Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the GNOME development branch is BACK IN ACTION! This is our first of our 2.9 development series releases, working towards GNOME 2.10 in March 2005. There are a number of new features present in this release... So tumble into your testing trousers, pull on your patch writing pants, and once more into our bug busting breeches dear friends...

HACKING TIME IS HERE AGAIN!

platform: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/platform/2.9/2.9.1/NEWS
tar.gz: 47M total
tar.bz2: 33M total

desktop: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/desktop/2.9/2.9.1/NEWS
tar.gz: 149M total
tar.bz2: 105M total

bindings: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/bindings/2.9/2.9.1/NEWS
tar.gz: 12M total
tar.bz2: 8.5M total

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
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This release is a snapshot of development code. Although it is buildable and usable, it is primarily intended for testing and hacking purposes. 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 information:

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


Happy testing!

- The GNOME Release Team