Newsletter for Wednesday, October 22nd 2008

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

Today's news on the web: http://freshmeat.net/daily/2008/10/22/
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::: A D V E R T I S I N G :::

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::: R E L E A S E H E A D L I N E S (45) :::

[001] - audit daemon 1.7.8
[002] - Augeas 0.3.2
[003] - Back In Time 0.7
[004] - cb2Bib 1.0.4
[005] - CDlinux 0.6.2 (Community)
[006] - cdrtools 2.01.01a52 (Development)
[007] - Config::Model 0.630
[008] - Config::Model::Itself 1.207
[009] - Config::Model::TkUI 1.203
[010] - Config::Model::Xorg 0.513
[011] - conntrack-tools 0.9.8
[012] - CoSolvent Player 1.1.0
[013] - Ctalk 0.0.81a
[014] - deco file extraction framework 1.5.6
[015] - equinox3d 0.9.3.4
[016] - FastDup 0.3
[017] - fntsample 3.0
[018] - FreeCC 0.9.1
[019] - FreeRapid 0.7
[020] - Genshi 0.5.1
[021] - GIMP SCRIPT-FUs for 2.6 17
[022] - Gutenprint 5.2.1 (Stable)
[023] - im-chooser 1.2.5
[024] - jFlvTool 0.2
[025] - jWebApp 4.8.8
[026] - Mac's PHP MVC Framework 0.7
[027] - Nagzilla 1.5.1
[028] - OpenDBX 1.3.11 (Development)
[029] - Opera 9.61
[030] - peppy 0.8.17
[031] - phpISP 1.0.0-alpha
[032] - phpLogCon 2.5.15 (Beta)
[033] - Postfilter 0.7.3
[034] - Pronto Framework 0.5
[035] - rsyslog 3.21.6 (Development)
[036] - Ruby webgen 0.5.6
[037] - sercd 3.0.0
[038] - SquidClamAv 3.7
[039] - UJO Framework 0.81
[040] - Vala 0.4.0
[041] - Very Simple Control Protocol Daemon 0.2.6
[042] - VTD-XML 2.4 extended
[043] - Webminstats 0.14.0
[044] - Xarchiver 0.5.0rc1
[045] - Zina 2.0alpha6

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::: R E L E A S E D E T A I L S :::

[001] - audit daemon 1.7.8
by Steve Grubb (http://freshmeat.net/users/stevegrubb/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 20:21

Security
System :: Logging
System :: Monitoring

About: The audit package contains the user-space utilities for creating
audit rules, as well as for storing and searching the audit records
generate by the audit subsystem in the Linux 2.6 kernel. It also has a
basic Intrusion Detection plugin based on audit events capable of IDMEF
alerting using prelude.

Changes: TTY audit updates. An update of capabilities interpretation.
Non-root search has been improved to not cause access problems. A new exit
code search option has been added to ausearch. There are performance
improvements for ausearch. Config file parsing when GSSAPI support is
disabled has been fixed.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/linux-audit/

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[002] - Augeas 0.3.2
by David Lutterkort (http://freshmeat.net/users/lutter/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 05:40

Software Development :: Libraries
System :: Installation/Setup
System :: Systems Administration

About: Augeas is a configuration API and editing tool. It parses common
configuration files like /etc/hosts or /etc/grub.conf in their native
formats and transforms them into a tree. Configuration changes are made by
manipulating this tree and saving it back into native configuration files.

Changes: Various fixes for file saving (preserving the file
attributes/SELinux label, reporting which files were changed, and making
save idempotent). Lens documentation is generated with NaturalDocs. There
are various lens fixes and enhancements.

License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)

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

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[003] - Back In Time 0.7
by Dan (http://freshmeat.net/users/danleweb/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 13:38

System :: Archiving :: Backup
Utilities

About: Back In Time is a simple backup system for the GNOME desktop
inspired by the "flyback project" and "TimeVault". The backup is done by
taking snapshots of a specified set of directories. All you have to do is
configure: where to save snapshot, what directories to backup, and when a
backup should be done (manually, every hour, every day, every week, or
every month). It acts as a "user mode" backup system. This means that you
can backup and restore only folders to which you have write access.

Changes: A cron segfault was fixed. A crash which occurred when the
program was launched for the very first time was fixed. Multi-lingual
support was added. A French translation was added.

License: GNU General Public License v2

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

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[004] - cb2Bib 1.0.4
by constans (http://freshmeat.net/users/constans/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 05:53

Multimedia :: Graphics :: Editors
Scientific/Engineering
Text Processing :: Markup :: TeX/LaTeX

About: The cb2Bib is a tool for rapidly extracting bibliographic
references from email alerts, journal Web pages, and PDF files. It
facilitates the capture of single references from unformatted and non
standard sources. Output references are written in BibTeX. Article files
can be easily linked and renamed by dragging them onto the cb2Bib window.
The cb2Bib permits editing and browsing of BibTeX files, searching of
references and the contents of linked files, and the addition of citations
into document editors.

Changes: This release improves pages, volume and number heuristic
recognition, and adds 'any word/all words' type searches. It fixes also a
couple of issues that appeared when linking to Qt 4.4.0 or later:
incorrectly enabled/disabled buttons in the search dialog, and 'about
panel' not displaying dynamic bookmarks.

License: GNU General Public License v3

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/cb2bib/

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[005] - CDlinux 0.6.2 (Community)
by BenZ (http://freshmeat.net/users/zhaoxh/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 15:26

System :: Operating System :: Linux Distributions :: CD-Based
System :: Systems Administration

About: CDlinux is a compact Linux distribution. It is small in size, yet
rich in features. It ships with an up-to-date version of the Linux kernel,
Xorg, Xfce, and many popular applications. It has good internationalization
and locale support and is highly user-configurable.

Changes: This edition emphasizes usability and user experience. Many handy
tools and applications are added. There are also some new GUI configuration
tools to make CDlinux more user friendly.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

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

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[006] - cdrtools 2.01.01a52 (Development)
by Jörg Schilling (http://freshmeat.net/users/schily/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 13:53

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

About: cdrtools (formerly cdrecord) creates home-burned CDs/DVDs with a
CDR/CDRW/DVD recorder. It works as a burn engine for several applications.
It supports CD/DVD recorders from many different vendors; all SCSI-3/mmc-
and ATAPI/mmc-compliant drives should also work. Supported features include
IDE/ATAPI, parallel port, and SCSI drives, audio CDs, data CDs, and mixed
CDs, full multi-session support, CDRWs (rewritable), DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW,
TAO, DAO, RAW, and human-readable error messages. cdrtools includes remote
SCSI support and can access local or remote CD/DVD writers.

Changes: Config.sub now supports NetBSD on AMD64. The email addresses in
many files have been updated. The libfile license has been changed from
4-clause BSD to 2-clause BSD with permission from all authors. The MD5
implementation in cdda2wav has been changed to a public domain variant to
avoid the RSA advertizing clause. Some small code cleanups were done in
libscg.

License: Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL)

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

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[007] - Config::Model 0.630
by Dominique Dumont (http://freshmeat.net/users/ddumont/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 13:29

Information Management :: Metadata/Semantic Models
Software Development :: Libraries :: Perl Modules
Software Development :: Quality Assurance

About: Config-Model provides a framework for validating the content of any
configuration file or data. With a configuration model (expressed in a data
structure), Config-Model provides a tool to validate configuration. A
graphical (Perl/Tk) or a curses interface is provided to edit configuration
data. Config-Model includes a model example for fstab and a small fstab
demo.

Changes: The optional "ordered" parameter was added to the checklist.
Checklist order is now taken into account in configuration data. This
feature is required by the SSH model for the Ciphers list (see
Config::Model::OpenSsh).

License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)

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

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[008] - Config::Model::Itself 1.207
by Dominique Dumont (http://freshmeat.net/users/ddumont/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 17:28

Software Development
System :: Systems Administration

About: Config::Model::Itself provides a configuration model for
Config::Model. In other words, the structure of a model specification is
described in Config::Model::Itself so you can use the same user interface
to edit configuration data (for instance Xorg configuration data from
xorg.conf) and Xorg model (if you need to add new parameters in Xorg
model). You can also create your own configuration model to get a
configuration tool for your own application.

Changes: This release adds an ordered parameter to the checklist. An
ordered checklist feature is required by the SSH model for the Ciphers list
(see Config::Model::OpenSsh).

License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/config-model-itself/

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[009] - Config::Model::TkUI 1.203
by Dominique Dumont (http://freshmeat.net/users/ddumont/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 17:27

System :: Systems Administration

About: Config::Model::TkUI provides a graphical interface to
Config::Model. With this project, Config::Model, and a configuration model
(like Config::Model::Xorg), a user gets a tool to edit configuration files.
This configuration editing tool provides on-line help and validation of
configuration data.

Changes: This release adds a Notebook tab to provide 2 ways to edit an
ordered checklist: changing the content (check or uncheck items), or
changing the order of the items. This feature is necessary to correctly
edit the Ciphers list of ssh_config model (see Config::Model::OpenSsh). The
interface to edit the list of configuration parameters has been improved. A
nice logo has been added.

License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/config-model-tkui/

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[010] - Config::Model::Xorg 0.513
by Dominique Dumont (http://freshmeat.net/users/ddumont/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 17:33

System :: Systems Administration

About: Config::Model::Xorg provides a configuration model for xorg.conf.
This model is to be loaded by Config::Model. Along with
Config::Model::CursesUI, you get tools to view or edit your xorg.conf file.

Changes: A VESA model has been added. This release will try several
directories to find the X.Org configuration. It has been fixed to cope with
the new Config::Model::Autoread.

License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/config-model-xorg/

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[011] - conntrack-tools 0.9.8
by Pablo Neira Ayuso (http://freshmeat.net/users/pneira/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 13:17

Security
System :: Networking :: Firewalls
System :: Networking :: Monitoring

About: conntrack-tools is a set of userspace tools for Linux that allow
system administrators to interact with the Connection Tracking System, the
module which provides stateful packet inspection for iptables. It includes
the userspace daemon conntrackd and the commandline interface conntrack.

Changes: This release includes many updates, fixes, and improvements in
the command line tool and the user-space daemon. Upgrading is recommended.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/conntrack-tools/

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[012] - CoSolvent Player 1.1.0
by RobertSanders (http://freshmeat.net/users/rrsIPOV/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 05:39

Education :: Computer Aided Instruction (CAI)
Multimedia :: Graphics :: Presentation
Multimedia :: Video :: Display

About: CoSolvent Player is an Adobe Flex application that provides
multi-clip video and animation playback on a Virtual Timeline. It can play
SWF, FLV, or H.264 video. It is easily embeddable in a Web page.

Changes: Full-screen mode has been implemented. Several issues have been
fixed.

License: Other/Proprietary License with Free Trial

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

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[013] - Ctalk 0.0.81a
by thx1132 (http://freshmeat.net/users/kiesling3/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 13:36

Software Development :: Interpreters
Software Development :: Libraries

About: Ctalk provides object oriented programming features, like classes,
methods, operator overloading, and inheritance to otherwise standard C
programs. You can use only a few objects and classes in a program, or you
can write programs entirely in Ctalk. The package provides a translator
from Ctalk source code into C for compilation and a library that provides
run-time support for class objects. The preprocessor, ctpp, is also
available separately, and the package includes sample programs and
documentation.

Changes: This release contains internal improvements that provide more
flexible handling of incomplete C data types and variable declarations, as
well as further improvements in object creation and deletion and exception
handling.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ctalk-lang/

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[014] - deco file extraction framework 1.5.6
by P. Hartlich (http://freshmeat.net/users/phartlich/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 15:30

System :: Archiving

About: deco is a command-line program that, together with the deco-archive
package, allows you to extract dozens of popular archive file formats. It
has a consistent interface ("deco 1.tar.bz2 2.rar 3.zip 4.flac 5.deb") and
consistent behavior (never deleting archives after extraction and
extracting relative to the current working directory, just verbosely
enough, all unless explicitly requested otherwise). It creates an
extraction directory if there is more than one file or directory at the
archive top level, and it is able to fix strange permissions.

Changes: If an archive named, for example, foo.zip contains a file also
named foo.zip, previous versions of deco would fail in some circumstances.

License: GNU General Public License v3

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/deco-framework/

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[015] - equinox3d 0.9.3.4
by lnxpilot (http://freshmeat.net/users/lnxpilot/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 13:12

Multimedia :: Graphics :: 3D Modeling
Multimedia :: Graphics :: 3D Rendering
Scientific/Engineering :: Astronomy

About: EQUINOX-3D is a 3D modeler with a very fast, fully integrated
ray-tracer. It features read/write support for COLLADA, read support for
Radiance's .hdr image format, 3DS (3D-studio) file format read support,
multi-texturing, custom-programmable texture mapping, bump-mapping with
automatic texture-space tangents, the ability to zoom into a region with
"fly-to", and more. It includes a full runtime-class framework and a core
design that allows for the addition of anything from a physics engine to a
fully integrated renderer from a plugin. It is faster and more memory
efficient than many other modelers.

License: Free To Use But Restricted

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/equinox-3d/

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[016] - FastDup 0.3
by John Brooks (http://freshmeat.net/users/aspecial/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 05:50

Utilities

About: FastDup is a tool to find identical files within directory trees,
with a focus on the ability to scan very large trees and files in
reasonable amounts of time. The use of clever techniques and optimizations
to avoid comparisons allows fastdup to significantly outperform many
existing solutions, and has a benefit of being entirely I/O bound
(insignificant CPU usage). It is released under a modified BSD license,
allowing all use, redistribution, and modification for non-commercial
purposes.

Changes: This release adds a progress display while comparing files and an
option to filter the files included in scanning by file size. Several minor
bugs have been resolved, including a compilation error on GCC 4.3 and
several minor memory leaks. The license has been changed to the GPLv3.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

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

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[017] - fntsample 3.0
by Eugeniy Meshcheryakov (http://freshmeat.net/users/eugeniy/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 17:27

Text Processing :: Fonts

About: fntsample is a program for making font samples that show Unicode
coverage of the font. The samples are similar in appearance to Unicode
charts. Samples can be saved as PDF or PostScript files.

Changes: Scaling for fonts with large vertical metrics was added. Support
for localization using gettext and a Ukrainian translation were added. The
license was changed to the GPLv3 or later.

License: GNU General Public License v3

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

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[018] - FreeCC 0.9.1
by Jonathan Revusky (http://freshmeat.net/users/revusky/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 17:29

Software Development :: Code Generators

About: FreeCC (formerly KawaDD) is parser/lexer generator written in Java.
It is a development fork of the well known JavaCC parser generator
originally developed at Sun Microsystems. It has extra features such as
"code injection" and more flexible tree-building strategies. Also, it is
far easier to customize the code the tool generates, because it uses
FreeMarker templates that can be tailored for one's needs.

Changes: This release introduces a new INCLUDE_GRAMMAR statement that
allows you to organize your grammar file into multiple physical files. The
NODE_PACKAGE option is working now (it was not working in 0.9). There has
been a lot of code cleanup and a multitude of minor bugfixes.

License: BSD License (revised)

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

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[019] - FreeRapid 0.7
by Vity (http://freshmeat.net/users/Vity01/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 20:11

Communications :: File Sharing
Internet :: WWW/HTTP

About: FreeRapid is a simple Java downloader for Rapidshare and other file
share archives. It has support for concurrent dwnloading from multiple
services, and is able to use a proxy list. Code also contains a simple API
for adding other services like plugins.

Changes: This release brings more UI improvements, auto-shutdown options
when all downloads are complete, and more translations (Slovak, French, and
Chinese). There are new plugins for XtraUpload.de, Shareator.com, Load.to,
Iskladka.cz, and Uloz.to.

License: GNU General Public License v2

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

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[020] - Genshi 0.5.1
by mynamewastaken (http://freshmeat.net/users/mynamewastaken/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 13:50

Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content
Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
Text Processing :: Markup :: HTML/XHTML

About: Genshi is a Python library that provides an integrated set of
components for parsing, generating, and processing HTML, XML, or other
textual content for output generation on the Web. The main feature is a
template language that is heavily inspired by Kid.

Changes: A transformation framework was added to make stream filtering
easier. Serialization performance was improved. A new text template syntax
with better control for white-space and line breaks was implemented.
Default serialization methods were added for streams. For example, text
templates can render using text serialization by default.

License: BSD License (revised)

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

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[021] - GIMP SCRIPT-FUs for 2.6 17
by Paul Sherman (http://freshmeat.net/users/psherma1/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 13:12

Multimedia :: Graphics

About: GIMP SCRIPT-FUs for 2.6 is a collection of SCRIPT-FUs edited to
work in GIMP-2.6.x. The compiler of this collection is usually not the
original author for most of the scripts, but was able to tweak or get them
working better in GIMP 2.6 and consolidate them in a sane menu hierarchy.

Changes: Missing presets were included for the photo-effects script. Note
that these get installed into the gimpressionist/preset folder, not the
scripts folder.

License: GNU General Public License v2

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/script_fu26/

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[022] - Gutenprint 5.2.1 (Stable)
by Robert Krawitz (http://freshmeat.net/users/rlk/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 05:44

Multimedia :: Graphics
Printing
System :: Hardware

About: Gutenprint (formerly Gimp-Print) is a collection of printer drivers
for Unix/Linux that currently supports over 800 printers. It emphasizes
quality and flexibility, offering a wide variety of options to meet most
printing needs. It includes a CUPS driver, an IJS-based Ghostscript driver,
Foomatic data, an enhanced Print plugin for The GIMP, and other printer
maintenance utilities. It can be used equally well for fast printing of
text or critical printing of high quality graphics and photographs.

Changes: This is the first stable release in the 5.2 series. It offers
many enhancements over 5.0, including support for many more printers,
greatly improved quality and performance on many Epson inkjet printers and
some others, a rewritten Postscript driver, substantial enhancements to the
CUPS driver, and much more.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

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

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[023] - im-chooser 1.2.5
by Akira TAGOH (http://freshmeat.net/users/tagoh/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 13:47

Desktop Environment :: Tools

About: im-chooser is a GUI frontend application featured with IMSettings
to choose the input method you want to use. It can also disable input
methods entirely on the desktop. This allows you to pick an input method
and switch it on demand without restarting either your applications or your
desktop.

Changes: The translations are now shown properly. The translations were
updated.

License: GNU General Public License v2

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/im-chooser/

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[024] - jFlvTool 0.2
by mrkleen (http://freshmeat.net/users/jckdnk111/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 05:38

About: jFlvTool is a pure Java application which allows users to inject
metadata into Flash Video files (FLV). It automatically generates metadata
such as framerate, keyframe times and offsets, and much more. It supports
injection of custom metadata from a file and via a key-value string on the
command-line. jFlvTool was written for speed and support for large files
(up to 2GB).

Changes: Bugfixes for h263 videos and embedded AMF objects.

License: GNU General Public License v3

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

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[025] - jWebApp 4.8.8
by DaveB (http://freshmeat.net/users/dbulmore/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 20:04

Database
Database :: API
Database :: Database Engines/Servers

About: jWebApp is a Java-based Web application development framework that
is specifically designed to satisfy the need for simple Web development.
jWebApp is configuration-free, straightforward, and extremely easy to work
with.

Changes: Several bugs have been fixed. requestUri has been cleaned up (it
was causing problems under jrun). A problem with error message overwriting
has been fixed. New serverInterface RESTful oriented methods have been
added, as well as a cookie hash for easy access to cookies.

License: Affero General Public License

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

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[026] - Mac's PHP MVC Framework 0.7
by Mac (http://freshmeat.net/users/maconly2001/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 05:43

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

About: Mac's MVC Framework is an MVC framework for PHP with a built-in
templating engine. It also comes with an integrated, AJAX-driven, flat file
CMS solution. It was made with future extendability in mind. It is easy to
install, easy to use, and has a very short learning curve. It also comes
bundled with many PHP and JavaScript libraries. The framework generates SEF
(search engine friendly) URLs right out of the box.

Changes: This is a complete rewrite of the entire framework, using some of
the more powerful PHP 5 libraries and concepts like PDO, SimpleXML, and
Reflections. As a result, the framework is not backwards compatible with
PHP4. The CMS section has been removed.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/maconly2001/

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[027] - Nagzilla 1.5.1
by Hurricane Labs (http://freshmeat.net/users/hurricanelabs/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 20:02

About: Nagzilla was designed to be a Jabber relay "bot", in that it sits
quietly in a room until it gets a message to relay to either a chat room or
a person. The early work was based on several simple examples out on the
Internet, but would just keep logging into a room every time the bot had
something to say. It was made a daemon, which allows it to get Nagzilla
alerts from various systems and event creators. Nagzillac (the client
program) accepts any string input and makes it into a Jabber message. This
should work with Google Talk (as it's Jabber-based), but that is untested.

License: GNU General Public License v2

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

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[028] - OpenDBX 1.3.11 (Development)
by Norbert Sendetzky (http://freshmeat.net/users/nsendetzky/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 20:14

Database :: API
Software Development :: Libraries

About: The OpenDBX libraries provide a unified and consistent API for
software developers to different database management systems. The C and C++
libraries aim to implement access to the native database interfaces
efficiently via a thin abstraction layer. They consist of a basic set of
functions that are part of all vendor database libraries and can be
extended by additional function blocks. Currently, Firebird/Interbase, MS
SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite 2 and 3, and Sybase ASE are
supported.

Changes: The biggest change is the replacement of libconfuse by the ArgMap
class to unify configuration file and command line parameter handling. This
will ease compilation on different platforms, especially on Windows.
Several bugs in different backends were fixed, and some patches were added
to increase compatibility.

License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)

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

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[029] - Opera 9.61
by Moritz Barsnick (http://freshmeat.net/users/barsnick/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 13:36

Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Browsers

About: Opera is a full-featured Internet tool, most notably a fully
standard conforming Web browser. Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed
browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like a password
manager, mouse gestures, native Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) support, an
email program, RSS newsfeeds, and IRC chat. It is designed to be fast and
highly customizable.

Changes: This release fixes several minor security flaws, such as an issue
where History Search could be used to reveal browsing history, cross-site
scripting through Fast Forward, and news feed preview revealing the
contents of unrelated news feeds. An issue with Opera Link which could
generate duplicate bookmarks during the synchronization process was fixed.
The image toggle button on the status bar is now a normal button, and does
not have a menu.

License: Free To Use But Restricted

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

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[030] - peppy 0.8.17
by Rob McMullen (http://freshmeat.net/users/robm351/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 05:49

Text Editors

About: peppy ((ap)Proximated (X)Emacs Powered by Python) is a
wxPython/Scintilla-based editor written in and extensible through Python.
It attempts to provide an XEmacs-like multi-window, multi-tabbed framework
with low coupling, so it's easy to add support for new types of files.

Changes: This release adds source control management to the project
plugin, with initial support for managing Git, SVN, Bzr, and CVS
repositories. It also includes a workaround for a problem with the default
wxPython installation on Mac OS X 10.5.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

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

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[031] - phpISP 1.0.0-alpha
by Vina Petre Jan - Ghost Kilah (http://freshmeat.net/users/kilah/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 05:38

About: phpISP is a very useful application for ISPs of any size. It is
written in PHP, has a nice interface, and is very easy to use for managers
and customers. Network administrators can do Internet configurations for
each subscriber in only a few clicks. Customers also a user accounts, and
may submit a complaint or notification to the provider, check how much
traffic they used in a month, etc.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

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

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[032] - phpLogCon 2.5.15 (Beta)
by deltaray (http://freshmeat.net/users/deltaray/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 17:26

System :: Logging
System :: Monitoring

About: phpLogCon is a Web front-end for syslog and other network event
data. It provides easy browsing, searching, basic analysis, and some
graphics. Data is taken from databases or plain syslog text files, so
phpLogCon does not require changes to an existing logging infrastructure.
Depending on the log data present, it can process syslog messages, Windows
event log entries, and some more exotic things. Its troubleshooting support
enables users to quickly find solutions to problems seen in the log data.

Changes: The check for magic_quotes_gpc has been corrected, which is
important when saving. Configuration values are saved into the UserDB. This
also fixes a problem of duplicating backslahes when using \ or ' in string
fields. A minor bug in handling and saving the ViewEntriesPerPage option
has been fixed. An option to inject custom HTML code into the header and
footer has been added. Help links have been added to the message parser
admin panel. The default and dark themes have been cleaned up and enhanced.
The documentation has been improved.

License: GNU General Public License v3

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

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[033] - Postfilter 0.7.3
by aioe (http://freshmeat.net/users/Aioe/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 17:31

Communications :: Usenet News

About: Postfilter is a Perl filter for Internet Net News (innd) that
checks all messages sent by local users searching for spam and invalid
content. Although it's designed for large sites that need a complex tool,
it could also be used by local or private servers.

Changes: This release uses 'delete $hdr{'Header'};' instead of
'$hdr{'Header'} = undef;'. The behavior of postfilter when an error is
found inside banlist.conf is configurable. The maximum difference between
the number of groups in Followup-To and in Newsgroups can be set. Articles
that include the same groups inside Newsgroups: and Followup-To: can be
rejected. Articles that come from TOR exit nodes can be filtered. A new
tool, postfilter-legal.pl, can query and expire legal.log.

License: BSD License (original)

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

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[034] - Pronto Framework 0.5
by Judd Vinet (http://freshmeat.net/users/apeiro/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 17:24

Database
Internet
Internet :: WWW/HTTP

About: Pronto is a framework consisting of loosely-coupled layers designed
to handle the mundane elements of Web development without sacrificing the
developer's overall control of the project. It is a PHP4/PHP5 MVC framework
that supports robust dispatching, CRUD scaffolding, transparent data
caching, i18n, flexible ACLs, and much more.

License: GNU General Public License v2

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

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[035] - rsyslog 3.21.6 (Development)
by Rainer Gerhards (http://freshmeat.net/users/rgerhards/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 13:14

System :: Logging

About: Rsyslog is an enhanced multi-threaded syslogd. Among others, it
offers support for on-demand disk buffering, reliable syslog over TCP, SSL,
TLS, and RELP, writing to databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and many
more), email alerting, fully configurable output formats (including
high-precision timestamps), the ability to filter on any part of the syslog
message, on-the-wire message compression, and the ability to convert text
files to syslog. It is a drop-in replacement for stock syslogd and able to
work with the same configuration file syntax.

Changes: Most importantly, this version fixes a segfault condition which
could occur during processing. It also contains some other bugfixes, many
imported from the stable and beta branches. Feature-wise, performance has
been improved, permitting rsyslogd to handle an even higher number of
messages per second. This is a recommended update for all devel branch
users. This release is scheduled to become the new beta soon.

License: GNU General Public License v3

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

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[036] - Ruby webgen 0.5.6
by gettalong (http://freshmeat.net/users/gettalong/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 13:10

Internet :: WWW/HTTP

About: webgen is a Web site generator implemented in Ruby. It is used to
generate static Web sites from templates and page files. It is fast, easy
to use, and extensible.

Changes: This release focused on a major internal code refactoring which
directly led to the implementation of the tikz webgen tag for generating
high quality graphics. A link tag has also been added and there are some
other minor enhancements as well as bugfixes and documentation updates.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ruby-webgen/

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[037] - sercd 3.0.0
by Peter Åstrand (http://freshmeat.net/users/altic/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 15:34

System :: Networking
Terminals :: Serial
Terminals :: Telnet

About: sercd is an RFC 2217-compliant serial port redirector. It lets you
share a serial port through a network. It is based on sredird.

Changes: This version adds support for the Windows platform. The core has
been completely rewritten. This should give better performance and also
better protection against overflows. Support for the FLOWCONTROL-SUSPEND
option has been removed. sercd can now run standalone, without "inetd".
This version also features many minor fixes.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

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

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[038] - SquidClamAv 3.7
by Gilles DAROLD (http://freshmeat.net/users/darold/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 13:13

About: SquidClamAv is a dedicated ClamAV antivirus redirector for Squid.
It can run antivirus checks based on filename regex, content-type regex,
and more. It is easy to install and works even with heavy Squid access.

Changes: This release adds a bi-directional pipe to squidGuard or another
redirector to improve speed and security.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

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

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[039] - UJO Framework 0.81
by Paul Ponec (http://freshmeat.net/users/pponec/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 13:07

Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks
Software Development :: Libraries :: Java Libraries
Text Processing :: Markup :: XML

About: UJO Framework offers a special architecture of beans different from
conventional JavaBeans. The useful features are XML persistence of an
object tree, simple introspection, easy collaboration with Swing tables,
and very light weight.

Changes: The PathProperty class was added for a composition of several
UjoProperties. Charset is supported by a UjoManager object. The UjoProperty
implements CharSequence for easy access to the Name property. The
ListProperty class, which extends UjoPropertyList was created for ArrayList
property implementations. The UjoPropertyList.removeItem(UJO, ITEM) method
was added. The SuperUjoExt.remove(UjoPropertyList, ITEM) method was added.
Small bugs were fixed. New JUnit tests were added.

License: The Apache License 2.0

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

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[040] - Vala 0.4.0
by Jürg Billeter (http://freshmeat.net/users/juergbi/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 13:48

Desktop Environment :: Gnome
Software Development :: Compilers

About: Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern
programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing any
additional runtime requirements, and without using a different ABI compared
to applications and libraries written in C.

Changes: This release adds support for a more flexible object construction
scheme, including constructor chain-up. Partial support for reading and
writing GObject Introspection .gir files has been integrated into the
compiler and vapigen. The compiler performance has been improved and arrays
are now copied where necessary. Tracker indexer bindings have been added.
GLib, GTK+, and GStreamer bindings have been updated. Many bugs have been
fixed.

License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)

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

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[041] - Very Simple Control Protocol Daemon 0.2.6
by Ake Hedman (http://freshmeat.net/users/akhe/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 20:16

Home Automation

About: Very Simple Control Protocol Daemon is a daemon for home
automation tasks.

Changes: Many minor bugs have been fixed. Symbolic names are used for TX
objects in VSCP Works. There are no errors on missing generation 2 methods
in CANAL drivers for the daemon. VSCP Simple Button, an application that
show how to build a small Visual C++ application that sends events through
the daemon interface, has been added. VSCP Simple Lamp, an application that
show how to build a small Visual C++ application that receives events
through the daemon interface, has been added.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

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

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[042] - VTD-XML 2.4 extended
by jimmy Zhang (http://freshmeat.net/users/jzhang2005/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 13:04

Scientific/Engineering :: Bioinformatics
Software Development :: Libraries
Software Development :: Libraries :: Java Libraries

About: Virtual Token Descriptor for eXtensible Markup Language (VTD-XML)
refers to a collection of efficient XML processing technologies centered
around a non-extractive XML parsing technique called Virtual Token
Descriptor (VTD). Depending on the perspective, VTD-XML can be viewed as
either an XML parser, a native XML indexer or a file format that uses
binary data to enhance the text XML, an incremental XML content modifier,
an XML slicer/splitter/assembler, or an XML editor/eraser.

Changes: This version supports a maximum file size of 256 GB and memory
mapped capabilities. The updated documentation is also available for
download. In short, you can basically do full XPath queries on documents
that are bigger than the memory space available on your machine.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/vtd-xml/

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[043] - Webminstats 0.14.0
by Gerbier Eric (http://freshmeat.net/users/gerbier/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 13:54

System :: Monitoring

About: Webminstats is a Webmin module designed to store system information
in an rrdtool database and to display historic (hourly, daily, weekly,
monthly, and custom) graphs. It is modular in design, so as to be able to
log everything from CPU usage to email box size.

Changes: Webminstats was fixed to be able to work with an Apache HTTP
server. If a problem occurs during acquisition, only the first mail is
sent, to avoid a kind of mail bombing. The code of all modules was cleaned
with the perlcritic tool.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

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

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[044] - Xarchiver 0.5.0rc1
by Giuseppe Torelli (http://freshmeat.net/users/gt67/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 13:16

System :: Archiving
System :: Archiving :: Compression
System :: Archiving :: Packaging

About: Xarchiver is a GTK+ 2 frontend for manipulating arj, 7z, zip, rar,
tar, bzip2, gzip, and RPM files. It allows you to create archives and add,
extract, and delete files from them. Password protected archives in the
arj, 7z, rar, and zip formats are supported.

Changes: Bugfixes and enhancements were made.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

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

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[045] - Zina 2.0alpha6
by Ryan (http://freshmeat.net/users/pancake/)
Wed, Oct 22nd 2008 13:16

Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content
Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Players :: MP3

About: Zina is a graphical interface to your MP3 collection, a personal
jukebox, a Podcaster, and an MP3 streamer. It can run alone, be embedded
into an existing Web site, or be used as a module in Drupal, Joomla,
Wordpress, Xoops, and others.

Changes: This release adds a "Recently Added" statistic and RSS feed. It
also has an option to allow image captions. Along with some minor bugfixes,
this release should finally be IIS ready.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

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

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