[manjaro-dev] [0.8.8] Release Candidate 3
Philip Müller
philm at manjaro.org
Sat Nov 16 17:14:07 CET 2013
Hmm, well. Why not. It is outdated anyway. 0.1_beta2 is out and we are
still at beta1. Pass me the updated PKGBUILDs and package and I see what
I can do. This package isn't installed on XFCE yet.
Phil
On 11/16/2013 05:12 PM, Rob McCathie wrote:
> One thing I will quickly mention - xfwm4's new vsync function does not
> provide tear-free display for me whether on nouveau or nvidia.
>
> IMO we should have compton as accessible and easy to setup for people
> as possible.
> We could include a OnlyShowIn=XFCE; .desktop file to be placed in
> /etc/xdg/autostart/ as part of the compton package in Manjaro repos,
> starting it with the GLX backend. That way users just need to install
> it and turn off compositing in Xfce then log out and back in.
>
> I'm perfectly happy to maintain the compton package with such
> functionality if desired.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Rob McCathie <korrode at gmail.com
> <mailto:korrode at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Burned the ISO to a DVD and booted from it confirming the recent
> syslinux issues are addressed.
> The new layout and splash screen are nice on the eyes.
> I noticed an Xfce wallpaper is in use, not a Manjaro one.
> I installed using Thus doing manual partitioning. One thing I
> really want to comment on: Nice fookin work with Thus, it really
> looks good and for the type of install I just performed worked
> perfectly. (Which was noting special, just BIOS-MBR with manual
> partition setup.)
> Booted into the install, Did notice that on MDM it still says
> Manjaro 0.8.7.
> Logged in, typed this email.
> Sadly I gotta sleep now, then i'm not at home again until Monday
> afternoon/evening, so can't do any more testing before then. :-\
>
> ...but from what I'm seeing - Nice work. 0.8.8 should turn heads.
> I'm really looking forward to respining my Netbook edition based
> on 0.8.8.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rob.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 12:53 AM, Rob McCathie <korrode at gmail.com
> <mailto:korrode at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Building rc3 Xfce iso now. Then will be installing it on real
> hardware. Will report back the outcome.
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 12:26 AM, Philip Müller
> <philm at manjaro.org <mailto:philm at manjaro.org>> wrote:
>
> Now I'm finally ready to build Manjaro 0.8.8-rc3.
> All needed packages you can find in our testing-branch.
> This install-media will again use our stable-repos.
> Since update-pack 10 is still in testing those install medias
> should been built with testing-branch. I'll move these updates
> anyway later to stable. So:
>
> - install manjaroiso 0.8.8rc3-1
> - use either the provided profiles of this release or our
> master-branch
> - before you build call: sudo pacman-mirrors -g -b testing
>
> I expect to upload my final images this Sunday or Monday ...
> Internal personal testings are welcome.
>
> Changes:
>
> - manjaroiso is now more generic
> - you can easier rebrand your install medias now, more
> later ...
> - openbox profile got updated by Carl
> - XFCE uses again our dark theme - Thx to Aceman!
> - Thus got adopted to manjaroiso changes
> - a lot more I don't remember now ...
>
> kind regards
>
> Phil
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