From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 15 19:23:55 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4754564C; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:23:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 273681D25; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:23:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s0FJNtV9085951; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:23:55 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from pgj@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id s0FJNtqH085950; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:23:55 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201401151923.s0FJNtqH085950@svn.freebsd.org> From: Gabor Pali Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:23:55 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r43542 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:23:55 -0000 Author: pgj Date: Wed Jan 15 19:23:54 2014 New Revision: 43542 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43542 Log: - Minor fixes to the 2013Q4 report Submitted by: emaste, koobs Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Wed Jan 15 19:10:52 2014 (r43541) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Wed Jan 15 19:23:54 2014 (r43542) @@ -862,8 +862,8 @@ Fix amd64 watchpoints. Test and fix the i386 port. Implement &os; ARM support. - Add support for kernel debugging (ptrace(2) and - core(5) files). + Add support for kernel debugging, live local and remote + debugging, and core files. Fix remaining test suite failures. Enable by default on the amd64 architecture. @@ -1800,38 +1800,38 @@ device vt_vga goals and direction as well as managing specific areas of the &os; project landscape.

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In the fourth quarter of 2013, the Core Team has finally - reached its previous goal about launching the official - repositories for pkg(8)-based binary packages. The - Core Team also unified the commit bit expiration policies for - all the Project repositories, allowing the committers to stay - idle for 18 months before their commit bits are automatically - taken into safekeeping. This was then followed by an extension - on suspending cluster accounts for the committers who lost all - of their commit bits. It helps to improve the security of the - Project server farm by temporarily disabling inactive accounts. - In conjuction with all those efforts, Thomas Abthorpe - resurrected the Grim Reaper service which helps to - enforce the aforementioned policy.

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Along the works of John Baldwin and Hiroki Sato, many licenses - in the base system's source code have been revisited and cleaned - up. Furthermore, the Core Team is hoping that the situation - could be improved by introducing periodic automated checks of - the license agreements, and by giving developers guidelines on - licensing questions. John Baldwin and David Chisnall have been - guiding the work of the &os; Graphics Team on moving to the - newer version of X.Org and related software in the Ports - Collection, in coordination with the switch to Newcons on &os; - 10.x.

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In the fourth quarter of 2013, the Core Team finally reached + its previous goal of launching the official repositories for + pkg(8)-based binary packages. The Core Team also + unified the commit bit expiration policies for all Project + repositories, allowing committers to idle for 18 months before + their commit bits are automatically taken into safekeeping. + This was then followed by an extension to suspension of cluster + accounts for the committers who lost all of their commit bits. + This helps to improve the security of the Project server cluster + by temporarily disabling inactive accounts. In addition to the + above efforts, Thomas Abthorpe resurrected the Grim + Reaper service which helps to enforce the aforementioned + policy.

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Along with the works of John Baldwin and Hiroki Sato, many + licenses in the base system source code have been revisited and + cleaned up. Furthermore, the Core Team is hoping that the + situation can be improved by introducing periodic automated + checks of the license agreements, and by providing developers + guidelines on questions of licensing. John Baldwin and David + Chisnall have been guiding the work of the &os; Graphics Team on + moving to the newer version of X.Org and related software in the + Ports Collection, in coordination with the switch to Newcons on + &os; 10.x.

It was a busy quarter for the src repository as well. The Core - Team was happy to welcome Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh) back + Team was happy to welcome Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh) back who has recently returned to the &os; business, and joined iXsystems as project manager and release engineer of FreeNAS. - In addition to this, there were 3 commit bits handed out for new - developers, 2 committers have gained upgrade, 1 commit bit was - taken for safekeeping, and 1 src bit was reactivated.

+ In addition to this, there were 3 commit bits offered for new + developers, 2 committers were upgraded, 1 commit bit was taken + for safekeeping, and 1 src bit was reactivated.