From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 12 01:04:58 2004 Return-Path: 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 A604116A4CE; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 01:04:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from lakemtao06.cox.net (lakemtao06.cox.net [68.1.17.115]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A2CA43D2F; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 01:04:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mezz7@cox.net) Received: from mezz.mezzweb.com ([68.103.32.11]) by lakemtao06.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with ESMTP id <20040312090456.JIMC18400.lakemtao06.cox.net@mezz.mezzweb.com>; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 04:04:56 -0500 Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 03:03:52 -0600 To: Joe Marcus Clarke References: <1079076801.72767.52.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> From: Jeremy Messenger Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1079076801.72767.52.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> User-Agent: Opera7.23/Linux M2 build 518 cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users Subject: Re: HEADS UP: GNOME 2.6 TODO list X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:04:58 -0000 On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 02:33:21 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > It's that time again. We're closing in on the next major GNOME > release. There's going to be some really bitchin new changes in this > release including the super-sexy (well better) GTK+ file chooser, > spacial Nautilus, better icons and MIME support, faster Yelp, better > volume handling for FreeBSD, some new desktop modules, and other cool > stuff. > > This time around, we're trying to make it easy for the user to upgrade, > so we've pounded out an upgrade script. If that still causes problems > for users, we will have full GNOME 2.6.0 packages for all supported > versions of FreeBSD ready when 2.6.0 hits the ports tree. Pretty nifty, > eh? GNOME team did the awsome job on this, so thanks! :-) I will try to test many stuff and others as usually. Do you still need someone to test on upgrade script or it's done? /me goes to bed...nite! Cheers, Mezz > With all of that, what could we possibly need? Well, a lot it turns > out. Here's a list of things I thought of off the top of my head: > > * New docs (especially an FAQ) for what's new. One thing I know of is, > "How do I switch back to the old Nautilus file browser?" There's also, > "App foo doesn't build with gtk+-2.4. How can I fix it?" We should be > ready to go with things like that at the time of release. > > * More cool screenshots of 2.6 Beta in action! > > * GNOME 2.6 Beta users really need to test things. I know Adam has been > installing from ports like crazy, but we also need users to download > packages from http://www.marcuscom.com/tinderbox/ and verify those work > as well. > > * We need feature hunters. If you see something missing from a module, > speak up (or better yet, write a patch). > > * We need broken ports hunters. If you have a favorite port that > doesn't compile under GNOME 2.6 Beta, let us know (better yet, fix it). > > Anyone that contributes gets a heart-felt thank you in the commit notes > and the HEADS UP announcement (pretty cheesy, huh?). If anyone wants to > add to this list, please do. Let's make this release the best ever! > (now that was _really_ cheesy) > > Marcus -- bsdforums.org 's moderator, mezz.