04:53 marcus 

Presenting GNOME 2.12 for FreeBSD.  The release is chock full of bug fixes
and new features.  Don't believe me?  Then see for yourself at
http://www.gnome.org/start/2.12/notes/en/.

DO NOT USE portupgrade by itself to upgrade to GNOME 2.12.  Instead, use
the gnome_upgrade.sh script from
http://www.marcuscom.com/downloads/gnome_upgrade212.sh.  This script will
circumvent some potential pitfalls users can see if they use portupgrade
by itself.

In keeping with tradition, GNOME 2.12 for FreeBSD comes with a special
splash screen.  The winner of this release's contest is
Dominique Goncalves <dominique.goncalves@gmail.com>.  His splash screen
was inspired by http://art.gnome.org/contests/2.12-splash/83.

The FreeBSD GNOME Team would lank to thank the following users for
their contributions to this release:

Matthew Luckie <mjl@luckie.org.nz>
ade
sajd on #freebsd-gnome
Caelian on #freebsd-gnome
mnag
Yasuda Keisuke <kysd@po.harenet.ne.jp>
Mark Hobden <markhobden@gmail.com>
Sergey Akifyev <asa@agava.com>
Andreas Kohn

For more information on GNOME on FreeBSD, checkout
http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/.  The 2.12 documentation will be
posted shortly.

06:02 marcus 

Add gnome2-office, a meta-port of office/productivity applications for
the GNOME 2 Desktop.  This is being done as part of the GNOME meta-port
restructuring effort.  The end goal is to provide GNOME users with
a few meta-ports that offer more pointed sets of applications to enhance
their GNOME 2 experience.

Discussed on:   gnome@