Paul released a new version again! This one fixes most of the problems that people were experiencing with aspell’s support. It should work reasonably correctly, although I’m sure someone could find glitches. Too bad, a gcc 2.9x user tried to compile this version but not the previous 1.9.9, because I’ve put a declaration in the…
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Claws 1.9.9 and further
We released Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.9 last week. Looks like a good release, as it’s been quite silent on the mailing-list on the subject. Silence means good release, while endless threads means bugs (reality is sometimes harsh)… One thing that kept coming again and again, however, is the status of the spelchekcer, which was badly broken…
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Linux workflow during the « bitkeeper debacle »
At the beginning of this month, Larry McVoy of Bitmover fame stated that his company was going to phase out the free (as in beer) Bitkeeper client that a number of Linux developers use. As a result of this, Linus Torvalds took a week to figure out alternatives to Bitkeeper, and finally, not finding anything…
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Linux spreading ;-)
Yesterday my girlfriend and I decided to rent a bike to have a little trip, as it was sunny there. We went to the bike renting station, which is a service from the local collectivity with attractive prices (1 € for the afternoon). I saw that the software they use runs on some kind…
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« The kernel SCM saga »
Looks like the free-as-in-beer Bitkeeper will soon disappear. You probably read about it all over the internet so I don’t have to explain the causes and consequences of this Bitmover decision. I personnally don’t care very much, as I don’t hack on Linux quite enough to need such a solution. A few scripts to handle…
09/04/2005 Lire la suite...
