On Sat, 2006-10-14 at 11:48 -0500, Scott T. Hildreth wrote: > Is there an upgrade script or do we just do a portupgrade?
As with every major upgrade (GNOME or otherwise) consult /usr/ports/UPDATING. Joe > > > On Sat, 2006-10-14 at 10:52 -0500, Scott T. Hildreth wrote: > > > Bravo, I know the team had to do a lot of work to get this in before > > 6.2, > > so great job everyone! > > > > > > On Sat, 2006-10-14 at 05:42 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > > > The FreeBSD GNOME Team is proud to announce that GNOME 2.16.1 has been > > > imported into the ports tree in time for FreeBSD 6.2. This is a first. > > > Usually the GNOME release cycle has conflicted with the FreeBSD release > > > cycle. However, thanks to Kris and pointyhat, we were able to get the > > > major patch tested. Below is the commit message that accompanied this > > > huge release. In addition to the core GNOME ports, almost 500 ports > > > were also touched to chase the GNOME move from X11BASE to LOCALBASE and > > > fix build problems with the new freetype2. > > > > > > "Presenting GNOME 2.16.1 for FreeBSD. This release represents a massive > > > amount of work by the FreeBSD GNOME Team and our testers. > > > > > > On top of the usual GNOME update, we have taken this opportunity to move > > > GNOME from X11BASE to LOCALBASE. This means roughly 600 ports NOT part of > > > the GNOME Desktop also need to be changed. The bulk of the move was > > > carried > > > out by ahze, mezz, and pav, but it would not have been possible without > > > cooperation from the FreeBSD KDE team who worked with us to make sure > > > GNOME and KDE can still coexist happily. We would also like to send a > > > shout out to kris and pointyhat for putting up with multiple test runs > > > until we got something that was solid. > > > > > > Back to GNOME 2.16. This release brings a huge amount of new > > > functionality > > > to FreeBSD. The standard release notes can be read at > > > http://www.gnome.org/start/2.16/ . But on top of what you will read > > > there, > > > jylefort and marcus have completed work on a port of HAL to FreeBSD. This > > > will allow FreeBSD to take advantage of closer hardware interaction such > > > as auto-mounting CD-ROMs, USB drives, and music players; auto-playing > > > audio CDs; and managing laptop power consumption. > > > > > > But where would this all be without our loyal testers and contributors? > > > Therefore, the FreeBSD GNOME team would like to thank the following users: > > > > > > Phillip Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > tmclaugh > > > mux > > > Yuri Pankov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > chinsan > > > Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Brian Gruber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Franz Klammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Dominique Goncalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Pascal Hofstee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Yasuda Keisuke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > backyard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Andris Raugulis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Eric L. Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Pawel Worach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > QuiRK on #freebsd-gnome > > > Shane Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > luigi > > > sajd on #freebsd-gnome > > > sat > > > Chris Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > kaeru on #freebsd-gnome > > > crsd_ via irc.freenode.org/#FreeBSD-GNOME > > > Joel Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Enjoy!" > > > > > > Marcus on Behalf of the FreeBSD GNOME Team: > > > > > > ahze > > > bland > > > jylefort > > > kwm > > > marcus > > > mezz > > > pav > > > > > -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome
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