HEADS UP TESTERS: New GNOME upgrade script available

[James Earl]

On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 22:32, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote:
> Since you wanted feedback, here is some:
> 
> - gnome-upgrade.sh really took some time (about 15 hours on my
>   PIII at 1GHz , 500 MB RAM)
> 
> - In general gnome2.5 works and no damage has been done to my
>   non-gnome apps, but
> - some things weren't installed (see my last message)
> - many icons are missing in the gnome menu, but the apps
>   themselves can be started.
> - nautilus works faster, but opens in seperate windows (like the
>   old windows explorer on NT)
> - the log-out menu doesn't work - it just freezes the system. One
>   has to restart the X server.
> 
> So I think this quite good for an experimental desktop upgrade.

The GNOME Development Branch FAQ seems to give a little insight into
some of the problems people may encounter with the Development version.

http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/develfaq.html

James