[RELEASE] 4.2RC3 tagged

[Olivier Fourdan]

A bit of investigation:

The problem comes from the html not being included in the tar ball
although -enable-gtk-doc was passed to ./configure prior to make dist.

Cheers,
Olivier.

On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 07:12 +0100, Olivier Fourdan wrote:
> Benny
> 
> The RPM build doesn't work for any of the libs:
> 
> RPM build errors:
>     File not found: /var/tmp/libxfce4util-root/usr/share/gtk-doc
> 
> RPM build errors:
>     File not found: /var/tmp/libxfcegui4-root/usr/share/icons
>     File not found: /var/tmp/libxfcegui4-root/usr/share/gtk-doc
> 
> RPM build errors:
>     File not found: /var/tmp/libxfce4mcs-root/usr/share/gtk-doc
> 
> RPM build errors:
>     File not found: /var/tmp/libxfcegui4-root/usr/share/icons
>     File not found: /var/tmp/libxfcegui4-root/usr/share/gtk-doc
> 
> RPM build errors:
>     File not found: /var/tmp/libxfce4mcs-root/usr/share/gtk-doc
> 
> 
> It means that:
> 
> 1) We need to fix the spec files
> 2) Move the tag
> 3) Redo the tarballs
> 4) Redo the fat tarball and redo the upload to sf.net
> 5) Redo the RPMS for Fdr and RH9
> 6) Redo the sync of mirrors
> 
> Unfortunately, I waon't be able to work on this until tonite (as I aill
> be at work all day).
> 
> Cheers,
> Olivier.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 23:41 +0100, Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
> > 
> > Xfce 4.2RC3 has been tagged in CVS (the tag name is xfce_4_2_rc3) and 
> > source tarballs have been uploaded to espresso. They are available from
> > 
> >   http://www.xfce.org/archive/xfce-4.1.99.3/
> > 
> > as soon as the mirror is synced.
> > 
> > As mentioned in the release plan already, the official announcement will 
> > happen tomorrow at around 20:00h CET, so packagers have time to create 
> > the binary packages and mirrors can sync the new release.
> > 
> > Attached is an updated NEWS file for 4.2RC3. It would be nice if a 
> > native english speaker could transform that into the usual changelog for 
> > the website.
> > 
> > regards,
> > Benedikt
> > plain text document attachment (NEWS_RC3)
> > General
> > -------
> > * Updated translations.
> > 
> > * Updated screenshots for documentation.
> > 
> > 
> > Libraries (libxfce4util, libxfce4mcs, libxfcegui4)
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > * Improve icon theme handling; make sure to always find default icons.
> > 
> > * Properly escape settings values when saving to XML.
> > 
> > 
> > Settings dialogs (xfce-mcs-plugins)
> > -----------------------------------
> > * Fixes for gtk 2.6.
> > 
> > 
> > Window manager (xfwm4)
> > ----------------------
> > * Improvements and fixes to the compositing manager (bug #552)
> > 
> > * KDE system tray support fixed (bug #577, #596 and #597)
> > 
> > * Fixes for gtk+-2.6 in setting plugin
> > 
> > * Various fixes
> > 
> > * Fixed support for KDE notification icons.
> > 
> > * Fixes to session management.
> > 
> > 
> > Desktop manager (xfdesktop)
> > ---------------------------
> > * Fixes for gtk 2.6.
> > 
> > * Imrove menu cache handling.
> > 
> > * Add back to window list menu the options to add or remove workspaces.
> > 
> > 
> > Print dialog (xfprint)
> > ----------------------
> > * Fixed display of jobs for CUPS backend.
> > 
> > * Add queueing support for bsd-lpr backend.
> > 
> > 
> > Panel (xfce4-panel)
> > -------------------
> > * Fix type mismatch when writing backup files. Fixes infinite loop on non-x86.
> >   Patch by Michele Baldessari.
> > 
> > * Fix edge snapping for very big panels
> > 
> > * Properly set dock type hint
> > 
> > 
> > File manager (xffm)
> > -------------------
> > * Improved history handling.
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