Krusader Newsletter - Volume 2, Number 9, 20 December 2006
Frank Schoolmeesters
Krusader Newsletter, 20 December 2006
(c) 2005-2006 by The Krusader Krew, All Rights Reserved
http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=8462
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Welcome to the Krusader Newsletter with news, views and information
about recent developments and ongoing issues in the Krusader project.
Our aim is to inform of recent developments, give a preview of
upcoming features and to let our loyal users have a direct line to the
Krusader Krew.
New features available in cvs
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Since the last newsletter [1] some new features where added in cvs
plus several bugfixes. We welcome and encourage your feedback!
Download it [2], play with it, push it to the limit, and then tell us
what you found! More cvs information is available in the Changelog
[3], vsnews [4] and the changelog diff [5].
1. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1783
2. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/cvs.php
3. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/text.php?t=ChangeLog
4. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/text.php?t=CVSNEWS
5. http://krusader.cvs.sourceforge.net/krusader/krusader_kde3/ChangeLog?r1=1.733&r2=1.746
ADDED: credit for Václav Juza and Jiri Palecek in the about box
CHANGED: atomic extensions are configurable through krusaderrc
FIXED: media button would display encoded paths
(http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1789)
FIXED: crash when viewing file properties due to class name clash thanks to
stephan binner
FIXED: .tar.bz2 was not treated as atomic extension, while .tar.gz.test was.
FIXED: disk usage: other filelight bugfixes
FIXED: disk usage: filelight crash because of missing null pointer checks
FIXED: media button always writes out the mounted location
FIXED: [ 1495465 ] packing dialog, 'MIN' and 'MAX' labels below the slider
FIXED: [ 1436725 ] Status bar is not updated after RIGHT-ARROW is pressed
FIXED: [ 1578768 ] Wrong sorting by Date column in search dialog
FIXED: [ 1599142 ] problem with "Rename selects extension" and directories
FIXED: wrong name after cancelling inplace rename by Esc
Patch tracking
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To better manage the patches and sourcecode we receive by mail we have
opened a patch tracker at SourceForge [6] [7]. It provides a central
place for pending modifications of the Krusader file manager and is
supposed to improve the visibility of existing patches. If you have
fixed a bug or written some code for a new feature, please submit it
giving a good description of what you've done.
6. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1840
7. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=306488&group_id=6488&func=browse
A big thanks to Václav Juza and Jiri Palecek
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On behalf of the Krew we like to thank Václav Juza and Jiri Palecek
[8] for all the support, patches and help. Credits are added in the
about box, unfortunately as an opensource project we can't offer you
more besides our endless gratitude.
linux-magazine.pl : Krusader article
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linux-magazine.pl [9] [10] has written a Krusader article in the
September 2006 edition. Thanks!
9. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1828
10. https://www.linux-magazine.pl/issue/31/
Krusader 1.70.x distribution news
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Distrowatch.com reports 19 (+2) distibutions that provide
Krusader-1.70.0 [11] and 23 (+3) distros that provide Krusader-1.70.1
[12]. Some distributions have released distro updates or beta
releases. Be aware that Distrowatch.com only checks the initial
release of a distro, so updates and backports are not always reported
in this list. Some other distros use repositories where Krusader can
be downloaded and installed, such as from the Fedora Extras
repository. We would like to welcome Linux Caixa Mágica [13], the next
distro's have released a new version with a fresh Krusader: Atomix 4.0
[14], Linux-EduCD 0.7 [15], NetSecL: 2.0 [16], ASPLinux 11.2 [17]
11. http://distrowatch.com/search.php?pkg=krusader&pkgver=1.70.0
12. http://distrowatch.com/search.php?pkg=krusader&pkgver=1.70.1
13. http://distrowatch.com/caixamagica
14. http://distrowatch.com/atomix
15. http://distrowatch.com/linuxeducd
16. http://distrowatch.com/netsecl
17. http://distrowatch.com/asp
Krusader-1.70.1 distro list
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[*]Arch Linux: current
[*]Ark Linux: dockyard, dockyard, 2006.1
[*]UPDATE: Atomix: 4.0
[*]CCux Linux: stable
[*]Debian GNU/Linux: unstable, testing
[*]DragonFly BSD: 1.6
[*]FreeBSD: 7, 6, 6.2
[*]Frugalware Linux: 0.6pre1, 0.5
[*]Gentoo Linux: unstable, stable, 2006.1
[*]KANOTIX: 2006-01-rc4
[*]KateOS: 3.1
[*]Linux-EduCD: 0.7
[*]Lunar Linux: moonbase
[*]Mandriva Linux: cooker
[*]NetBSD: 3.1
[*]NetSecL: 2.0
[*]PCLinuxOS: apt, 0.93a
[*]PLD Linux Distribution: dev
[*]Sorcerer: grimoire
[*]Source Mage GNU/Linux: grimoire
[*]OpenSUSE: factory, 10.2-beta2
[*]T2 SDE: snapshot
[*]UHU-Linux: 2.0
Krusader-1.70.0 distro list
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[*]ALT Linux: Sisyphus
[*]ASPLinux: 11.2
[*]Aurox Linux: 12.0
[*]Boston University Linux: 4.6-beta
[*]Linux Caixa Mágica: 11
[*]CCux Linux: 0.9.8
[*]DANIX GNU/Linux: 2006-09-09
[*]Frugalware Linux: 0.4
[*]KNOPPIX: 5.0.1
[*]Linspire: 5.1
[*]Linux-EduCD: 0.6
[*]Lunar Linux: 1.6.0
[*]NetSecL
[*]PLD Linux Distribution: 2.0-rc1
[*]QiLinux: 2.0
[*]ROCK Linux: snapshot, 3
[*]Source Mage GNU/Linux: grimoire
[*]openSUSE: 10.1
[*]T2 SDE: 6.0.2
Documentation writers
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If there are people around that like to help with the Krusader
documentation please contact Frank [18] [19] [20] [21]. We are still
looking for documentation writers to update and maintain the docs.
Thank you. There are docwriters around but unfortunately it's
difficult to find people who are willing to learn to compile Krusader
from source and docbook-xml, though both issues are more easy than you
think and we are willing to guide you.
18. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1731
19. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=6989
20. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/handbook/
21. http://sourceforge.net/people/viewjob.php?group_id=6488&job_id=27187
Help and feedback
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Here you get a chance to contribute to the Krusader project. Some
things need to be done, but can't be done by us. Help, feedback, and
contributions are always welcome. If you feel you can help, please
follow this link [22].
Thank you! If you have a topic for Krusader news, please contact
Frank. Your feedback on this newsletter and future newsletters will be
appreciated.
22. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/help.php
Thanks for reading. If you have any ideas to improve Krusader, feel
free to let us know. We do it all, for you....
Kind regards,
The Krusader Krew