FreeBSD GNOME Project News

Announcing GNOME 2.20.1 for FreeBSD!

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 PST

Presenting GNOME 2.20.1 and all related works for FreeBSD. The official GNOME 2.20 release notes can be found at http://www.gnome.org/start/2.20/notes/en/ . Beyond that, this update includes the new GIMP 2.4 (courtesy of ahze).The GNOME 2.20 update also includes a huge change in the FreeBSD GNOME hierarchy. We are now using the more standard DATADIR of ${PREFIX}/share rather than ${PREFIX}/share/gnome. The result is that fewer patches and hacks are needed to port GNOME components to FreeBSD. This will mean some user changes may be required, so be sure to read /usr/ports/UPDATING for more details.This release and the things we accomplished in it would not have been possible without mezz's crazy idea to collapse DATADIR, and his persistence to make it happen successfully. Ahze and pav also deserve thanks for their work on porting modules and testing the whole ball of wax on pointyhat (respectively).The FreeBSD GNOME team would also like to thank our various testers and contributors:Yasuda Keisuke Frank Jahnke Pawel Worach Brian Gruber Franz Klammer Yuri Pankov Nick Barkas Cristian KLEIN Tony Maher Scot Hetzel Martin Matuska (mm) Benoit Dejean Martin Wilke (miwi) (And anyone else I may have missed)

GNOME 2.19.6 available for FreeBSD

Sat, 4 Aug 2007 00:00:00 PST

Okay, okay, I have missed a few updates. But the FreeBSD GNOME team has not been slacking. We've been keeping up with the latest GNOME development releases including this http://mail.gnome.org/archives/devel-announce-list/2007-August/msg00000.html . Checkout the ports and ../gnome/docs/faq2.html#q21 to see where GNOME 2.20 currently stands. Since 2.10 Beta 1 is right around the corner, now is also the time to start putting together some killer FreeBSD GNOME screenshots. Send all submissions to mailto:freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org .

GNOME 2.19.3 available for FreeBSD

Sat, 9 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PST

The third release on the path to GNOME 2.20 is now available in both port and ../gnome/docs/faq2.html#q21 forms. There is one known build issue with gnome-system-monitor and FreeBSD < 7-CURRENT that we hope to have worked out soon. Along with this release comes the GNOME 2.20 (and beyond!) http://live.gnome.org/RoadMap . This will prepare you for the exciting new features in store for our favorite Desktop Environment.

GNOME 2.18.2 available for FreeBSD

Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 PST

The next bug fix release for GNOME 2.18 has been http://mail.gnome.org/archives/devel-announce-list/2007-May/msg00004.html and ports and ../gnome/docs/faq2.html#q21 are available for FreeBSD. So the only question is, why haven't you upgraded yet?

GNOME 2.19.1 available for FreeBSD

Sun, 6 May 2007 00:00:00 PST

GNOME forges ahead with the first release in the development train that will become GNOME 2.20. As always, FreeBSD is right there with them. Only we bring a twist. This time around, we are doing yet another bit of housekeeping, and dropping the "share/gnome" DATADIR. This means that the FreeBSD GNOME installation will be more like all the other GNOME distributions. The net gain is that porting new GNOME applications to FreeBSD should be much easier with fewer hacks and patches.At this point, the ../gnome/docs/develfaq.html is safe to use for most ports. There is still quite a few ports that still require conversion, and we will be working on those in the weeks to come. In particular, the Desktop and all gnome2 meta-ports are safe; and ../gnome/docs/faq2.html#q21 are available for the GNOME Desktop.

GNOME 2.18.1 available for FreeBSD

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PST

GNOME 2.18.1 has been http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2007-April/msg00008.html and ports and ../gnome/docs/faq2.html#q21 are available for everyone's faorite operating system. This release is a polishing of 2.18.0, so expect a more stable, nicer looking desktop experience. On top of that, some of our users have also submitted ../gnome/screenshots.html !

GNOME 2.18 release for FreeBSD!

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PST

Presenting GNOME 2.18 for FreeBSD. GNOME 2.18 is a departure from recent GNOME releases in that it focuses more on stability and functionality than on new features. Not that it doesn't have its share of new and exciting items. Check out the http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/ for all the goodies in this release.GNOME 2.18 for FreeBSD would not have been possible without the hard work of the ../gnome/contact.html and our intrepid band of testers including J. W. Ballantine, Pawel Worach, Yasuda Keisuke, Pascal Hofstee, miwi, Yoshihiro Ota, Vladimir Grebenschikov, Jukka A. Ukkonen, Phillip Neumann, Franz Klammer, and Neal Delmonico.

GNOME 2.17.92 available for FreeBSD

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 PST

GNOME 2.18 is nigh! The 2.18 Release Candidate has been released, and both ../gnome/docs/develfaq.html and ../gnome/docs/faq2.html#q21 are now available for FreeBSD. We are SO close to a release, and yet we still don't have any screenshots. So please, if you are testing GNOME 2.17, send us your best screenshot. If you need ideas on what to highlight, check out http://live.gnome.org/TwoPointSeventeen/ReleaseNotes .

GNOME 2.17.91 available for FreeBSD

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 PST

Where have we been?! While we haven't been updating the news page, we have been working on GNOME 2.17. We are pleased to announce that GNOME 2.17.91 (aka GNOME 2.18 Beta 2) is now ../gnome/docs/develfaq.html along with glorious ../gnome/docs/faq2.html#q21 . We now request that all artistic people start submitting their GNOME 2.17 screenshots for our gallery.

GNOME 2.16.3 available for FreeBSD

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 PST

GNOME 2.16.3 was http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2007-January/msg00111.html and ports are available for FreeBSD. This is the final release in the GNOME 2.16 series. The GNOME authors and the FreeBSD GNOME Team have made sure that this release rocks like none other. Packages will be a bit delayed for 2.16.3 as marcus is currently traveling. Expect packages to start showing up in the ../gnome/docs/faq2.html#q21 on February 8th.