From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 11 12:55:39 2003 Return-Path: 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 52E3416A4BF; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:55:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ms-smtp-01.southeast.rr.com (ms-smtp-01.southeast.rr.com [24.93.67.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A739143FE5; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:55:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcus@FreeBSD.org) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rdu57-17-158.nc.rr.com [66.57.17.158])h8BJmL0Q022078; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:48:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [10.2.1.4] (vpn-client-4.marcuscom.com [10.2.1.4]) h8BJrEff064983; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:53:14 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@FreeBSD.org) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Jeremy Messenger In-Reply-To: References: <1063309044.702.36.camel@gyros> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-qcObDkJjuFAYpfqZnm3V" Organization: FreeBSD, Inc. Message-Id: <1063310141.702.44.camel@gyros> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:55:41 -0400 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-11.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_01,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_XIMIAN autolearn=ham version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: ports@FreeBSD.org cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users Subject: Re: Announcing GNOME 2.4.0 for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 19:55:39 -0000 --=-qcObDkJjuFAYpfqZnm3V Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 15:51, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:37:24 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke =20 > wrote: >=20 > > I am pleased to announce GNOME 2.4.0 is now available for FreeBSD. > > Unfortunately, due to timing issues with 4.9-RELEASE, it will not make > > it into the official ports tree until after 4.9 is released (looks like > > early October right now). In the meantime, you can get to it from my > > CVS tree at http://www.marcuscom.com:8080/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi. For thos= e > > without CVS access, I have periodic tarballs made, and are downloadable > > from the same URL. You should also download the marcusmerge script to > > aid in merging my ports tree with the official tree. If you already > > have a copy of the script, download it again. Things have changed. > > I would like to thank the entire GNOME team for their outstanding work > > on the new features in GNOME 2.4.0 as well as their willingness to > > incorporate so many FreeBSD-specific patches. I would also like to > > thank our own FreeBSD GNOME team. Without adamw@ and bland@, GNOME > > 2.4.0 would not be possible. And without GNOME team members both past > > and present such as sobomax@, ade@, vanilla@, nakai@, and others I'm > > sure I've missed, GNOME on FreeBSD would not be what it is today. Also= , > > thanks to our GNOME users and GNOME 2.3 testers. Without their > > invaluable patches, bug reports, and nagging, I'm sure things would be > > quite broken. > > > > For the official GNOME 2.4.0 release notes, feature list, and > > screenshots, please see http://www.gnome.org/start/2.4/. For all your > > GNOME on FreeBSD needs, please see http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/. >=20 > Great, thanks guys!! >=20 > Just want to add something in here too.. I would recommend anyone to do=20 > the 'pkg_delete -f bonobo-activation', before you do the upgrade from=20 > Gnome 2.[0,2] to 2.4.. Perhaps, Gnome team should add about it in the FAQ= =20 > in website? I actually fixed this in the latest release of marcusmerge. That's why I recommend everyone downloads the script. Joe >=20 > Cheers, > Mezz >=20 > > Joe --=20 Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: marcus@FreeBSD.org gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome --=-qcObDkJjuFAYpfqZnm3V Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/YNM9b2iPiv4Uz4cRAqi/AKCIQ8Q6y2zLPwfTl/Q1Gx6WqSwatgCeLSYK +lN3pdvqVYjB0BfFsPxfshI= =mCK/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-qcObDkJjuFAYpfqZnm3V--