GNOME SlackBuild (GSB)

Hi folks,

Myself, and two other regular GSB developers/contributors (Darren and Jason) are in the process of revitalizing this project. We've tried to reach our friend Freerock on multiple occasions, with no response from him (frankly, that worries me/us). We realize that we *absolutely need* to release a new GNOME distribution for Slack 12.0, and we will.

While we're in the process of trying to build a new release for Slack 12.0, I've been tasked with re-inventing our entire web presence and overall web-based development structure. That means the following facets will change:

• Website (and the overall name of the project)
• Which includes new domain name
• Mailing lists
• Subversion repository
• Our IRC channel (now #gsb [on irc.freenode.net])
• Other sundry items

We're trying to make this as transparent and smooth as possible. However, the only thing I /can't/ migrate smoothly, are the mailing lists. Only Freerock seems to have access to the subscriber list(s), and I can't migrate them without his response. That said, new lists will be created, and *you will have to subscribe to those lists yourselves*. I'll let these current lists know when the new ones are activated, and inform you how to subscribe. After 2 weeks of the new lists being turned on, everything in our SF.net project section will disappear (it's tough to manage it all, so part of the revitalization effort, includes a consolidation effort as well.).

Because no one can reach Freerock, some of the transition won't be as smooth as we'd like, so we do ask for your patience. :^) The good news is that the project is still alive, and at least 3 of us are committed to it. Like any F/OSS project, the more help we can get, the better.

I'll communicate to these lists with any and all information with regard to the project and efforts associated with the new project's changes.

We also invite you to the IRC channel for further discussion directly with the core developers:

#gsb on irc.freenode.net

Stay tuned!