I wrapped a bit more of gnome-vfs for C++, added a directory-listing example, fixed the distcheck and released a first version. People had better help out with finishing this instead of waiting for others to do it for them. I mean it this time. libsigc++ 2 Martin Schulze and some others are doing great work [...]

Cedric Gustin’s windows installer is a wonderful example of gtkmm‘s cross-platform ability. It installs the demo so you can see it working straight away, and it installs the documentation prominently so you can see how hard we’ve worked on it. I have been trying to process bugs and patches this week without actually being able [...]

This is a terrible week for internet connectivity in Linz. For the last few weeks the company rented a room in the university building down the street so I could walk down there with my laptop and use their unproxied connection. But that isn't available anymore. I might start knocking on doors in the students' [...]

Recent discussions about D-BUS and Bonobo (not necessarily versus) got me thinking about bonobomm again. I think the main reason bonobomm hasn't moved very fast is that nobody really seems to need to use it, so there is nothing to drive its development. I was thinking why I have found COM and ActiveX so useful [...]