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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--yQDbd2FCF2Yhw41T Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --yQDbd2FCF2Yhw41T Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQEVAwUBQ2yDRNetyy/wI4UpAQGMowgA1FamALWqb1iFP8bLoeVdM0yVNxAW8Ijk 3vUcc3BsK06cDoUmTKkNq+HTxl0E40oVE6T7Qsz66oSQli+GkmhYt/qS7k8ytcDB a7l151kWSFcWW3l1g4LVKLnPHS4XYZW4RdWMlKjNEJPqa32Oh10NYzGpWxcwe5E1 SjcWY9qmb6//D/m1EIJf4ycAHkKf1pmirBO+7zUl3jpGs1BOGRpS0ccAa41LAy6x udnm0hgfTM0Qy/Fx3teT3KsGi/nYUa7QsJa79i0NnBUb2iMKgOyzeT7Kmsu8vsFc FI4Vw/jV0Vtx6DpnsvGzPvNHWeb7PuC2ofeOSCe64Tj1H+wrYbWxtA== =3BQ9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --yQDbd2FCF2Yhw41T--
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