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##### August 5th - Updated hackers guide.

I updated the hackers guide to describe the new 'openoffice' module, and binned reams of cruft. Added a bit on going around a development iteration, and archived the old hyper-detailed explanation. Also, Ximian got bought by Novell - which is good news for OO.o development. Also, added the beginnings of a Users' FAQ with answers.

##### July 31st - Gnome/OO.o mailing list / Volker

It turns out Volker is a hero, and has been working tirelessly to fix the multitudinous problems thrown up by migrating to the new machine. Also; we've created a new mailing list for Gnome/OO.o, subscribe here.

##### July 18th - New machine

ooo.ximian.com has moved to a newer, bigger machine; this should allow lots of nice new services - eg. ViewCVS. Unfortunately there are still some troubles switching across; the old machine is available here for Bonsai.

##### July 17th - Flat patch list

In response to no demand at all; bleeding edge patches can now be found in patches - copy them into a working ooo-build setup to break everything.

##### July 17th - New RC2 snapshot & Valgrind

A new Ximianized OO.o 1.1 source set is available here with fixed native font sizing and toolbar icons, plus other fixes, red-carpet packages to follow. Also there is a new improved Valgrind available for cleaning OO.o.

##### July 14th - Valgrind bits

Julian sent me this tutorial on how to use Valgrind. Also, Dan Kegel has written a great piece on using Valgrind with OO.o here: Don't delay - grind that code today.

##### July 14th - New snapshots & User <-> Issuezilla mapping

New snapshots from the RC2 branch taken no 7th July are available via red-carpet; do grab them and start filing bugs. Also, to help people file bugs we've added a mapping of Names to IRC / Issuezilla accounts here.

##### June 27th - OO.o 1.1 snapshots

A snapshot build of OO.o 1.1 is available for SuSE 8.2 and Redhat 9.0 via. Ximian red-carpet. We hope to have more regular snapshots available in a week or so.

##### June 20th - GUADEC slides

More slides got manufactured for GUADEC they are available here, we also had lots of interest, and a good number of people signed the JCA 'today'.

##### June 9th - XD2 is released

Ximian Desktop 2 is released. The complete set of patches and icons vs. OO.o 1.0.3 can be found - in convenient form here. In order to build the CUPS support - it is necessary to grab the new libgnomecups package (which substantially wraps the truly evil CUPS API).

##### Mar 27th - Magic point users' OOimpress guide

A small document describing the basics of slide creation, and design can be found here.

##### Mar 26th - Ximian & conference slides now up

Slides from the first OOoConference are now available from here and the Ximian OO.o presentation from here.

##### Mar 6th - Feeling stringy ?

A new section on dealing with strings, by Federico, with forthcoming 'odd ownership semantics' blurb. Also, a comedy section on stlport brokenness.

##### Mar 4th - OOoCon 2003 Preliminary Schedule published

A preliminary schedule for the first OpenOffice.org Conference is available.

##### Feb 21st - RH / GNU / Linux tinderboxes

In the last few days I've set up a RH 8.0 slave for the OOO_STABLE_1 and cws_srx644_... branches, and Sander Vesik has done likewise for RH 7.0.

##### Feb 7th - MacOS / X Darwin tinderboxed

Dan Williams has setup a new tinderbox slave, building OOO_STABLE_1_PORTS for MacOS/X Darwin.

##### Jan 16th - CFP: OpenOffice.org Conference 2003

The Call For Papers for the first OpenOffice.org Conference went out. It would be really nice to meet you in Hamburg.

##### Jan 14th - linkoo & misc.

Stefan added the bonsai quick-links, Chris and Federico added lingucomponent, and X selection modules to linkoo, added an issuezilla entry for speed.

##### Jan 13th - tinderbox guide

A new guide to help people setup a tinderbox slave for the OO.o project is here.

##### Dec 18th - misc. updates

Updates from Ken & Chris to the hackers guide, OO643C can now be built from bash (hooray). More links to patches, and misc. fixes. Also added a photo of OO.o.

##### Dec 12th - ootouch debugging helper

Added ootouch and a description of how to use it here.a

##### Dec 4th - XFilter notes/tutorial uploaded, SDK tutorial slightly updated

Added some notes on creating an ooWriter import filter using the XFilter interface. Also made some minor corrections to the SDK tutorial.

##### Nov 15th - Symlink / devel helper

Added linkoo and a description of how to use it here.

##### Nov 14th - SDK Tutorial

Added tutorial on getting the OOo alpha SDK working correctly.

##### Nov 1st - D'make description

New section on how the build works, and a break-down of the files that describe it.

##### Oct 31st - CVS weirdness

New IfAQ on bogus CVS errors.

##### Oct 29th - News section / new links

Added a slew of interesting links to the hackers guide. Added an expl. of the String / UniString miracle of lucid coding.

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