Sunday, March 20th, 2011
Putting out a RC release to day to find out if there are any big issues before the first stable 0.2 release. The Linux version has been getting some love lately, and it’s now as pretty as its Mac brother.
Make sure to read the updated documentation for use on Github, Gitorious, or your own server.
The NEWS file: 0.2-rc1 for Linux and Mac (Sun Mar 20, 2011)
Hylke: A lot of fixes and optimisations across the backend. Less memory
usage, less crashes. Instant notifications of new changes instead of polling.
Refreshed event log HTML theme. Keeping logs in memory for faster reopening and
loads more goodness.
A more detailed list of changes, and roadmap, can be found on the wiki.
Important: On Mac, make sure to have a symbolic link to git in /usr/bin/git.
Get it here.
Friday, March 11th, 2011
With all the rants flying about involving Canonical, Red Hat, GNOME, cabals, design etc. I’ve seen a lot of misconceptions in blog posts and comments about how design is being done in the GNOME project that really need clearing up. Specially the claim that Red Hat is the only one working in this area and working in a cabal with decisions being set in stone.
Here’s a list of some contributors who contributed significantly to GNOME design in the recent years (or even longer) who are not coders and do not work for Red Hat.
We hang out in #gnome-design on irc.gnome.org, along with the Red Hat designers and great GNOME hackers. There is no cabal. All design decisions happen in the open. We do not feel like competing with each other, but we want to collaborate and have fun on creating the future instead. Join us! 