Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:52:55 -0500 From: "Scott T. Hildreth" <shildret@fbsd1.dyndns.org> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org>, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: GNOME 2.16.1 has been committed Message-ID: <1160841175.58843.19.camel@fbsd1.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <1160818961.8394.89.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <1160818961.8394.89.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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Bravo, I know the team had to do a lot of work to get this in before 6.2, so great job everyone! On Sat, 2006-10-14 at 05:42 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > The FreeBSD GNOME Team is proud to announce that GNOME 2.16.1 has been > imported into the ports tree in time for FreeBSD 6.2. This is a first. > Usually the GNOME release cycle has conflicted with the FreeBSD release > cycle. However, thanks to Kris and pointyhat, we were able to get the > major patch tested. Below is the commit message that accompanied this > huge release. In addition to the core GNOME ports, almost 500 ports > were also touched to chase the GNOME move from X11BASE to LOCALBASE and > fix build problems with the new freetype2. > > "Presenting GNOME 2.16.1 for FreeBSD. This release represents a massive > amount of work by the FreeBSD GNOME Team and our testers. > > On top of the usual GNOME update, we have taken this opportunity to move > GNOME from X11BASE to LOCALBASE. This means roughly 600 ports NOT part of > the GNOME Desktop also need to be changed. The bulk of the move was carried > out by ahze, mezz, and pav, but it would not have been possible without > cooperation from the FreeBSD KDE team who worked with us to make sure > GNOME and KDE can still coexist happily. We would also like to send a > shout out to kris and pointyhat for putting up with multiple test runs > until we got something that was solid. > > Back to GNOME 2.16. This release brings a huge amount of new functionality > to FreeBSD. The standard release notes can be read at > http://www.gnome.org/start/2.16/ . But on top of what you will read there, > jylefort and marcus have completed work on a port of HAL to FreeBSD. This > will allow FreeBSD to take advantage of closer hardware interaction such > as auto-mounting CD-ROMs, USB drives, and music players; auto-playing > audio CDs; and managing laptop power consumption. > > But where would this all be without our loyal testers and contributors? > Therefore, the FreeBSD GNOME team would like to thank the following users: > > Phillip Neumann <pneumann@gmail.com> > tmclaugh > mux > Yuri Pankov <yuri.pankov@gmail.com> > chinsan > Thomas <freebsdlists@bsdunix.ch> > Brian Gruber <knightbg@yahoo.com> > Franz Klammer <klammer@webonaut.com> > Dominique Goncalves <dominique.goncalves@gmail.com> > Pascal Hofstee <caelian@gmail.com> > Yasuda Keisuke <kysd@po.harenet.ne.jp> > backyard <backyard1454-bsd@yahoo.com> > Andris Raugulis <endrju@null.lv> <endrju@null.lv> > Eric L. Chen <d9364104@mail.nchu.edu.tw> > Pawel Worach <pawel.worach@gmail.com> > QuiRK on #freebsd-gnome > Shane Bell <decept0@gmail.com> > luigi > sajd on #freebsd-gnome > sat > Chris Coleman <chrisc@vmunix.com> > kaeru on #freebsd-gnome > crsd_ via irc.freenode.org/#FreeBSD-GNOME > Joel Diaz <joeldiaz@mac.com> > > Enjoy!" > > Marcus on Behalf of the FreeBSD GNOME Team: > > ahze > bland > jylefort > kwm > marcus > mezz > pav > -- Scott T. Hildreth <shildret@fbsd1.dyndns.org>
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