GNOME 2.3.0 Ported, Ready For Testing On FreeBSD

Dan writes "The first of the GNOME 2.4 development releases is now available. Code named 'Mighty Atom,' this FreeBSD release includes quite a few new proposed modules. Those wanting to test this release should checkout the ``ports'' module per these instructions. Be sure to download the ``marcusmerge'' script from the same page. This script will help you merge the GNOME development ports tree into your main ports tree."

Just in case it gets slashdotted..

[kliklik]

HEADS UP TESTERS: GNOME 2.3.0 is now available for FreeBSD

Joe Marcus Clarke says that his team has finished updating all the necessary ports for GNOME 2.3.0 (dubbed "Mighty Atom"). He is looking for people to test this pre-beta development release. Since it is a testing release, it does not appear to have been committed to the ports tree as of yet. Use this only if you are not looking for your desktop to be fully functional.

From: Joe Marcus Clarke
To: [e-mail]
Date: 13 Apr 2003 04:21:52 -0400
Subject: HEADS UP TESTERS: GNOME 2.3.0 is now available

Adam and I have finished updating all the necessary ports for GNOME
2.3.0. For those that did GNOME 2.1 testing, the procedure hasn't
changed. For new testers, you should go to
http://www.marcuscom.com:8080/cgi-bin/cvsweb.c gi, and follow the
instructions there to checkout the ``ports'' module. Then, download the
marcusmerge script from the same page. Then run:

marcusmerge -s /path/to/checked/out/ports/tree -d /path/to/main/ports/tree

For example:

marcusmerge -s /home/marcus/src/marcuscom-cvs/ports -d /usr/ports

This will merge all the development ports with your main ports tree.
From there, you can run portupgrade -ra (if you already have GNOME 2
installed), or cd to /usr/ports/x11/gnome2, and do a make install.

Note, this is a _development_ release. That means pre-beta for the most
part. Only do this if you don't really care about your desktop
functioning most of the time. I also encourage you to add the following
to /etc/make.conf to aid in debugging:

CFLAGS=3D "-O -pipe -g"
STRIP=3D

There may be things broken with the port (i.e. forgotten dependencies,
missed files, etc.). If you notice anything, please report it to
freebsd-gnome ASAP. You probably shouldn't file PRs against these ports
as they won't be reflected in commit logs. However, if you notice
genuine problems with an application, don't hesitate to fire up
bug-buddy, and report the problem with the application authors.

Happy bug hunting!

Joe

--
Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team :: [e-mail]
http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome

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Re:Just in case it gets slashdotted..

[chrisseaton]

How come you get to M1 _and_ M2?

Re:Just in case it gets slashdotted..

[realdpk]

What does gcc do with "3D" as an argument? ;)

*BSD Linux?

[dr4ma]

Well, regardless of the trolls, and IMHO Gnome (And KDE) is too bloated for my tastes, it is still good to see the variety of platforms support for a common desktop environment.
I personally think that there are far too many librarys to compile, and then trying to find a list of order to compile libs/dependencys is hard on both KDE and Gnome's site(s).
I did eventually succeed in findy these lists and the order, but then I had trouble compiling them. I had this problem both with FreeBSD and Mandrake Linux.

Re:*BSD Linux?

[TheRaven64]

BSD is dying

Anything that is alive is in the proces of dying. If something is not dying, then it is not alive. All the fanboys who claim that *BSD is dying, but that thier favourite OS is not should ponder this.

Gnome

[thanjee]

It is always good to see applications progress on FreeBSD, but despite this I am quite happy to keep running Blackbox indefinately :)

Redhat 7.3 RPMS?

[xjerky]

Is there ever going to be RPMs available for 7.3? I'm getting tired of compiling the entire GARNOME distribution for 7 hours every time there's a new release. I refuse to upgrade to 8.0 (Don't want "null' or whatever they call it, plus the other problems people have had). Plus Garnome's distribution of KDE is horribly broken - all of my text just shows up as dashes in every QT app.