RELEASED: xdg-utils 1.0 beta2

[Bastian, Waldo]

Yippie, Xdg-utils 1.0 beta2 is released!

Head over to
http://portland.freedesktop.org/download/xdg-utils-1.0beta2.tgz to play
with this puppie.

Below you will find a list of the changes since Beta1. By far the most
exciting is the addition of the Test Suite thanks to the hard work of
Tom Whipple. Great job Tom! I would like to encourage everyone to take a
few minutes to run the test suite on every distribution that you have
lying around and submit the results to
http://portland.freedesktop.org/testreport.html

You will also find a link there that lists the test reports submitted so
far.

I would like to remind everyone of the conference call (see below) that
is scheduled for Thursday, I would like to go over the beta and the test
suite, so if you are going to call in (you should) please take a look at
the beta and the test suite before that time.

Enjoy,
Waldo

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http://portland.freedesktop.org/wiki/XdgUtilsBeta2Changes

Interface Changes in Xdg-Utils Beta 2:
 * Removed xdg-su for 1.0 release
 * Added Test Suite
 * Added XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL variable for easy debugging
 * Replaced --vendor option with --novendor: Instead of optionally
adding
   a vendor prefix the tools now check by default whether the user has
   included a proper prefix. The check can be disabled with --novendor.
 * Replaced the mandatory --user/--system options with an optional
--mode
   option. The default is now to install system wide when called as root
and
   to install for the current user only when called as non-root.
 * Added 'xdg-mime default' to change the default handler for a mimetype
 * Changed 'xdg-mime query default' to take a mimetype as argument
instead
   of a file

Implementation Changes
 * all: Check existence and permissions of input files
 * all: Don't complain if kde-config is missing
 * xdg-screensaver: Add Gnome support, store tracking file in /tmp on
   systems that support 'mv -T'
 * xdg-open: Ignore exit code from kfmclient, it's broken in KDE <= 3.4
 * xdg-mime: Don't install in KDE-specific locations if KDE is not
installed
 * xdg-mime: Run kbuildsycoca after installing mimetypes as user under
KDE
 * xdg-email: Fix --attach to handle relative paths

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Portland - DTL Technical Workgroup conference call

Date:  Thursday, 03 August 2006
Time:  07:00am PT, 10:00am ET, 16:00 Paris, 10:00pm PRC

Event Description:
DTL Technical call on "Portland": 

Tollfree: 1-800-211-0633 
Toll: 1-719-867-0485 
Passcode: 942698

Agenda:
Portland
- xdg-utils 1.0
- xdg-utils test suite
- Portland 2.0: DAPI

Visit http://portland.freedesktop.org for the latest information

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Waldo Bastian
Linux Client Architect - Client Linux Foundation Technology
Channel Platform Solutions Group
Intel Corporation - http://www.intel.com/go/linux
OSDL DTL Tech Board Chairman