today's leftovers
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Iteration planning: January
The goal for version 1.0 is for Obnam to be an utterly boring backup solution for Linux command line users. It should just work, be performant, secure, and well-documented.
It is not a goal for version 1.0 to have been ported to other operating systems, but if there are volunteers to do that, and to commit to supporting their port, ports will be welcome.
Other user interfaces is likely to happen only after 1.0.
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Automatic translation added to MoManager
A lot more to do, but already looking really good. Running MoManager, select a script for which there is not yet a .mo file, say /usr/sbin/firewall_ng.sh, there will be a popup asking if want automatic translation...
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A note about the future of EasyOS. I have been releasing English, French and German .img files, but this is a very inefficient way of doing it. In future, intend to go back to the Puppy-way with langpack PET packages.
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MacLynx beta 4: now with scrollbars and dialogue boxes
Yes, MacLynx is a real, honest to goodness port of Lynx 2.7.1 to the classic Mac OS, compatible all the way back to System 7. What makes it particularly interesting as a port is its partial integration with the Mac OS: the home page is set through Internet Config, it supports the Speech Manager, you can drop URLs on it and you can even click on links directly (cooooool!). I used it myself on my first Mac, a Macintosh IIsi, for which it was very well suited. It was released as a beta by its original author and no further releases were made, so a couple years back I decided to dust it off, reconstruct the toolchain and do some upgrades to it just for fun. It's probably the most practical browser you can run on a compact Mac, does very well on later 68Ks and runs just fine under A/UX. I build it with CodeWarrior Pro 2, CWGUSI 1.8.0 (comes with CW Pro 2) and Internet Config Programmer's Kit 1.4.