Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 01:39:48 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: HEADS UP: GNOME 2.16 coming soon Message-ID: <1156484388.27932.30.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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--=-2cSY+NmvZ4ygIeSXqCHH Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable GNOME 2.15.92 (aka 2.16 Release Candidate 1) was released today, and the FreeBSD port in the MarcusCom CVS repository (http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/develfaq.html) has been updated as well. I'm not saying everyone should run and install this. In fact, I would caution against it unless you really know what you're in for. Why? Well, a lot has changed for the FreeBSD GNOME port. On the hip, cool side, we now offer a working port of HAL. But that's not a reason NOT to get GNOME 2.15. The big reason is that we have [finally] decided to switch PREFIXes from X11BASE to LOCALBASE. What this means is that all ports that depend on cairo need to be rebuilt (as well as a few others). It also currently means some conflicts with KDE. So unless you're really brave, it would probably be best to wait for the official release when he hope to have a better set of [tested and safe] upgrade instructions. So why am I telling you all this? Two reasons really. One is, of course, to warn you about what's coming. The other is to solicit some cool GNOME 2.16 screenshots from those already testing out GNOME 2.15 and have some creative juices. Joe P.S. GNOME 2.16 will most likely be released during the 6.2 ports freeze. But even if it isn't, we will probably not merge it right away so we can do some QA after the release dust settles. I'm thinking of hosting an IRC testing and debugging party around that time for people interested. --=20 Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome --=-2cSY+NmvZ4ygIeSXqCHH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBE7o0kb2iPiv4Uz4cRAnlTAJ9aYAY5hfCLm2zGkrEkWG4plC6cFQCfRINk ST3uViAepC3XwxmJmMF3hoY= =j5CY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-2cSY+NmvZ4ygIeSXqCHH--
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