• [VOICENWS] SW: bww bitwise works GmbH progress update

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    From: silvan.scherrerDESPAM@DESPAMaroa.ch

    *bww bitwise works GmbH progress update September 10, 2014*

    We are finally done with the long awaited git 2.0 software port. Unfortunately this port took us very long, as we had to do a lot updates on other ports, as well as some new ports. Git and all the needed requirements can be installed with "yum install git". If one doesn't like yum there is the possibility to download the zip package of git and install it from there.
    If you are curious in what was added or changed for the git port, please have a
    look at Unix Ports http://trac.netlabs.org/ports/timeline>

    We are now switching to Firefox again and we hope to have a fresh beta out very
    soon.
    If you are interested to see the progress on Firefox, please have a look at Firefox for eCS (OS/2) https://github.com/bitwiseworks/mozilla-os2>

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  • From VOICE News Service@1:3634/1000 to All on Tue Nov 11 10:11:41 2014

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    From: silvan.scherrerDESPAM@DESPAMaroa.ch

    _*bww bitwise works GmbH progress update November 11, 2014*_

    *Apache OpenOffice:*
    We are right now packing and testing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.1 GA as wpi. The announcement will follow very soon.

    *Java Plugin:*
    We are updating IcedTea-Web Java plugin to version 1.5. This version will bring
    a lot enhancements and stability. We hope to have a new beta available within some days.

    *Flash Plugin:*
    We plan to work on the flash plugin very soon. The planned features are available here http://svn.ecomstation.nl/flash10/query?status=assigned&status=new&status=accepted&status=reopened&group=status&milestone=0.4.3>.

    *Qt4:*
    We imported the vendor source 4.8.6 to our repository. We are right now discussing, if we should do a Qt 4.8 release. We think the time needed it not that much and could make sense. As Qt 5 is for sure needed, but with all the work we have right not not the most important part. So stay tuned for more news
    on the Qt front.

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  • From VOICE News Service@1:3634/1000 to All on Tue Dec 30 10:46:04 2014

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    From: silvan.scherrerDESPAM@DESPAMaroa.ch

    *bww bitwise works GmbH progress update December 30, 2014*

    We are proud to announce our latest Firefox for eCS (OS/2) 24.8.1 Beta3.

    This is the third beta release of Firefox for eCS (OS/2) version 24. It contains a fix for exceptq. The last beta broke the possibility to produce trp files when firefox crashes.

    For the complete announcement please have a look at Firefox for eCS (OS/2) 24.8.1 Beta3 https://github.com/bitwiseworks/mozilla-os2/releases/tag/FIREFOX_24_8_1esr_RELEASE_OS2_Beta_3>

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    From: silvan.scherrerDESPAM@DESPAMaroa.ch

    *bww bitwise works GmbH progress update January 8, 2015*

    We are proud to announce our latest Netdrive Dropbox client version 0.4.

    The dropbox client can be downloaded at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9nnktlb5z3iihbb/AAAbSkkvXHHPU7wSVbk2JxUea?dl=0
    Beginning with version 0.4 you need a key to have the plugin working. Without a
    key it runs 30 minutes after each reboot.

    To buy a key please visit our shop. The link you find below.
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  • From VOICE News Service@1:3634/1000 to All on Fri Jan 9 05:42:37 2015

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    From: silvan.scherrerDESPAM@DESPAMaroa.ch

    *bww bitwise works GmbH progress update January 9, 2015*

    This is a small update to the recently announced Apache OpenOffice for eCS (OS/2) and Dropbox Netdrive plugin.

    Our Dropbox download limit exceeded within 2 days 2 times. Which means we got over 40GB traffic (according to Dropbox).
    We now upgraded our account and also added passwords to the shared links. With the password we can eliminate spiders and crawlers from downloading the files.


    All links are still the same as announced earlier. As a password please use: bww
    We are sorry about that, but we hope to have ironed out the problems by now.


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  • From VOICE News Service@1:3634/1000 to All on Wed Feb 18 04:30:32 2015

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    From: silvan.scherrerDESPAM@DESPAMaroa.ch

    *bww bitwise works GmbH progress update February 18, 2015*

    In the last couple of week we were working hard on completing our development toolsets.
    Among small other updates we added or updated:

    * libtool 2.4.6
    * automake 1.14.1
    * help2man 1.46.4
    * texinfo 5.2
    * gettext 0.18.3
    * libc 0.6.6
    * gcc 4.9.2
    * poppler 0.31.0
    * yum 3.4.3
    * rpm 4.8.1
    * aspell 0.60.6.1
    * libpng 1.6.16
    * freetype 2.5.5

    If you are curious in the details, please have a look at Unix Ports http://trac.netlabs.org/ports/timeline> and RPM/YUM http://trac.netlabs.org/rpm/timeline>.
    For libc a big thanks goes also to Knut St. Osmundsen. For gcc a big thanks goes also to Paul Smedley.

    We are now switching to Firefox again and we hope to have a fresh beta out very
    soon.
    If you are interested to see the progress on Firefox, please have a look at Firefox for eCS (OS/2) https://github.com/bitwiseworks/mozilla-os2>


    *Shopping hunt January 2015

    *The hunt is over and was claimed by:
    Robert Tomlinson
    Cypress United Methodist Church

    Stay tuned for the next hunt.


    *Sponsoring

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  • From VOICE News Service@1:3634/1000 to All on Fri Jul 24 09:48:22 2015

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    From: silvan.scherrerDESPAM@DESPAMaroa.ch

    *bww bitwise works GmbH progress update July 24, 2015*

    In the last couple of week we have been working on the tasks below.

    * Firefox
    * SWT/Eclipse
    * VirtualBox

    *
    Firefox*
    The fifth beta for Firefox is online now. Please see Firefox 31 ESR https://github.com/bitwiseworks/mozilla-os2/releases/tag/FIREFOX_31_8_0esr_RELEASE_OS2_Beta_5> for the complete announcement and download information.
    This is a big step forward because the official Mozilla team dropped OS/2 support from the main development line between versions 24 and 31 and in this release we carefully restored it back including all previously existed OS/2 features. We also ported new Firefox code to OS/2 and fixed some old bugs. This
    includes reviewed JavaScript support where we finally fixed infamous crashes of
    Firefox on websites with heavy JavaScript usage and generally improved JavaScript performance.
    One of our goals for Firefox 31 was to enable sound support again. For this we hired Myung-Hun KO to add his libkai to Firefox. Unfortunately some sound support is still not working, as we could not enable FFMPEG support completely.
    The reason for this is that Firefox itself doesn't support FFMPEG library completely in version 31. In version 38, which is now in ESR state as well, this support is complete. Because of that we decided to leave Firefox 31 ESR after this beta and move on to Firefox 38 ESR. This will bring us at such a current browser level we haven't been able to have for a long time.
    If you are interested to see the progress on Firefox, then please have a look at Firefox for eCS (OS/2) https://github.com/bitwiseworks/mozilla-os2>

    *
    SWT/Eclipse*
    If you are interested to see the progress on SWT/Eclipse, then please have a look at Eclipse (SWT) for eCS (OS/2) https://github.com/bitwiseworks/eclipse.platform.swt>.

    *
    VirtualBox*
    We are forming a new team to port the latest VirtualBox Host to eCS (OS/2). Right now we are in the negotiation phase with developers. The SVN/wiki and trac are already partially done. We reused the existing one from http://netlabs.org. If you are interested to see the progress of this port, then please have a look at VirtualBox for eCS (OS/2). http://trac.netlabs.org/vbox>


    *Sponsoring
    *
    If you want to support us or a specific project then please check out our online shop http://www.bitwiseworks.com/shop>.
    You are one of the people making the future possible!

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  • From VOICE News Service@1:3634/1000 to All on Mon Dec 28 10:30:19 2015

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    From: silvan.scherrerDESPAM@DESPAMaroa.ch

    *bww bitwise works GmbH progress update December 28, 2015*

    In the last couple of week we have been working on the tasks below.

    * lxml
    * Python
    * Rpm
    * Fontconfig
    * FreeType
    * HarfBuzz
    * Pango
    * Cairo
    * Pixman
    * libpoll
    * VitrualBox

    *
    lxml*
    The lxml python parser was packed as rpm.
    About lxml: lxml is the most feature-rich and easy-to-use library for processing XML and HTML in the Python language.
    *
    Python*
    We updated python 2.7.6 with some important fixes. Without this fixes some python based build systems (like the Mozilla build system) would not work. About Python: Python is a programming language that lets you work more quickly and integrate your systems more effectively.
    *
    **RPM*
    We updated rpm 4.8.1 with some important fixes. Among some fixes we also added the %debug macro. This which makes the live of rpm packers easier.
    About Rpm: The RPM Package Manager is a powerful command line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and
    updating computer software packages.

    *Fontconfig*
    First we enhanced our old mozilla based Fontconfig with some functions and hoped this would work with our new upcoming Firefox 38. But unfortunately this turned out to be wrong. So we decided to port the complete Fontconfig.
    We renamed the old Fontconfig rpm and updated the Fontconfig rpm with the new Fontconfig. To make sure old and new works, the "yum update fontconfig" does not only update to the new Fontconfig, it also installs the old version. So both work together.
    About Fontconfig: Fontconfig is a library for configuring and customizing font access.
    *
    FreeType*
    We updated FreeType including rpm to version 2.6.2.
    About FreeType: FreeType is a software font engine that is designed to be small, efficient, highly customizable, and portable while capable of producing high-quality output (glyph images). It can be used in graphics libraries, display servers, font conversion tools, text image generation tools, and many other products as well.
    *
    HarfBuzz*
    This is a new port. We also created a rpm for it. This port is currently needed
    by the upcoming Firefox 38 port.
    About HarfBuzz: HarfBuzz is an OpenType text shaping engine.
    *
    Pango*
    This is a new port. We also created a rpm for it. This port is currently needed
    by the upcoming Firefox 38 port.
    About Pango: Pango is a library for laying out and rendering of text, with an emphasis on internationalization. Pango can be used anywhere that text layout is needed. The integration of Pango with Cairo provides a complete solution with high quality text handling and graphics rendering.
    *
    Cairo*
    Cairo is not a new port, but we enhanced it and created also a rpm for it. About Cairo: Cairo is a 2D graphics library with support for multiple output devices.

    *Pixman*
    This is a new port. We also created a rpm for it. This port is currently needed
    by the upcoming Firefox 38 port.
    About Pixman: Pixman is a low-level software library for pixel manipulation, providing features such as image compositing and trapezoid rasterization. Important users of pixman are the Cairo graphics library and the X server.

    *libpoll*
    This is a new port. We also created a rpm for it. This port is currently needed
    by the upcoming VBox port.
    About libpoll: libpoll implements the poll() system call for systems that do not support poll out of the box.

    *VirtualBox
    *The team to port the latest VirtualBox Host to eCS (OS/2) is formed. We already checked in a lot code and a very early build is running already. In the
    next couple of weeks we plan to deliver a first developer preview. If you are interested to see the progress of this port, then please have a look at VirtualBox for eCS (OS/2) http://trac.netlabs.org/vbox>.
    About VitrualBox: VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization
    product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely
    feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the
    only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).


    *Sponsoring
    *
    If you want to support us or a specific project then please check out our online shop http://www.bitwiseworks.com/shop>.
    You are one of the people making the future possible!

    *Partners*
    We at bww bitwise works GmbH would like to thank our development partners, Arca
    Noae and http://Netlabs.org for their continued contribution to the OS/2 platform.


    With regards, the bww bitwise works GmbH Team
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    From: silvan.scherrerDESPAM@DESPAMaroa.ch

    *bww bitwise works GmbH progress update May 30, 2016*

    In the last couple of week/month we have been working on the tasks below (among
    a lot more).

    * Firefox 38.8.0 Beta7
    * Cups 2.1.3
    * Cups-filters 1.8.2
    * Gutenprint 5.2.11
    * Ghostscript 9.18
    * PyQt4 4.11.4
    * VirtualBox 5.0

    *
    Firefox 38.8.0 Beta7*
    This is the seventh beta release of Firefox for OS/2 and OS/2-based systems which updates Firefox to the latest release of the 38 ESR lifecycle. The Beta 7
    release also fixes a couple of regressions from the previous Beta 6 release, brings the Open in New Tab functionality back, improves font rendering furthermore and enables MP4 video playback in HTML5 content using FFmpeg libraries.
    Please read also the documentation at the Firefox 38.8.0 beta7 https://github.com/bitwiseworks/mozilla-os2/releases/tag/FIREFOX_38_8_0esr_RELEASE_OS2_Beta_7> wikihttps://github.com/bitwiseworks/mozilla-os2/releases/tag/FIREFOX_31_8_0esr_RELEASE_OS2_Beta_5> for the complete announcement and download information.

    If you use Apache Openoffice as well, be aware, that you need to install the icu-legacy package to have AOO still working. To install it, either use Arca Noae Package Manager or yum. The yum command is: yum install icu-legacy.
    *

    Cups*
    To have the complete Cups subsystem working, we had to port several libraries. Among others this was Cups 2.1.3 (the subsystem itself), Cups-filters 1.8.2 (Cups filters and backends), qpdf (tools and library for transforming PDF files), Ghostscript 9.18 (a PostScript interpreter and renderer), lcms2 2.7 (color management engine), bc 1.06 (a numeric processing language), Gutenprint 5.2.11 (printer driver package). For all needed dependencies for Cups we created RPM packages. So finally it's easy to install cups.
    Currently we work on the hplip (HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project) port. The needed dependencies like SIP (Python/C++ Bindings Generator) and PyQt4 (Python bindings for Qt4) are already done.
    For this project we also created a small user management tool. With this tool it will be easy to maintain local users and groups. This was necessary because more and more ports rely on users and groups.
    *
    ***
    *VirtualBox
    *We are very far in the port and hope to have a first preview within a couple of weeks. If you are interested to see the progress of this port, then please have a look at VirtualBox for eCS (OS/2) http://trac.netlabs.org/vbox>.
    About VitrualBox: VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization
    product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely
    feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the
    only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
    For the VirtualBox port we would like to thank XEU, because they gave us a good
    financial start.


    *Sponsoring
    *
    If you want to support us or a specific project then please check out our online shop http://www.bitwiseworks.com/shop>.
    You are one of the people making the future possible!

    *Partners*
    We at bww bitwise works GmbH would like to thank our development partners, Arca
    Noae and http://Netlabs.org for their continued contribution to the OS/2 platform.
    Especially without Arca Noae the Firefox port would not be possible. They help us out when we are short on sponsorship.


    With regards, the bww bitwise works GmbH Team
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