Re: GNOME 2.0 Desktop Release Candidate 1: "Fever Pitch"

[Louis Garcia <louisg00 bellsouth net>]

Are these official tarball releases or snapshots?

--Lou


On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 08:19, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> GNOME 2.0 Desktop Release Candidate 1: "Fever Pitch"
> ====================================================
> 
> The GNOME 2.0 Desktop Release Candidate 1, "Fever Pitch", is ready for your
> bug-busting and testing pleasure! It is available for immediate download
> here:
> 
>   http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/pre-gnome2/releases/gnome-2.0-desktop-rc1/
> 
> The GNOME 2.0 Desktop is a greatly improved user environment for existing
> GNOME applications. Enhancements include anti-aliased text and first class
> internationalisation support, new accessibility features for disabled users,
> and many improvements throughout GNOME's highly regarded user interface.
> 
> 
> Progress
> --------
> 
> The following tarballs have been updated since last week's snapshot release:
> 
>   at-spi, eel, eog, esound, gail, GConf, gdm, gedit2, gnome-applets,
>   gnome-desktop, gnome-games, gnome-media, gnome-mime-data, gnome-panel,
>   gnome-session, gnome-system-monitor, gnome-terminal, gnome-utils,
>   gnome-vfs, libgail-gnome, libgnome, libgnomecanvas, libgnomeui, libgtop,
>   librep, libwnck, libzvt, nautilus, rep-gtk, sawfish, yelp
> 
> 
> Testing the GNOME 2.0 Desktop
> -----------------------------
> 
> Binary packages and build scripts have been contributed to make installation
> and testing of the GNOME 2.0 Desktop simpler.
> 
>   Debian:
> 
>     The following sources.list line will allow you to install the latest
>     experimental packages. Please see the debian-gtk-gnome list for more
>     information about these releases.
> 
> 	  deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian ../project/experimental main
> 
>   GARNOME: http://www.gnome.org/~jdub/garnome/
> 
>     GARNOME downloads and builds from released tarballs. It includes a
>     number of ported applications and utilities, and is designed to be a
>     distribution of GNOME rather than an updater.
> 
>   jhbuild: http://cvs.gnome.org/lxr/source/jhbuild/README
> 
>     jhbuild builds directly from CVS, and includes required developer tools.
>     It handles dependencies and errors gracefully, to minimise build time
>     and frustration.
> 
>   vicious-build-scripts: http://cvs.gnome.org/lxr/source/vicious-build-scripts/README
>   
> 	v-b-s builds directly from CVS, and includes required developer tools
> 	such as autoconf, gettext, etc.
> 
>   Ximian Red Carpet Snapshots: (See the GMOME2 Snapshots Channel in Red Carpet.)
> 
>     Binary packages for Red Hat 7.2 and 7.3 are available from Ximian's Red
>     Carpet. These are built nightly from CVS snapshots.
> 
> 
> Build Requirements
> ------------------
> 
>   - The tarballs included in the release. :-)
> 
>   - Some very basic packages not distributed with this release, such as
> 	image libraries, popt and freetype. These should all be included with or
> 	available for your distribution.
> 
>   - Python 2 with expat xml modules for libglade (some modules still require
> 	the libglade-convert script, however we do plan to ship glade2 files).
> 
>   - Docbook DTD 4.1.2, Docbook XSL stylesheets and a valid system catalogue
> 	file for scrollkeeper (which in turn is required by many desktop
> 	components for documentation).
> 
>   - You need recent GNOME 1.4 developer platform packages if you plan to
> 	install the GNOME 2.0 platform libraries alongside 1.4.
> 
> A dependency graph for the developer platform and desktop release is
> available on the dot.plan website:
> 
>   http://developer.gnome.org/dotplan/notes/
> 
> 
> Testers
> -------
> 
> If you have incredible talents at breaking GNOME, perhaps even to rival
> Telsa's infamous path of destruction (and excellent bug reporting of said
> path), this release is made for you!
> 
> When reporting bugs, use http://bugzilla.gnome.org/ or bug-buddy. Make sure
> you choose the correct version number, as reports against particular
> versions are easier to triage reports against unspecified releases.
> 
> Before submitting a bug report, try running the software from your terminal
> to see if it provides extra information, and please make sure that you build
> everything with full debugging support.
> 
> 
> Bug Squad
> ---------
> 
> Whether you're testing GNOME 2.0 or not, you can still help out with the bug
> busting efforts by triaging and tracking bugs in bugzilla. Join the bugsquad
> mailing list, and hang out on #bugs (on irc.gnome.org) to get involved -
> Thursday is always bug-busting day!
> 
>   http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-bugsquad/
> 
> For help with bugzilla accounts, email bugmaster gnome org 
> 
> 
> Distributors
> ------------
> 
> This release is not intended for inclusion in distributions. However, binary
> packages for bleeding edge testers on your platform are very welcome. Please
> email the release team <gnome2-release-team gnome org> if you have built
> packages for your platform.
> 
> 
> Hackers
> -------
> 
> When reporting bugs is simply not enough, and you'd prefer to make your own
> (or, indeed, fix the ones you find), this release is also made for you!
> Have a look through bugzilla or the TODO file included with many modules,
> and make sure to send your patches to the maintainers via the appropriate
> mailing list, or bugzilla.
> 
> 
> Happy testing!
> 
> - The GNOME 2.0 Release Team
> 
> -- 
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