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Adam Fedor | 3 Feb 16:21
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ANN: Make 2.6.2

The GNUstep Makefile Package version 2.6.2 is now available.

1.1 What is the GNUstep makefile package?
=========================================

The makefile package is a simple, powerful and extensible way to write
makefiles for a GNUstep-based project.  It allows the user to write a
project without having to deal with the complex issues associated with
configuration, building, installation, and packaging.  It also allows
the user to easily create cross-compiled binaries.

1.2 Changes in version `2.6.2'
==============================

Added standalone filesystem layout for putting everything in one
directory for easy deployment of relocatable. Other bug fixes.

1.3 Obtaining gnustep-make
==========================

You can get the gstep-make-2.6.2.tar.gz distribution file at
`ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core'

   Please log bug reports on the GNUstep project page
`http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=gnustep' or send bug reports to
<bug-gnustep <at> gnu.org>.
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Adam Fedor | 3 Feb 16:23
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ANN: Base 1.24.0

The GNUstep Base Library, version 1.24.0, is now available.

1.1 What is the GNUstep Base Library?
=====================================

The GNUstep Base Library is a library of general-purpose, non-graphical
Objective C objects.  For example, it includes classes for strings,
object collections, byte streams, typed coders, invocations,
notifications, notification dispatchers, moments in time, network ports,
remote object messaging support (distributed objects), and event loops.

   It provides functionality that aims to implement the non-graphical
portion of the OpenStep standard (the Foundation library).

   There is more information available at the GNUstep homepage at
`http://www.gnustep.org'.

1.2 Noteworthy changes in version `1.24.0'
==========================================

   * There is binary incompatibility on 64bit systems in that the value
     of the NSNotFound constant there is now 64bits rather than 32bits.

   * gcc-4.0 is the minimum official supported compiler for GNUstep

   * Support for the GNU LANGUAGES environment variable and other locale
     improvements

   * IPV6 support for NSHost and networking operations
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Adam Fedor | 3 Feb 22:04
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ANN: Gui/Back 0.22.0

This is version 0.22.0 of the GNUstep GUI library (`gnustep-gui').

1.1 What is the GNUstep GUI Library?
====================================

It is a library of graphical user interface classes written completely
in the Objective-C language; the classes are based upon Apple's Cocoa
framework (which came from the OpenStep specification as release by
NeXT Software, Inc).  The library has been enhanced in a number of ways
to take advantage of the GNU system.  These classes include graphical
objects such as buttons, text fields, popup lists, browser lists, and
windows; there are also many associated classes for handling events,
colors, fonts, pasteboards and images.

   The GNUstep GUI Library is designed in two parts.  The first part is
the front-end component which is independent of platform and display
system.  This front-end is combined with a back-end component which
handles all of the display system dependent such as specific calls to
X/Windows.  This design allows the GNUstep applications to have the
"look and feel" of the underlying display system without any changes to
the application, and the library can be easily ported to other display
systems.

   The GNUstep GUI Library requires the GNU Objective-C compiler, the
GNUstep Base Library, the TIFF Graphics library, and a back-end
component like the GNUstep 'Back' Backend.

1.2 Noteworthy changes in version `0.22.0'
==========================================
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Adam Fedor | 23 Nov 06:37
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Windows installer update

I've updated the Windows installer. See

http://www.gnustep.org/experience/Windows.html

This includes an updated MingW toolchain, with gcc 4.6 and libobjc2, which should support Objective-C
2.0.
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Germán Arias | 8 Nov 06:54
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GNUMail and Pantomime maintenance release

This is a maintenance release to solve some problems I had with this 
great app.
There are some minor changes in GNUMail (like a dot at AppIcon when 
GNUMail is hidden),
but there are two important major changes.
These are:

* With some SMTP servers, Pantomime don't work as expected. The SMTP
connection died before get the supported transports mechanism. This 
crash
GNUMail. In other cases the SMTP don't get the supported transports 
mechanism
at first chance (or even at second chance). So you need click several 
times at
corresponding button to get these. This is confusing for the user. 
Since I don't
understand Pantomime and I don't know anything about mail protocols, I 
added
a hack to prevent this (Maybe an ugly hack).

* In "Compose" window I removed the option to select the SMTP host to 
send
the email. For me this can cause errors. For example my "xelalug.org" 
mail account
uses GMAIL technology, so it's uses smtp.gmail.com. My Gmail account 
uses,
of course, smtp.gmail.com also. This is sincronized automatically for 
GNUMail.
But GNUMail don't handle consistently the information of an account. 
So If I don't
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Riccardo Mottola | 2 Nov 09:04
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ANN: DataBasin 0.4

D A T A  B A S I N
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I am pleased to announce the release of DataBasin 0.4

-- What's new --

* Select identify: execute select on records identified by Id or Unique 
identifier
* http / https connection choice

-- What is it? --

It is a data access tool for Salesforce.com, it allows querying, 
deleting and inserting records. It accesses the APIs through the usage 
of web services. Of interest might be its core, DBSoap, which implements 
the access to the APIs. It is designed to be reusable for other 
projects. As far as I know it is the only "Open source" implementation 
of its kind. It is released as LGPL.

DataBasin runs both on GNUstep and Mac>= 10.3

-- Where do I find it? --
Data Basin is hosted in the GAP project:

http://gap.nongnu.org/databasin/index.html

DataBasin uses the GNUstep Webservices, which Richard extended to 
support SOAP right for this application.
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Riccardo Mottola | 17 Oct 23:49
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ANN: AClock 0.4.0

ACLOCK
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I am pleased to announce the 0.4.0 release of AClock.
This is the first release from GAP, where the application has been 
maintained and updated.

This version of AClock is now more portable and also it uses NSSound 
instead of relying on an external program to play sounds.

AClock is an analog clock with display of smooth seconds. It stays in 
your dock.

Check the web page for further information.

http://gap.nongnu.org/aclock/index.html

Riccardo
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Riccardo Mottola | 30 Sep 10:55
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ANN: GWorkspace 0.9.0

I'm pleased to announce that GWorkspace version 0.9.0  is now available.

Many thanks to all those who helped with testing or contributed with patches, especially Philippe and Sebastian.

What is GWorkspace?
====================================

GWorkspace is a workspace manager for GNUstep.

Changes in version 0.9.0
=========================

Enhancements / new features
* Customized icons for special folders (Desktop, Images, Music, Documents, System, Library)
* default font size instead of fixed 12 points
* re-enabled sound playing in content inspector
* webloc file handling

Fixes
* Extensive drag-operation fixes
* volume mounting ported to NetBSD, FreeBSD and generally a more robust FSNodeRep
* portability issues fixed (SPARC crashes, HURD constants)
* security fixes
* crash fixes
* updated to work with changes in recent base and gui packages and obj-c runtimes
* draw fixes for recent gui rounding
* build system fixed (GWMetadata)

Where can you get it? How can you compile it?
==================================================
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Richard Frith-Macdonald | 22 Sep 20:01
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New base library release

The GNUstep Base Library, version 1.23.0, is now available.

1.1 What is the GNUstep Base Library?
=====================================

The GNUstep Base Library is a library of general-purpose, non-graphical
Objective C objects.  For example, it includes classes for strings,
object collections, byte streams, typed coders, invocations,
notifications, notification dispatchers, moments in time, network ports,
remote object messaging support (distributed objects), and event loops.

   It provides functionality that aims to implement the non-graphical
portion of the OpenStep standard (the Foundation library).

   There is more information available at the GNUstep homepage at
`http://www.gnustep.org'.

1.2 Noteworthy changes in version `1.23.0'
==========================================

   * Support for automatic reference counting (ARC) when using clasng
     and the GNUstep Objective-C 2.0 runtime 1.5 or later.

   * Full support for weak references in NSHashTable, NSMapTable and
     NSPointerArray when using clang and the GNUstep Objective-C 2.0
     runtime 1.5 or later.

1.3 Where can you get it?  How can you compile it?
==================================================
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Riccardo Mottola | 19 Aug 15:12
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ANN: DataBasin 0.3

D A T A  B A S I N
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I am pleased to announce the release of DataBasin 0.3.

-- What's new --

* Object Inspector: given an Id, the object type is identified, 
described and all fields are queried and displayed in a convenient table
* Vastly better string encoding support
* Updated describe to 20.0 API

-- What is it? --

It is a data access tool for Salesforce.com, it allows querying, 
deleting and inserting records. It accesses the APIs through the usage 
of web services. Of interest might be its core, DBSoap, which implements 
the access to the APIs. It is designed to be reusable for other 
projects. As far as I know it is the only "Open source" implementation 
of its kind. It is released as LGPL.

DataBasin runs both on GNUstep and Mac>= 10.3

-- Where do I find it? --
Data Basin is hosted in the GAP project:

http://gap.nongnu.org/databasin/index.html

DataBasin uses the GNUstep Webservices, which Richard extended to 
support SOAP right for this application.
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Riccardo Mottola | 27 Jul 12:19
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ANN: PDFKit 0.9.1

Hi Steppers,

I'm pleased to announce the 0.9.1 release of PDFKit of the GNUstep 
Application project.

Check its wiki entry:
http://wiki.*gnustep*.org/index.php/*PDFKit* 
<http://wiki.gnustep.org/index.php/PDFKit>

This is a maintenance release: it improves portability and solves some 
packaging issues.

PDFKit is used by GWorkspace to enable the PDF content inspector.

Please note that since it wraps xpdf, it is only GPL v2 without the "or 
later" clause.

Cheers,
    Riccardo
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