GNOME 3.30rc2 (3.29.92) RELEASED (was Re: GNOME 2.30rc2 (2.29.92) RELEASED)

[Javier Jardón <jjardon gnome org>]

Sorry,

the subject should of course have been "GNOME 3.30rc2 (3.29.92) RELEASED"

Thanks to all the people that ping me about this; good to know the
release announcement messages are being read :)

Cheers,
Javier

On Sat, 1 Sep 2018 at 01:18, Javier Jardón <jjardon gnome org> wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> The second release candidate for 3.30 is here! Remember this is the
> end of this development cycle, enjoy it as fast as you can, the final
> release is scheduled next Wednesday!
>
> As a highlight of this release I'd like to mention:
> - We have added i386 and armv7 jobs to the gnome-build-meta repo
> (still working on some build failures, like [1] and [2])
> - We have merged the branch [3] to build GNOME flatpak runtimes
> directly with gnome-build-meta instead gnome-sdk-image repo [4]
> More work is still needed [5] but this will eventually allow us to
> maintain a single set of metadata instead 2 different ones. Kudos to
> Abderrahim Kitouni for his work on this!
>
> We remind you we are string frozen, no string changes may be made
> without confirmation from the l10n team (gnome-i18n@) and notification
> to both the release team and the GNOME Documentation Project
> (gnome-doc-list@).
>
> Hard code freeze is also in place, no source code changes can be made
> without approval from the release-team.  Translation and documentation
> can continue.
>
>
> If you want to compile GNOME 3.29.92, you can use the official
> BuildStream project snapshot. Thanks to BuildStream's build
> sandbox, it should build reliably for you regardless of the
> dependencies on your host system:
>
> https://download.gnome.org/teams/releng/3.29.92/gnome-3.29.92.tar.xz
>
> The list of updated modules and changes is available here:
>
> https://download.gnome.org/core/3.29/3.29.92/NEWS
>
> The source packages are available here:
>
> https://download.gnome.org/core/3.29/3.29.92/sources/
>
>
> WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
> --------------------------
>
> This release is a snapshot 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 3.30, the full schedule, the official module
> lists and the proposed module lists, please see our colorful 3.30 page:
>   https://www.gnome.org/start/unstable
>
> For a quick overview of the GNOME schedule, please see:
>   https://wiki.gnome.org/Schedule
>
>
> Cheers,
> Javier Jardón
> GNOME Release Team
>
> [1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-build-meta/issues/52
> [2] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-build-meta/issues/53
> [3] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-build-meta/merge_requests/30
> [4] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-sdk-images/
> [5] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-build-meta/issues/49



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Javier Jardón Cabezas