Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 21:20:48 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r45737 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201410072120.s97LKmlV021603@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock Date: Tue Oct 7 21:20:48 2014 New Revision: 45737 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45737 Log: Add entries for Michael Lucas and Xfce. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml Tue Oct 7 21:16:53 2014 (r45736) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml Tue Oct 7 21:20:48 2014 (r45737) @@ -186,4 +186,136 @@ </task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='docs'> + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Michael</given> + <common>Lucas</common> + </name> + <email>mwlucas@michaelwlucas.com</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="http://blather.michaelwlucas.com/archives/2088">book announcement</url> + <url href="http://blather.michaelwlucas.com/archives/2119">pre-pub availability announcement</url> + <url href="https://www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/?product=freebsd-mastery-storage-essentials">in-progress draft</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>Lucas is working on a series of small FreeBSD books. The + first one, FreeBSD Mastery: Storage Essentials, is underway, + and covers GEOM, gpart, MBR, UFS, GELI, GBDE, disk sector + alignment, and more. You can pre-order the book at a discount + from his web site, or wait for it to hit print and all major + ebook retailers.</p> + + <p>Get status updates on his blog, or check @mwlauthor on + Twitter.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task> + Lucas needs to write faster. + </task> + </help> + </project> + + <project cat='ports'> + <title>Xfce</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>FreeBSD Xfce Team</given> + </name> + <email>xfce@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/Xfce" /> + <url href="http://www.redports.org/browser/olivierd/xfce4">devel repo</url> + <url href="https://people.freebsd.org/~olivierd/xfce4-4.11-screencast.webm">Video showing significant changes</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>Xfce is a free software desktop environment for Unix and + Unix-like platforms including FreeBSD. It aims to be fast and + lightweight while still being visually appealing and easy to + use.</p> + + <p>There were no major updates in the ports tree except cosmetic + changes (fix pkg-plist, switch to USES= libtool, and so + on).</p> + + <p>Still, the Xfce team continues to keep each piece of the Xfce + Desktop up to date. That is why we are working on the next + stable release (no date scheduled).</p> + + <p>Major changes will be:</p> + + <ul> + <li>Switch to USES</li> + + <li>Support of GTK2 (default toolkits) and GTK3 + (optional)</li> + + <li>GNOME like default icons theme</li> + + <li>Enhance documentation (handbooks, FAQ)</li> + </ul> + + <p>Below is a list of current ports in the devel repository (see + link).</p> + + <ul> + <li>deskutils/xfce4-xkb-plugin 0.7.0</li> + + <li>devel/xfce4-dev-tools 4.11.0</li> + + <li>misc/xfce4-appfinder 4.11.0</li> + + <li>multimedia/xfce4-parole 0.6.1 and 0.7.0</li> + + <li>sysutils/garcon 0.3.0</li> + + <li>sysutils/xfce4-settings 4.11.3</li> + + <li>x11/libxfce4menu 4.11.1</li> + + <li>x11/libxfce4util 4.11.0</li> + + <li>x11-wm/xfce4-desktop 4.11.8</li> + + <li>x11-wm/xfce4-panel 4.11.1</li> + + <li>x11-wm/xfce4-session 4.11.0</li> + </ul> + + <p>There are also two new ports</p> + + <ul> + <li>deskutils/xfce4-volumed-pulse 0.2.0</li> + + <li>x11/xfce4-dashboard 0.2.3 and 0.3.2</li> + </ul> + + <p>For more details, please see our wiki page in the Links + section.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task> + <p>Finish to patch ACPI helper (xfce4-power-manager).</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Continue to work on documentation, especially the Porter's + Handbook and creating a FAQ).</p> + </task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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