Newsletter for Saturday, August 09th 2008
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::: R E L E A S E H E A D L I N E S (21) :::
[001] - Auto Project Planner 2.2 (APP.NET)
[002] - Badut 1
[003] - clive 1.0.0
[004] - cpufreq daemon 2.3.2
[005] - darkstat 3.0.711
[006] - EDB (Evan's Debugger) 0.9.3
[007] - eric4 4.2.0
[008] - FET 5.6.1
[009] - fuse-zip 0.2.4
[010] - GLSFcave 1.1
[011] - GNU nano 2.1.4 (Unstable)
[012] - gPodder 0.12.2
[013] - OpenGTS 1.9.2
[014] - Power*MatchMaker 0.9.3
[015] - PyQt 4.4.3 (For Qt4)
[016] - Python-SIP 4.7.7
[017] - SlackRoll v28
[018] - SQL Construction Kit 20080808
[019] - TclDtrace 0.3
[020] - ulxmlrpcpp 1.7.3
[021] - youtube-dl 2008.08.09
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::: R E L E A S E D E T A I L S :::
[001] - Auto Project Planner 2.2 (APP.NET)
by Dietmar Schinnerl (http://freshmeat.net/users/dondidi/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 16:39
Desktop Environment :: Tools
Office/Business
Office/Business :: CRM
About: Auto Project Planner automatically calculates a proper project plan
based on your effort estimations and the due dates you have in mind. A list
of tasks and a list of employees can be defined. Tasks can be assigned to
one or more employees. It is also possible to define a maximum percentage
value an employee can/should work on a task. Public holidays, leaves,
weekly working hours, and more parameters can be specified and are
considered in the calculation. According to this input, the software
computes time plans by minimizing the MSE (mean squared error) between
expected and computed end dates.
Changes: It is much easier to keep your project plans up to date.
Information about what happened in your task (from the beginning until
today) can be set. In previous versions, you always had to redefine the
task estimation as it would begin today. Additionally, this version
contains a second calculation method for shorter time projects.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/project-planner/
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[002] - Badut 1
by Henrik Theiling (http://freshmeat.net/users/theiling/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 14:28
Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Players
Multimedia :: Video :: Display
About: Badut is a home theater PC media browser; an audio/video jukebox.
It lets you browse your files and play them, with the focus on good LCD/VFD
support, pluggable media (e.g. USB), and infrared remote control. How files
are played can be configured. Badut comes with a plugin that plays cdrdao
audio CD images directly (audio.toc files).
License: GNU General Public License v3
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/badut/
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[003] - clive 1.0.0
by legatvs (http://freshmeat.net/users/legatvs/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 14:12
Multimedia :: Video
About: clive is a command line tool to extract videos and to circumvent
the need to use Adobe Flash in order to view user-generated content
available on video-sharing Web sites.
Changes: This release adds a clive-passwd utility for storing encrypted
login passwords. The login options were updated to support encrypted
passwords, and a new option --passwd was added. All of the bundled packages
(newt, urlgrabber, and feedparser) were removed and module dependency was
improved so that it is now possible to run clive without most of them.
License: GNU General Public License v3
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/clive/
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[004] - cpufreq daemon 2.3.2
by Mattia Dongili (http://freshmeat.net/users/mattia/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 14:04
Utilities
About: cpufreqd is meant to be a replacement of the speedstep applet found
in Windows. It monitors battery level, CPU usage, AC state, temperature
(sensors and ACPI), and running programs, and adjusts the frequency
governor according to a set of rules specified in the config file.
Changes: This release fixes a bug that made cpufreq spin forever if there
is no socket available and it is started with -m (manual mode). It also
fixes some logging in acpi_battery, and is even more silent about non-fatal
failures. The plugin acpi_event is now more resistant to acpid dying, and
tries to reopen the socket if it loses the connection.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/cpufreqd/
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[005] - darkstat 3.0.711
by Emil Mikulic (http://freshmeat.net/users/darkmoon/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 14:10
System :: Networking :: Monitoring
About: darkstat is an ntop-workalike network statistics gatherer. It runs
as a background process on a cable or DSL router, uses libpcap to capture
network traffic, and has a Web interface that serves up reports of
statistics such as data transferred by host, port, and protocol. It also
has a neat bandwidth usage graph.
Changes: Improvements have been made to the Web interface, compatibility
with MSIE 7, and integration with launchd on Mac OS X.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/darkstat/
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[006] - EDB (Evan's Debugger) 0.9.3
by proxy (http://freshmeat.net/users/eteran/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 00:14
Software Development :: Debuggers
Software Development :: Disassemblers
About: EDB (Evan's Debugger) is a QT4 based binary mode debugger with the
goal of having usability on par with OllyDbg. It uses a plugin
architecture, so adding new features can be done with ease. The current
release is for Linux, but future releases will target more platforms.
Changes: This release fixes code that triggered an assert if the display
is updated while the program being debugged is running. This bug was
introduced in the last version.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/edebugger/
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[007] - eric4 4.2.0
by Detlev Offenbach (http://freshmeat.net/users/detlev/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 14:08
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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[008] - FET 5.6.1
by Liviu Lalescu (http://freshmeat.net/users/LalescuLiviu/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 16:36
Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence
About: FET (free timetabling tool) automatically schedules the timetable
of a school, high school, or university. It aims to have the same
functionality as expensive scheduling programs.
Changes: A (probably very rare) crash bug has been fixed. A routine to
change multiple constraints at once has been added. The user can specify
old values as a filter to all min n days between activities constraints,
and the modified constraints will have the new values entered in the
dialog. Constraints subactivities preferred time slots and subactivities
preferred starting times have been added. You can specify the component
number for subactivities, which is useful for constraining courses (e.g.
only the first or the last components of a split activity to be placed
earlier). This release uses Qt 4.4.0 and gcc 4.3.1. A routine to change
multiple constraints at once has been added. The user can specify old
values as a filter to all min n days between activities constraints, and
the modified constraints will have the new values entered in the dialog.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/fet/
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[009] - fuse-zip 0.2.4
by Alexander Galanin (http://freshmeat.net/users/agalanin/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 14:10
System :: Filesystems
About: fuse-zip is a FUSE file system to navigate, extract, create, and
modify ZIP archives based on libzip implemented in C++. You can work with
ZIP archives as real directories. Unlike KIO or Gnome VFS, it can be used
in any application without modifications. Unlike other FUSE filesystems,
fuse-zip provides write support for ZIP archives. Also, fuse-zip is faster
than other known implementations on large archives with many files.
Changes: Incorrect directory size on 32-bit Linux machines.
License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/fuse-zip/
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[010] - GLSFcave 1.1
by davy (http://freshmeat.net/users/davy1485/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 13:55
Games/Entertainment :: Arcade
About: GLSFcave is a port of SunFlat's SFcave to UNIX/OpenGL. The
objective of the game is to control a ribbon and avoid hitting walls. You
have only one control: when you hold the mouse button, the ribbon goes up.
Otherwise the ribbon goes down.
Changes: This release adds sound support with OpenAL performance
enhancements minor bugfixes.
License: Public Domain
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/glsfcave/
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[011] - GNU nano 2.1.4 (Unstable)
by Chris Allegretta (http://freshmeat.net/users/astyanax/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 14:09
Text Editors
About: GNU nano (Nano's ANOther editor, or Not ANOther editor) is an
enhanced clone of the Pico text editor.
Changes: This release includes fixes for several severe issues with the
new undo/redo code. The behavior of writing files when using backup mode
has changed as well: if writing the backup file fails, nano will not
attempt to write the current file.
License: GNU General Public License v3
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/nano/
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[012] - gPodder 0.12.2
by Thomas Perl (http://freshmeat.net/users/thp/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 14:10
Communications :: File Sharing
Desktop Environment :: Gnome
Desktop Environment :: Tools
About: gPodder is a Podcast receiver/catcher written in Python and pyGTK.
It manages podcast feeds for you, and automatically downloads all podcasts
from as many feeds as you like. If you are interested in Podcast feeds,
simply put the feed URLs into gPodder and it will download all episodes for
you automatically. If there is a new episode, it will get it for you. It
supports download resume, if the server supports it.
Changes: This release updates the Swedish translation, fixes problems with
the cover downloader, corrects dialog behaviour of dialog windows, and
corrects the podcast list sorting. Some minor problems with legacy
encodings and episode file sizes have also been fixed.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/gpodder/
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[013] - OpenGTS 1.9.2
by MDFlynn (http://freshmeat.net/users/mdflynn/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 00:13
About: OpenGTS is a full-featured GPS tracking system that includes the
OpenDMTP server, yet also can support other remote tracking device types.
It also provides a Web interface that provides GPS tracking and location
reporting. Server configuration experience is required to use this.
Changes: This release includes the ability to create/manage geofences. It
includes the ability to automatically select icons displayed on a map based
on specific criteria from an event. As an example, icons are now provided
that can indicate the direction of travel based on the GPS heading value.
License: The Apache License 2.0
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/opengts/
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[014] - Power*MatchMaker 0.9.3
by SQL Power (http://freshmeat.net/users/sqlpower/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 00:18
Database
About: Power*Matchmaker is an easy-to-use data cleansing and de-duping
tool. The user interface puts a strong emphasis on straightforward
visualization of your data and processes. It will help you cleanse your
data, validate and correct addresses, and identify and remove duplicate
records. Thus, you can provide your business users with complete and
accurate data, and a single view of each customer, product, sales rep, and
business unit.
Changes: This release has a number of bugfixes and usability and
performance enhancements, including munge pen PDF export, improved support
for MySQL, faster match engine performance on Oracle 10g, several minor GUI
enhancements, and more.
License: GNU General Public License v3
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/power-matchmaker/
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[015] - PyQt 4.4.3 (For Qt4)
by Phil Thompson (http://freshmeat.net/users/philthompson/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 00:17
Software Development :: Widget Sets
About: PyQt is a comprehensive set of Python bindings for the Qt GUI
toolkit.
Changes: Support for Qt v4.4.1. A QChar can now be used whenever a QString
is expected. All read-related methods that take a maximum read length will
now raise an exception if the length is negative. The QVariant constructor
that took a QVariantList argument has been replaced with the fromList()
static method. The QVariant constructor that took a QVariantMap argument
has been replaced with the fromMap() static method. The embeddeddialogs.py
and padnavigator.py examples have been added.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/pyqt/
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[016] - Python-SIP 4.7.7
by Phil Thompson (http://freshmeat.net/users/philthompson/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 00:16
Software Development :: Code Generators
About: SIP is a tool to generate C++ interface code for Python. It is
similar to SWIG, but uses a different interface format. It was used to
build PyQt and PyKDE, and has support for the Qt signal/slot mechanism.
Changes: This is mainly a bugfix release. C++ structs are now properly
handled as a class with a default public section. sip.dump() now includes
the object's first child wrapper.
License: Python License
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/python-sip/
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[017] - SlackRoll v28
by rg3 (http://freshmeat.net/users/rg3/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 14:11
System :: Software Distribution
System :: Systems Administration
About: SlackRoll is a package or upgrade manager for Slackware Linux. It
is designed to work with official mirrors in systems mainly composed of
official packages with a few unofficial packages. It lets you automatically
upgrade or install packages, and displays which packages have been added or
removed from the Slackware tree.
Changes: This release makes the URL printing operations use the primary
mirror when printing signature URLs. In addition, it prints a warning when
a proxy has been detected during the update operation.
License: Public Domain
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/slackroll/
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[018] - SQL Construction Kit 20080808
by Jarrod Roberson (http://freshmeat.net/users/jarrodhroberson/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 13:55
Database
Database :: API
Database :: Database Engines/Servers
About: SQL Construction Kit aims to provide a simple builder/factory
pattern based approach to generating DML SQL for all popular RDBMS systems.
Included builders are SelectBuilder, InsertBuilder, UpdateBuilder, and
DeleteBuilder. It is much lighter weight than any of the ORM tools
available, and is 100% Java. It has been in production use since 2001. Also
included is a Facade patterned Database object that wraps a Datasource
object. This provides an execution framework for the results of the Builder
objects, which includes simplified transaction and batch management as well
as the ability to transparently handle SQL exceptions in a default manner.
The Database object also provides a simple object-oriented approach via
wrappers around the database metadata.
Changes: This release fixes some bugs introduced due to massive
refactoring.
License: MIT/X Consortium License
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/sqlck/
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[019] - TclDtrace 0.3
by lrem (http://freshmeat.net/users/lrem/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 00:15
Software Development :: Debuggers
Software Development :: Libraries :: Tcl Extensions
About: TclDtrace is a binding of libdtrace to the Tcl programming
language. DTrace is a system profiling suite created by Sun Microsystems.
It allows the user to profile a program without modifying its text, or even
without the need to distract it if it is running. It consists of a set of
library hooks called "providers", a set of tools, a C API (libdtrace), and
its own specially crafted scripting language called D. A Tcl binding to
libdtrace will allow users to run D scripts and process their results
directly from Tcl.
Changes: This release contains the TEA build system for easy building and
installation. The big feature of this version is aggregations support. The
binding implementation is nearly complete, and the API is nearly stable.
License: BSD License (revised)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/tcldtrace/
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[020] - ulxmlrpcpp 1.7.3
by ewi (http://freshmeat.net/users/ewi/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 14:13
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: HTTP Servers
Software Development :: Object Brokering
About: ulxmlrpcpp is a library to perform calls via XML-RPC in an object
oriented approach. It is possible to create both client and server
applications in multithreaded environments. Unlike other implementations,
it does not insist on HTTP for transportation, but might also accept other
ways (e.g. a simple serial line with a user-defined protocol). For HTTP as
a transportation protocol, the following features are supported: cookies,
SSL/TLS, proxy, SSL/TLS over a proxy, and chunked transfers. ulxmlrpcpp is
also able to transmit data faster with binary XML.
Changes: This release adds a missing doc file and missing #include headers
for g++ 4.2 and later.
License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ulxmlrpcpp/
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[021] - youtube-dl 2008.08.09
by rg3 (http://freshmeat.net/users/rg3/)
Sat, Aug 9th 2008 14:08
Internet :: WWW/HTTP
Multimedia :: Video
About: youtube-dl is a small command-line program for downloading videos
from YouTube.com.
Changes: Minor improvements to make the extraction of information from
YouTube more resistant to internationalization problems. Apparently,
YouTube insists in sending localized versions of its Web pages (even if you
request them to be in English) when you access the Web site from specific
countries, which made the program fail for people living in these
countries. In addition, a PostProcessing framework has been included to
ease extending the program to perform further tasks after downloading the
video files.
License: Public Domain
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/youtube-dl/
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