From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 5 07:42:54 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AEB016A41F; Sat, 5 Nov 2005 07:42:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcus@FreeBSD.org) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (creme-brulee.marcuscom.com [24.172.16.118]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29AE543D45; Sat, 5 Nov 2005 07:42:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcus@FreeBSD.org) Received: from shumai.marcuscom.com (shumai.marcuscom.com [192.168.1.4]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jA57hvaU079972; Sat, 5 Nov 2005 02:43:57 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@FreeBSD.org) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: FreeBSD GNOME Users Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-ngWHQZetfk31yCzqghaJ" Organization: FreeBSD, Inc. Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 02:42:48 -0500 Message-Id: <1131176568.3960.20.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: ANNOUNCE: GNOME 2.12.1 has been merged into the ports tree X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 07:42:54 -0000 --=-ngWHQZetfk31yCzqghaJ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. 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. 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 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 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. 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 Finally, the FreeBSD GNOME team would like to extend a special thanks to all of our testers, especially those that submitted patches: Matthew Luckie ade sajd on #freebsd-gnome Caelian on #freebsd-gnome mnag Yasuda Keisuke Mark Hobden Sergey Akifyev Andreas Kohn 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. Marcus on behalf of the FreeBSD GNOME Team --=20 Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome --=-ngWHQZetfk31yCzqghaJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDbGJ4b2iPiv4Uz4cRArt4AKCnM3pIScHrIbglFgnsHlf1AKyR7gCfQVP/ h67uwrRqAF0GW4KOcC/dDrI= =m07S -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-ngWHQZetfk31yCzqghaJ--