Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 17:59:04 -0500 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Joe Marcus Clarke" <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading -CURRENT and will downgrade GNOME to 2.6... Message-ID: <opscsp4qwe9aq2h7@mezz> In-Reply-To: <1092508940.36842.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <opscqfb51e9aq2h7@mezz> <20040814173711.GY96458@toxic.magnesium.net> <opscqgt1kq9aq2h7@mezz> <20040814182634.GZ96458@toxic.magnesium.net> <1092508940.36842.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:42:21 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> wrote: > On Sat, 2004-08-14 at 14:26, Adam Weinberger wrote: >> >> (08.14.2004 @ 1343 PST): Jeremy Messenger said, in 1.4K: << >> > On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 13:37:11 -0400, Adam Weinberger >> <adamw@FreeBSD.org> >> > wrote: >> > >> > >>>(08.14.2004 @ 1310 PST): Jeremy Messenger said, in 1.0K: << >> > >>When I am done with the ruby-gtk2/gnome2 update, then do you want >> me to >> > >>test with gnome_upgrade.sh for GNOME 2.6 -> 2.7.x? Unless, it's >> already >> > >>well tested by adamw and/or whomever. If nobody reply on this part, >> > >>then I >> > >>will do the 'rm -rf /usr/local/* /usr/X11R6/* /compat/linux/* >> > >>/var/db/pkg/*' and do the clean install instead gnome_upgrade.sh, >> > >>because >> > >>it is faster than portupgrade when do the big upgrade. >> > >>>end of "Upgrading -CURRENT and will downgrade GNOME to 2.6..." from >> > >>>Jeremy Messenger << >> > > >> > >I run full gnome_upgrade.sh upgrades every 2 or 3 days or so, >> > >alternating between 4.x and 5.x. >> > >> > Isn't it why your machine has died from that? Poor your dear machine. >> ;-) >> >> Hehehehehe! I do those runs on the jails that Joe set up for me. >> >> > >Unless there are errors, I run in the following order: >> > >* clean 2.6 install >> > >* clean 2.7 install >> > >* clean 2.7-experimental install >> > >* 2.6 -> 2.7 upgrade run >> > >on 5-CURRENT and then 4-STABLE. >> > >> > package or ports or both? If you haven't test with package, then I >> can do >> > it here at the same time test by run desktop to see if it functions >> fine. >> >> Only ports. > > We need to be more aggressive in testing packages since that's what will > give us the edge with attracting new users, as well as give us a good > first impression when it comes to review time. Since 5.3-RELEASE is > coming soon, we need to be very sure our packages do the right thing. > You can expect Eugenia to rake us over the coals in a review otherwise. > > That said, I have done a GNOME 2.7 package install a few times with good > success. I haven't gotten any feedback on the 2.6 packages good or > otherwise. Hopefully that means they work. It seems like I am not able to upgrade 2.6.x to 2.7.x package, because the packages of MarcusCom aren't sync with MarcusCom CVS's ports tree. The portupgrade depend on ports tree for read the version, then grab the version of packages to upgrade. Cheers, Mezz > Joe > >> >> # Adam >> >> >> -- >> Adam Weinberger >> adamw@magnesium.net || adamw@FreeBSD.org >> adamw@vectors.cx || adamw@gnome.org >> http://www.vectors.cx -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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