Branch 'f12' - 2 commits - en-US/CircuitDesign.xml en-US/Multimedia.xml en-US/ScientificTechnical.xml
John J. McDonough
jjmcd at fedoraproject.org
Sun Sep 13 18:55:17 UTC 2009
en-US/CircuitDesign.xml | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
en-US/Multimedia.xml | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
en-US/ScientificTechnical.xml | 40 +++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 164 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit 8de9e7d59dd96823f2deed588207f28546936fc9
Author: John J. McDonough <jjmcd at fedoraproject.org>
Date: Sun Sep 13 14:55:05 2009 -0400
Beat information for Scientific, Circuit Design
diff --git a/en-US/CircuitDesign.xml b/en-US/CircuitDesign.xml
index ecf628a..187fc87 100644
--- a/en-US/CircuitDesign.xml
+++ b/en-US/CircuitDesign.xml
@@ -13,14 +13,59 @@
Fedora &PRODVER; includes a complete set of applications for
schematic capture, circuit simulation, and PCB layout..
</para>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>geda</primary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>
- In Fedora 12, the <package>geda</package> suite, previously
- packaged as a number of individual applications, is now provided
- in a single, complete package.
- </para>
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>geda</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>geda</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>
+ In Fedora 12, the <package>geda</package> suite, previously
+ packaged as a number of individual applications, is now provided
+ in a single, complete package.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>kicad</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>kicad</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>
+ Fedora 12 includes the latest version of
+ <package>kicad</package>package> which incorporates a huge
+ number of minor bug fixes and usability improvements. For a
+ complete description of the many changes please refer to the
+ upstream changelog at <ulink type="http" url=
+ "http://www.lis.inpg.fr/realise_au_lis/kicad/" />.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>xcircuit</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>xcircuit</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>
+ <package>xcircuit</package> has been updated to version
+ 3.6. The application now handles multiple schematic windows
+ and has been expanded to allow handling of larger
+ projects. Libraries are now arranged according to
+ "Technology Prefixes". To learn more about these
+ improvements please refer to the release notes at
+ <ulink type="http" url=
+ "http://opencircuitdesign.com/xcircuit/" />.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
</section>
diff --git a/en-US/ScientificTechnical.xml b/en-US/ScientificTechnical.xml
index 9eda317..5fc32e6 100644
--- a/en-US/ScientificTechnical.xml
+++ b/en-US/ScientificTechnical.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,46 @@
Fedora &PRODVER; includes a range of packages for science and mathematics. The following packages have been updated for Fedora &PRODVER;.
</para>
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>R</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>R</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>
+ <package>R</package> and many of it's subpackages have been
+ updated to the latest versions. There are a large number of
+ new features which are described in detail on the project's
+ mailing list: <ulink type="http"
+ url="https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-announce/2009/thread.html"
+ />.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>fet</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>fet</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>
+ <package>fet</package> is a scheduling program for schools
+ and universities. In addition to a large number of bugixes
+ and performance improvements, fet 5.10.2 allows for
+ scheduling fixed time events, allows constraints to be
+ placed on hours for teachers, allows activities to be locked
+ and unlocked, and setting preferred starting times and
+ rooms. The details may be found in the fet news at <ulink
+ type="http" url="http://lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/" />.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
</section>
commit e7a6ce78b0f5e06c79c8e4272dfd880c5e887887
Author: John J. McDonough <jjmcd at fedoraproject.org>
Date: Sun Sep 13 14:54:05 2009 -0400
Add beat information for multimedia
diff --git a/en-US/Multimedia.xml b/en-US/Multimedia.xml
index 6faa4e5..95ca7b3 100644
--- a/en-US/Multimedia.xml
+++ b/en-US/Multimedia.xml
@@ -3,32 +3,79 @@
]>
<section id="sect-Release_Notes-Multimedia">
- <title>Multimedia</title>
- <remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Multimedia">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Multimedia</ulink></remark>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Freedom</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Fedora 11 ships with support for Ogg Vorbis, Theora, FLAC, and Speex, giving you the freedom to watch or listen to your media in a free format. Not only are they all open source but no codec that ships with Fedora contains any harmful patents or licensing fees.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>MP3 and Flash</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Because of patent issues Fedora can not ship with an MP3 decoder, however if you are unable to convert to a patent free codec, such as Ogg Vorbis, Fluendo offers an MP3 decoder that follows all legal requirements set by the patent holder. Visit Fluendo's website (<ulink type="http" url="http://www.fluendo.com/">http://www.fluendo.com/</ulink>) for more information.
- </para>
- <para>
- Abode's Flash player is proprietary software and Fedora recommends installing either <package>swfdec</package> or <package>gnash</package> from the repositories.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
+ <title>Multimedia</title>
+ <remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http"
+ url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Multimedia">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Multimedia</ulink></remark>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>Multimedia</primary>
+ <secondary>Section</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Thusnelda</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>Thusnelda</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>
+ In support of Free Culture, the open web and to reduce the
+ hold of proprietary and patent encumbered codecs, Red Hat
+ has been sponsoring improvements on the open Ogg Theora
+ video codec implementation codenamed Thusnelda via
+ Christopher Montgomery (xiphmont), who created the format
+ and work has resulted in drastic improvements to the
+ codec. This release features this next generation codec,
+ compared to libtheora 1.0, the new encoder can produce
+ comparable quality encodings at a lower bitrate, or better
+ quality at the same bitrate. All applications using
+ libtheora library including all the Gstreamer applications
+ will automatically and transparently be taking advantage of
+ the improvements.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Pulse Audio Enhancements</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>pulseaudio</primary>
+ </indexterm>
<para>
- For more information refer to <ulink type="http" url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Multimedia"> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Multimedia</ulink>.
+ Fedora developers have been made several improvements to the
+ PulseAudio system. More details here. These include the
+ following:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>A New Mixer Logic</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>UPnP MediaServer Support</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Hotplug Support Improved</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Surround Sound Support for Event Sounds
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Fedora Studio</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>Fedora Studio</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>
+ Fedora Studio is an optional multimedia-menus package to
+ provided the user who want to have their audio & video
+ applications classified in their desktop menu. In previous
+ versions of Fedora all multimedia applications were in one
+ large group, this package makes it easier for users to
+ navigate audio & video applications.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
</section>
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