Deng Ching » Interested in Open Source Software Development? Here’s How You Can Get Involved..
Below are some pointers which I think can be a starting point for people who want to get involved or contribute in open source software development These are just based on my personal experience and nothing formal.. 1. The usual jumping point here are those technologies that you’re already using. There might be a bug or a feature you want ... [Link]
Julius Cutaran » Debugging in Eclipse, calling shell scripts
Background: i’m using Ubuntu, my Eclipse was installed via apt-get i have Oracle installed under ‘oracle’ profile i run and debug my program through Eclipse Issue: attempt to run sqlldr which is called from the webapp results to an error/sqlldr exit code 3. Solution: run the webapp externally, don’t use Eclipse when running the webapp(since it was installed via apt-get ... [Link]
Julius Cutaran » Installing Oracle 10g in Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)
This doc isn’t yet perfect, but it would help. 1. Requirements Your linux swap is set to 2GB You have the Oracle 10g RC2 installer for Linux 2. Setting Ubuntu 2.1 Install required libraries Open the Synaptic Package Manager (click System –> Administration) Click on Settings –> Repositories Click all the checkbox(main, universe, restricted, multiverse) found in the “Ubuntu Software” ... [Link]
Brett Porter » PSIA General Meeting
I had a busy agenda in Manila, from which I’ve just returned. Getting a bit behind on blogging about it in fact! During the trip, I was able to attend the PSIA (Philippine Software Industry Association) General Meeting in Makati. It was a bigger than expected turn out, and a good night out. It was interesting to see what else ... [Link]
Carlos Sanchez » Speaking at CommunityOne on Monday
Seems that I have been volunteered to do a lightening talk at CommunityOne on Monday at the Moscone as part of the Atlassian session. Thanks to Cenqua' Pete for offering free drinks in exchange (he hasn't realized yet the mistake he has made) and entertainment like last year (hopefully with some differences in critical parts).See you there. [Link]
Carlos Sanchez » JavaOne starts next Monday
If nothing goes wrong I'll be next week in San Francisco "attending" JavaOne. "Attending" means I'll just go to the RedMonk Unconference on Monday CommunityOne and networking at the evening parties (as usual)I'll drive from LA to SF on Friday or Saturday and back the next weekend, hopefully doing some sightseeing, anyone around for a drink during the weekend ? ... [Link]
Deng Ching » IP in Opensource - a Case Study
Last Thursday, I was given the opportunity to do and present a case study on Intellectual Property (IP) in Opensource for the PSIA — Philippine Software Industry Association. My subject was the Apache Software Foundation. I thought I’d give a summary of my presentation here.. enjoy! ;-) (I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank Mykol and my Exist ... [Link]
noreply@blo... » A week in Manila
I've spent the last week on the opposite side of the planet, right in the middle of Manila at the Exist Global office. This is my second time in the Philippines; a group of us went to Cebu last summer for a week. This time it's a longer trip, so I have a weekend in the middle... which is about ... [Link]
Brett Porter » Apache Archiva goes live!
Archiva became a top level project at the Apache Software Foundation in March, and we’re now rounding out the move of some of the resources. The web site has moved to http://archiva.apache.org/, and the mailing lists have moved to the same domain. The project continues to grow - we’ve just added our first committer as a standalone project (welcome, James!). ... [Link]
Brett Porter » Maven and Subversion at STI, Philippines
Back to school! I had the opportunity to sit in on a class last Saturday at STI in Cubao. Exist participates in an Open Source Engineering elective there, and while a number of subjects are taught, last weekend was about Subversion and Maven. The purpose of these half-day training sessions is to instruct the instructors that will eventually teach the ... [Link]
Carlos Sanchez » Q for Eclipse 0.6.0 released
A new release of Q4E is out, 0.6.0, with WTP support and the ability to do a exclude all/force version from the dependency analysis UI. I particularly like the exclude all because if you had to do it by hand you would go to each dependency and add the exclusions. This way you select the dependency you don't want and ... [Link]
Carlos Sanchez » Teotihuacan, Mexico
Pictures from the Teotihuacan pyramids close to Mexico City. Really impressive. Teotihuacán was, at its height in the first half of the 1st millennium CE, the largest pre-Columbian city in the Americas. The city during its existence was larger than any European city of the same era including Rome. [Link]
Carlos Sanchez » Mexico City
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noreply@blo... » ApacheCon EU Day 5
Friday was the last day of ApacheCon EU 2008 and finally time for the Apache Maven Best Practices session. It was well attended, with good questions at the end and afterwards. I wish it had been scheduled earlier, both because by Friday I was not feeling well at all, and because people would have been able to put a face ... [Link]
Brett Porter » Apache Maven 2.0.9 Released
It must be release season, because now Apache Maven 2.0.9 is out. As far as point releases go, this is a big one with 62 fixes and improvements, and foundational support for toolchains in plugins. This is the best version of Maven available and a highly recommended upgrade. Kudos to the whole team that was involved in this release, and ... [Link]
