June 2004 Archives

KDE 3.2.3 in unstable

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I've put KDE 3.2.3 in Fink unstable (both 10.2-gcc3.3 and 10.3). It's looking pretty solid, I'm gonna wait for some input and then I think it's the first 3.2.x release that will be worth releasing to stable.

Now it's time to start packaging qt 3.3 and KDE 3.3 alpha.

Fink Updates

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PostgreSQL 7.3.6 and 7.4.3 are in unstable in the 10.3 tree now; I'm testing in the 10.2-gcc3.3 tree at this moment and hope to release them there soon as well.

I've got most of KDE 3.2.3 built and just need to do some spot-checking and last-minute cleanup of the packages.

Mono has some stuff that's broken that I've gotta figure out before I can release, but I think I've got all the pieces put together at least.

I guess that's about it. I'm glad to have the PostgreSQL thing out in the wild, I'm tired of messing with it. Of course, I'm sure there'll be bug reports, but for the most part it should be better than what was there.

Engage E-Begging

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So in response to the people asking for a way to donate, I've now put up an Amazon Honor System link (which is like paypal, but I don't have to be a "merchant" to put up a donation link).

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To start with, I'm going to consider it an experiment to see if I can get the money to renew my (now defunct) ADC membership in time to help get Fink ready for Mac OS X 10.4. You need a for-pay ADC membership to get early access to the WWDC seeds (and later). For the last couple of years, I paid for an ADC membership out of my own pocket, and donated the spare seed keys to other Fink developers.

If you want to help out, just follow the link and make whatever donation you want. If you don't, I understand; still feels a little weird to be asking in the first place. =)

[Update:]

Another developer has offered up a spare seed key, so if those of you who donated want to cancel it (you have up to 30 days to do so) feel free. If you want to support me while I continue to be unemployed, that's great, but I can't guarantee devoting my time to fink/kde entirely right now, I'm still spending a lot of time actively looking for employment... I'll do what I can, however.

I *am* right now working on KDE 3.2.3 and postgresql 7.4 (and hopefully mono beta2 when I'm done with those), but I can't say when they'll be finished yet.

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Awwwww yeah.

rm -rf /

[Update:]

...and for those who have been asking, yes, you really can have / in your license plate in North Carolina. =)