HEADS UP: GNOME 2.6 TODO list

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 02:33:21 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at 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


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