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Akademy 2024 T-Shirt orders open
Pre-orders are now open for the Akademy 2024 T-shirt, this is only for those who will be attending Akademy, in person, in Würzburg
Pre-orders will close on 31st July
We will be opening in a few weeks separate online orders for t-shirts for those who aren't attending in person
Web Review, Week 2024-28
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2024-28.
Take action to stop chat control now!Tags: tech, politics, law, privacy
It’s time to push European governments to abandon this nonsense.
https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/take-action-to-stop-chat-control-now/
Tags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, computer-vision
Those brand new models keep failing at surprisingly simple tasks.
https://vlmsareblind.github.io/
Tags: tech, browser, security
This is a concerning finding. One can escape from the browser to the system with such chaining.
https://spaceraccoon.dev/universal-code-execution-browser-extensions/
Tags: tech, security, supply-chain, dependencies
Good tour of all the way dependencies might get compromised in your supply chain. Getting this easy to detect is needed.
https://kerkour.com/supply-chain-attacks-and-backdoored-dependencies
Tags: tech, ubuntu, security
The title is a bit pushing it. Still, I didn’t realize some of the fine prints of the Ubuntu support schemes.
https://gld.mcphail.uk/posts/ubuntu-security-updates-are-a-confusing-mess/
Tags: tech, linux, kernel, rust
It’s nice to have a balanced view on the matter. It’s not just roses and rainbows. This gives a good overview of the current limitations and where Rust can give most benefits in the kernel.
https://www.usenix.org/conference/atc24/presentation/li-hongyu
Tags: tech, linux, system, systemd
Interesting approach to test system changes. Especially welcome on immutable systems.
https://www.codethink.co.uk/articles/2024/A-new-way-to-develop-on-Linux/
Tags: tech, linux, uefi, boot, system
Looks like GRUB days as the standard bootloader are counted. Booting straight using the Linux kernel could bring interesting benefits. Probably not doable on every hardware platform though.
https://fizuxchyk.wordpress.com/2024/06/13/nmbl-we-dont-need-a-bootloader/
Tags: tech, linux, packaging
An interesting puzzle to pursue. Is it possible to rebuild exactly the same binary distribution packages?
https://blog.josefsson.org/2024/07/10/towards-idempotent-rebuilds/
Tags: tech, simd, performance
Another interesting algorithm to handle using SIMD.
https://clement-jean.github.io/simd_binary_search_tree/
Tags: tech, linux, system
It’s really a good reminder of how powerful ptrace is. You can nicely intercept and change the behavior of syscalls with it.
https://healeycodes.com/making-python-less-random
Tags: tech, cloud, storage, cryptography, security, tools
Looks like a nice tool indeed. Might be handy.
https://www.andreagrandi.it/posts/cryptomator-end-to-end-encrypt-files-in-cloud/
Tags: tech, databases
A simple explanation about dirty writes during database transactions.
https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2024/07/05/dirty-writes/
Tags: tech, databases, uuid, performance
Forced to use UUID as primary key in a table? Then make sure to use them properly to not kill the performance more than necessary. Ideally use something else though.
https://maciejwalkowiak.com/blog/postgres-uuid-primary-key/
Tags: tech, programming, python
Ever wondered how attributes work in Python under the hood? Here is how.
https://snarky.ca/unravelling-attribute-access-in-python/
Tags: tech, programming, python
An interesting Python construct to make iterators based on a simple function.
https://mathspp.com/blog/til/making-an-iterator-out-of-a-function
Tags: tech, gui, fonts
Very long read but will be an essential resource to have a fine understanding of text rendering in its current form.
Tags: tech, quality, craftsmanship, engineering, complexity, history
Interesting musing about the “software crisis” which was declared in the late 60s. We’re coping with it by piling levels of abstractions but clearly we’re still not out of it. Our craft still needs to grow.
https://wryl.tech/log/2024/the-software-crisis.html
Tags: tech, team, organization, agile
Good reminder that teams are made out of people. It’s good to look at the daily standups less as a technical management tool and more as a need to get into the work.
https://tidyfirst.substack.com/p/standups-individual-teammate
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KDE Ships Frameworks 6.4.0
Friday, 12 July 2024
KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 6.4.0.
KDE Frameworks are 72 addon libraries to Qt which provide a wide variety of commonly needed functionality in mature, peer reviewed and well tested libraries with friendly licensing terms. For an introduction see the KDE Frameworks release announcement.
This release is part of a series of planned monthly releases making improvements available to developers in a quick and predictable manner.
New in this version Attica- Gitignore: add VS Code dir. Commit.
- Revert "[Extractor] Change to QCoreApplication". Commit. Fixes bug #487628
- Port QML modules to declarative type registration. Commit.
- CI: update clang-format image. Commit.
- Add core/primary services for LE Audio: CSIS, MCS, BASS, PACS, CAS. Commit.
- Add comments to improve readability and maintainability. Commit.
- Manager: Add list property for connectedDevices. Commit.
- Manager: Sort out property shorthand in tests. Commit.
- Use newly introduced ColorScheme-Accent. Commit. Fixes bug #446468
- Improve excalamation point placement in data-warning/dialog-warning icon. Commit. Fixes bug #487626
- Add generic translate icon, symlink crow-translate-tray. Commit.
- Add non-symbolic base version of network-wireless-bluetooth icons. Commit.
- Mark as non gui executables to have output on Windows. Commit.
- Avoid spurious message about appstreamtest. Commit.
- Gitignore: add VS Code dir. Commit.
- Add missing QtCore dependency to QML module. Commit.
- Add QML bindings for CalendarListModel and CalendarPluginLoader. Commit.
- Add CalendarListModel. Commit.
- Plugins: Use help-about icons instead of dialog-information. Commit.
- SettingHighlighterPrivate: Optimize connections. Commit.
- Plugins: Use symbolic versions of the icons. Commit.
- Declare missing QML module dependency. Commit.
- Properly declare KQuickConfigModule as having attached properties. Commit.
- Support USE_DBUS option to enable/disable dbus use. Commit.
- Gitignore: add VS Code dir. Commit.
- Ensure KCM load function is called only once. Commit. Fixes bug #487388
- Remove unused static tables. Commit.
- Gitignore: add VS Code dir. Commit.
- Fix two cmakelint types of issue. Commit.
- Fix KCONFIG_USE_QML=OFF by moving ECMQmlModule behind the conditional. Commit.
- Kconfig_compiler: Don't generate .moc include. Commit.
- Kconfig_compiler: Allow generating QML type registration macros. Commit.
- Kconfig_compiler: Use automoc for GENERATE_MOC. Commit.
- Avoid unused variable definition. Commit.
- Allow desktop files to be a symbolic link. Commit.
- Fix compile. Commit.
- KStandardActions: Use C++11 for loop. Commit.
- Fix compile dependencies for windows. Commit.
- Register KCoreConfigSkeleton to QML. Commit.
- Provide a generic named USE_DBUS option to allow to choose if to use it. Commit.
- Don't warn if no dbus enabled. Commit.
- Support USE_DBUS option to enable/disable dbus use. Commit.
- Rename deprecated argument CLASSNAME to CLASS_NAME in ecm_add_qml_module() for KCoreAddonsPlugin. Commit.
- Kurlmimedata: warn about problems while retrieving files from portal. Commit.
- Decode os-release as UTF-8. Commit.
- Use REQUIRED_QT_VERSION for dbus, too. Commit.
- Provide USE_DBUS option to allow to turn on/off dbus parts. Commit.
- Add missing QtOpenGL dependency. Commit.
- Gitignore: add VS Code dir. Commit.
- Add missing copyright to KeySequenceItem. Commit.
- KColorSchemeWatcherMac: update name in copyright. Commit.
- Clipboard: Add roundtrip when setting clipboard. Commit. Fixes bug #466414
- Support USE_DBUS option to enable/disable dbus use. Commit.
- Add holidays for Germany, Bremen and Germany, Hamburg. Commit.
- Add public holidays for Uzbekistan. Commit.
- Holiday_pe_es - add Peru holidays per "Decreto Legislativo 713". Commit. Fixes bug #488513
- Update russian holidays substitution for 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. Commit.
- Update holiday_ph_en - fix syntax error "of august" should be "in august". Commit.
- Change optional name to Philippines. Commit.
- Introduce a holidays file for Philippines. Commit.
- Make country name detection substring matching more strict. Commit.
- Flip logic when to use Accent/HighlightedText. Commit.
- Support USE_DBUS option to enable/disable dbus use. Commit.
- Fixed wrong plugin options behaviour. Commit.
- EXR: Full support for gray image/colorspace. Commit.
- Disable JXR plugin due to crashes in JXRLIB. Commit.
- PFM: Portable FloatMap read only support. Commit.
- PXR: Pixar raster read only support. Commit.
- Sanity checks (fuzzer). Commit.
- XCF: fixed wrong composite on Grayscale images. Commit. See bug #476755
- Fix compilation. Commit.
- Use of metadata macro definitions. Commit.
- JXR: added CMYK image to read test. Commit.
- XCF: Increased maximum property size. Commit. See bug #426222
- JXR support. Commit. See bug #451584
- PSD: support native CMYK introduced by Qt 6.8. Commit.
- Core: use QString to format number. Commit.
- Remove unnecessary space character in empty text file template. Commit. Fixes bug #487768
- Port DropJob to KJobWidgets::windowHandle(). Commit. See bug #488515
- Use resolved executable in KProcessRunner::fromExecutable. Commit.
- Handle using parent environment correctly in SystemdProcessRunner. Commit.
- Prepare environment for systemd in SystemdProcessRunner. Commit.
- Enable CommandLauncherJob tests (modulo _KDE_APPLICATIONS_AS_SERVICE on CI). Commit.
- Kmountpoint: use advised call params when possible for libmount. Commit.
- Remove unused includes. Commit.
- Drop unused modifiers support from user agent code. Commit.
- [kprotocolmanager] Remmove unused http_config. Commit.
- Remove unused includes. Commit.
- Don't pass proxy config to workers. Commit.
- Drop protocol proxying. Commit.
- Deprecate KProtocolInfo::proxiedBy. Commit.
- [ftp] Drop ProxiedBy=http. Commit.
- Kfileitem.cpp: If fileMode is not unknown, set InitCalled to true in readUDSEntry. Commit. Fixes bug #485771
- Support USE_DBUS option to enable/disable dbus use. Commit.
- [webdav] emit ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ACTION when performing fileSystemFreeSpace on a file. Commit.
- Add desktop file for kiod. Commit. Fixes bug #459054
- Gitignore: add VS Code dir. Commit.
- Kfileitemtest: testBasicDirectory relax size assertion. Commit.
- Commandlauncherjob: emit error when no executable. Commit.
- Fix: install KirigamiPrivate soversion. Commit.
- Add Kirigmai.Action unit tests. Commit.
- Fix static build. Commit.
- Allow initializing a Kirigami.Action from a QAction. Commit.
- NavigationTabButton: improve text legibility. Commit. Fixes bug #489573
- Dialog: Add horizontal padding to prevent content from leaking onto borders. Commit.
- ActionTextField: de-duplicate action icon code. Commit.
- Dialogs/Dialog.qml: removed colorSet. Commit.
- ActionTextField: fix QML errors. Commit.
- Update build.gradle in application template to Qt 6. Commit.
- Remove unused KItemModels import. Commit.
- Fix: The issue of abnormal touch events. Commit.
- Relax property types to QtQuick.Templates counterparts. Commit. See bug #487904
- Units: decouple grid unit from font metrics. Commit.
- Fix typo. Commit.
- Support USE_DBUS option to enable/disable dbus use. Commit.
- PlaceholderMessage: Announce the text and description to a11y. Commit. Fixes bug #482753
- Kdescendantsproxymodel: fix nested signals on source model reset. Commit.
- Kdescendantsproxymodeltest: use model tester in the tests where it passes. Commit.
- Port kdescendantsproxymodeltest to std::unique_ptr. Commit.
- Relicense files from LGPL-2.0-only to LGPL-2.0-or-later. Commit.
- Gitignore: add VS Code dir. Commit.
- KWidgetItemDelegateEventListener: remove useless destroy event sending. Commit.
- Remove Icons view. Commit.
- Remove user-facing view switcher. Commit.
- Use Tiles view by default. Commit.
- Add punctuation to warning. Commit.
- BigPreviewDelegate: Fix "Update" action. Commit.
- Action: Remove dead code. Commit.
- Gitignore: add VS Code dir. Commit.
- Fix missing HAVE_DBUS usages. Commit.
- Support USE_DBUS option to enable/disable dbus use. Commit.
- Adapt Android default notifications and documentations to KF6 search path. Commit.
- Remove stray lib. Commit.
- Support USE_DBUS option to enable/disable dbus use. Commit.
- Gitignore: add VS Code dir. Commit.
- PartLoader: Allow reading of InitialPreference from KParts object. Commit.
- PartLoader: Add mechanism to provide capabilities standardized in JSON metadata. Commit.
- Add missing send. Commit.
- Remove no longer used var. Commit.
- Fix non-dbus path. Commit.
- Support USE_DBUS option to enable/disable dbus use. Commit.
- Fix cmakelint issues. Commit.
- Controls: Don't use visible for hiding text in LegendDelegate. Commit.
- Controls/legenddelegate: Always hide name if its width is 0. Commit.
- Fix build with QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII. Commit.
- Gitignore: add VS Code dir. Commit.
- Fix description in metainfo. Commit.
- Fix tier information. Commit.
- Fix masks of completely black mask frames. Commit.
- Restore proper devicepixelratio when extracting from cache. Commit. Fixes bug #488295
- Fix description in metainfo. Commit.
- Remove explicit maintainer from metainfo. Commit.
- Add a tool to test javascript scripts. Commit.
- Fix JS API result of view.executeCommand(). Commit.
- Kateregexpsearch: fix FAST_DEBUG. Commit.
- API documentation: fix typo on kte_design page. Commit.
- Add action to popy the current file name and line. Commit. Fixes bug #488027
- Prefer even indent sizes. Commit. Fixes bug #474505
- Try different way to read file for digest. Commit. See bug #482800
- Remove gradient, looks ugly. Commit.
- Add missing :, are there for all other entries. Commit.
- Don't remember encoding if known to be broken. Commit. Fixes bug #445015
- Ensure we don't keep old session config keys. Commit. Fixes bug #486648
- Gitignore: add VS Code dir. Commit.
- Gitignore: add VS Code dir. Commit.
- Gitignore: add VS Code dir. Commit.
- Fix the since version of KJobWidgets::windowHandle,setWindowHandle. Commit.
- Kjobwidgets: Force setWindow() creating a window handle. Commit. See bug #488515
- Kjobwidgets: Add functions to associate QWindow with a KJob. Commit. See bug #488515
- KTitleWidget: restore size policies to Preferred & vertical centering. Commit. Fixes bug #488319
- KTitleWidget: do not autoFillBackground by default, drop StyledPanel frame. Commit. Fixes bug #475898
- Make compile fine without qt6.7 deprecated methods. Commit.
- Remove old dead code from KDE4. Commit.
- Use static constexpr for global int value definitions instead of enums. Commit.
- Revert "Avoid a crash in broken Konsole code for now, waiting for fix release". Commit.
- Port away from deprecated signal QCheckBox::stateChanged. Commit.
- Support USE_DBUS option to enable/disable dbus use. Commit.
- Gitignore: add VS Code dir. Commit.
- Add missing find_dependency call on Qt6Network. Commit. Fixes bug #489094
- Fixed occasional lag issue with ActiveConnection. Commit.
- Recognize OWE in AP capabilities and connection security. Commit. See bug #464615
- Add VRF and loopback device types. Commit.
- Recognize the "loopback" connection type. Commit.
- Fix check for device and AP cipher compatibility. Commit.
- Adjust scanner-qt6.qml for newer QtMultimedia. Commit.
- JobView: Fix switch-case: add default branch. Commit.
- Plugins/barcode: Fix up QML. Commit.
- Widgets: Rework type registration and property initialization, improve QML. Commit.
- Don't let the Heading overflow. Commit.
- AlternativesModel: Use logging category. Commit.
- AlternativesModel: Drop unused header. Commit.
- Tests: Rework testing share tool. Commit.
- Tests: Set initial properties instead of introspecting objects later. Commit.
- Tests: Correctly check for additional positional arguments. Commit.
- Tests: Remove duplicating calls to add help and version CLI options. Commit.
- Tests: Add missing translation domain. Commit.
- Drop QML import versions. Commit.
- Fix some QML and C++ code style. Commit.
- Use ellipses instead of triple period. Commit.
- AlternativesModel: Use correct role for a tooltip. Commit.
- Kdeconnect: Don't let the Heading overflow. Commit.
- Namespace embedded resources. Commit.
- Support USE_DBUS option to enable/disable dbus use. Commit.
- Gitignore: add VS Code dir. Commit.
- Combobox: Set focus on text field within combobox. Commit.
- Delegates: Use inset to control spacing around hover/selection highlight. Commit.
- Limit focus workaround to affected versions. Commit.
- Itembranchindicators: Store QPersistentModelIndex instead of QModelIndex. Commit.
- Itemindicators: Don't access thread-unsafe data from the render thread. Commit. Fixes bug #487850
- Implement baselineOffset for more controls. Commit.
- KQuickStyleItem: Mark baselineOffset method as const. Commit.
- Implement SplitView with splitter handles. Commit.
- Support USE_DBUS option to enable/disable dbus use. Commit.
- Fix "Connecting from COMPAT signal" warning. Commit.
- Support USE_DBUS option to enable/disable dbus use. Commit.
- Narrow down types of backend objects to Ifaces::DeviceManager. Commit.
- Doc: Port 0 to nullptr. Commit.
- Drop a reference to non-existent interface class. Commit.
- Add missing forward declaration. Commit.
- Gitignore: add VS Code dir. Commit.
- Dublincore.h "organisation" -> "organization" (prefer en_US). Commit.
- Gitignore: add VS Code dir. Commit.
- Add CustomType highlighting and improve import highlighting. Commit.
- Corrected Gleam syntax. Commit.
- Add Gleam syntax. Commit.
- OrgMode: add header-item folding, properties folding, more todo keywords. Commit.
- Avoid that we try to open files without name. Commit.
- [dracula.theme] Fix "ISO/Delphi Extended" for Pascal. Commit.
- Nginx: update for new directives and variables. Commit.
- Systemd unit: update to systemd v256. Commit.
- Add basic syntax highlighting rules for opsi-script. Commit.
- [dracula.theme] Fix "Special Variable" for PHP. Commit.
- Add Typst highlighter. Commit.