Since I've just been asked again why some of the https://thi.ng/umbrella examples in the repo are not working when copy/pasting the source code into a new (external, I assume) project — there could be several reasons...
The default branch of the repo is develop and usually does contain code which hasn't been released yet (as library/package). If in doubt, please switch to the main branch which contains the state as of the most recent release cycle...
Related to #1, there could be breaking API changes on the develop branch (as is the case for the current major undertaking of thi.ng/geom v8.0.0) and some of the examples are already using the new/upcoming API...
Rare, but possible, I've forgotten to declare dependencies for an example and you might encounter broken imports. Since 2022 I've got a custom tool to verify imports and exports of all packages and examples (and which is run prior to each release), so this shouldn't happen anymore...
Personally, I'm only using a bundler setup/workflow (@vite) and had zero problems in the past few years. However, some people using ESM imports directly have been encountering weird issues with some transpilation features of JS CDNs (e.g. skypack) in the past, but these shouldn't happen with more modern ones like https://esm.run.
Finally, all packages have a generally uniform readme structure, incl. "install/import instructions". For examples, there're also these wiki pages:
In one of my apps, I'd like to ensure that users are running with the latest version, and recommend an upgrade if they aren't. Is that type of "telemetry" OK? Code is #OpenSource so it'll be easy to verify that it only calls GitHub to compare current version vs last released. Conditions:
Nothing is "sent" other than a GET request to GH to get latest version.
No data is collected — I don't even run the server.
In this one, we have Linux Mint deciding to hide unverified Flatpaks by default (but not apps from the repos, also unofficial?), we have KDE asking you to help them define their goals for the next 2 years, and we have the atrocious Windows recall being already hacked, and Microsoft backing down, making it disabled by default, and adding some security layers (because unencrypted databases are rarely a good idea)
Gary is organising OggCamp this year, so we wonder what makes the perfect Linux and open source event. Plus why we don’t use multiple partitions for home and swap etc.
Wrapping up a very productive GNOME design call… about accent colors! We addressed every single blocking topic and have a clear way forward. I don’t want to promise anything specific (especially timelines), buuuut it’s looking good to me.
I might write up a blog post to summarize the direction once we sort some of the little details out. But there’s a pretty good consensus across half a dozen or so people doing the work—harder than it sounds. 😅
it’s a little disingenuous to refer to #LLMs as #opensource because you can really only open source an LLM in roughly the same way you open source a microprocessor — RISCV is open source, the plans for it anyway, but it still costs millions to riff off it and make your own custom version, same with LLMs. that’s not exactly what open source was going for
Stendhal is a multiplayer online adventure game with retro style graphics, hundreds of different creatures, items, NPCs and quests. It is written in Java by the Arianne Project,...
The Thunderbird story is an epic of countless individual stories, coming together to make something bigger than themselves. We're sharing those stories in a new series, and our first spotlight is on one of our amazing Bugzilla volunteers.
Arthur helps new volunteers document issues, as well as testing bug fixes. Read more at the blog, and find out how to share (or start!) your own Thunderbird story!
Spent some extra time today responding to an issue a user reported, as I noticed it was their first interaction with the project. Life as an #OpenSource maintainer may not be glamorous, but when that extra effort results in feedback like this later... incredibly rewarding.
I love how @antoniof names his #GNOMEFiles merge requests like episodes of a #GNOME#opensource epic saga coming soon to your nearest streaming service 👌
VoxeLibre 0.87 – The Prismatic release (git.minetest.land)
VoxeLibre - VoxeLibre (formerly known as MineClone2), a voxel-based sandbox game for Minetest...
Stendhal 1.47: Pizza in Demand! (arianne-project.org)
Stendhal is a multiplayer online adventure game with retro style graphics, hundreds of different creatures, items, NPCs and quests. It is written in Java by the Arianne Project,...
Endless-sky Release v0.10.7: Unstable release (github.com)
Space exploration, trading, and combat game....