From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 14 15:54:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: gnome@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2AC016A412; Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:54:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shildret@fbsd1.dyndns.org) Received: from flpvm23.prodigy.net (flpvm23.prodigy.net [207.115.20.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ECF743D4C; Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:54:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from shildret@fbsd1.dyndns.org) X-ORBL: [75.4.100.191] Received: from fbsd1.dyndns.org (adsl-75-4-100-191.dsl.emhril.sbcglobal.net [75.4.100.191]) by flpvm23.prodigy.net (8.13.7 out spool5000 dk/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k9EFsN8J014870; Sat, 14 Oct 2006 08:54:23 -0700 Received: from fbsd1.dyndns.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fbsd1.dyndns.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k9EFr1qA014939; Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:53:02 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from shildret@fbsd1.dyndns.org) Received: (from shildret@localhost) by fbsd1.dyndns.org (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id k9EFr11V014938; Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:53:01 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from shildret@fbsd1.dyndns.org) From: "Scott T. Hildreth" To: Joe Marcus Clarke In-Reply-To: <1160818961.8394.89.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <1160818961.8394.89.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:52:55 -0500 Message-Id: <1160841175.58843.19.camel@fbsd1.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users , ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: GNOME 2.16.1 has been committed X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:54:22 -0000 Bravo, I know the team had to do a lot of work to get this in before 6.2, so great job everyone! On Sat, 2006-10-14 at 05:42 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > The FreeBSD GNOME Team is proud to announce that GNOME 2.16.1 has been > imported into the ports tree in time for FreeBSD 6.2. This is a first. > Usually the GNOME release cycle has conflicted with the FreeBSD release > cycle. However, thanks to Kris and pointyhat, we were able to get the > major patch tested. Below is the commit message that accompanied this > huge release. In addition to the core GNOME ports, almost 500 ports > were also touched to chase the GNOME move from X11BASE to LOCALBASE and > fix build problems with the new freetype2. > > "Presenting GNOME 2.16.1 for FreeBSD. This release represents a massive > amount of work by the FreeBSD GNOME Team and our testers. > > On top of the usual GNOME update, we have taken this opportunity to move > GNOME from X11BASE to LOCALBASE. This means roughly 600 ports NOT part of > the GNOME Desktop also need to be changed. The bulk of the move was carried > out by ahze, mezz, and pav, but it would not have been possible without > cooperation from the FreeBSD KDE team who worked with us to make sure > GNOME and KDE can still coexist happily. We would also like to send a > shout out to kris and pointyhat for putting up with multiple test runs > until we got something that was solid. > > Back to GNOME 2.16. This release brings a huge amount of new functionality > to FreeBSD. The standard release notes can be read at > http://www.gnome.org/start/2.16/ . But on top of what you will read there, > jylefort and marcus have completed work on a port of HAL to FreeBSD. This > will allow FreeBSD to take advantage of closer hardware interaction such > as auto-mounting CD-ROMs, USB drives, and music players; auto-playing > audio CDs; and managing laptop power consumption. > > But where would this all be without our loyal testers and contributors? > Therefore, the FreeBSD GNOME team would like to thank the following users: > > Phillip Neumann > tmclaugh > mux > Yuri Pankov > chinsan > Thomas > Brian Gruber > Franz Klammer > Dominique Goncalves > Pascal Hofstee > Yasuda Keisuke > backyard > Andris Raugulis > Eric L. Chen > Pawel Worach > QuiRK on #freebsd-gnome > Shane Bell > luigi > sajd on #freebsd-gnome > sat > Chris Coleman > kaeru on #freebsd-gnome > crsd_ via irc.freenode.org/#FreeBSD-GNOME > Joel Diaz > > Enjoy!" > > Marcus on Behalf of the FreeBSD GNOME Team: > > ahze > bland > jylefort > kwm > marcus > mezz > pav > -- Scott T. Hildreth