Slackware-13.0 ChangeLog (2009-05-19)
Tue May 19 15:36:49 CDT 2009
Packages
Upgraded to findutils-4.4.1
- a/findutils-4.4.1-i486-1.txz
Upgraded to kbd-1.15. Thanks to Stuart Winter
- a/kbd-1.15-i486-1.txz
a/mkinitrd-1.3.4-i486-1.txz: Updated the included keymaps to kbd-1.15.
Upgraded to pciutils-3.1.2
- a/pciutils-3.1.2-i486-1.txz
ap/mc-20090514_git-i486-1.txz: Switched to a GIT repo version with support for
xz/lzma related formats, and better UTF8 support.
Thanks to David Somero for getting the initial xz patches submitted upstream.
Upgraded to mysql-5.0.81
- ap/mysql-5.0.81-i486-1.txz
Upgraded to sqlite-3.6.14
- ap/sqlite-3.6.14-i486-1.txz
Added mplayerthumbs-1.2
- kde/mplayerthumbs-1.2-i486-1.txz
This plugin for KDE uses MPlayer to provide video thumbnailing support for
Dolphin and Konqueror.
l/libxml2-2.7.3-i486-3.txz: Edited the install script to remove any existing
libxml2 .pyc files to insure the new .py files will be used.
Upgraded to bind-9.4.3-P2
- n/bind-9.4.3_P2-i486-1.txz
Upgraded to rsync-3.0.6
- n/rsync-3.0.6-i486-1.txz
Added snownews-1.5.11, a console RSS reader
- n/snownews-1.5.11-i486-1.txz
x/scim-1.4.9-i486-2.txz: Reduce the noise from the install script.
x/scim-bridge-0.4.16-i486-2.txz: Reduce the noise from the install script, and
don't run it from the installer since it will run at first boot anyway.
Upgraded to xterm-243. Added 88 and 256 color support
- x/xterm-243-i486-1.txz
Thanks to Andrew Psaltis for suggesting 256 color mode, needed for wicd.
Added MPlayer-r29301. This is shipped without
- xap/MPlayer-r29301-i486-1.txz
DeCSS support (binary or source), and with patent-encumbered encoders
disabled, but it's still very capable of media playback.
Thanks to Eric Hameleers for the build script and encouragement.
Added electricsheep-20090306,
- xap/electricsheep-20090306-i486-1.txz
a distributed screensaver. This requires MPlayer.
Thanks to Eric Hameleers.
Patched to support electricsheep
- xap/xscreensaver-5.08-i486-2.txz
Thanks to Eric Hameleers.
extra/slacktrack/slacktrack-2.03-i486-1.txz: Update documentation, and make
the slacktrack .txt file from a .txz package. Thanks to Stuart Winter.
isolinux/initrd.img: Updated keymaps and selection menu.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Updated keymaps and selection menu.
Added a script from Eric Hameleers to
- usb-and-pxe-installers/usbimg2disk.sh
put the Slackware USB installer onto a vfat partition on a USB thumb drive,
since some BIOSes will not boot a non-partitioned USB device.