Monday, May 13, 2002

freshmeat.net: PHP 4.2.1:"This release has fixes for the MySQL extension not be able to connect to a MySQL server, a crash in the COM extension when using an outproc server, SID logic in the session extension, the mbstring extension, including SJIS directory name handling and mb_output_buffer(), and a bug in socket_select() that could cause unexpected behavior when using a statement like $w = $e = array($sock). There is almost full DOM compliance for the domxml extension, and fixes for several functions. There are safe_mode checks for show_source(), parse_ini_file() and rmdir()." 9:11:46 PM

Buzz is a Python outliner that groks OPML.  [Scripting News] 9:10:35 PM

Google SVG Search, Part II. Another module, another dozen lines, and a couple of helper routines and we're ready for SVG display. Michael Classen outlines the next step in the development of an SVG based Google query script. 0513 [WebReference News] 2:51:47 PM

Simon Fell's Pocket XML-RPC is "an open source XML-RPC client COM component for the Windows family based on James Clark's excellent Expat XML parser and the HTTP transport from PocketSOAP."  [Scripting News] 2:51:29 PM

freshmeat.net: Linux NTFS 2.0.7b (NTFS TNG Driver 2.4 Backport):"Linux NTFS provides Linux drivers for the proprietary filesystem used by Windows NT, 2000, and XP. It also provides support for the Logical Disk Manager (LDM) that controls Windows' Dynamic Disks and is used to create software Mirrors, Stripes, RAID, etc. " 2:50:05 PM

freshmeat.net: ProFTPD 1.2.5rc2 (Stable):"ProFTPD is a proven, high-performance, scalable FTP server written from scratch, with a focus toward simplicity, security, and ease of configuration. Naturally, ProFTPD powers some of the largest sites on the Internet. It features a very Apache-like configuration syntax, modules, and a highly customizable server infrastructure, including support for multiple 'virtual' FTP servers, anonymous FTP, and permission-based directory visibility." 2:48:13 PM

freshmeat.net: PHP Layers Menu 1.1.5 (Development):"New features include handling of browser window resizing, better handling of horizontal autorepositioning of layers, some small changes to validate as HTML 4.01 Transitional, and other undocumented improvements and changes. " 9:43:16 AM

freshmeat.net: OpenCms alpha 1 (Flex):"OpenCms is an effort to create a professional-level Open Source content management system (CMS). OpenCms allows a company to maintain a Web site with little or no help by an external agency or Internet professional. To achieve this, OpenCms hides the complexity that is still involved when publishing on the Internet. " 9:23:18 AM

freshmeat.net: Python Community Server 0.04:"PyCS now supports URL rewriting (a la mod_rewrite in Apache) and virtual hosting, so you can host a number of domains off a single IP address without needing to hack around with Apache as much as before. The comment system has been upgraded to return RSS summaries of comment threads on demand. This means you can subscribe to a comment thread in a news aggregator (Radio, AmphetaDesk, FeedReader etc) and receive announcements when people post comments." 9:14:17 AM

freshmeat.net: mod_layout 3.2:"mod_layout is an Apache module that provides both a Footer and Header directive to automagically include output from other URIs at the beginning and ending of a Web page. It can be used to wrap documents for a standard look and feel for a site (or to insert banners on any given document in a site). Currently known to support mod_perl, PHP and Apache JServ. Should support just about any type of handler." 9:13:05 AM