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FreeBSD GNOME Project: GNOME 2.14 Upgrading FAQ

Contents

  1. What is new in GNOME 2.14?
  2. How do I upgrade to GNOME 2.14?
  3. The upgrade failed; what do I do?
  4. List of known GNOME 2.14 problems and their solutions
  5. I have found a bug; whom should I alert?
  6. I want the fame and glory of the FreeBSD GNOME team! What can I do to participate?

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  1. What is new in GNOME 2.14?

    Although the canonical summary of new features can be found at http://www.gnome.org/start/2.12/notes/en/, some of the most exciting new features of GNOME 2.14 are:

    • MUCH better performance
    • Metacity now offers edge resistence
    • Faster, more complete GEdit text editor
    • Integrated gnome-screensaver with full XScreensaver module support
    • Better and more stable multimedia support

  2. How do I upgrade to GNOME 2.14?

    The answer is much simpler than it has been in the past:

    1. To build GNOME 2.14, you need to obtain the latest ports tree skeleton. This is most easily accomplished with portsnap(8) or CVSup. Simply obtain the latest ports tree, and you are ready to go. Then do the following:

      # pkgdb -Ff
# portupgrade -o net/avahi -f howl
# portupgrade -o x11/gnome-screensaver -f xscreensaver-gnome

      Then you can run portupgrade(8) as you normally would. NOTE: it is recommended to run portupgrade -a to make sure you get all the necessary ports.

    More detailed instructions are as follows:

  3. The upgrade failed; what do I do?

    Unfortunately, this is not only possible, it is highly probable. There are many possible valid GNOME configurations, and even more invalid starting points. If the script fails, follow the instructions in the error message to let the FreeBSD GNOME team know about the failure.

    The majority of build failures will be dependency-related issues. One simple way to resolve the problem is to remove the offending port, re-run gnome_upgrade.sh, and then reinstall the port when the upgrade process is complete. In order to avoid having to build everything again, you can pass the -restart flag to gnome_upgrade.sh to resume a failed build.

  4. List of GNOME 2.14 problems and their solutions

    Although GNOME 2.14 is certainly the best release to date (of course), there are a couple regressions that slipped in, both in the GNOME code and in its implementation within FreeBSD. Some of the more visible issues are:

    There are currently no known issues with GNOME 2.14.

  5. I have found a bug; whom should I alert?

    Please read the FreeBSD GNOME Project's documentation on reporting bugs.

  6. I want the fame and glory of being part of the FreeBSD GNOME team! What can I do to participate?

    Please read our list of ways to get involved!