HEADS UP: GNOME 2.6 TODO list

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 03:29:40 -0600, Jeremy Messenger <mezz7 at cox.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 18:35:58 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke 
> <marcus at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 04:03, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>>> 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?
>>
>> I think Adam has kicked the crap out of the script for port upgrades.
>> Unless you can think of a bizarre GNOME 2.4 state from which you'd like
>> to try and update, you should probably skip the script test.
>>
>> One thing we will need to test are package upgrades, though.  There is
>> one known issue, and that's the buggy pkg_add on 4.9 and 5.2.1.  We need
>> to get the word out to users that they have to install
>> sysutils/pkg_install to do package installs on those versions.
>
> I can try to test package upgrades on this Monday or Tuesday. Umm, let's 
> see if the portupgrade will do the job with the package upgrade.

Nevermind about Monday or Tuesday, which it will be next week. One of my 
family has died this morning, so I will be out of town for the funreal and 
being with the family.

Cheers,
Mezz

>> Joe
>>
>>>
>>> /me goes to bed...nite!
>
> Here what I am going to do now again... ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Mezz
>
>>> 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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