Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:56:41 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: shild@sbcglobal.net Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@FreeBSD.org>, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: GNOME 2.16.1 has been committed Message-ID: <1160845001.65045.16.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <1160844504.58843.30.camel@fbsd1.dyndns.org> References: <1160818961.8394.89.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <1160841175.58843.19.camel@fbsd1.dyndns.org> <1160844504.58843.30.camel@fbsd1.dyndns.org>
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--=-s6KpUw5ym0hLJ0p08X0f Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2006-10-14 at 11:48 -0500, Scott T. Hildreth wrote: > Is there an upgrade script or do we just do a portupgrade? As with every major upgrade (GNOME or otherwise) consult /usr/ports/UPDATING. Joe >=20 >=20 > On Sat, 2006-10-14 at 10:52 -0500, Scott T. Hildreth wrote: >=20 > > Bravo, I know the team had to do a lot of work to get this in before > > 6.2, > > so great job everyone! > >=20 > >=20 > > On Sat, 2006-10-14 at 05:42 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > >=20 > > > The FreeBSD GNOME Team is proud to announce that GNOME 2.16.1 has bee= n > > > imported into the ports tree in time for FreeBSD 6.2. This is a firs= t. > > > Usually the GNOME release cycle has conflicted with the FreeBSD relea= se > > > cycle. However, thanks to Kris and pointyhat, we were able to get th= e > > > major patch tested. Below is the commit message that accompanied thi= s > > > huge release. In addition to the core GNOME ports, almost 500 ports > > > were also touched to chase the GNOME move from X11BASE to LOCALBASE a= nd > > > fix build problems with the new freetype2. > > >=20 > > > "Presenting GNOME 2.16.1 for FreeBSD. This release represents a mass= ive > > > amount of work by the FreeBSD GNOME Team and our testers. > > >=20 > > > On top of the usual GNOME update, we have taken this opportunity to m= ove > > > GNOME from X11BASE to LOCALBASE. This means roughly 600 ports NOT pa= rt 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 witho= ut > > > 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 run= s > > > until we got something that was solid. > > >=20 > > > Back to GNOME 2.16. This release brings a huge amount of new functio= nality > > > 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 s= uch > > > as auto-mounting CD-ROMs, USB drives, and music players; auto-playing > > > audio CDs; and managing laptop power consumption. > > >=20 > > > But where would this all be without our loyal testers and contributor= s? > > > Therefore, the FreeBSD GNOME team would like to thank the following u= sers: > > >=20 > > > Phillip Neumann <pneumann@gmail.com> > > > tmclaugh > > > mux > > > Yuri Pankov <yuri.pankov@gmail.com> > > > chinsan > > > Thomas <freebsdlists@bsdunix.ch> > > > Brian Gruber <knightbg@yahoo.com> > > > Franz Klammer <klammer@webonaut.com> > > > Dominique Goncalves <dominique.goncalves@gmail.com> > > > Pascal Hofstee <caelian@gmail.com> > > > Yasuda Keisuke <kysd@po.harenet.ne.jp> > > > backyard <backyard1454-bsd@yahoo.com> > > > Andris Raugulis <endrju@null.lv> <endrju@null.lv> > > > Eric L. Chen <d9364104@mail.nchu.edu.tw> > > > Pawel Worach <pawel.worach@gmail.com> > > > QuiRK on #freebsd-gnome > > > Shane Bell <decept0@gmail.com> > > > luigi > > > sajd on #freebsd-gnome > > > sat > > > Chris Coleman <chrisc@vmunix.com> > > > kaeru on #freebsd-gnome > > > crsd_ via irc.freenode.org/#FreeBSD-GNOME > > > Joel Diaz <joeldiaz@mac.com> > > >=20 > > > Enjoy!" > > >=20 > > > Marcus on Behalf of the FreeBSD GNOME Team: > > >=20 > > > ahze > > > bland > > > jylefort > > > kwm > > > marcus > > > mezz > > > pav > > >=20 >=20 >=20 --=20 Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome --=-s6KpUw5ym0hLJ0p08X0f Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFMRbJb2iPiv4Uz4cRApzhAJ0TLg+x0MsCzn/Q33dY9Y91uWJ4hACfUtI5 XK4PFUStjdOxvXFvLZYZeVg= =OfSJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-s6KpUw5ym0hLJ0p08X0f--
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