Sun Microsystems released OpenSolaris build 130.
The OpenSolaris development package repository http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev/ has been updated to reflect the changes up to and including snv_130 for both x86/x64 and SPARC platforms. This update includes fixes to the Caiman “Slim Install” and the Image Packaging System (IPS).
Users who wish to update their system to the development build can do so by setting their preferred publisher to the above URL and using the “image-update” facility provided by the pkg(1) command or by the “Update All” facility of the Package Manager GUI.
New packages in this repository update
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The Ext team has released ExtJS version 3.1.
Ext JS is a cross-browser JavaScript library for building rich internet applications.
Release notes
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Dojo Toolkit 1.4 has been released.
Dojo is an Open Source DHTML toolkit written in JavaScript.
Browser support:
- Firefox 2 support dropped. Firefox V3 and V3.5 supported.
- Latest Safari (Safari v4) and latest Chrome (Chrome v3) supported, but not previous versions.
- IE6, IE7, IE8 all supported.
- Latest Opera (Opera v10) (Dojo core only).
- Keyboard now supported in all supported browsers (previously it didn’t work on Safari and on Chrome)
Key updates mentioned are:
- IO Pipeline topics
- dojo.cache
- dojo.contentHandlers
- dojo.hash with native HTML5 onhashchange event support where available
- Traversal and manipulation for NodeLists (the return value for dojo.query)
- dojo.ready (easier to type than dojo.addOnLoad)
- Hundreds of refinements to the Dijit API and collection of Dijits, and a few new widgets in DojoX
- DataChart widget and other improvements to charting
- dojox.drawing lands!
- Editor improvements and new plug-ins in both Dijit and DojoX
- Grid is faster, and the EnhancedGrid lands!
- ForestStoreModel for the TreeGrid
- GFX improvements
- dojox.jq, a very experimental module aimed at trying to match the jQuery API as close as possible, but using Dojo underneath
- Dojo build system optionally supports the Google Closure Tools compiler
- Significant speed improvements, especially in IE
Downloads can be found at http://www.dojotoolkit.org/downloads
The openSUSE Project released openSUSE 11.2
Some of the new and interesting features of this release include:
- KDE 4.3, a major update to the KDE platform, which offers improved networking support, and better integration of Firefox and OpenOffice.org with the KDE environment.
- GNOME 2.28, the latest release of the popular GNOME desktop, which includes a brand new theme, improved software update application, improvements in GNOME’s Webcam and video application, and new functionality to prepare the GNOME platform for GNOME 3.0 in 2010. This includes a preview release of GNOME 3.0 with GNOME Shell.
- OpenOffice.org 3.1 is a complete office productivity suite compatible with Microsoft Office. This release includes improvements to change tracking and collaboration in Writer, and major enhancements to the drawing application.
- Robust social networking capabilities with the addition of GNOME and KDE microblogging clients that handle multiple social network sites, including Gwibber and Choqok.
- Storage improvements such as the ability to encrypt the entire hard disk for greater data security. Users can also take advantage of the next generation of file systems for Linux with Ext4 or btrfs.
- First technology preview of WebYaST: a Web-based remote administration tool for openSUSE systems that enables simplified maintenance and administration.
- Usability enhancements which include the ability to install GNOME or KDE live media from USB, numerous improvements to make openSUSE 11.2 run better on netbooks, and support for in-place upgrades using Zypper, so users of openSUSE 11.1 can update to 11.2 without running an installer at all.
Downloads can be found at http://software.opensuse.org/112/en
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