From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 26 08:47:15 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA2EC16A417 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:47:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sfourman@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.246]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7535413C45A for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:47:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sfourman@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c14so115898anc for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:47:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=dhJPQcpVTUHfYvo97xY2goOYOVUQISRV/AzkpdvM4GO36kvH2QidgD3/9lbv2gsg2gWkJq2rnz5W/2Lhy12gCOdA6r61Ginp8Z4lLPqKeA+S5eBOPI2WYcqfBbq9S1UlCxVgwfbHuqtwSuxeC/eljNzDmOYujXzez1yPtVYIDk0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=gfTW80EjzN7ta6ZkWqfOkbY74AGsNaORfl9o5wuEkH8jL82Jagy46Y1xDwSHWKF+syzGqDkE/PZGaIMOUigHHz781tejk9bq8OgPRHrJW42q9HIM4dLHXQGQAB0uN/l4ok1uvRoojehOf+d7/3HveS2P0EeEvDm1PugfLgzrqjU= Received: by 10.100.105.18 with SMTP id d18mr995195anc.1185439634751; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:47:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.144.1 with HTTP; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:47:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <11167f520707260147l2978b521h761c01a27da6cea7@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:47:14 -0500 From: "Sam Fourman Jr." To: "Robert Watson" In-Reply-To: <20070708111105.C9997@fledge.watson.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <8cdf6c720707070710k2b7e030v37683e460d983bf9@mail.gmail.com> <20070708111105.C9997@fledge.watson.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Paul Eskello , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: status of 7.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:47:15 -0000 On 7/8/07, Robert Watson wrote: > > > On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, Paul Eskello wrote: > > > I was wondering when to expect 7.0 release ? Did I miss the schedule. > Any > > showstoppers ? when to expect RC1 ? > > > > Just curious. > > > > Have a great weekend. > > Ken may respond in a more detailed form, but the current stage is that we > are > waiting for the feature set to finally settle and some known outstanding > issues to resolve themselves, at which point we'll cut a first beta in the > next 2-4 weeks. As a precursor to that, monthly snapshots will likely get > built and released in the next couple of days. Hopefully testing and > feedback > from that will allow us to nail down a more specific schedule for the > release > itself. does anyone know if the july snapshots for 7.0 are going to get built? maybe i am looking in the worng spot but I didn't see them yet At this point, the imperative for developers is to wrap up any remaining > outstanding features and work on testing and bug fixing. Likewise users > :-). > We often find that even early adoption sites only really start testing > during > the RC cycle, and that's far too late to make larger changes that may be > required to address some sorts of stability issues. Getting people doing > testing the whole way through the cycle makes a big difference in the > effectiveness of the test cycle. > > There are some really great features in 7.0, and it's wonderful to be at > the > polishing and testing stage finally :-). > > Robert N M Watson > Computer Laboratory > University of Cambridge > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >