The GNOME 2.12 Beta 1 Development Release is now available for download:

Also known as 2.11.90, GNOME 2.12 Beta 1 is the first pre-release intended for wide public scrutiny before the final release in September.

platform: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/platform/2.11/2.11.90/NEWS
tar.gz: 21M total
tar.bz2: 14M total

desktop: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/desktop/2.11/2.11.90/NEWS
tar.gz: 171M total
tar.bz2: 122M total

bindings: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/bindings/2.11/2.11.90/NEWS
tar.gz: 51M total
tar.bz2: 36M total

For extra excitement this time, you'll need cairo from cvs, or the snapshot available here: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/platform/2.11/2.11.90/

This is less than ideal, but at least it allows us to test GNOME tarballs that require it. Cairo 0.6.0 is expected very soon.

TESTING! TESTING! TESTING!
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This release is a feature frozen snapshot primarily intended for wide public scrutiny before the final GNOME 2.12 release in September. GNOME uses odd minor version numbers to indicate development status. Please check the 2.11 page for more info:

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


Happy testing!

- The GNOME Release Team