Yesterday I fixed a bug in libbeagle that was causing some strange behavior when sending asynchronous requests to the daemon.
The problem was a common bug found when using watches on glib’s GIOChannel. This misuse is so common that I need to describe it and comment on it here.
The code often looks like this:
static gboolean
watch_foo_cb [...]
Beagle 0.2.1 is out. This is mainly a bug fix release, with a variety of issues fixed in our new user interface. There are also a bunch of memory-related optimizations, mainly in the Evolution mail backend. And this version is the first which has a truly core/UI split, so that the daemon [...]
Beagle 0.2.0 is released unto the world. This version features our brand new search tool, codenamed Holmes.
This is what’s grown out of our earlier mockups. We still have a little work to do yet, but I am very happy with the new UI. It’s a major improvement over the old HTML-based UI [...]
… when you start having dreams about bears. I don’t normally remember my dreams, but this one has been pretty vivid all day. I was just outside my parents’ house, enjoying the springtime weather, when I saw a bear down the hill. My camera was in my bag, so as I fumbled [...]
Yes! FC5 is going to have mono! This is fantastic news, because it’ll lower the bar to even more people using Beagle, F-Spot, Tomboy, and others. Hooray for Red Hat coming around at last.
Why the hell do I have to go through a thirteen step process to upgrade Wordpress to 2.0? Why isn’t there a script which does all this backing up, disabling plugins, moving files out of the way? Wordpress might be known for its 5 minute install but it sure is a pain in [...]
Novell has a position open on the Linux desktop development team. You’ll get to sit next near the preternatural Robert Love. He’ll even sign your copy of his book. But only the second edition.
