GNOME 2.10 Beta 1 Public Testing Release

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

GNOME 2.10 Beta 1 Public Testing Release
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Also known as 2.9.90, GNOME 2.10 Beta 1 is the first pre-release intended
for wide public scrutiny before the final release in March. It is packed
full of tasty GNOME goodness, so if you're itching to find out what we've
been doing, and can't wait to finish building it, take a look at Davyd's
Sneak Peek for this release:

  http://www.gnome.org/~davyd/gnome-2-10/

In addition to all the tasty new GNOME goodness, we've packed a lot of bug
fixing into this release. The conservative, lossy count of bugs fixed over
the 2.9 development period: 1134 <http://tinyurl.com/4yutl>. Meanwhile, we
do have a few showstoppers to fix before 2.10: <http://tinyurl.com/657ob>,
so leap in and help us crunch the remaining few... Or find some we haven't
seen yet! :-)

  platform: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/platform/2.9/2.9.90/NEWS
    tar.gz:   48M total
    tar.bz2:  34M total

  desktop: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/desktop/2.9/2.9.90/NEWS
    tar.gz:   153M total
    tar.bz2:  108M total

  bindings: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/bindings/2.9/2.9.90/NEWS
    tar.gz:   15M total
    tar.bz2:  11M total


TESTING! TESTING! TESTING!
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This release is a feature frozen snapshot primarily intended for wide public
scrutiny before the final GNOME 2.10 release in March. Like the good old
days of Linux kernel development, GNOME uses odd minor version numbers to
indicate development status. Please check the 2.9 start page for more info:

  http://www.gnome.org/start/2.9/


Happy testing!

- The GNOME Release Team

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