From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 13 01:25:16 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 9AB8316A420 for ; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:25:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU) Received: from phoebe.cse.buffalo.edu (phoebe.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.89]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 651DC13C46E for ; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:25:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU) Received: from [192.168.1.101] (cpe-74-77-179-53.buffalo.res.rr.com [74.77.179.53]) (authenticated bits=0) by phoebe.cse.buffalo.edu (8.14.1/8.13.7) with ESMTP id l9D0tt54097466 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:55:57 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu) From: Ken Smith To: David Benfell In-Reply-To: <20071012032516.GA2964@parts-unknown.org> References: <20071012032516.GA2964@parts-unknown.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-HczLbwOICQcTVC/JPUFj" Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:51:39 -0400 Message-Id: <1192236699.39553.26.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: phoebe.cse.buffalo.edu 1336; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=5.0 tests=PLING_QUERY,RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=no version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on phoebe.cse.buffalo.edu Cc: FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: Version 8.0?!!??? 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: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:25:16 -0000 --=-HczLbwOICQcTVC/JPUFj Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 20:25 -0700, David Benfell wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > So I was in for a bit of a surprise when I just booted up the > a version of CURRENT built today: >=20 > FreeBSD earth.cybernude.org 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #56: Thu Oct = 11 10:27:17 PDT 2007 root@earth.cybernude.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/EART= H i386 >=20 > [snicker] >=20 > No real harm, right? >=20 Oops. Sorry for not giving some sort of a heads-up here. :-( As others have pointed out HEAD becoming 8.0-CURRENT was a side-effect of branching RELENG_7 which signals we're ready to "go public" with the 7.0 release cycle. Sorry for the delay with getting that rolling. We decided to shift to time-based release cycles instead of feature-based release cycles. One side-effect of that is new features already present in the tree may in the end turn out to be not quite ready for prime-time at the point we want to start preparing the release (despite peoples' best intentions this *is* a volunteer project so ...). The bottom line is we had one of those situations arise and we (mostly I) didn't deal with it very well so things dragged on longer than expected. With the branching done we've started to discuss a schedule, that should appear some time in the next day or two. Current plan is for BETA1 builds to begin next Wednesday. As someone else pointed out the HEAD code freeze is over. We'll be trying to keep HEAD in stable shape through to the end of the release because things headed for RELENG_7 first need a bit of testing in HEAD. But in general developers start working on new projects and whatnot in HEAD fairly shortly after a new major branch (e.g. RELENG_7) appears. Unless you're a fairly hardcore developer type if you've been using HEAD because it seemed fairly stable lately now would probably be a good time for you to shift over to RELENG_7. :-) --=20 Ken Smith - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu there, funny things are everywhere. | - Theodore Geisel | --=-HczLbwOICQcTVC/JPUFj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBHEBab/G14VSmup/YRAuMBAJ9rbhmc51s6BD8vZzIbBy/wVTYZdgCeNE/r 8BxKUA7aePzQRg9INRZtkmk= =Y2VT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-HczLbwOICQcTVC/JPUFj--