Monthly Archives: January 2012

PHP 5.4 @ Zend

As a Linux integration guy at Zend, most of my time is spent in compiling PHP related code or dealing with the variety of Linux distributions we support. With the coming release for PHP 5.4, we (at Zend) had some … Continue reading

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RTL status for Libre Office 3.5.0

As LibreOffice is approaching its final 3.5.0 release, I’d like to sum up the RTL status for RC1. So far, 6 RTL related bugs were resolved in the 3.5 cycle (#32530, #34222, #40950, #43790, #43793, #44078), and a few minor issues … Continue reading

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Filed under i18n & l10n, Israeli Community, LibreOffice

PHP 5.4 @ Debian

PHP 5.4.0 is around the corner, with RC6 released this weekend. With the courtesy of Ondřej Surý it’s already available in experimental. Earlier this week, Raphael Geissert, tested some PHP extensions with the new version and reported 16 bugs (severity: … Continue reading

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US Supreme Court: Copyright can be extended to foreign works once in public domain

Oh, shit… yet another step to shrink the public domain.

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Israel to recognize software patents

The Israeli patent registrar have reverted previous ruling regarding patents on software and published a draft for the procedures to accept such patents. The procedures are open to public comments for the next 30 days. Two years ago the patent … Continue reading

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FOSDEM 2012

See you there…

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Filed under Debian GNU/Linux, FOSDEM, LibreOffice