HEADS UP: GNOME 2.16 coming soon

[michael johnson]

On 9/11/06, Franz Klammer <klammer at webonaut.com> wrote:
> This weekend i installed 2.16 ans all my other ports
> new. everything works fine, the only things i've found
> (resp. where i can remeber) are:
>
> * gedit and opera didn't appear in the menue.


> * thunderbird-dictionaries-20060220 still looking
>    in /usr/X11R6 for a installed thunderbird

Fixed thunderbird-dictionaries

> * nautilus-actions seems not working - i don't see
>    anything related in the context menues.

You have to run nautilus-actions-config or right click somewhere
and edit menu to add items.


> * Battery Status Applet tells me every time "System
>    runs with power supply no battery available" ¹)


> that's all so far.
>
> Excelent work like every time!!
> Many thanks to all who made it possible!
>
> by the way:
> http://www.webonaut.com/temp/gnome/splash_216.png ;-)
> it's the same as my last 2.14 only ther veriosn number has been raised.
>
> /franz
>
> ¹) translated by me from german
>
> Joe Marcus Clarke schrieb:
> > GNOME 2.15.92 (aka 2.16 Release Candidate 1) was released today, and the
> > FreeBSD port in the MarcusCom CVS repository
> > (http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/develfaq.html) has been updated as
> > well.  I'm not saying everyone should run and install this.  In fact, I
> > would caution against it unless you really know what you're in for.
> >
> > Why?  Well, a lot has changed for the FreeBSD GNOME port.  On the hip,
> > cool side, we now offer a working port of HAL.  But that's not a reason
> > NOT to get GNOME 2.15.  The big reason is that we have [finally] decided
> > to switch PREFIXes from X11BASE to LOCALBASE.  What this means is that
> > all ports that depend on cairo need to be rebuilt (as well as a few
> > others).  It also currently means some conflicts with KDE.  So unless
> > you're really brave, it would probably be best to wait for the official
> > release when he hope to have a better set of [tested and safe] upgrade
> > instructions.
> >
> > So why am I telling you all this?  Two reasons really.  One is, of
> > course, to warn you about what's coming.  The other is to solicit some
> > cool GNOME 2.16 screenshots from those already testing out GNOME 2.15
> > and have some creative juices.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > P.S. GNOME 2.16 will most likely be released during the 6.2 ports
> > freeze.  But even if it isn't, we will probably not merge it right away
> > so we can do some QA after the release dust settles.  I'm thinking of
> > hosting an IRC testing and debugging party around that time for people
> > interested.
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