From owner-svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Sun Jan 31 01:05:18 2016
Return-Path: The FreeBSD GNOME team proudly presents MATE 1.12 for FreeBSD. The FreeBSD GNOME team proudly presents MATE 1.12 for
+ FreeBSD. This version of MATE uses the GTK+ 2 toolkit for stability, and has a number
- of bugfixes for the applets. This version of MATE uses the GTK+ 2 toolkit for
+ stability, and has a number of bugfixes for the
+ applets. The FreeBSD GNOME team proudly presents GNOME 3.16 for FreeBSD. The FreeBSD GNOME team proudly presents GNOME 3.16 for
+ FreeBSD. The official GNOME 3.16 release notes can be found at
- https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.16/. This release was made possible by these people:
- Gustau Perez
- The official GNOME 3.16 release notes can be found at
+ https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.16/. This release was made possible by these people:
+ Gustau Perez
+ Presenting the MATE 1.10.0 Desktop Environment for FreeBSD.
- The official release notes for this release can be found at
- http://mate-desktop.org/blog/2015-06-11-mate-1-10-released/ Presenting the MATE 1.10.0 Desktop Environment for
+ FreeBSD. The official release notes for this release can
+ be found at
+ http://mate-desktop.org/blog/2015-06-11-mate-1-10-released/ This version of MATE is still built on the GTK+ 2 toolkit. This version of MATE is still built on the GTK+ 2
+ toolkit. Replace mate-dialogs with zenity and mate-calc with galculator. Replace mate-dialogs with zenity and mate-calc with
+ galculator. Thanks go to Gustau Perez for helping track MATE development. Thanks go to Gustau Perez for helping track MATE
+ development. Presenting GNOME 2.32.1 for FreeBSD. The official release
- notes for this release can be found at
-
- http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.32/ This will be the last release of the GNOME 2.x series, mainly a bugfix
- and bridge release to the first release of the GNOME 3.x series. This release features commits by avl, marcus, mezz and myself. The FreeBSD GNOME Team would like to thank the following contributors
- and testers for there help with this release:
- Zane C.B.
- Presenting GNOME 2.32.1 for FreeBSD. The official release
+ notes for this release can be found at
+ http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.32/ This will be the last release of the GNOME 2.x series,
+ mainly a bugfix and bridge release to the first release of
+ the GNOME 3.x series. This release features commits by avl, marcus, mezz and
+ myself. The FreeBSD GNOME Team would like to thank the following
+ contributors and testers for there help with this
+ release:
+ Zane C.B.
+ Presenting GNOME 2.30.1 for FreeBSD. The official release
- notes for this release can be found at
-
- http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.30/ Presenting GNOME 2.30.1 for FreeBSD. The official release
+ notes for this release can be found at
+ http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.30/ This release brings initial PackageKit support, Upower (replaces
- power management part of hal), cuse4bsd integration with HAL and cheese,
- and a faster Evolution. This release brings initial PackageKit support, Upower
+ (replaces power management part of hal), cuse4bsd
+ integration with HAL and cheese, and a faster
+ Evolution. Sadly GNOME 2.30.x will be the last release with FreeBSD 6.X support.
- This will also be the last of the 2.x releases. The next release will
- be the highly-anticipated GNOME 3.0 which will bring with it a new UI
- experience. Sadly GNOME 2.30.x will be the last release with FreeBSD
+ 6.X support. This will also be the last of the 2.x
+ releases. The next release will be the highly-anticipated
+ GNOME 3.0 which will bring with it a new UI
+ experience. Currently, there are a few bugs with GNOME 2.30 that may be of note
- for our users. Be sure to consult the 2.30 upgrade FAQ at
-
- http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq230.html>
- for specific upgrading instructions, and the up-to-date list of known
- issues. Currently, there are a few bugs with GNOME 2.30 that may
+ be of note for our users. Be sure to consult the 2.30
+ upgrade FAQ at
+ http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq230.html>
+ for specific upgrading instructions, and the up-to-date
+ list of known issues. This release features commits by: avl, ahze, bland, marcus, mezz
- and myself. This release features commits by: avl, ahze, bland,
+ marcus, mezz and myself. The FreeBSD GNOME Team would like to thank Anders F Bjorklund for
- doing the initial packagekit porting. The FreeBSD GNOME Team would like to thank Anders F
+ Bjorklund for doing the initial packagekit porting. And the following contributors and testers for there help with this
- release: And the following contributors and testers for there help
+ with this release:
- Eric L. Chen
-
+ Eric L. Chen
+
- Ting-Wei_Lan
-
-
+ Ting-Wei_Lan
+
+
- romain@
-
- Olaf Seibert
-
- DomiX
-
- Bapt
-
- jsa@
-
- miwi@
-
- Sergio de Almeida Lenzi
-
- Maxim Samsonov
-
- Kris Moore
-
-
+ romain@
+
+ Olaf Seibert
+
+ DomiX
+
+ Bapt
+
+ jsa@
+
+ miwi@
+
+ Sergio de Almeida Lenzi
+
+ Maxim Samsonov
+
+ Kris Moore
+
+
- Vladimir Grebenschikov
-
+ Vladimir Grebenschikov
+
- Sergio de Almeida Lenzi
-
+ Sergio de Almeida Lenzi
+
- DomiX
-
+ DomiX
+
- walder
-
+ walder
+
- crsd
-
+ crsd
+
- Kevin Oberman
-
+ Kevin Oberman
+
- Michal Varga
-
+ Michal Varga
+
- Pavel Plesov
-
+ Pavel Plesov
+
- Bapt
-
+ Bapt
+
- kevin
-
+ kevin
+
- and Ion-Mihai Tetcu for running two exp-runs for us.
-
-
Presenting GNOME 2.28.1 for FreeBSD. The official release - notes for this release can be found at - - http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.28/ +
Presenting GNOME 2.28.1 for FreeBSD. The official release + notes for this release can be found at + http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.28/. + Officially, this is mostly a polishing release in + preparation for GNOME 3.0 due in about a year.
- . Officially, this is mostly a polishing release in preparation - for GNOME 3.0 due in about a year. +On the FreeBSD front, though, a lot went into this + release. Major thanks goes to kwm and avl who did a lot + of the porting work for this release. In particular, kwm + brought in Evolution MAPI support for better Microsoft + Exchange integration. Avl made sure that the new gobject + introspection repository ports were nicely + compartmentalized so that large dependencies aren't + brought in wholesale.
-On the FreeBSD front, though, a lot went into this release. - Major thanks goes to kwm and avl who did a lot of the porting - work for this release. In particular, kwm brought in Evolution - MAPI support for better Microsoft Exchange integration. Avl - made sure that the new gobject introspection repository ports - were nicely compartmentalized so that large dependencies aren't - brought in wholesale.
+But, every GNOME team member (ahze, avl, bland, kwm, + mezz, and myself) contributed to this release.
-But, every GNOME team member (ahze, avl, bland, kwm, mezz, - and myself) contributed to this release.
+Other major improvements include an updated HAL with + better volume probing code, ufsid integration, and support + for volume names containing spaces (big thanks to J.R. + Oldroyd); a new WebKit; updated AbiWord; an updated Gimp; + and a preview of the new GNOME Shell project (thanks to + Pawel Worach).
-Other major improvements include an updated HAL with better - volume probing code, ufsid integration, and support for volume - names containing spaces (big thanks to J.R. Oldroyd); a new - WebKit; updated AbiWord; an updated Gimp; and a preview of the - new GNOME Shell project (thanks to Pawel Worach).
+The FreeBSD GNOME Team would like to that the following + additional contributors to this release whose patches and + testing really helped make it a success:
-The FreeBSD GNOME Team would like to that the following - additional contributors to this release whose patches and - testing really helped make it a success:
+
+ Andrius Morkunas
+
-
- Andrius Morkunas
-
+ Dominique Goncalves
+
- Dominique Goncalves
-
+ Eric L. Chen
+
- Eric L. Chen
-
+ J.R. Oldroyd
+
- J.R. Oldroyd
-
+ Joseph S. Atkinson
+
- Joseph S. Atkinson
-
+ Li
+
- Li
-
+ Pawel Worach
+
- Pawel Worach
-
+ Romain Tarti?re
+
- Romain Tarti?re
-
+ Thomas Vogt
+
- Thomas Vogt
-
+ Yasuda Keisuke
+
- Yasuda Keisuke
-
+ Rui Paulo
+
- Rui Paulo
-
+ Martin Wilke
+
- Martin Wilke
-
+ (and an extra shout out to miwi and pav for the pointyhat
+ runs)
We would like to send this release out to Alexander Loginov - (avl) in hopes that he feels better soon.
-We would like to send this release out to Alexander + Loginov (avl) in hopes that he feels better soon.
+The FreeBSD GNOME team is proud to announce the release of
- GNOME 2.26.0 for FreeBSD. The official release notes can be
- found at
-
- http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.26/
-
- . On the FreeBSD front, we introduced a port of libxul 1.9 as
- an alternative for Firefox 2.0 as a Gecko provider. Almost
- all of the Gecko consumers can make use of this provider by
- setting:
-
-
- WITH_GECKO=libxul
-
-
- The GNOME 2.26 port was done by ahze, kwm, marcus, and mezz
- with contributions by Joseph S. Atkinson, Peter Wemm, Eric L.
- Chen, Martin Matuska, Craig Butler, and Pawel Worach.
The FreeBSD GNOME team is proud to announce the release
+ of GNOME 2.26.0 for FreeBSD. The official release notes
+ can be found at
+ http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.26/.
+
+ On the FreeBSD front, we introduced a port of libxul 1.9
+ as an alternative for Firefox 2.0 as a Gecko provider.
+ Almost all of the Gecko consumers can make use of this
+ provider by setting:
+
+
+ WITH_GECKO=libxul
+
+
+ The GNOME 2.26 port was done by ahze, kwm, marcus, and
+ mezz with contributions by Joseph S. Atkinson, Peter Wemm,
+ Eric L. Chen, Martin Matuska, Craig Butler, and Pawel
+ Worach.
The FreeBSD GNOME team is proud to announce the release of - GNOME 2.24.2 for FreeBSD. The official release notes can be - found at - - http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.24/ - - . On the FreeBSD front, this release introduces Fuse support - in HAL, adds multi-CPU support to libgtop, WebKit updates, - and fixes some long-standing seahorse and gnome-keyring - bugs.
- -This release features commits by adamw, ahze, kwm, mezz, - and myself. It would not have been possible without are - contributors and testers: Alexander Loginov, Craig Butler, - Dmitry Marakasov, Eric L. Chen, Joseph S. Atkinson, Kris - Moore, Lapo Luchini, Nikos Ntarmos, Pawel Worach, Romain - Tartiere, TAOKA Fumiyoshi, Romain Tartiere, Yasuda Keisuke, - Zyl aZ, bf, Florent Thoumie, Peter Wemm, and pluknet.
-The FreeBSD GNOME team is proud to announce the release + of GNOME 2.24.2 for FreeBSD. The official release notes + can be found at + http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.24/. + + On the FreeBSD front, this release introduces Fuse support + in HAL, adds multi-CPU support to libgtop, WebKit updates, + and fixes some long-standing seahorse and gnome-keyring + bugs.
+ +This release features commits by adamw, ahze, kwm, mezz, + and myself. It would not have been possible without are + contributors and testers: Alexander Loginov, Craig Butler, + Dmitry Marakasov, Eric L. Chen, Joseph S. Atkinson, Kris + Moore, Lapo Luchini, Nikos Ntarmos, Pawel Worach, Romain + Tartiere, TAOKA Fumiyoshi, Romain Tartiere, Yasuda + Keisuke, Zyl aZ, bf, Florent Thoumie, Peter Wemm, and + pluknet.
+The FreeBSD GNOME team is proud to announce the release of - GNOME 2.22.0 for FreeBSD. The official GNOME 2.22 release - notes can be found at - - http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.22/ - - . On the FreeBSD front, this release features an updated hal - port with support for video4linux devices, DRM (Direct - Rendering), and better support of removable media. Work is - also underway to tie webkit more closely into GNOME. As part - of the GNOME 2.22 upgrade, GStreamer received a rather large - upgrade as well. Be sure to consult UPDATING on the proper - steps to upgrade all of your GNOME ports.
- -This release would not have been possible without the - contributions and testing efforts of the following people: - Pawel Worach, kan, edwin, Peter Ulrich Kruppa, J. W. - Ballantine, Yasuda Keisuke, and Andriy Gapon.
-The FreeBSD GNOME team is proud to announce the release + of GNOME 2.22.0 for FreeBSD. The official GNOME 2.22 + release notes can be found at + http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.22/. + + On the FreeBSD front, this release features an updated hal + port with support for video4linux devices, DRM (Direct + Rendering), and better support of removable media. Work + is also underway to tie webkit more closely into GNOME. As + part of the GNOME 2.22 upgrade, GStreamer received a + rather large upgrade as well. Be sure to consult UPDATING + on the proper steps to upgrade all of your GNOME + ports.
+ +This release would not have been possible without the + contributions and testing efforts of the following people: + Pawel Worach, kan, edwin, Peter Ulrich Kruppa, J. W. + Ballantine, Yasuda Keisuke, and Andriy Gapon.
+Presenting GNOME 2.20.1 and all related works for FreeBSD.
- The official GNOME 2.20 release notes can be found at
-
- http://www.gnome.org/start/2.20/notes/en/
+
Presenting GNOME 2.20.1 and all related works for + FreeBSD. The official GNOME 2.20 release notes can be + found at + http://www.gnome.org/start/2.20/notes/en/. + Beyond that, this update includes the new GIMP 2.4 + (courtesy of ahze).
-The GNOME 2.20 update also includes a huge change in the - FreeBSD GNOME hierarchy. We are now using the more standard - DATADIR of ${PREFIX}/share rather than ${PREFIX}/share/gnome. - The result is that fewer patches and hacks are needed to port - GNOME components to FreeBSD. This will mean some user changes - may be required, so be sure to read /usr/ports/UPDATING for - more details.
+The GNOME 2.20 update also includes a huge change in the + FreeBSD GNOME hierarchy. We are now using the more + standard DATADIR of ${PREFIX}/share rather than + ${PREFIX}/share/gnome. The result is that fewer patches + and hacks are needed to port GNOME components to FreeBSD. + This will mean some user changes may be required, so be + sure to read /usr/ports/UPDATING for more details.
-This release and the things we accomplished in it would - not have been possible without mezz's crazy idea to collapse - DATADIR, and his persistence to make it happen successfully. - Ahze and pav also deserve thanks for their work on porting - modules and testing the whole ball of wax on pointyhat - (respectively).
+This release and the things we accomplished in it would + not have been possible without mezz's crazy idea to + collapse DATADIR, and his persistence to make it happen + successfully. Ahze and pav also deserve thanks for their + work on porting modules and testing the whole ball of wax + on pointyhat (respectively).
-The FreeBSD GNOME team would also like to thank our - various testers and contributors:
+The FreeBSD GNOME team would also like to thank our + various testers and contributors:
-Yasuda Keisuke
-
+
+ Yasuda Keisuke
+
- Frank Jahnke
-
+ Frank Jahnke
+
- Pawel Worach
-
+ Pawel Worach
+
- Brian Gruber
-
+ Brian Gruber
+
- Franz Klammer
-
+ Franz Klammer
+
- Yuri Pankov
-
+ Yuri Pankov
+
- Nick Barkas
-
+ Nick Barkas
+
- Cristian KLEIN
-
+ Cristian KLEIN
+
- Tony Maher
-
+ Tony Maher
+
- Scot Hetzel
-
+ Scot Hetzel
+
- Martin Matuska (mm)
-
+ Martin Matuska (mm)
+
- Benoit Dejean
-
+ Benoit Dejean
+
- Martin Wilke (miwi)
-
+ Martin Wilke (miwi)
+
- (And anyone else I may have missed)
Okay, okay, I have missed a few updates. But the FreeBSD - GNOME team has not been slacking. We've been keeping up with - the latest GNOME development releases including this - - latest one - - . Checkout the ports and - packages - - to see where GNOME 2.20 currently stands. Since 2.10 Beta 1 - is right around the corner, now is also the time to start - putting together some killer FreeBSD GNOME screenshots. Send - all submissions to - - freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org - - .
-Okay, okay, I have missed a few updates. But the FreeBSD + GNOME team has not been slacking. We've been keeping up + with the latest GNOME development releases including this + latest one. + Check out the ports and + packages + to see where GNOME 2.20 currently stands. Since 2.10 Beta + 1 is right around the corner, now is also the time to + start putting together some killer FreeBSD GNOME + screenshots. Send all submissions to + freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org.
+The third release on the path to GNOME 2.20 is now - available in both port and - package - - forms. There is one known build issue with - gnome-system-monitor and FreeBSD < 7-CURRENT that we hope - to have worked out soon. Along with this release comes the - GNOME 2.20 (and beyond!) - roadmap - - . This will prepare you for the exciting new features in - store for our favorite Desktop Environment.
-The third release on the path to GNOME 2.20 is now + available in both port and + package + forms. There is one known build issue with + gnome-system-monitor and FreeBSD < 7-CURRENT that we + hope to have worked out soon. Along with this release + comes the GNOME 2.20 (and beyond!) + roadmap. + This will prepare you for the exciting new features in + store for our favorite Desktop Environment.
+The next bug fix release for GNOME 2.18 has been
-
- released
+
The next bug fix release for GNOME 2.18 has been + released + and ports and + packages + are available for FreeBSD. So the only question is, why + haven't you upgraded yet?
+GNOME forges ahead with the first release in the - development train that will become GNOME 2.20. As always, - FreeBSD is right there with them. Only we bring a twist. This - time around, we are doing yet another bit of housekeeping, - and dropping the "share/gnome" DATADIR. This means that the - FreeBSD GNOME installation will be more like all the other - GNOME distributions. The net gain is that porting new GNOME - applications to FreeBSD should be much easier with fewer - hacks and patches.
- -At this point, the - MarcusCom - tree - - is safe to use for most ports. There is still quite a few - ports that still require conversion, and we will be working - on those in the weeks to come. In particular, the Desktop and - all gnome2 meta-ports are safe; and - Packages - - are available for the GNOME Desktop.
-GNOME forges ahead with the first release in the + development train that will become GNOME 2.20. As always, + FreeBSD is right there with them. Only we bring a twist. + This time around, we are doing yet another bit of + housekeeping, and dropping the "share/gnome" DATADIR. + This means that the FreeBSD GNOME installation will be + more like all the other GNOME distributions. The net gain + is that porting new GNOME applications to FreeBSD should + be much easier with fewer hacks and patches.
+ +At this point, the + MarcusCom tree + is safe to use for most ports. There is still quite a few + ports that still require conversion, and we will be + working on those in the weeks to come. In particular, the + Desktop and all gnome2 meta-ports are safe; and + Packages + are available for the GNOME Desktop.
+GNOME 2.18.1 has been
-
- released
-
- and ports and
- packages
-
- are available for everyone's favorite operating system. This
- release is a polishing of 2.18.0, so expect a more stable,
- nicer looking desktop experience. On top of that, some of our
- users have also submitted
- screenshots
-
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From owner-svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Sun Jan 31 15:36:45 2016
Return-Path: &os; is an advanced computer
operating system used to power
- modern servers, desktops and
+ modern servers, desktops, and
embedded
platforms.
A large
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/staff-committers.html">community
has continually developed it for
more than thirty years. Its advanced
- networking, security and storage
+ networking, security, and storage
features have made &os; the platform
of choice for many of the
busiest web sites
From owner-svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Sun Jan 31 16:30:19 2016
Return-Path: The &os; GNOME Team maintains the GNOME, MATE, and CINNAMON
+ desktop environments and graphical user interfaces for &os;.
+ GNOME 3 is part of the GNU Project. MATE is a fork of the GNOME 2
+ desktop. CINNAMON is a desktop environment using GNOME 3
+ technologies but with a GNOME 2 look and feel. This quarter, due to limited available time there was not
+ much progress. This began to change in December, when work
+ started on porting MATE 1.12 and CINNAMON 2.8 to &os;. The &os; GNOME website is stale. Work is under way to
+ improve it. Continue working on investigating the issues blocking
+ GNOME 3.18. LKL ("Linux Kernel as a Library") is a special
"architecture" of the full Linux kernel that builds as a
userspace library on various platforms, including &os;. One
- application of such a library is using Linux's filesystem drivers
+ application of such a library is using Linux filesystem drivers
to implement a FUSE backend. fusefs-lkl's lklfuse binary is such a FUSE
@@ -112,14 +112,14 @@
BTRFS read-write, using the native drivers from
Linux. The sysutils/fusefs-lkl port may now be installed from
+ sysutils/fusefs-lkl can now be installed either from
packages or ports, providing access to these filesystems on
&os; via FUSE.
I recently became involved with &os; (as in, the last 2-3 weeks), and found myself quickly involved with Ports development. - What quickly struck me was the difficulty in providing a Python + What struck me immediately was the difficulty in providing a Python package that was depended upon by multiple versions of Python. As it turns out, poudriere can currently only generate one package per port, meaning that a Python version-neutral (compatible with @@ -959,7 +959,7 @@
I discussed the issue with &a.koobs;, who suggested that I look into implementing a "variants protocol" within the - Ports framework and the necessary changes to poudriere in order to + Ports framework and the necessary changes to poudriere to allow a port to generate more than one package.
Support for variants is strongly needed in Ports and @@ -994,8 +994,8 @@ in my heels and have implemented a proof-of-concept implementation of variants in the Ports framework, including the necessary modifications to poudriere in order to support it. It was mildly - upsetting to find that poudriere is mostly written in Bourne shell - scripts, but press on I did nonetheless.
+ upsettling to find that poudriere is mostly written in Bourne shell + scripts, but I pressed on nonetheless.I started with the @@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ changes.
This is a work in progress, and I would - love to hear your feedback. I've enjoyed my first few weeks + love to hear your feedback. I have enjoyed my first few weeks working on &os;, and I hope to stay here for quite some time.