From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 6 10:46:37 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CB6D16A41F for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2005 10:46:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [204.156.12.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AAC243D48 for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2005 10:46:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [204.156.12.50]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E928F46B88; Sat, 6 Aug 2005 06:46:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2005 11:49:23 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson X-X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: Indigo 23 In-Reply-To: <6f50eac40508060254757ba7bc@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20050806114353.I46767@fledge.watson.org> References: <6f50eac40508060254757ba7bc@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0-BETA2 Available X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 10:46:37 -0000 On Sat, 6 Aug 2005, Indigo 23 wrote: > Is this the last beta before release (assuming there are no show > stopping bugs)? Normally release cycles consistent of a pre-release period, which includes betas, release candidates, and releases. Betas usually continue until substantal movement has ceased (i.e., no more last minute merges, no more significant fixes requiring additional testing, etc). Release candidate often occur in quantities of 3-5, and each is intended to resemble the final release, with the intent that problems will be found and they will be refined until no more problems (deemed appropriate for fixing are found. Whether or not we've hit the last beta depends on whether or not there are any more major merges to occur -- I have a number of network stack and device driver related locking changes I'd like to backport, and there's still hope Apple will fix the necessary licenses for us to merge the audit support, although time is running out. I'd guess there will be at least one more beta. Robert N M Watson