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What if autoconf could be replaced by moving the configuration steps into makefiles, rather than vice-versa? File paths and library lists can already be handled nicely with systems like pkg-config, with the only requirement that the pkg-config tool ... [More] be in the path. Why not move feature-detection and other configure sort of tasks into makefiles too? A library of makefile pieces could be built that represent various autoconf tests, stored in a central directory like /usr/share/pkgconfig, ready for inclusion into GNUmakefiles. Rules might look like this: include $(shell pkg-config gnuconf-make --variable=MAKEFILE) all: check-configuration PKGCONFIG_PACKAGES=gtk2 atk lua-5.0.0 check-configuration: check-c-compiler check-cpp check-ld my-custom-check check-pkgconfig-packages my-custom-check: do something here to check some part of the build [Less]

...and I'll show you who you are. Or something like that ;)[deejay1@betty ~]$ history | awk '{a[$2] } END{for(i in a){print a[i] " " i}}'|sort -rn|head177 cd100 git82 vim68 svn63 ./builder59 su50 mc44 cvs39 ls29 rpmbuildYes, I do change directories pretty often and no, my laptop isn't named after a woman!

So, it's that time of the year: LGM is near! If you're into open source and graphics this event is an absolute must. If you have some credits spare, you can support it by clicking . Any amount will help us cover some of the accommodation and travel costs for developers, so we can bring as many of them as possible to Poland!

I just picked up a Nikon D70 from a friend. It's really nice to be working with a camera and lenses that have apertures somewhat more varied than my Fuji S5200's 4-8, and a bigger sensor to boot. The Nikon sensor is just slightly grainier at ISO 800 than the Fuji is at ISO 100. Apertures as wide as 1.8 on the 50mm lens I'm using are fun!

At last! I've placed the preorder in January and it finally arrived on my desk. It wasn't so easy thanks to the all mighty Polish Post — I had to hunt it around the entire city. It should give me a jumpstart into Qt, because the online docs didn't really work out for me, sadly.Let's hope it won't interfere with my master thesis ;)

… in a batch mode: find . -name '*.somepattern' -exec vim -c 'norm gg=GZZ' "{}" ";"

Massachusetts Chapter of TAVA breaks ties with local advocacy group. So MATAVA (a Transgender veterans association) is not working with MTPC, because MTPC has taken $25,000 from the Human Rights Campaign, because of HRC's not supporting an inclusive ... [More] ENDA? I have one question: Why? HRC has always touted trans inclusivity and rarely puts its money where its mouth is. Small donations to organizations have been the norm, mostly paying a lip service. The $25,000 grant is the first time that they have truly made a trans-inclusive action of size. MATAVA sounds like they're trying to coerce MTPC into not accepting funds from HRC (to punish HRC?). It seems exactly counterproductive to building the unity in action that works so well, and that MTPC has so far managed with skill. How is this in any way beneficial to the ends they are working for? [Less]

OK, this time it won't be completely free, but hey - it's just £5 at 7digital for the entire album! You should pay it to the artist you like anyway! And here it is, the video to "Lips are unhappy" by Lucky Soul:

Planet PLD will have some downtime today (14.12.2007), I'll have to do the cable work in my room again :/ Sorry for the inconvenience and the late warning, but this had to be done sometime.

Kolejna głupota w polskim wydaniu. Jeśli chcesz coś wykorzystać co zostało udostępnione na licencji CC musisz zapłacić haracz^H^H^H^Hopłatę na rzecz organizacji zbiorowego zarządzania (w skrócie OZZ). W takim razie chcę widzieć pieniążki za to, iż ... [More] ktoś kiedyś może wykorzystać cokolwiek z mojego bloga – może czas zacząć wysyłać żądania do odpowiednich OZZ o ponoć należne nam pieniądze? W końcu to dla nas istnieją (pun intended)... [Less]