July 2009
31 Jul 20:38
Oddjob 0.27.0
Oddjob is a Java job scheduler and job toolkit. A GUI Designer or XML are used to define a hierarchy of jobs. Sequential, parallel, and conditional execution (or combinations) allow for nearly any business process to be modelled by the hierarchy. It can run on the desktop or on a server and uses JMX to control remote instances via an Explorer-style GUI. Basic Web-based monitoring is also available. It can be embedded in client code and is easily extendable via a simple API.
Release Notes: This release includes a new module system for Oddjob called Oddballs, and an Oddball that lets Oddjob play with Spring.
31 Jul 20:36
fetchmail 6.3.10
Fetchmail is a free, full-featured, robust, well-documented remote-mail retrieval and forwarding utility intended to be used over on-demand TCP/IP links (such as SLIP or PPP connections). It supports every remote-mail protocol now in use on the Internet: POP2, POP3, RPOP, APOP, KPOP, all flavors of IMAP, and ESMTP ETRN, ODMR, SMTP, LMTP, and local delivery agents.
Release Notes: Permanently undelivered messages are no longer dropped by default. The new "softbounce" global option controls this behavior. Progress tickers were made consistent. Non-delivery notices ("bounce mails") now mention the original reason again. The minimum recommended SMTP (RFC-5321) timeouts are enforced to leave sufficient time for the listener to respond. The comparison of SSL fingerprints is now case-insensitive. Attempts were made to be operational with Yahoo's Zimbra servers. Many other minor modifications and bugfixes were made.
31 Jul 20:35
Less 436
Less is a program similar to more, i.e. a terminal based program for viewing text files and the output from other programs. Less offers many features beyond those that more does. For instance, it allows backward movement in the files as well as forward.
Release Notes: The -# (--shift) option now accepts a fraction as an argument. A highlighting bug when underlined/overstruck text matched at end of a line was fixed. Non-regex searches with Ctrl-R were fixed.
31 Jul 20:34
Autoconf 2.64
Autoconf is an extensible package of m4 macros that produce shell scripts to automatically configure software source code packages. These scripts can adapt the package to many kinds of UNIX-like systems without manual user intervention.
Release Notes: Many macros were added and improved. Several bugs were fixed.
31 Jul 20:31
PCI Utilities 3.1.3
The PCI Utilities package contains various utilities dealing with the PCI bus, and also a library for portable access to PCI configuration registers. It includes `lspci' for listing all PCI devices (very useful for debugging of both kernel and device drivers) and `setpci' for manual configuration of PCI devices.
Release Notes: A bug in decoding of the SR-IOV capability was fixed. Details of some PCIe capabilities are now displayed only with -vv. Segfaults of setpci on invalid input were resolved. The VPD parser now reports unknown and vendor-defined items properly, and aborts on any item in unknown format. The MSI-X table size now matches the spec. The Power Management capability now includes the soft reset bit. Decoding of the Advanced Features capability was added. The Device Serial Number capability is now printed in the correct byte order. Output was modified and beautified in several places.
31 Jul 20:27
Gwyddion 2009-07-31
Gwyddion is a modular SPM (Scanning Probe Microsope) data visualization and analysis tool. It can be used for all most frequently used data processing operations including: leveling, false color plotting, shading, filtering, denoising, data editing, integral transforms, grain analysis, profile extraction, fractal analysis, and many more. The program is primarily focused on SPM data analysis (e.g. data obtained from AFM, STM, NSOM, and similar microscopes). However, it can also be used for analyzing SEM (scaning electron microscopy) data or any other 2D data.
Release Notes: A PDF version of the guide is now available. The guide was brought up to date with Gwyddion 2.16. Missing descriptions of Mark With, Selection Manager, Mask Editor, and other functions were added. It now includes the man pages of commands and the formats of resource files.
31 Jul 20:26
OpenApproach prealpha6
OpenApproach aims to be an easy-to-use, yet highly configurable air traffic control (ATC) simulation.
Release Notes: The Blips are now able to (laterally) fly approaches. The Aircraft API was reconstructed to simplify future additions or changes. ADIRU, FMS, autopilot, etc. are now separate classes. The Settings Dialogs were dropped in favor of docks.
31 Jul 18:32
Linux LiveCD VoIP Server 2.0.60
The Linux LiveCD VoIP server is a software appliance that can provide a private Vonage or Grand Central type service starting at $399, including one year of email and ssh support. It can use any SIP phone device such as those produced by Linksys and Nokia, products based on WM6, and the iPhone.
Release Notes: This release has kernel 2.6.30.4, minor bugfixes, and updated documentation.
31 Jul 18:26
zinq-ucspi-tcp 0.05
zinq-ucspi-tcp is a fork of Daniel Bernstein's ucspi-tcp.
Release Notes: This release consists of build tweaks to standardize the shared code between zinq-ucspi-tcp, zinq-daemontools, and zinq-djbdns. It also includes an RPM .spec file and autogen.sh.
31 Jul 18:22
MarkEmptyDirs 1.3
CVS, GIT, and Mercurial as well as other well-known version control systems cannot version directories. In other words, you cannot add empty directories. A "workaround" for this issue is to use placeholder files that are placed into empty directories. These placeholder files can then be committed into the repository and will make sure that, upon checkout, the directory tree is entirely reconstructed. The problem with using placeholder files is that you need to create them, and need to delete them if they are not necessary anymore (because sub-directories or real files were added). With big source trees, managing these placeholder files can be cumbersome and error prone. MarkEmptyDirs can manage the creation/deletion of such placeholder files automatically. It creates placeholder files in all empty "leaf" directories. If later on new files or directories are put into such directories, the placeholder files are not necessary anymore, and are removed automatically.
Release Notes: This release adds a feature that allows you to specify a template file for placeholders. It adds a feature that allows you to create placeholders with GUIDs, datetime, environment variables, and more. It has improved readability of help messages for template variables, and some bugfixes.
31 Jul 18:14
gPodder 0.17.0
gPodder is a Podcast receiver/catcher written in Python and pyGTK. It manages podcast feeds for you, and automatically downloads all podcasts from as many feeds as you like. If you are interested in Podcast feeds, simply put the feed URLs into gPodder and it will download all episodes for you automatically. If there is a new episode, it will get it for you. It supports download resume, if the server supports it.
Release Notes: This release fixes several bugs found in 0.16.1 and adds an improved feed update algorithm that is able to skip updates if new episodes are highly unlikely. Support for Media RSS-based podcasts has been added. Small compatibility improvements for the Windows version have also been integrated.
31 Jul 18:14
Visifire 2.2.5 beta
Visifire is a set of data visualization components powered by Microsoft Silverlight. It lets you create and embed visually stunning animated Silverlight Charts within minutes. Visifire is easy to use and independent of the server side technology. It can be used with ASP, ASP.Net, PHP, JSP, ColdFusion, Ruby on Rails, or just simple HTML. Visifire's unique features are visually stunning animated charts, the ability to be embedded into any Web page in minutes, a tiny footprint (140 KB), and enterprise grade features.
Release Notes: Minor bugfixes.
31 Jul 18:06
Sympa 6.0b.2
Sympa is a scalable and highly customizable mailing list software. It can cope with big lists (780,000 subscribers), and it comes with a complete Web interface for both the user and the administrator. It is internationalized. Sites can customize Web and mail templates, authentication backends, and authorization scenarios. Dynamic mailing lists can use multiple backends (LDAP, SQL, files, lists, or others). Sympa is the only S/MIME and DKIM enabled mailing list software, and it provides both authentication and encryption.
Release Notes: After 6 weeks of beta testing, during which Sympa was used on production servers, most of the bugs seem to have been fixed. This release also includes an updated German translation and some modifications in the installation process and directory organization.
31 Jul 17:39
pdf2djvu 0.5.11
pdf2djvu creates DjVu files from PDF files. It's able to extract: graphics, text layer, hyperlinks, document outline (bookmarks), and metadata.
Release Notes: Support for the latest unstable release of poppler was added.
31 Jul 17:39
Wolf Software Secure Portal 3.0.1
Secure Portal is a very simple user portal with built-in administration tools for user management. It is designed to be a skeleton from which you can build a simple managed and secure Web site. It comes with a default admin account which automatically becomes disabled once a real admin account is added.
Release Notes: Minor changes to footer.php and edit_me.php.
31 Jul 17:37
Wolf Software Change Management 3.0.1
Change Management is a comprehensive change management system, built using the Secure Portal Skeleton. It includes complete audit history for all changes, approvers and change manager roles, and much more.
Release Notes: Minor changes to footer.php and edit_me.php.
31 Jul 17:36
Wolf Software Open Portal 3.0.1
Open Portal is a very simple user portal with built-in administration tools for user management. It is designed to be a skeleton from which you can build a simple managed and secure Web site. It comes with a default administrative account which automatically becomes disabled once a real administrative account is added. Open Portal is slightly different from secure portal in that you can have some sections of the portal publicly viewable and some password protected.
Release Notes: Minor changes to footer.php and edit_me.php.
31 Jul 17:36
Wolf Software Change Log Manager 3.0.1
The Change Log Manager is a simple tool that allows you to centrally manage your change logs. It is built using the Open Portal.
Release Notes: Minor changes to footer.php and edit_me.php.
31 Jul 15:40
segatex 7.780
segatex is a tool to configure SELinux policy with the help of a GUI. At the push of a button, it can generate a .te file in the /usr/share/segatex directory. You can then edit your .te file, make a module, and install. You can make any module name and edit current modules. You can install, update, and remove modules. You can semanage list and semanage login, fcontext, and port or set some domain permissive. You can download SELinux-related RPMs, including xguest, sepostgresql, and mod_selinux. You can download Fedora DVD or CDs. You can relabel your system. You can audit2allow by GUI. You can check refpolicy by analyzer. segatex includes its own policy.
Release Notes: This release adds seinfo and getseuserbyname tabs.
31 Jul 15:38
Album Player 0.3
Album Player is a simple audio player to play albums that are encoded into a single FLAC file. It uses the cover art, track listing, and cue sheet embedded in the FLAC file. Just choose an album from your CD archive and gaplessly listen to the music. The embedded track listing can be used to jump between tracks. The embedded album art is displayed. Album Player offers a Canteen Mode, suggesting four random albums to the user. A script to embed cover artwork and cue sheets (as created by CD ripper programs) is included.
Release Notes: Glitches with the seek bar jumping around while seeking have been fixed. This release reads stags generated by "flactag", copes with a broader range of CUE sheet formats, and flawlessly compiles on NetBSD.
31 Jul 15:37
IRC Services 5.1.19
Services for IRC Networks (or just Services for short) provides for definitive nickname and channel ownership, automatic channel mode setting, memo (short message) storage and retrieval, and greater IRC operator control over the network.
Release Notes: This is a maintenance release to fix a few issues of mostly minor severity.
31 Jul 15:34
OCILIB 3.4.0
OCILIB is a cross-platform Oracle Driver that delivers very fast and reliable access to Oracle databases. It offers a rich, full featured, and easy-to-use API. Written in ISO C on top of OCI, OCILIB runs on all Oracle platforms.
Release Notes: This release adds support for Oracle 11g remote instance management.
31 Jul 15:34
ELOG Electronic Web Logbook 2.7.7
ELOG Electronic Web Logbook is an electronic logbook with a Web interface. It can be used to maintain personal or shared logbooks, with the ability to add attachments to logbook pages. Logbook entries can be categorized with user-defined classes, and queried using filters on these classes. Automatic email notifications can be generated on new entries based on the classes. The ELOG server is a small stand-alone C program, which runs under Linux and Windows. No other packages are required. The logbooks are saved in plain ASCII files for easy and fast access.
Release Notes: This release fixes minor bugs and adds minor features.
31 Jul 15:33
SOFA Statistics 0.8.4
SOFA is a statistics, analysis, and reporting program with an emphasis on ease of use, learning as you go, and beautiful output. SOFA can connect directly to your database and lets you display results in an attractive format ready to share or put in a spreadÂsheet. SOFA will help you learn as you go, whether you are a student, business analyst, or researcher.
Release Notes: This release can explicitly set variables to Nominal, Ordinal, or Quantity. These settings are used to limit the variables displayed in various tests to those which are of the appropriate type. Pearson's Chi Square now has a contingency table with both observed and expected values. One-way ANOVA and Kruskal Wallis H now provide more information in the output (e.g., average rank per group). Variables can be configured from a right-click when running statistical tests. Statistical tests can be selected by double-clicking, and are sorted alphabetically to make direct selection faster.
31 Jul 15:30
check_openmanage 3.4.8
check_openmanage is a plugin for Nagios that checks the hardware health of Dell servers running OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA). The plugin can be used remotely with SNMP or locally with NRPE, check_by_ssh, or similar. It checks the health of the storage subsystem, power supplies, memory modules, temperature probes, etc., and gives an alert if any of the components are faulty or operate outside normal parameters.
Release Notes: For failed physical drives, check_openmanage now outputs the drive's vendor, model number, and size in GB or TB.
