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GNOME 2.8 Release Candidate 1 (2.7.92)

Submitted by stro on Wed, 2004-09-01 08:59. Gnome 2.x

Release Candidate 1 marks the start of our Hard Code Freeze, on the way
towards the final GNOME 2.8 release in a couple of weeks. The final lap!
Let's just hope we're not dragged off the track at the last minute by a
strangely dressed Irishman. Even though it almost sounds like fun... At
last, without further ado, RELEASE CANDIDATE ONE!

platform: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/platform/2.7/2.7.92/NEWS
tar.gz: 45M total
tar.bz2: 31M total

desktop: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/desktop/2.7/2.7.92/NEWS
tar.gz: 146M total
tar.bz2: 103M total

bindings: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/bindings/2.7/2.7.92/NEWS
tar.gz: 13M total
tar.bz2: 8.1M total

Notes about the new MIME system
-------------------------------

As of GNOME 2.7.4, the old MIME system was replaced with a new shared
specification found on freedesktop.org. There are a couple comments to go
along with this:

* In order the to see any applications available, they must be registered
with the MIME system. This can be done by getting the latest verion of
desktop-file-utils and running:

update-desktop-database $PREFIX/applications

jhbuild in CVS has been modified to build this, and we expect
applications to do this on install automatically in the future.

* The new user interface is modeled after the proposal at:

http://www.gnome.org/~jrb/files/mime/

The old File Types capplet has been removed in favor of a nautilus-only
interface.

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
--------------------------

This release is a snapshot of development code. Although it is buildable and
usable, it is primarily intended for testing and hacking purposes. Like the
Linux kernel, GNOME uses odd minor version numbers to indicate development
status. Please check the 2.7 start page for more information:

http://www.gnome.org/start/2.7/

Happy testing!

- The GNOME Release Team

Re: It all seems too soon, not that I mind it...at ALL

Submitted by Anonymous George on Fri, 2004-09-03 23:33.

I gotta say I do appreciate the small steps as well. I guess maybe I find the versioning number a little misleading, or maybe I just got used to bigger changes.

Don't worry dude it was a bit of a mind-shift for me as well :) and I'm sure our feelings are quite common among Gnome users.

It's common for open source/ free software projects to make major changes between .x revisions. Take the Linux Kernel for example or, as we're discussing, Gnome itself.

I think the gradual changes make a lot more sense from a practical perspective: for one thing, less regressions and broken dependencies seem likely. Also it makes it possible for the Gnomers to have a realistic Release Schedule, which has the positive trickle-down effect of making it easier for distro-makers to plan their releases incorporating Gnome.

I like that the developpers focus on fixing the flaws before moving forward.

Absolutely. I'm really starting to feel guilty due to my lack of assistance :) If 200 people from around the world fixed one little annoying bug each...

Cheers

Stor

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