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GNOME 2.14.0 Release Candidate

Submitted by stro on Wed, 2006-03-01 18:24. Gnome 2.x

Woohooo! This is our last unstable release before the big .0 release.
Lots of new features and bug fixes have been added during this cycle,
probably more than what you can remember if you've been running all the
unstable releases so far. But if you can remember, then you're ready to
help with the release notes :-)

See this mail for instructions on how to
contribute to the 2.14.0 release notes:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/marketing-list/2006-February/msg00051.html

The release notes that describe the changes between 2.13.91 and 2.13.92
are available. Go read them to learn all the goodness of this release:

platform - http://download.gnome.org/platform/2.13/2.13.92/NEWS
desktop - http://download.gnome.org/desktop/2.13/2.13.92/NEWS
admin - http://download.gnome.org/admin/2.13/2.13.92/NEWS
bindings - http://download.gnome.org/bindings/2.13/2.13.92/NEWS

Basic ambrosial stats:

admin 2.13.92 statistics:
tar.gz: 784K total
tar.bz2: 612K total

bindings 2.13.92 statistics:
tar.gz: 22M total
tar.bz2: 16M total

desktop 2.13.92 statistics:
tar.gz: 160M total
tar.bz2: 116M total

platform 2.13.92 statistics:
tar.gz: 50M total
tar.bz2: 37M total

The GNOME 2.13.92 release is available here:

platform sources - http://download.gnome.org/GNOME/platform/2.13/2.13.92/
desktop sources - http://download.gnome.org/GNOME/desktop/2.13/2.13.92/
admin sources - http://download.gnome.org/GNOME/admin/2.13/2.13.92/
bindings sources - http://download.gnome.org/bindings/2.13/2.13.92/

To compile it, you can use GARNOME (will be released soon), or the
jhbuild modulesets available at:

http://download.gnome.org/teams/releng/2.13.92/

TESTING! TESTING! TESTING!
--------------------------

This release is a feature, user interface, and string frozen snapshot
primarily intended for wide public scrutiny before the final GNOME
2.14 release in March. GNOME uses odd minor version numbers to indicate
development status. Please check the 2.13 page for more info:

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

Happy testing!

Use-cases? You need use-cases???

Submitted by rehdon on Fri, 2006-03-03 04:40.

You ask use-cases for something that's been around for six years? And that's doing "something instead of just talking"? Why not asking use-cases for double clicking on folders, or icons in the menus? This makes no sense to me.

We're back at the old saying "build something that idiots can use, and only idiots will use it". I pity the poor user exposed to the blinding effects of chmod, are you afraid someone is going to ask for damages? And I thought the last flamewar with Linus and other people had cleared the ground a bit for GNOME development...

Do you understand that if you don't offer this functionality the poor user will be forced to learn using the evil command line? Do you understand that many GNOME users, like myself, use Nautilus for retarded tasks like moving a downloaded file to a folder on the desktop, and have to resort to other tools for real file management?

Sorry for the rant, but it's really frustrating seeing that some Gnome devs STILL DON'T GET IT.

rehdon

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