Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 03:03:52 -0600 From: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: GNOME 2.6 TODO list Message-ID: <opr4qrgqka8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <1079076801.72767.52.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <1079076801.72767.52.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 02:33:21 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> 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.
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