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Role Manager 5.0 is out, get it at http://sun.com/rolemanager. This release contains support for French, German, Spanish, Japanese and Korean.  Not really bad for an application that spoke only english just a while ago! We'll be adding Simplified Chinese shortly.

Here is an interesting i18n bug for Update Center on OpenSolaris: https://updatecenter2.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=511

The problem is that Update Center 2.2 does not follow OpenSolaris keyboard settings.

Therefore, you are stick with a English keyboard, and it is not possible to type i18n characters like é, á, ó, í, à, ô, â, etc...

One workaround is to use the Sun ¨Compose¨ key. Here is the list of combinations available to type some characters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key

For those who do not have compose key, you can always Copy-Paste the characters you want. If you find any other handy workaround, feel free to share !

A new version of CTI was released last Friday: CTI ver. 1.2. 'Generate and Download' is the key feature in this releases, so everyone can download (or generate) target files.

Info about this version is available at CTI blog: http://blogs.sun.com/cti/entry/new_version_of_cti_v1

For those who don't know yet what is CTI, it stand for Community Translation Interface. It is a tool that allow contributers to easily translate Open Sourced products files. We used in JavaES world already for OpenDS, OpenSSO and lately with GlassFish for the V3 Beta.

Here we go,

% unzip repo-2.3-b38-sunos-sparc.zip -d /export/charles/repo/

% unzip pkg-toolkit-2.3-b38-sunos-sparc.zip  -d /export/charles/UpdateCenter

% cd /export/charles/UpdateCenter/pkg-toolkit-sunos-sparc

% pkg/bin/pkg.depotd -d /export/charles/repo -p 10022

%  vi .org.opensolaris,pkg/cfg_cache

change to

origin = http://localhost:10022/

% bin/pkg install updatetool
==> This will download updatetool from /export/charles/rep

% bin/updatetool

That's all, then you just need connect to it in Update Center. Thanks Charles for giving us those steps !!

I forgot in my last post about Sun Java Communication 7 to mention this install guide: http://wikis.sun.com/display/CommSuite7/Communications+Suite+7+Installation+Guide

If you are interested in translating this guide into other languages, please don't hesitate to contact us on jes-praha-ext at sun.com.

If you are interested in Java ES Interoperability, check out this wiki: http://wikis.sun.com/display/Interoperability/Java+ES+Interoperability

It's not about G11n, but still very interesting for Java ES. Check out as well some technical tips:

• LDAP Directory Server
• Glassfish
• Web Space/Portal Server
• GlassFishESB/Java CAPS
• OpenSSO/Access Manager
  

Sun Java Communications Suite, is a carrier-grade and highly scalable, secure and reliable messaging and collaboration platform.

WHAT'S NEW IN RELEASE 7:

    * Calendar Server 7 – fully supports the latest CalDAV standard,
      enabling interoperability with other calendaring clients like
      Mac iCal and Mozilla Lightning, and offers native calendar
      synchronization with mobile devices that support CalDAV,
      including the Apple iPhone.
    * Indexing and Search Service 1 – provides real-time indexing and
      search of messaging content, including attachments in a wide
      variety of data types such as PDF, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice,
      and popular image formats.
    * Messaging Server 7 Update 3 – delivers a highly scalable, secure
      and high-performance messaging platform that supports leading
      operating environments and now adds Red Hat 5.
    * Instant Messaging 8 – offers a scalable, standards-compliant
      instant messaging and presence platform that supports IM in
      mobile devices and interoperability with other IM networks,
      including AOL, Yahoo and MSN.
    * Sun Convergence 1 Update 3 – features a rich Web client for the
      Java Communications Suite email, calendaring, contacts, IM and
      other Web services. This update of Convergence enables fast
      searches of email attachments using the new Indexing and Search
      Service, provides access to external POP email, supports all
      leading browsers and adds Internet Explorer 8.

What was done on the G11n side:

Simple: we tested everything ! Most of the products had a few UI changes like Instant Messaging 8 or Messaging Server 7 Update 3, so we did only the necessary testing there. One thing we really focused one: Sun Convergence 1 Update 3 ! This product was really tested deeply, focusing on the new functionalities, checking if our existing translations did not cause problem with the new UI design, etc... So on top of enjoying this new Sun Java Communications Suite 7 release, enjoy it localized !

Where to go for more information:

    * Announcement page:  http://www.sun.com/comms
    * Overview and product tour videos (code
      below): http://channelsun.sun.com/video/software/java+communications+suite/42465958001/sun+announces+java+communications+suite+7/42519593001