Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:53:11 -0400 From: "michael johnson" <ahze@ahze.net> To: "Franz Klammer" <klammer@webonaut.com> Cc: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org>, freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: GNOME 2.16 coming soon Message-ID: <b2203fed0609110553y137cb113rf716e911d8966165@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <450536BB.6070306@webonaut.com> References: <1156484388.27932.30.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <450536BB.6070306@webonaut.com>
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On 9/11/06, Franz Klammer <klammer@webonaut.com> wrote: > This weekend i installed 2.16 ans all my other ports > new. everything works fine, the only things i've found > (resp. where i can remeber) are: > > * gedit and opera didn't appear in the menue. > * thunderbird-dictionaries-20060220 still looking > in /usr/X11R6 for a installed thunderbird Fixed thunderbird-dictionaries > * nautilus-actions seems not working - i don't see > anything related in the context menues. You have to run nautilus-actions-config or right click somewhere and edit menu to add items. > * Battery Status Applet tells me every time "System > runs with power supply no battery available" =B9) > that's all so far. > > Excelent work like every time!! > Many thanks to all who made it possible! > > by the way: > http://www.webonaut.com/temp/gnome/splash_216.png ;-) > it's the same as my last 2.14 only ther veriosn number has been raised. > > /franz > > =B9) translated by me from german > > Joe Marcus Clarke schrieb: > > GNOME 2.15.92 (aka 2.16 Release Candidate 1) was released today, and th= e > > 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] decide= d > > 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. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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