Installing Subversion 1.5 on Ubuntu 8.04

Using the new Eclipse version 3.4.0 and its subeclipse plugin, I found that my linux svn client has been too old:
svn: This client is too old to work with working copy ‘.’; please get a newer Subversion client
So, I have followed cylindric.net instructions installing via apt-get the 1.5 version of svn client: it works [...]

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Universal JDBC GUI Client

I’ve found Squirrel Client very useful and mature product.
What I like in Squirrel Client:

Autocomplete during sql writing for table names and fields, see below a screenshot.
Automatically Keep your queries history also with the results
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Tomcat 5.5 JNDI DataSource definition for Mysql

I share with you a DataSource definition for Tomcat 5.5 and Mysql that works fine for me. Before this version I found some problems because Mysql, under Debian, closes the connections after 8 hours of inactivity… so after a night the connection pools has not been available.

<Context
path=”/webappname”
docBase=”webappname”
debug=”5″
reloadable=”true” [...]

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A rough Jboss Debian init script

I share with you my rough script for init jboss on Debian.
I have:

taken this from the JPackage Project
simplified and adapted to work on DebianSarge with lsb functions.

I have tested compliance with HA LSB semplified rules and seems working.
I’m not very famliar with shell scripts , if you can get better I’m happy to learn. [...]

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Sun Java -> GPL

Today in a historic move, Sun is opening the door to greater innovation by open sourcing key of Java implementations:

Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE),
Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME),
and Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE)

Sources has been available under GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2)
News Source

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MotorBike Accident: Developing PlatypusWiki

A motorbike accident has broken my fibula, more or less one month ago.

During these days I’m working hard to refactoring PlatypusWiki. I hope to achive an acceptable release.
PlatypusWiki is a free time project, we are searching, from long time: founds, investors or partners to trasform it in a not free time project and achieve [...]

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Open source companies to watch

An interesting article appared today on NetWorkWorld:
“Open source software is a given in most enterprise data centers, so it’s not surprising to see the ranks of open source companies and projects swell. It’s not just Linux anymore – community-developed software is offering alternatives for everything from databases to application servers to network management to disaster [...]

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RoughJboss init script for Debian

#!/bin/sh
#
# Startup script for JBoss takenm and modified by my hands,
# from JPackage Project
# It is under the same license terms

# Source LSB function library.
[ -f /lib/lsb/init-functions ] && . /lib/lsb/init-functions

#———————————————
# Begin Java and Jboss trivial Confgiuration params
#———————————————
JBOSS_HOME=/usr/local/jboss/jboss-3.2.3
JBOSS_USER=”jboss”
JBOSS_CONFIGURATION=”default”
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/j2sdk1.4-sun/
JAVACMD=”$JAVA_HOME/bin/java”
# JAVA_OPTS=”-Xms64M -Xmx128M”
JAVAC_JAR=”$JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar”
#———————————————
# End Java and Jboss trivial Confgiuration params
#———————————————

# Set some essential variables
JBOSS_BINDIR=”$JBOSS_HOME/bin”
LOCKFILE=/var/lock/subsys/jboss
PIDFILE=/var/run/jboss.pid
TMPDIR=/var/cache/jboss

# Functions
start ()
{
[...]

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