New repository!

Hi all,

The new repository's is now online. Just put "deb http://www.dcc.ufam.edu.br/~boa feisty-backports ." inside your sources.list file and enjoy! Currently, the most important packages are rhythmbox and pidgin, together with their new dependencies all backported from Gutsy to Feisty. My next target now is to backport network-manager! Stay tuned :)

Rhythmbox 0.11.1 for Ubuntu Feisty

Hi all!
This is my backport of latest Rhythmbox version, including crossfading, new icons & appearance, more stability, some new plugins that I can't remind of right now and others. Please feel free to take your question (if you have one) :] Download here

ps: Rhythmbox is great for Last.fm!

Pidgin 2.0.2 package for Ubuntu Feisty

Hi again!

After searching for a good and round package of latest pidgin release (2.0.2) for Ubuntu Feisty that just works, I found none that satisfies my requirements (ubuntu patches+sametime). I decided then to backport pidgin from Ubuntu Gutsy to Feisty. Basically I had to change libnss3 (wich causes lot of errors when trying to install on my machine) for libgnutls. So, if you want a ubuntu-backported version of Pidgin for your Feisty machine, get it here:

• Pidgin (2.0.2-0ubuntu1.1)
  
• Pidgin-data (2.0.2-0ubuntu1.1)
• Pidgin-dbg (2.0.2-0ubuntu1.1)
• Pidgin-dev (2.0.2-0ubuntu1.1)

Packages pidgin and pidgin-data are needed for normal usage. pidgin-dbg is for debugging and pidgin-dev is for developing plugins for pidgin. If you want to compile it yourself, grab the sources here and apply this patch. Questions/Comments are welcome!

Tapioca / Landell packages for Ubuntu Feisty

Hi all,

First of all, I'm writing this post in English for a broader coverage of users, although my native language is brazillian portuguese. I've packaged Tapioca and Landell applications for Ubuntu Feisty getting the sources from Tapioca's SVN and INdT's public repositories. Please note that these packages are unofficial and unstable. I'm going to release my modifications on these ASAP, but for now, to get Landell main window opened, you need to override a "hardcoded" path for tapioca-sharp libraries:

$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/tapioca-sharp /usr/local/lib/tapioca-sharp

• Packages are available here: http://www.dcc.ufam.edu.br/~boa/feisty

tapiocaui (jabber/google talk client with VoIP)

STATUS: WORKING (be careful! I've only tested instant messaging.)
TODO: Proxy support?

landell (telepathy-based multi-protocol client)

STATUS: NOT WORKING (landell opens, but connection fails with errors below)
TODO: Missing INdT.Telepathy.dll: This library is created when building telepathy-sharp from Tapioca's SVN. (Needs packaging) - Manual download

$ sudo mkdir /usr/lib/telepathy-sharp && mv INdT.Telepathy.dll /usr/lib/telepathy-sharp

You can use telepathy-inspector to analyze open connections. When using landell, I've created a Google Talk account and tried to connect, first it said:

"Argument cannot be null.
Parameter name: value".

After this a connection appears on the inspector but it stays disconnected (tough I can connect it manually inside telepathy-inspector). Next I click the "connect" button again and a debug window appears with these messages:

org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Error.NotAvailable: Error acquiring bus name
org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection.gabble.jabber.brunoabinader_40gmail_2ecom_2fLandell:
Connection manager already has a connection to this account.