Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:55:41 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Announcing GNOME 2.4.0 for FreeBSD Message-ID: <1063310141.702.44.camel@gyros> In-Reply-To: <oprvcpgxvm8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> References: <1063309044.702.36.camel@gyros> <oprvcpgxvm8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net>
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--=-qcObDkJjuFAYpfqZnm3V Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 15:51, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:37:24 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org= >=20 > wrote: >=20 > > I am pleased to announce GNOME 2.4.0 is now available for FreeBSD. > > Unfortunately, due to timing issues with 4.9-RELEASE, it will not make > > it into the official ports tree until after 4.9 is released (looks like > > early October right now). In the meantime, you can get to it from my > > CVS tree at http://www.marcuscom.com:8080/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi. For thos= e > > without CVS access, I have periodic tarballs made, and are downloadable > > from the same URL. You should also download the marcusmerge script to > > aid in merging my ports tree with the official tree. If you already > > have a copy of the script, download it again. Things have changed. > > I would like to thank the entire GNOME team for their outstanding work > > on the new features in GNOME 2.4.0 as well as their willingness to > > incorporate so many FreeBSD-specific patches. I would also like to > > thank our own FreeBSD GNOME team. Without adamw@ and bland@, GNOME > > 2.4.0 would not be possible. And without GNOME team members both past > > and present such as sobomax@, ade@, vanilla@, nakai@, and others I'm > > sure I've missed, GNOME on FreeBSD would not be what it is today. Also= , > > thanks to our GNOME users and GNOME 2.3 testers. Without their > > invaluable patches, bug reports, and nagging, I'm sure things would be > > quite broken. > > > > For the official GNOME 2.4.0 release notes, feature list, and > > screenshots, please see http://www.gnome.org/start/2.4/. For all your > > GNOME on FreeBSD needs, please see http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/. >=20 > Great, thanks guys!! >=20 > Just want to add something in here too.. I would recommend anyone to do=20 > the 'pkg_delete -f bonobo-activation', before you do the upgrade from=20 > Gnome 2.[0,2] to 2.4.. Perhaps, Gnome team should add about it in the FAQ= =20 > in website? I actually fixed this in the latest release of marcusmerge. That's why I recommend everyone downloads the script. Joe >=20 > Cheers, > Mezz >=20 > > Joe --=20 Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: marcus@FreeBSD.org gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome --=-qcObDkJjuFAYpfqZnm3V Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/YNM9b2iPiv4Uz4cRAqi/AKCIQ8Q6y2zLPwfTl/Q1Gx6WqSwatgCeLSYK +lN3pdvqVYjB0BfFsPxfshI= =mCK/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-qcObDkJjuFAYpfqZnm3V--
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