[DotGNU]This week in DotGNU - May 12th 2002

[Barry Fitzgerald]

This week in DotGNU - May 12th 2002
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Table of Contents:

1. "Peruvian letter and bill" discussion.
2. Portable.NET logo graphics created for review.
3. "Developer ethical oath" discussed.
4. Webservice specifics discussion.
5. Portable.NET: libffi updated - Friday, May 11th (EST).
6. Portable.NET 0.3.6 and pnetlib 0.2.0 have been released.
7. PNetMark 0.0.2 benchmark released.
8. Portable.NET 0.3.6 debian packages available.
9. Portable.NET: ilrun_opt discontinued.
10. Website development continues.


Weekly synopsis: 
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        This week, Portable.NET dominated the discussion, with much discussion
also being centered around webservice definitions, Free Software
political developments in Peru, and the case of a mandated developer's
ethical oath.



 1. "Peruvian letter and bill" discussion.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Big news this week as a Peruvian statesman defends the use of Free
Software in their government from attack by Microsoft.  His statement is
concise and direct.  This is possibly one of the best political
arguments for Free Software that I'd ever read.  The mailing list thread
begins at
http://subscribe.dotgnu.org/pipermail/developers/2002-May/003100.html
...


 2. Portable.NET logo graphics created for review.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Gopal created some Portable.NET logos.  The thread discussing these
fine logos can be found at
http://subscribe.dotgnu.org/pipermail/developers/2002-May/003101.html
...


 3. "Developer ethical oath" discussed.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Rhys Weatherley is featured in an "Ask Slashdot" session regarding
the creation of a mandated developer ethical oath.  It's quite an
interesting topic.  

    It was mentioned on the mailing lists at
http://subscribe.dotgnu.org/pipermail/developers/2002-May/003114.html
...


 4. Webservice specifics discussion.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    A discussion of the various fundamentals (Whos, Whats, Wheres, Whys,
and Hows?) of webservices ensues at
http://subscribe.dotgnu.org/pipermail/developers/2002-May/003119.html
... An intriguing discussion that hashes through some of the more
obvious (and some not-so-obvious) questions about webservices.


 5. Portable.NET: libffi updated - Friday, May 11th (EST).
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    From the announcement:

    "This libffi change should hopefully fix the remaining problems with
MacOSX/Darwin, but I have no way to test that here.  I would appreciate
it if someone would test it for me.

In fact, I would appreciate it if everyone would do a rebuild on their
favourite platform and give the list
an update as to where we are at portability-wise."

    The announcement can be found at
http://subscribe.dotgnu.org/pipermail/developers/2002-May/003136.html
...


 6. Portable.NET 0.3.6 and pnetlib 0.2.0 have been released.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Many changes have been made in these releases.  Details can be found
in the announcement.

    The announcement can be found at
http://subscribe.dotgnu.org/pipermail/developers/2002-May/003137.html
...


 7. PNetMark 0.0.2 benchmark released.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    From the announcement:

    "The benchmark can now build cleanly with Portable.NET's C#
compiler, and provides a total rating after running all of the
benchmarks.

Feel free to experiment with adding new benchmark cases,optimising the
engine to improve the scores, etc."

    The announcement can be found at
http://subscribe.dotgnu.org/pipermail/developers/2002-May/003138.html
...


 8. Portable.NET 0.3.6 debian packages available.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    From the announcement:

    "Portable.NET 0.3.6 debian packages are available from
http://dotgnu.org/debs";

    The announcement can be found at
http://subscribe.dotgnu.org/pipermail/developers/2002-May/003139.html
...
    The announcement includes instructions for modifying your apt-get
sources list file for automatic repository update.


 9. Portable.NET: ilrun_opt discontinued.
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    The optimized version of ilrun is obsoleted as the ilrun itself
achieves ever increasing performance.

    The announcement can be found at
http://subscribe.dotgnu.org/pipermail/developers/2002-May/003140.html
...


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