[Gambas-user] gambas 0.95

[Benoit Minisini]

On Monday 19 July 2004 23:58, Benoit Minisini wrote:
> On Monday 19 July 2004 23:21, Benoit Minisini wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > After three days of intense fight with rpm, here is Gambas 0.95!
> >
> > This is a important release, as I provide a complete set of gambas binary
> > packages for MandrakeLinux which is compatible with the packages
> > generated by the Development Environment. This way, Mandrake users will
> > be able to easily test if distributing Gambas applications works - and
> > rocks! :-)
> >
> > The database manager has been redesigned, and allows exporting the result
> > of a request to a file.
> >
> > Many new and old controls now provide automatic layout management.
> >
> > Well, don't forget to read the ChangeLog to see the many other changes
> > and bug fixes.
> >
> > The source is there:
> > http://gambas.sf.net/gambas-0.95.tar.bz2
> >
> > The Mandrake packages are there:
> > http://gambas.sf.net/RPM/MandrakeLinux/i586
> >
> > Now, every packager will have to follow the same package arrangement than
> > I did for Mandrake, so that distributing gambas applications works.
> > Everything is in the gambas.spec.mandrake file located in the spec
> > directory of the source package.
> >
> > Here is a quick explanation:
> >
> > 'gambas-runtime' is the package that include all necessary stuff to run
> > any gambas program.
> >
> > 'gambas-ide' is the IDE: it includes the database-manager, the
> > documentation, and depends only on needed components. Installing
> > 'gambas-ide' does not install every component, be careful!
> >
> > 'gambas-gb-*' are the component packages. There must be one package for
> > each component.
> >
> > Database drivers have their own packages: gambas-gb-db-mysql, ...
> >
> > I tried to make a void 'gambas' packages that depends on all other
> > packages, but it seems I failed :-)
> >
> > The packages does not depend on already existing Mandrake package, but
> > directly on system libraries. This way, the gambas.spec.mandrake file is
> > easily portable to SuSE or Fedora.
> >
> > I invite SuSE and Fedora packager to port this spec file and to see if
> > they can easily package Gambas with it.
> >
> > I invite Debian packager to try alien on Mandrake packages to see if
> > things works.
> >
> > I know that my packaging does not follow Mandrake requirements, but the
> > shared libraries made by gambas are not intended to be used by other
> > programs than the gambas interpreter. They are not intended to be shared
> > in fact, they are just there to save memory...
> >
> > I hope the dependencies I wrote works. I'm not sure, because my system
> > already have all necessary development packages installed.
> >
> > So I'm waiting for your returns courageous testers!
> >
> > I think the 1.0 version must be close now :-p
> >
> > Best regards,
>
> I made a bug in the IDE, that prevents itself to work when it is installed
> with the packages. I fix it as soon as possible...

OK. Fixed. Pfff...

But if someone could tell me why the menus are not updated after installing 
the IDE...

Good night - It's late...

-- 
Benoit Minisini
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