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

[Barry Fitzgerald]

Barry Fitzgerald wrote:
> 
> This week in DotGNU - May 12th 2002
> ===================================
> See http://www.dotgnu.org for general information about DotGNU.
> 
> 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:
> ----------------
> 
>         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.
>     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
>     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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Actually, this one is Copyright (C) 2002 by Barry Fitzgerald.

I forgot to change the header -- my apologies.  However, it is still
available for verbatim copying and distribution. :)

        -Barry