GNOME 2.26.0 Release Candidate (2.25.92) Released!

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GNOME 2.26.0 Release Candidate (2.25.92)

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My friends, we're nearly there! 2.26.0 will be out in two weeks. Yes, it

will! I tell you so. And it will be a milestone in our history. Sure, it

will! You don't doubt it. Because it's looking quite good. It definitely

does! Ask around you to check. And people will love it. That's for sure!

Make people try it. But we can still work a bit more on polishing GNOME

for the prime time.

 

In the next ten days, we should all try to focus on the list of

showstoppers [1] and try to close as many of them as possible. It's

also a good time to help Davyd write the release notes [2] -- this is

quite important to get some good material explaining what we've been

working on in the last six months.

 

[1] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2009-February/msg00149.html

[2] http://www.vuntz.net/journal/post/2009/02/27/Getting-the-GNOME-2.26-release-notes-ready

 

You all know what you have to do now. Go download it. Go compile it. Go

test it. And go hack on it, document it, translate it, fix it.

 

 

To compile GNOME 2.25.92, you can use the jhbuild [3] modulesets [4]

(which use the exact tarball versions from the official release):

 

[3] http://library.gnome.org/devel/jhbuild/

[4] http://download.gnome.org/teams/releng/2.25.92/

 

 

The release notes that describe the changes between 2.25.91 and 2.25.92

are available. Go read them to learn all the goodness of this release:

 

platform - http://download.gnome.org/platform/2.25/2.25.92/NEWS

desktop - http://download.gnome.org/desktop/2.25/2.25.92/NEWS

admin - http://download.gnome.org/admin/2.25/2.25.92/NEWS

bindings - http://download.gnome.org/bindings/2.25/2.25.92/NEWS

devtools - http://download.gnome.org/devtools/2.25/2.25.92/NEWS

 

The GNOME 2.25.92 release is available here:

 

platform sources - http://download.gnome.org/platform/2.25/2.25.92/

desktop sources - http://download.gnome.org/desktop/2.25/2.25.92/

admin sources - http://download.gnome.org/admin/2.25/2.25.92/

bindings sources - http://download.gnome.org/bindings/2.25/2.25.92/

devtools sources - http://download.gnome.org/devtools/2.25/2.25.92/

 

 

TESTING! TESTING! TESTING!

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This release is a feature, user interface and string frozen snapshot

primarily intended for wide public scrutiny before the final GNOME 2.26

release in September. GNOME uses odd minor version numbers to indicate

development status.

 

For more information about 2.25, the full schedules and the official

modules list, please see our 2.25 page:

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

 

Also take a look at the abbreviated schedule reminder page at:

http://live.gnome.org/Schedule

 

We hope you'll love it,

 

The GNOME Release Team

 

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