New package: pine-gpg-filter
After getting very annoyed about the behaviour of pinepg in combination with gpg2 on my openSUSE 10.3 beta test system, I have now scratched my itch and switched to an alternative tool:...
View ArticleMySQL 5.0.45 for OS/2 Warp and eComStation
For those of you who enjoy running exotic operating systems: I just stumbled over a port of MySQL 5.0.45 for OS/2 and eComStation. Thanks a lot to Paul Smedley for maintaining this version! He also...
View ArticleSpeaking about RPM packaging at the TU Harburg, Germany this Thursday
Back when I still worked at SuSE, I was in charge of maintaining a number or packages of the distribution (actually, you should still be able to find traces of my work in the RPM changelogs). Nowadays,...
View Articlemylvmbackup 0.8 has been released
I am happy to announce the release of mylvmbackup version 0.8. mylvmbackup is a tool for quickly creating backups of a MySQL server's data files. To perform a backup, mylvmbackup obtains a read lock on...
View ArticleThoughts about OSS project hosting and the importance of controlling downloads
In a recent article, Matt Asay was musing about the aspects of hosting an Open Source project by yourself vs. using a public project hosting service like SourceForge, GitHub or Launchpad. He concluded...
View ArticleRecent additions to my openSUSE Build Service repository
I recently added two new packages to my repository on the openSUSE Build Service:Maatkit is a collection of essential command-line utilities for MySQL. Each is completely stand-alone, without...
View ArticleInstalling VirtualBox on OpenSolaris 2008.11 with Package Manager
While VirtualBox is available as a downloadable OpenSolaris package from the download page at virtualbox.org, I find it much more convenient to use the Package Manager GUI or pkg on the command line to...
View ArticleDrizzle Developer Day in Santa Clara
Today I attended the Drizzle Developer Day which took place in the auditorium of the Sun Campus in Santa Clara.Many of the the Drizzle core hackers as well as several other people interested in the...
View Articlextrabackup 0.7 RPMs available on the openSUSE Build Service
XtraBackup is an Open Source online (non-blockable) backup solution for the InnoDB and XtraDB storage engines. It works with both MySQL 5.0 and 5.1 (and possibly 5.4 as well) and is distributed under...
View ArticleEmbedded InnoDB now available on the openSUSE Build Service
Oracle/InnoBase announced the availability of the embedded version of InnoDB at this year's MySQL Conference & Expo, but I have not seen a lot of comments or reviews about it so far. Which...
View ArticleEmbedded InnoDB 1.0.3.5325 RPM packages
Shortly after I created the initial packages of embedded InnoDB on the OpenSUSE Build Service, Oracle/Innobase released an updated version (1.0.3.5325). In addition to many improvements and bug fixes,...
View ArticleFlightGear 1.9.1 now added to the openSUSE Build Service
I admit it — I'm a fan of simulation software, particularly flight simulators. Probably the best Open Source Flight Simulator out there is FlightGear— it provides an impressive level of reality and you...
View ArticleSome friendly advice for bootstrapping your OSS project
So you're a small startup company, ready to go live with your product, which you intend to distribute under an Open Source License. Congratulations, you made a wise decision! Your developers have been...
View ArticleBuilding MySQL Server with CMake on Linux/Unix
CMake is a cross-platform, open-source build system, maintained by Kitware, Inc.From the CMake.org home page: CMake is a family of tools designed to build, test and package software. CMake is used to...
View ArticleHow to get your product bundled with Linux distributions
I recently received a question from Robin Schumacher at Calpont, the makers of the InfiniDB analytics database engine for MySQL: "How would you recommend we try and get bundled in with the various...
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