From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 14 14:55:46 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B0FF5BAD; Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:55:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9C7F41D90; Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:55:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s0EEtklZ006834; Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:55:46 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from pgj@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id s0EEtkjj006833; Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:55:46 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201401141455.s0EEtkjj006833@svn.freebsd.org> From: Gabor Pali Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:55:46 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r43503 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:55:46 -0000 Author: pgj Date: Tue Jan 14 14:55:46 2014 New Revision: 43503 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43503 Log: - Add 2013Q4 report on the GNOME ports Submitted by: kwm Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Tue Jan 14 13:45:33 2014 (r43502) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Tue Jan 14 14:55:46 2014 (r43503) @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@

Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report - contains 16 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.

+ contains 17 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.

The deadline for submissions covering between January and March 2014 is April 7th, 2014.

@@ -924,4 +924,63 @@ Support secure boot. + + + GNOME/&os; + + + + &os; GNOME Team + gnome@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + Import of MATE + + + +

GNOME is a desktop environment and graphical user interface + that runs on top of a computer operating system. GNOME is part + of the GNU Project and can be used with various Unix-like + operating systems, including &os;.

+ +

In this quarter, MATE 1.6 was finally imported into the + Ports Collection, thanks to the efforts of Jeremy Messenger. + MATE is a desktop environment forked from the now-unmaintained + code base of GNOME 2, therefore it is basically a + replacement for GNOME 2. It recommended for users wanting + to keep GNOME 2 as their desktop to switch as GNOME 2 + will be replaced by GNOME 3 in the near future. This + switch will be announced in advance, so people will have time to + move to MATE if they have not already. The complete MATE-based + desktop environment can be installed via the x11/mate + port, or, for a minimal install, x11/mate-base.

+ +

Our home page is quite out of date. An update for it for + GNOME 3.6 is underway. Part of this update is rewriting + and updating the old GNOME porting guide as a chapter of the + Porter's Handbook.

+ +

Another major task required for getting a bleeding-edge GNOME + build on &os; mostly out-of-the box is moving to JHbuild with + some custom rules. This is done to find and fix compile issues + on other BSDs more quickly.

+ + + + GNOME 2 ports still need to be sorted out to evaluate + which GNOME 2 components will gone or be replaced with + their newer GNOME 3 versions. This task is current halted + until we can get the documentation into a shape good enough to + gather the issues and document the migration, including how not + to do that when the upgrade is not preferred. (This does not + mean we do not want to know about these issues, though). + + Help the X11 Team with Cairo 1.12, since the next + version of GNOME 3 (3.12) will need an up-to-date version + of Pango and GTK 3. + +