purposes and allows the implementation of a
"transparent forensic logging bridge". 

Changes: BalanceNG 2.x is now also available as a .deb i386 package for
Debian and Ubuntu Linux systems. 

License: Other/Proprietary License with Free Trial

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/balanceng/

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[005] - Banjar 0.8.1 
  by Anton Raharja (http://freshmeat.net/users/sleepless/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 05:39

Internet
System :: Networking

About: Banjar stands for Bandwidth justification for administrator. It is
a set of Web-based bandwidth management tools based on tc and iptables for
Internet cafes or small to medium networks.

Changes: A bug with handling unmarked nodes was fixed.

License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/banjar/

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[006] - CookieCheck 1.0 
  by jpala (http://freshmeat.net/users/jpala/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 12:48

Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content
Software Development :: Libraries

About: CookieCheck is a basic PHP script for checking whether a visitor
has cookies enabled or not. Its design makes it simple to include into an
existing script: just include the source file and call the check function.
CookieCheck preserves the values of any GET or POST information sent to
your script, so it does not require any major modifications to your
original script. 

License: MIT/X Consortium License

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/cookiecheck/

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[007] - DTMF2NUM 0.1a 
  by Luigi Auriemma (http://freshmeat.net/users/Bugtest/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 12:39

Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Analysis

About: DTMF2NUM is a tool for decoding DTMF and MF tones from PCM wave
files. It supports any type of wave file, automatic optimizations (DC bias
adjust and normalization), and both WAV and raw PCM data. The program has
been successfully tested with many audio files, including ones that are
highly dirty and damaged (for example, recorded with a microphone in a
room or at very low volumes or with some noise). 

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/dtmf2num/

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[008] - Email 3.0.0 
  by Geekoid (http://freshmeat.net/users/geekoid/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 12:45

Internet
Office/Business
Security :: Cryptography

About: Email sends email to remote SMTP servers via the command line,
which makes it useful in cron jobs. It will send to any RFC standard
remote ESMTP server, and will allow you to encrypt, sign, and design your
message on the fly. It has the capability to use signature files with
dynamic options, address book functionality, and users can also attach
pictures, binary files, documents, or whatever they want. It is completely
compatible with GNUPG for encryption and signing, and is easy to configure
and use. 

Changes: Most of the code was rewritten to use dlib. TLS/SSL support was
added. The way that MIME types are gathered was changed to be accordin to
file extension. The code was reformatted. Attachments are now specified
with multiple -a options instead of delimited with commas. 

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/email/

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[009] - eric4 4.1.2 
  by Detlev Offenbach (http://freshmeat.net/users/detlev/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 12:28

Software Development

About: Eric4 is a Python IDE written using PyQt4 and QScintilla2. It has
integrated project management capabilities with class browsing functions,
gives developers an unlimited number of editors with syntax highlighting
and code folding, an integrated Python shell, an integrated Python
debugger, a file system browser with class browsing capabilities for
Python files, and more. Eric4 is the successor of the well known eric3
development environment. 

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/eric4/

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[010] - Four in a line 1.0 
  by gojul (http://freshmeat.net/users/gojul/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 13:23

Games/Entertainment
Games/Entertainment :: Turn Based Strategy

About: Four in a line is a Connect four game that can be played against
other humans or against a computer opponent. The multiplayer mode is meant
to be played over a local network or over the Internet. You can add your
own AI players. This software requires the Sun JVM 1.5 or newer. Other JVM
implementations are not guaranteed to work. 

License: GNU General Public License v2

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/fourinaline/

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[011] - Freeciv 2.1.3 (Stable)
  by engla (http://freshmeat.net/users/engla/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 05:21

Games/Entertainment
Games/Entertainment :: Real Time Strategy
Games/Entertainment :: Turn Based Strategy

About: Freeciv is a multiuser reimplementation for Unix/X of the famous
Microprose game of Civilization. By default, the game is an improved Civ
II, but this can be customized; modpacks for near-100% compatibility with
Civ I and Civ II are included. Multiuser gameplay is real-time: in each
turn, all human players move concurrently. The game is designed to remain
fairly playable even on poor network connections. Freeciv can also be
played on standalone machines, and its AI players are a good challenge for
beginners. The source code comes with the server, two X clients, and non-X
clients for MS Windows and Amiga. Freeciv is released under the GNU
General Public License. It is maintained by an international team of
coders and enthusiasts, and is easily one of the most fun and addictive
network games out there.

Changes: A server crash was fixed. Buttons were added for saving server
settings in the GTK+ 2 client. Many updates were made to translations.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/freeciv/

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[012] - gpgdir 1.8 
  by Michael Rash (http://freshmeat.net/users/michaelrash/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 12:26

Security :: Cryptography

About: gpgdir is a Perl script that uses the CPAN GnuPG module to encrypt
and decrypt directories using a GPG key specified in ~/.gpgdirrc. It
supports recursively descending through a directory in order to make sure
it encrypts or decrypts every file in a directory and all of its
subdirectories. All file mtime and atime values are preserved across
encryption and decryption operations. In addition, gpgdir is careful not
to encrypt hidden files and directories. 

Changes: The test suite was updated to validate the gpgdir
--Obfuscate-filenames mode to ensure that files are encrypted as
"gpgdir_PID_NUM.gpg". A minor bug was fixed to remove the .gpgdir_map_file
in --Obfuscate-filenames mode after a successful decryption cycle. The CPAN
GnuPG::Interface module was updated to version 0.36. 

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/gpgdir/

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[013] - JLanguageLearn 0.8.4 
  by Sebastian Parkitny (http://freshmeat.net/users/sparkitny/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 12:40

Education
Text Processing :: Markup :: XML

About: JLanguageLearn is a generic language course. It is based on Java
and XML. You can define your own lessons in an easy way, and lessons are
displayed in a graphical user interface. An editor is included for
creating lessons.

Changes: This release contains even more lessons for Germans who wish to
learn Spanish. 

License: Free for non-commercial use

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/jlanguagelearn/

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[014] - Linux LiveCD VoIP Server 2.0.26 (Documentation)
  by jaimeghirelli (http://freshmeat.net/users/jaimeghirelli/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 05:24



About: The Linux LiveCD VoIP Router is based on the SIP Express Router
(SER). It runs on Linux LiveCD Router and can serve as a SIP Proxy or a
VoIP PBX, or both. It has easy Web user administration and requires no
software installation. It can be connected to multiple A-Z termination
providers and to your own PSTN termination gateway/router. It supports any
SIP soft or hardware phones, such as XTen, Cisco ATA 186, Grandstream,
Sipura, Mitel, and more. It includes a media server for conference call
bridge and voicemail to email.

Changes: A new chapter was added, describing new options to install to
hard disks, USB flash, and SD memory cards. A new chapter on fring.com
mobile VoIP integration was added.

License: Free To Use But Restricted

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/cdvoip/

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[015] - LON-CAPA 2.6.3 
  by Gerd Kortemeyer (http://freshmeat.net/users/korte/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 20:40

Education
Education :: Computer Aided Instruction (CAI)
Education :: Testing

About: LON-CAPA (The LearningOnline Network with CAPA) is a learning
content and course management system. It offers an underlying shared
content pool from which instructors across departmental and institutional
boundaries can assemble granular learning content for their courses. It
has strong assessment capabilities, both formative (homework and in-class
using wireless PDAs) and summative (online and bubblesheet exams), with a
one-source multiple-target strategy for the content. It offers students
portfolio space in which they can stage materials for submission to
projects, and provides a number of tools for synchronous and asynchronous
student-student and student-faculty communication. LON-CAPA scales well
with number of students, as load-balancing is possible across the whole
network of servers at participating institutions.

Changes: This version eliminates erroneous timeouts during print jobs and
implements better warnings if resources could not be rendered. In exam
mode, the generation of randomized numerical bubbles was fixed for the
situation where the correct answer is zero. The Spanish, German, and
Portuguese localization files were updated. Printing now correctly
supports UTF-8. 

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/loncapa/

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[016] - mklircrc 0.3 
  by Thiton (http://freshmeat.net/users/Thiton/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 13:24

Multimedia

About: mklircrc is a program to help automatically generate LIRC
configuration files. It allows the user to associate buttons on the remote
control with high-level actions rather than low-level commands. By
annotating a lircd.conf with a few words, the user can tell mklircrc which
high-level task like "pause" or "raise volume" should be connected to the
respective button. mklircrc will use this input to write a LIRC control
file that will cause appropriate behavior with the various applications it
supports: currently mythtv, xine, and mplayer. 

License: Other/Proprietary License with Source

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/mklircrc/

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[017] - NapKIN 0.0 
  by The Golden Boy (http://freshmeat.net/users/xakep/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 12:42



About: NapKIN is a program for tracking sleep patterns. It imports its
data from the Sleeptracker PRO watch via USB. The developer is in no way
affiliated with the watch manufacturer. 

License: MIT/X Consortium License

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/napkin/

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[018] - NeroLINUX 3.5.0.1 
  by Moritz Barsnick (http://freshmeat.net/users/barsnick/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 05:32

Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: CD Audio :: CD Ripping
Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: CD Audio :: CD Writing
System :: Archiving

About: NeroLINUX is flexible graphical application to assist in burning
writable CDs and DVDs in many formats. It supports all types of internal
and external recorders that are supported by the API of the established
Nero application for Windows. It features kernel optimizations for both
2.4 and 2.6 kernels, digital audio extraction, FreeDB support, and USB
hotplugging. Video editing capabilities are not yet included.

Changes: The "nerocmd" command line tool was added. The Nero Digital
Audio+ plugin is now included in 32-bit versions. Device presence and
permission checks were improved. The ASPI layer was improved to avoid
deadlocks with certain hardware configurations. The installer now tries to
ensure the availability of SCSI Generic support. "Add Files" now also works
for Mixed Mode and CD EXTRA. Creation of bootable discs that contain a pure
ISO 9660 file system was fixed. The MP3 plugin now correctly interprets the
frame size for all bit rates and channel numbers, and for both MPEG-1 and
MPEG-2 Layer 3.

License: Other/Proprietary License with Free Trial

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/nerolinux/

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[019] - ngrease 0.3.0 
  by Ville Oikarinen (http://freshmeat.net/users/wipu/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 13:25

Software Development :: Code Generators
Software Development :: Interpreters

About: ngrease is a simple metalanguage for defining new concepts easily
on any level. It can define analysis, requirements, design and
implementation (in any programming language), and transformations to
produce lower level concepts (working software) from higher level
concepts. 

License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ngrease/

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[020] - NuFW 2.2.14 (Stable 2.2)
  by regit (http://freshmeat.net/users/regit/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 05:31

Security
System :: Networking :: Firewalls

About: NuFW is an authenticating firewall. It adds strict and secure
identity-based filtering capabilities to enterprise-grade firewalls. It
can also set quality of service on a per-user basis and log user
activities into an SQL database. Furthermore, it can use multiple external
authentication sources via PAM and be the key of a Single Sign On solution.

Changes: This maintenance release mainly improves interaction with the log
analysis interface, Nulog, and fixes compilation on some architectures with
recent versions of GCC.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/nufw/

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[021] - phpfspot 1.4 
  by unki (http://freshmeat.net/users/unki/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 05:32

Internet :: WWW/HTTP
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content
Multimedia :: Graphics :: Presentation

About: phpfspot allows you to present a photo collection prepared in
F-Spot in Web browsers. F-Spot is a Mono-based photo software to organize
your photos in a very comfortable way locally on your workstation.
phpfspot allows tag selection from a tag cloud, and browsing through the
album is eased with AJAX.

Changes: Images in PNG format are now supported. An auto-completion was
implemented for tag-search as well as a photo preview via lightbox2. The
tag cloud will now show up in different colors. A few bugs were fixed.

License: GNU General Public License v3

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/phpfspot/

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[022] - PowerDNS Administrator 1.1.6 
  by Samson (http://freshmeat.net/users/RLibiez/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 05:21

Internet :: Name Service (DNS)
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Site Management
System :: Networking

About: PDNS-Admin, or PowerDNS Administrator, is a Web-based script which
aids in administering domains and records for the PowerDNS SQL name server
software. PDNS-Admin is targeted mainly toward individual domain owners,
but should be robust enough to be used in a larger capacity by an ISP or
other big host. For those who may not know, PowerDNS is a domain name
server application, much like BIND, but offering alternative backends for
the storage of domain information. 

Changes: A missing language definition was fixed. A SOA serial update is
needed to trim whitespace characters, the record entry would keep growing.
An issue where it was not possible to delete a supermaster was fixed.
Missing log messages were added to the logging functions. Unnecessary skin
upgrade code was removed. Better handling was provided for user created
domains. Default SOA expiry time was raised to three weeks based on
diagnostic recommendations. The ability to set the Master IP for a Slave
domain was added along with a "Your Console" link on the universal
template for all users.

License: GNU General Public License v2

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/pdns-admin/

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[023] - python-rope 0.8 
  by Ali Gholami Rudi (http://freshmeat.net/users/aligrudi/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 05:52

Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
Software Development :: Refactoring

About: Rope is a Python refactoring library. It can be used in other IDEs
to provide features like refactoring and coding assistance. 

Changes: New features include support for built-in and C extension
modules, handling of future imports in organize imports, a
rope.contrib.autoimport module, a choice of which files to refactor, and
the ability to specify the number of syntax fixes for codeassist commands.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/pyrope/

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[024] - QAddress 0.2.2 
  by Lennart Sauerbeck (http://freshmeat.net/users/lennart_s/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 13:38

Communications :: Email :: Address Book

About: QAddress is a small and lightweight address book. It aims to be
simple and easy to use, with only the features really needed (and really
used). This minimalistic approach is meant to make QAddress fast and
reliable. 

Changes: This release fixes two bugs. The first bug was in the search
feature. The search is now completely case insensitive. The second bug
concerns the escaping of SQL strings. It's now possibly to enter
apostrophes in the data fields. 

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/qaddress/

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[025] - ropeide 1.5.1 
  by Ali Gholami Rudi (http://freshmeat.net/users/aligrudi/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 12:46

Software Development :: Refactoring
Text Editors :: Integrated Development Environments (IDE)

About: Ropeide is a Python refactoring IDE that uses the rope library to
provide features like refactoring and code assistance. It uses the Tkinter
library.

Changes: Usefunction refactoring is supported. Lines can be indented and
unindented. rope's deprecated templates are no longer used. The indenter
module was improved. 

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ropeide/

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[026] - ropemacs 0.5 
  by Ali Gholami Rudi (http://freshmeat.net/users/aligrudi/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 12:13

Software Development :: Refactoring
Text Editors :: Emacs

About: Ropemacs uses the rope refactoring library to provide features like
Python refactoring and code-assists in emacs. 

Changes: Some of the changes since 0.4 are the ropemacs menu, ropemacs
minor mode, filtering refactoring resources, the ability to introduce a
method object, the ability to introduce factory refactorings, and
auto-import support. 

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ropemacs/

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[027] - RoundCube Webmail 0.1.1 
  by roundcube (http://freshmeat.net/users/roundcube/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 12:38

Communications :: Email :: Email Clients (MUA)
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content

About: RoundCube Webmail is a browser-based, multilingual IMAP client with
an application-like user interface. It provides the full functionality you
expect from an email client, including MIME support, address book, and
folder manipulation. The user interface is fully skinnable using XHTML and
CSS 2.

Changes: This is a service release that fixes some important bugs and
updates incomplete localization files. 

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/roundcubemail/

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[028] - TaskForest 1.06 
  by enoor (http://freshmeat.net/users/enoor/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 05:29

System :: Monitoring

About: TaskForest is a simple but expressive job scheduler that allows you
to chain jobs and tasks and to create time dependencies. It uses plain-text
configuration files to specify task dependencies. It is designed for use on
a single machine. 

Changes: A bunch of minor bugs were fixed. --help functionality was
implemented. $VERSIONS and pod were added to every .pm file. An extra call
to localtime was removed. The default_timezone command line option was
removed. A redundant regex match for parens in job names was deleted. The
unused $forest variable was removed from Family::readFromFile.
$this_jobs_dependencies was renamed to $this_jobs_time_dependencies.
Refactoring was undertaken and more pods and test cases were added. The
Family->display() output was made prettier. StringHandle and
StringHandleTier classes were made to make testing easier.

License: Artistic License

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/taskforest/

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[029] - Widelands build-12 
  by sigra (http://freshmeat.net/users/sigra/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 05:18

Games/Entertainment
Games/Entertainment :: Real Time Strategy
Games/Entertainment :: Simulation

About: Widelands is an economic and military simulation game. The map is
shown in parallel perspective with 3-dimensional terrain. Buildings and
units are animated. The player controls a tribe. Land is claimed and held
by military presence and then used to build an economy to support military
expansion and confrontation. The project is a work in progress where much
remains to be done; computer players and multiplayer are in very early
stages of development. Some features that have already been implemented
are exploration, fog of war, sound effects, background music, adjustable
simulation speed, a few tutorial campaigns, translations to several
languages, and a map editor.

Changes: This release added animal and worker animations, a new tribe
(Atlantids), a map, and scenario event types (building, flag, immovable,
reveal_campaign, reveal_scenario, road) and trigger types (military
influence, ownership, vision). Scenarios were fixed and updated to take
advantage of the new features. It is possible to run network games from
maps (but not yet from saved games). Automatic flag placement on roads was
implemented. A map can be loaded into the editor from the command line. UI
elements were fixed and improved. Bugs where a worker was lost when
buildings were destroyed and the objective display was not updated were
fixed.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/widelands/

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[030] - xpra 0.0.4 
  by Nathaniel Smith (http://freshmeat.net/users/njsmith/)
  Sat, Apr 5th 2008 14:10

Desktop Environment :: Tools
Desktop Environment :: Window Managers
Utilities

About: X Persistent Remote Applications (xpra) is "screen for X". It lets
you run applications remotely (like ordinary X or VNC), but unlike
ordinary X, these applications are "persistent" if you lose your
connection, or even if you want to switch to another computer. Also unlike
VNC, they are ordinary applications on your desktop managed by your window
manager, not trapped in a box. 

Changes: The most notable new feature in this release is the ability to
restart or upgrade a running xpra server, without disturbing the programs
running inside it. In addition, many important bugs were fixed, including
one where windows would occasionally stop updating, one where stray
busy-looping processes would be left behind on servers, one where an X
server bug caused massive slowdowns (now worked around), and so on.
Additionally, the backspace key should now always work, and window
class/instance information is exported. 

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/xpra/



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