Recent Package Updates
2023-10-01: libdvdread.4-shlibs-6.0.1-6 (Provides functions for reading video DVDs)
libdvdread provides a simple foundation for reading DVD video disks. It
provides the functionality that is required to access many DVDs. It parses
IFO files, reads NAV-blocks, and performs CSS authentication and
descrambling.
commit log from Daniel Macks (dmacks@netspace.org):
kill off old libdvdread.4 headers (maintainer ok)2023-10-01: whois-5.5.18-1 (Intelligent RFC3912 client)
This package provides a commandline client for the WHOIS (RFC 3912)
protocol, which queries online servers for information such as contact
details for domains and IP address assignments.
It can intelligently select the appropriate WHOIS server for most queries.
commit log from Hanspeter Niederstrasser (nieder@users.sourceforge.net):
whois 5.5.182023-10-01: nano-7.2-1 (Free Pico clone with some new features)
GNU nano is an easy-to-use text editor originally designed as a replacement
for Pico, the ncurses-based editor from the non-free mailer package Pine
(itself now available under the Apache License as Alpine).
commit log from Hanspeter Niederstrasser (nieder@users.sourceforge.net):
nano: v7.22023-10-01: nano-small-7.2-1 (Free Pico clone with some new features)
GNU nano is an easy-to-use text editor originally designed as a replacement
for Pico, the ncurses-based editor from the non-free mailer package Pine
(itself now available under the Apache License as Alpine).
commit log from Hanspeter Niederstrasser (nieder@users.sourceforge.net):
nano: v7.22023-10-01: nano-noutf8-7.2-1 (Free Pico clone with some new features)
GNU nano is an easy-to-use text editor originally designed as a replacement
for Pico, the ncurses-based editor from the non-free mailer package Pine
(itself now available under the Apache License as Alpine).
commit log from Hanspeter Niederstrasser (nieder@users.sourceforge.net):
nano: v7.22023-10-01: liblerc4-shlibs-4.0.0-1 (Limited Error Raster Compression library)
Limited Error Raster Compression library
commit log from Daniel Macks (dmacks@netspace.org):
liblerc: new package2023-10-01: libtiff6-shlibs-4.6.0-1 (TIFF image format library and tools)
This software provides support for the Tag Image File Format (TIFF),
a widely used format for storing image data. Included in this software
distribution is a library, libtiff, for reading and writing TIFF, a
small collection of tools for doing simple manipulations of TIFF images,
and documentation on the library and tools. The library, along with
associated tool programs, should handle most of your needs for reading
and writing TIFF images on 32- and 64-bit machines.
commit log from Daniel Macks (dmacks@netspace.org):
libtiff6: new version, whih drops some ancient binaries2023-10-01: libtiff5-shlibs-4.4.0-3 (TIFF image format library and tools)
This software provides support for the Tag Image File Format (TIFF),
a widely used format for storing image data. Included in this software
distribution is a library, libtiff, for reading and writing TIFF, a
small collection of tools for doing simple manipulations of TIFF images,
and documentation on the library and tools. The library, along with
associated tool programs, should handle most of your needs for reading
and writing TIFF images on 32- and 64-bit machines.
commit log from Daniel Macks (dmacks@netspace.org):
libtiff6: new version, whih drops some ancient binaries2023-10-01: gmerlin-avdecoder1-1.2.0-11 (Library for media file decoding support)
This is gmerlin_avdecoder, a multimedia decoding library.
It it primarly a support library for gmerlin, but it can also be
used as a standalone library for getting sophisticated media file
decoding support for your application.
commit log from Daniel Macks (dmacks@netspace.org):
kill off old libdvdread.3 headers (maintainer ok)2023-10-01: libdvdread8-shlibs-6.1.3-3 (Provides functions for reading video DVDs)
libdvdread provides a simple foundation for reading DVD video disks. It
provides the functionality that is required to access many DVDs. It parses
IFO files, reads NAV-blocks, and performs CSS authentication and
descrambling.
commit log from Daniel Macks (dmacks@netspace.org):
kill off old libdvdread.3 headers (maintainer ok)2023-10-01: libdvdread.3-shlibs-0.9.7-104 (Provides functions for reading video DVDs)
libdvdread provides a simple foundation for reading DVD video disks. It
provides the functionality that is required to access many DVDs. It parses
IFO files, reads NAV-blocks, and performs CSS authentication and
descrambling.
libdvdcss-shlibs is required to be installed if you want decryption support.
commit log from Daniel Macks (dmacks@netspace.org):
kill off old libdvdread.3 headers (maintainer ok)2023-09-30: gst-plugins-bad-0.10-0.10.22-17 ("Bad" plugins for GStreamer)
GStreamer is a streaming-media framework, based on graphs of
filters which operate on media data. Applications using this
library can do anything from real-time sound processing to
playing videos. Its plugin-based architecture means that new
data types or processing capabilities can be added simply by
installing new plugins.
This is the basic set of bad plugins that work, but have
problems, be it bad code, bad licenses, patent encumbrance,
or other issues.
commit log from Daniel Macks (dmacks@netspace.org):
gst-plugins-bad: libdvdread upgrade (fails tests, but same with either libdvdread version2023-09-30: openvpn-2.4.12-1 (Virtual private network daemon)
OpenVPN is an application to securely tunnel IP networks over a
single UDP or TCP port. It can be used to access remote sites, make
secure point-to-point connections, enhance wireless security, etc.
.
OpenVPN uses all of the encryption, authentication, and certification
features provided by the OpenSSL library (any cipher, key size, or
HMAC digest).
.
OpenVPN may use static, pre-shared keys or TLS-based dynamic key exchange. It
also supports VPNs with dynamic endpoints (DHCP or dial-up clients), tunnels
over NAT or connection-oriented stateful firewalls (such as Linux's iptables).
.
Caution:
easy-rsa was moved to https://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa and is no longer
included in the %{ni} source tarball.
commit log from Hanspeter Niederstrasser (nieder@users.sourceforge.net):
http -> https2023-09-30: openssl300-dev-3.0.11-1 (Secure Sockets Layer and Crypto Library)
OpenSSL is a free implementation of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols. It includes command line
utilities to manage certificates and a separate library implementing common
cryptograhic algorithms.
commit log from Hanspeter Niederstrasser (nieder@users.sourceforge.net):
openssl: v1.1.1w and v3.0.112023-09-30: openvpn-tuntap-2.4.12-1 (Virtual private network daemon)
OpenVPN is an application to securely tunnel IP networks over a
single UDP or TCP port. It can be used to access remote sites, make
secure point-to-point connections, enhance wireless security, etc.
.
OpenVPN uses all of the encryption, authentication, and certification
features provided by the OpenSSL library (any cipher, key size, or
HMAC digest).
.
OpenVPN may use static, pre-shared keys or TLS-based dynamic key exchange. It
also supports VPNs with dynamic endpoints (DHCP or dial-up clients), tunnels
over NAT or connection-oriented stateful firewalls (such as Linux's iptables).
.
Caution:
easy-rsa was moved to https://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa and is no longer
included in the %{ni} source tarball.
commit log from Hanspeter Niederstrasser (nieder@users.sourceforge.net):
http -> https2023-09-30: openssl110-dev-1.1.1w-1 (Secure Sockets Layer and Crypto Library)
OpenSSL is a free implementation of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols. It includes command line
utilities to manage certificates and a separate library implementing common
cryptograhic algorithms.
commit log from Hanspeter Niederstrasser (nieder@users.sourceforge.net):
openssl: v1.1.1w and v3.0.112023-09-29: libdvdnav-6.0.0-2 (DVD navigation Library based on Ogle-code)
This library is based on Ogle-code, but will be rewritten in the time
comming. It's hosted on http://dvd.sourceforge.net/. Please report bugs
to the developers mailinglist at mailto:mailto:dvd-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
The library is currently used by the following projects:
menu - A simple example program to demonstrate some features
xine-dvdnav - A full-featuted DVD plugin for xine
commit log from Daniel Macks (dmacks@netspace.org):
libdvdread upgrade2023-09-29: mplayer-1.5-4 (Unix movie player)
MPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems (see the
documentation). It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV,
QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM,
RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs. You
can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5 and even WMV movies.
MEncoder (MPlayer's Movie Encoder) is a simple movie encoder, designed to
encode MPlayer-playable movies to other MPlayer-playable formats. It can
encode with various codecs.
commit log from Daniel Macks (dmacks@netspace.org):
libdvdread upgrade2023-09-29: gst-plugins-ugly-0.10-0.10.18-9 ("Good enough" plugins for GStreamer)
GStreamer is a streaming-media framework, based on graphs of
filters which operate on media data. Applications using this
library can do anything from real-time sound processing to
playing videos. Its plugin-based architecture means that new
data types or processing capabilities can be added simply by
installing new plugins.
This is the basic set of plugins that are not pretty, but
work, or link against patent-encumbered software.
commit log from Daniel Macks (dmacks@netspace.org):
libdvdread upgrade2023-09-29: ogmtools-1.5-3 (Tools for OGG media streams)
Tools for OGG media streams
commit log from Daniel Macks (dmacks@netspace.org):
libdvdread upgrade2023-09-29: vobcopy-1.2.0-3 (Copy vob files to harddisk w/decryption)
Vobcopy copies DVD .vob files to harddisk, decrypting them on the way
(thanks to libdvdread) and merges them into 2 GB files (or larger) with
the name extracted from the DVD. It checks for enough free space on the
destination drive and compares the copied size to the size on DVD (in case
something went wrong during the copying).
commit log from Daniel Macks (dmacks@netspace.org):
libdvdread upgrade2023-09-29: libxine2-1.2.13-4 (Xine video/media player library)
Libxine provides the complete infrastructure for a video/media player.
It supports MPEG 1/2 and some AVI and Quicktime videos out of the box,
so you can use it to play DVDs, (S)VCDs and most video files out there.
It supports network streams, subtitles and even mp3 files. It's extensible
to your heart's content via plugins for audio_out, video_out, input media,
demuxers (stream types), audio/video and subtitle codecs.
Building a GUI (or text based) frontend around this should be quite easy.
The xine-ui package provides one for your convenience, so you can just
start watching your VCDs ;-)
commit log from Daniel Macks (dmacks@netspace.org):
libdvdread upgrade2023-09-29: dvdbackup-0.4.2-1 (Tool to rip DVD's from the command line)
Dvdbackup will extract all (or optionally only selected) titles as found on
the dvd. It will structure the extracted files in a format suitable for
burning at a later time with genisoimage and dvdrecord. Has the advantage
of being very easy to use, small, and fast.
commit log from Daniel Macks (dmacks@netspace.org):
dvdbackup: new version, freshen deps2023-09-28: libical3-shlibs-3.0.16-1 (C/C++ support for the iCalendar format)
Libical is an Open Source implementation of the iCalendar protocols and
protocol data units. The iCalendar specification describes how calendar
clients can communicate with calendar servers so users can store their
calendar data and arrange meetings with other users.
commit log from Hanspeter Niederstrasser (nieder@users.sourceforge.net):
libical3: make sure we use only our libicu
Fixes #10672023-09-28: libevent1.4-shlibs-1.4.15-3 (Event notification library, version 1.4)
The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function when
a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been
reached. Furthermore, libevent also supports callbacks due to signals or
regular timeouts.
commit log from Hanspeter Niederstrasser (nieder@users.sourceforge.net):
libevent1.4: patch configure to know about Big Sur (macOS 11) and beyond when linking
Closes #10652023-09-28: libvorbis0-1.3.7-2 (Vorbis audio codec headers and libs for devs)
Ogg Vorbis is a fully open, non-proprietary, patent-and-royalty-free,
general-purpose compressed audio format for audio and music at fixed
and variable bitrates from 16 to 128 kbps/channel.
commit log from Hanspeter Niederstrasser (nieder@users.sourceforge.net):
libvorbis: remove -force_cpusubtype_ALL flag for PowerPC that's fatal with Xcode 152023-09-28: objtools-2.41-1 (Binutils tools objcopy, objdump and readelf)
Binutils tools objcopy, objdump and readelf
commit log from Daniel Macks (dmacks@netspace.org):
objtools: new version (2.41)2023-09-26: amiwm-0.22pl2-1 (Amiga Workbench-look window manager)
amiwm is an X window manager that tries to make your display look and feel
like an Amiga Workbench screen. It is fully functional and can do all the
usual window manager stuff, like moving and resizing windows.
The purpose of amiwm is to make life more pleasant for Amiga-freaks like
myself who has/wants to use UNIX workstations once in a while. It can also
be used on the Amiga with the AmiWin X server, although this part needs
some more work.
commit log from Daniel Macks (dmacks@netspace.org):
amiwm: fix implicit-declaration2023-09-26: libspiro0-shlibs-0.5.20150702-2 (Convert spiro points to bezier splines)
Convert spiro points to bezier splines
commit log from Hanspeter Niederstrasser (nieder@users.sourceforge.net):
libspiro: v20221101
new libN=1
transition old libspiro0 to -shlibs base2023-09-26: libuv1-1.46.0-1 (Library for asynchronous I/O)
Libuv is a multi-platform support library with a focus on
asynchronous I/O. It was primarily developed for use by Node.js, but
it's also used by Luvit, Julia, pyuv, and others.
commit log from Hanspeter Niederstrasser (nieder@users.sourceforge.net):
libuv1: 1.46.02023-09-26: libspiro1-shlibs-20221101-1 (Convert spiro points to bezier splines)
Convert spiro points to bezier splines
commit log from Hanspeter Niederstrasser (nieder@users.sourceforge.net):
libspiro: v20221101
new libN=1
transition old libspiro0 to -shlibs base
