Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:55:46 +0000 (UTC) From: Gabor Pali <pgj@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r43503 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201401141455.s0EEtkjj006833@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: pgj Date: Tue Jan 14 14:55:46 2014 New Revision: 43503 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43503 Log: - Add 2013Q4 report on the GNOME ports Submitted by: kwm Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Tue Jan 14 13:45:33 2014 (r43502) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Tue Jan 14 14:55:46 2014 (r43503) @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ <!-- XXX: Keep updating the number of entries --> <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report - contains 16 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> + contains 17 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> <p>The deadline for submissions covering between January and March 2014 is April 7th, 2014.</p> @@ -924,4 +924,63 @@ <task>Support secure boot.</task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='ports'> + <title>GNOME/&os;</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name>&os; GNOME Team</name> + <email>gnome@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/"/>; + <url href="http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/334661">Import of MATE</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>GNOME is a desktop environment and graphical user interface + that runs on top of a computer operating system. GNOME is part + of the GNU Project and can be used with various Unix-like + operating systems, including &os;.</p> + + <p>In this quarter, MATE 1.6 was finally imported into the + Ports Collection, thanks to the efforts of Jeremy Messenger. + MATE is a desktop environment forked from the now-unmaintained + code base of GNOME 2, therefore it is basically a + replacement for GNOME 2. It recommended for users wanting + to keep GNOME 2 as their desktop to switch as GNOME 2 + will be replaced by GNOME 3 in the near future. This + switch will be announced in advance, so people will have time to + move to MATE if they have not already. The complete MATE-based + desktop environment can be installed via the <tt>x11/mate</tt> + port, or, for a minimal install, <tt>x11/mate-base</tt>.</p> + + <p>Our home page is quite out of date. An update for it for + GNOME 3.6 is underway. Part of this update is rewriting + and updating the old GNOME porting guide as a chapter of the + Porter's Handbook.</p> + + <p>Another major task required for getting a bleeding-edge GNOME + build on &os; mostly out-of-the box is moving to JHbuild with + some custom rules. This is done to find and fix compile issues + on other BSDs more quickly.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task>GNOME 2 ports still need to be sorted out to evaluate + which GNOME 2 components will gone or be replaced with + their newer GNOME 3 versions. This task is current halted + until we can get the documentation into a shape good enough to + gather the issues and document the migration, including how not + to do that when the upgrade is not preferred. (This does not + mean we do not want to know about these issues, though).</task> + + <task>Help the X11 Team with Cairo 1.12, since the next + version of GNOME 3 (3.12) will need an up-to-date version + of Pango and GTK 3.</task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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