This is the first beta release release towards 2.30, which will happen in March; time flies. Please try this release and report your findings, so that we can make 2.30 smooth and polished.
Please note that this milestone marks the beginning of the UI freeze. This is a good time to start summarizing what has changed in your modules in this cycle, so that people can work on the release notes! See http://live.gnome.org/TwoPointTwentynine/ReleaseNotes Also don't forget we are in those periods: * Feature Freeze: new functionality should be completed. * String Change Announcement Period: string changes must be announced to gnome-doc-list and gnome-i18n. To compile GNOME 2.29.90, you can the jhbuild [1] modulesets [2] (which use the exact tarball versions from the official release): [1] http://library.gnome.org/devel/jhbuild/ [2] http://download.gnome.org/teams/releng/2.29.90/ The release notes that describe the changes between 2.29.6 and 2.29.90 can be found here: platform - http://download.gnome.org/platform/2.29/2.29.90/NEWS desktop - http://download.gnome.org/desktop/2.29/2.29.90/NEWS admin - http://download.gnome.org/admin/2.29/2.29.90/NEWS bindings - http://download.gnome.org/bindings/2.29/2.29.90/NEWS devtools - http://download.gnome.org/devtools/2.29/2.29.90/NEWS mobile - http://download.gnome.org/mobile/2.29/2.29.90/NEWS The GNOME 2.29.90 release is available here: platform sources - http://download.gnome.org/platform/2.29/2.29.90/ desktop sources - http://download.gnome.org/desktop/2.29/2.29.90/ admin sources - http://download.gnome.org/admin/2.29/2.29.90/ bindings sources - http://download.gnome.org/bindings/2.29/2.29.90/ devtools sources - http://download.gnome.org/devtools/2.29/2.29.90/ mobile sources - http://download.gnome.org/mobile/2.29/2.29.90/ WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! -------------------------- This release is a beta release of development code. Although it is buildable and usable, it is primarily intended for testing and hacking purposes. GNOME uses odd minor version numbers to indicate development status. For more information about 2.29, the full schedules, the official modules list and the proposed modules list, please see our 2.29 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 _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
