Upgrading -CURRENT and will downgrade GNOME to 2.6...

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 18:59, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:42:21 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke  
> <marcus at 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 at 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.

Yeah, I thought some of the packages would still apply, though.

Joe

> 
> Cheers,
> Mezz
> 
> > Joe
> >
> >>
> >> # Adam
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Adam Weinberger
> >> adamw at magnesium.net || adamw at FreeBSD.org
> >> adamw at vectors.cx    ||   adamw at gnome.org
> >> http://www.vectors.cx
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