[GNOME-India] Fw: GNOME Summary December 14, 2003 - December 28, 2003

[Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <sankarshanmukhopadhyay vsnl net>]

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Subject: GNOME Summary December 14, 2003 - December 28, 2003


>
> Last GNOME Summary of the year:
>
> This is the GNOME Summary for 2003-12-14 - 2003-12-28
>
> ==============================================================
> Table of Contents
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 1. Wireless applet improvements
> 2. Linux Productivity Magazine features The GIMP
> 3. GNOME 2.4 in The Linux Show
> 4. Gnome Foundation FundRaising
> 5. GNOME Foundation Moved to Cambridge
> 6. Hacker Activity
> 7. Gnome Bug Hunting Activity
> 8. New and Updated Software
>
> ==============================================================
> 1. Wireless applet improvements
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> James Willcox has been hacking on the GNOME wireless applet, and
now it lists
> all the access points and the quality.
>
>         http://www.snorp.net/files/screenshots/wireless-applet.png
>
> ==============================================================
> 2. Linux Productivity Magazine features The GIMP
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The Linux Productivity Magazine's December 2003 has an article on
The GIMP with
> a overview of a select few of Gimp's abilities.
> The GIMP is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for
such tasks as
> photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
>
>         http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/200312/200312.htm
>
> ==============================================================
> 3. GNOME 2.4 in The Linux Show
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> As a part of the Desktop thread series, The Linux Show featured
GNOME 2.4, with
> Jeff Waugh and Leslie Proctor representing the GNOME Foundation.
>
>         http://www.thelinuxshow.com/
>
> ==============================================================
> 4. Gnome Foundation FundRaising
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 'tis the season for giving
> With thousands of more users taking advantage of GNOME at Brazilian
telecentros
> and schools in Extremadura, now is a good time to make a donation
to GNOME
> Foundation. You can help underwrite the foundation's activities
bringing GNOME
> to the developing world and subsidizing developers and students
participation
> at GUADEC and the Summit in 2004.
> GNOME Foundation has been granted tax exempt status by the U.S.
Internal
> Revenue Service. This means that all contributions to the
foundation are now
> tax-deductible in the U.S.
> Contributions can be made on-line, via PayPal, or by check. Visit:
> http://www.gnome.org/friends/> for details.
> *Remember, to qualify for a charitable tax deduction in 2002, you
must make
> your donation by December 31st.* Every donation is important.
>
>         http://www.gnome.org/friends
>
> ==============================================================
> 5. GNOME Foundation Moved to Cambridge
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The GNOME Foundation office will be moving with Ximian to Novell
space in
> Cambridge on Saturday, December 27th.
> GNOME Foundation c/o Novell, Inc. 8 Cambridge Center Floor 5
Cambridge, MA
> 02142
>
>
> ==============================================================
> 7. Gnome Bug Hunting Activity
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This information is from http://bugzilla.gnome.org, which hosts bug
and feature
> reports for most of the Gnome modules. If you would like to join
the bug hunt,
> subscribe to the gnome-bugsquad mailing list.
>
> Currently open: 10527 (In the last week: New: 394, Resolved: 287,
Difference:
> +107)
>
> Modules with the most open bugs (excluding enhancement requests):
>
>   nautilus: 766 (In the last week: New: 47, Resolved: 28,
Difference: +19)
>   gtk+: 640 (In the last week: New: 13, Resolved: 11, Difference:
+2)
>   control-center: 254 (In the last week: New: 4, Resolved: 0,
Difference: +4)
>   gnome-vfs: 241 (In the last week: New: 2, Resolved: 2,
Difference: 0)
>   gnome-panel: 224 (In the last week: New: 25, Resolved: 7,
Difference: +18)
>   GnuCash: 221 (In the last week: New: 2, Resolved: 0, Difference:
+2)
>   gnome-applets: 169 (In the last week: New: 12, Resolved: 2,
Difference: +10)
>   GIMP: 159 (In the last week: New: 12, Resolved: 11, Difference:
+1)
>   dia: 155 (In the last week: New: 1, Resolved: 0, Difference: +1)
>   galeon: 147 (In the last week: New: 20, Resolved: 16, Difference:
+4)
>   balsa: 125 (In the last week: New: 2, Resolved: 0, Difference:
+2)
>   gnome-terminal: 122 (In the last week: New: 9, Resolved: 4,
Difference: +5)
>   sawfish: 117 (In the last week: New: 0, Resolved: 0, Difference:
0)
>   gnome-session: 116 (In the last week: New: 4, Resolved: 0,
Difference: +4)
>   epiphany: 110 (In the last week: New: 13, Resolved: 21,
Difference: -8)
>
> Gnome Bugzilla users who resolved or closed the most bugs:
>
>   walters verbum org: 17 bugs closed.
>   maclas gmx de: 16 bugs closed.
>   chris gnome-de org: 15 bugs closed.
>   hadess hadess net: 15 bugs closed.
>   bugsqueesher yahoo com: 14 bugs closed.
>   wbrack mmm com hk: 10 bugs closed.
>   readams hmc edu: 9 bugs closed.
>   chpe+gnomebugz stud uni-saarland de: 8 bugs closed.
>   gnome flowerday cx: 8 bugs closed.
>   olpa xmlhack ru: 8 bugs closed.
>   fherrera onirica com: 8 bugs closed.
>   daniel veillard com: 8 bugs closed.
>   marco gnome org: 8 bugs closed.
>   gjc inescporto pt: 7 bugs closed.
>   sinzui cox net: 7 bugs closed.
>
> ==============================================================
> 6. Hacker Activity
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Thanks for Paul Warren for these lists.
>
> Most active modules:
>  59 gdesklets
>  44 rhythmbox
>  37 gimp
>  30 beast
>  28 gnumeric
>  26 gdesklets-extras
>  25 gnomeweb-wml
>  23 epiphany
>  21 gnucash
>  19 nautilus-cd-burner
>  19 yelp
>  19 galeon
>  17 evolution
>  17 gtk+
>  16 gnome-system-tools
>  16 gnome-xml
>  16 gnome-python
>  16 optimystic
>  15 conglomerate
>  15 eog
> [118 active modules omitted]
>
> Most active hackers:
>  54 pycage
>  47 serrador
>  38 mitr
>  36 walters
>  34 aasmunds
>  33 dnloreto
>  29 danilo
>  29 chrisime
>  24 laurenti
>  21 cstim (gnucash)
>  19 frehberg
>  18 timj
>  16 matthiasc
>  15 hadess
>  15 dodji
>  14 rodrigo
>  13 gcarneiro
>  13 aflinta
>  13 veillard
>  13 shaunm
> [111 active hackers omitted]
>
>
> ==============================================================
> 8. New and Updated Software
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> screem  - Web Site / HTML Editor
> GTK+ OpenGL Toolkit  - GTK+ OpenGL Toolkit
> GnomeSword  - GnomeSword2 Bible Guide
> gDesklets  - GNOME Desktop Applets
> The GNOME XSLT toolkit  - The GNOME XSLT toolkit
> The GNOME XML toolkit  - The GNOME XML toolkit
> Coriander  - IEEE1394 IIDC camera GUI firewire
> OpenHacha  - OpenHacha is a "free as in freedom" implementation for
GNU/Linux
> of the propietary-and-only-for-MS-Windows program Hacha. OpenHacha
is based on
> the libhacha.cs library, a C# implementation of the Hacha program
features,
> developed by the Sierra pro
> GNOME Desktop Themes  - GNOME desktop themes
> gwget2  - Download Manager for Gnome 2.
> gLabels  - gLabels is a lightweight program for creating labels and
business
> cards for the GNOME desktop environment. It is designed to work
with various
> laser/ink-jet peel-off label and business card sheets that you``ll
find at most
> office supply stores.
> Gwine  - A wine cellar manager
> gnocl  - A GTK+ / Gnome extension for Tcl
> Translator for GNOME  - A front-end to the Babel Fish
> libxklavier  - XKB foundation library
> gnome-mud  - GNOME-Mud is a Multi-User Dungeon (MUD) client, which
aims to make
> mudding a bit easier. It can define aliases, triggers, variables.
keybind
> shortcuts and has a connection wizard to easily manage different
player
> characters and MUDs. GNOME-Mud is the
> Audio File Library  - The Audio File Library provides an elegant
API for
> accessing a variety of audio file formats, such as AIFF/AIFF-C,
WAVE, and
> NeXT/Sun .snd/.au in a manner independent of data and file formats.
> sussen  - Sussen is a security scanner
> Silky  - Silky - An easy to use SILC client.
>
> For more information on these packages visit the GNOME Software
map:
> http://www.gnome.org/softwaremap/latest.php
>
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