Category Archives: gnome

gnome.org: release management, documentation, bug management and other adventures.

Vermischtes.

Posted on 2008-06-28 by aklapper

Neuer Laptop. Windows XP komplett zerschossen beim Installieren des Grafikkartentreibers. Allerdings auch keinerlei Motivation, das zu reparieren. GNOME/Linux auf der anderen Seite durch das Kopieren meiner alten Daten auch so zerschossen, daß ich weder Symbole noch ein Menü mehr hatte. … Continue reading →

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incoming gnome bugs (and some rants).

Posted on 2008-06-11 by aklapper

Less incoming bug reports. In 2008 (the last 163 days), 31231 reports have been opened and 29997 reports have been closed in GNOME bugzilla so far.   2008 (accumulated) 2007 2006 2005 Opened: 70126 114043 67543 37845 Closed: 67355 108807 … Continue reading →

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Ein Interview; Berlin.

Posted on 2008-05-30 by aklapper

Die Kathedrale und der Basar Ich habe vor einiger Zeit ein Interview über die sozialen Aspekte von Open-Source-Softwareentwicklung gegeben, welches jetzt veröffentlicht wurde. Wer schon immer mal etwas mehr verstehen wollte, was ich eigentlich in meiner Freizeit mache und dabei … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Developer Summit and Maemo Bugzilla

Posted on 2008-05-26 by aklapper

Spent the last week at the Ubuntu Developer Summit at Prague. It was a pleasure to meet and see lots of friends and new people from the Ubuntu and GNOME universe. Technically speaking lots of workshops were a bit to … Continue reading →

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no more full-time student life.

Posted on 2008-05-01 by aklapper

(Nein, ich habe nicht mein Studium beendet.) Seit heute arbeite ich für die Openismus GmbH. Ich freue mich über das mir entgegengebrachte Vertrauen und bin sehr gespannt auf das neue Arbeitsumfeld und die bevorstehenden Tätigkeiten.

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GNOME’s GHOP Runner-Ups.

Posted on 2008-03-18 by aklapper

I’m quite late with this, but I like to mention a few more students that participated in Google’s Highly Open Participation Contest. I’m pleased to post our unofficial “runner-ups” here: Patrick Hulin (patrick.hulin) The GNOME Project has selected Patrick Hulin … Continue reading →

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The GNOME is out!

Posted on 2008-03-12 by aklapper

six months later… thanks to everybody who was involved in another nice release!

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remaining 2.22 showstoppers.

Posted on 2008-02-26 by aklapper

translations adding “just one additional string” to a module two weeks before a major release does not sound bad at first sight. but keep in mind that most of the modules have about 20 completely translated po files. it means … Continue reading →

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Google Highly Open Participation Contest results.

Posted on 2008-02-12 by aklapper

The Google Highly Open Participation Contest (GHOP) concluded a few days back. Google had invited 10 Open Source projects, GNOME being one of them, to set up a list of tasks for high school students. GHOP was a great success … Continue reading →

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GNOME 2.22.0 will probably not be GNOME 2.22

Posted on 2008-02-12 by aklapper

well. KDE 4.0 is not KDE4. GNOME 2.22 will also have some regressions because of porting from gnome-vfs to GIO. two of them are listed in the latest GNOME showstopper review: the missing “network:” backend implementation and the missing ftp … Continue reading →

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