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Date:      Sat, 5 Nov 2005 10:02:50 +0000
From:      Stacey Roberts <stacey@vickiandstacey.com>
To:        Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org>, ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ANNOUNCE: GNOME 2.12.1 has been merged into the ports tree
Message-ID:  <20051105100250.GS739@crom.vickiandstacey.com>
In-Reply-To: <1131176568.3960.20.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
References:  <1131176568.3960.20.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>

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Hello,

On Sat, 05 Nov 2005, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:

> Now that the freeze in preparation for FreeBSD 6.0 is over (an excellent
> release to be sure), it is my great pleasure (on behalf of the FreeBSD
> GNOME Team) to announce the general availability of GNOME 2.12 for
> FreeBSD.
>=20
> The official release notes for GNOME 2.12 can be found at
> http://www.gnome.org/start/2.12/notes/en/.  FreeBSD-specific
> documentation can be found at http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/.  The
> documentation has been updated, but it will be a little while before the
> website rebuilds.
>=20
> Upgrading from GNOME 2.10 to 2.12 is tricky.  You should NOT use
> portupgrade by itself to do this upgrade.  Instead, download the
> gnome_upgrade script from
> http://www.marcuscom.com/downloads/gnome_upgrade212.sh.  This script is
> a wrapper for portupgrade that contains additional logic to steer clear
> of some potential pitfalls with the upgrade.  If you're used to
> gnome_upgrade from previous releases, a lot has changed in this release.
> You should run gnome_upgrade.sh (or gnome_upgrade212.sh) with the -h
> flag to get the new usage.

In the FAQ "GNOME 2.12 Upgrading FAQ" located at http://www.freebsd.org/gno=
me/docs/faq212.html, step 3 (Run the script) does not mention the usage of =
the "-h" switch to gnome_upgrade.sh. Is that an omission, or now new inform=
ation?

Regards,

Stacey

>=20
> In keeping with FreeBSD GNOME tradition, we held a splash screen contest
> to find a great FreeBSD-specific splash screen for our users.  This
> release's winner is Dominique Goncalves <dominique.goncalves@gmail.com>
> whose winning splash screen was inspired by
> http://art.gnome.org/contests/2.12-splash/83.  All of our submitters'
> work has been integrated into x11/gnomesession, and you can use Franz
> Kalmmer's great splashsetter (deskutils/splashsetter) to choose the
> splash screen you like best.
>=20
> Another important bit of news related to GNOME 2.12 is that we are no
> longer supporting this release on FreeBSD 4.X.  You must be running
> FreeBSD 5.3 or higher to get GNOME 2.12 support.=20
>=20
> Finally, the FreeBSD GNOME team would like to extend a special thanks to
> all of our testers, especially those that submitted patches:
>=20
> Matthew Luckie <mjl@luckie.org.nz>
> ade
> sajd on #freebsd-gnome
> Caelian on #freebsd-gnome
> mnag
> Yasuda Keisuke <kysd@po.harenet.ne.jp>
> Mark Hobden <markhobden@gmail.com>
> Sergey Akifyev <asa@agava.com>
> Andreas Kohn
>=20
> As always, consult our excellent site at http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/
> if you need help.  If you can't find the answer you're looking for
> there, come on over to #freebsd-gnome on FreeNode, or drop us an email
> at freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org.  Enjoy GNOME 2.12 for FreeBSD.
>=20
> Marcus on behalf of the FreeBSD GNOME Team
>=20
> --=20
> Joe Marcus Clarke
> FreeBSD GNOME Team      ::      gnome@FreeBSD.org
> FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome
> http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome



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