Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 22:24:47 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r45740 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201410072224.s97MOluU054867@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock Date: Tue Oct 7 22:24:47 2014 New Revision: 45740 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45740 Log: Add GNOME, Xorg, ZFSGuru, and Python reports. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml Tue Oct 7 21:54:05 2014 (r45739) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml Tue Oct 7 22:24:47 2014 (r45740) @@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ distro based on mfsbsd. After boot fai looks for "bootfile-name" parameter from DHCP server which tell fai where bsdinstall script located is. Fai supports mac-based - config or default, if mac-based file doesn't exist.</p> + config or default, if mac-based file does not exist.</p> </body> <sponsor> @@ -622,4 +622,245 @@ </task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='ports'> + <title>GNOME/FreeBSD</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <common>FreeBSD GNOME Team </common> + </name> + <email>gnome@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="http://www.freebsd.org/gnome" /> + <url href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Jhbuild/FreeBSD" /> + <url href="http://marcuscom.com/downloads/marcusmerge" /> + </links> + + <body> + <p>GNOME is a desktop environment and graphical user interface + that runs on top of a computer operating system. GNOME is part + of the GNU Project and can be used with various Unix-like + operating systems, including FreeBSD.</p> + + <p>The MATE ports were updated to the 1.8 versions.</p> + + <p>Now that cairo was updated to 1.12 the merge of GNOME 3 has + started. Currently we are doing test builds to find ports + broken by the update and pruning ports that do not build + any more because of incompatible updates.</p> + + <p>Gustau Perez started preliminary work on the next development + version of GNOME in MC, to be ready for GNOME 3.15. We will + skip 3.14 entirely.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task> + Finish GNOME 3.12 merge, and start tracking GNOME 3.15 + (development series). + </task> + </help> + </project> + + <project cat="ports"> + <title>The Graphics Stack on &os;</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <common>FreeBSD Graphics team</common> + </name> + <email>x11@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics">Graphics stack roadmap and supported hardware matrix</url> + <url href="http://trillian.chruetertee.ch/ports/browser/trunk">Graphics stack ports-related development repository</url> + <url href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports-announce/2014-October/000096.html">Removal of legacy X.Org announcement</url> + <url href="http://wiki.x.org/wiki/Events/XDC2014/">XDC 2014</url> + </links> + + <body> + + <p>The newest graphics stack (that is, ports behind the + WITH_NEW_XORG knob) was enabled on all architectures. The + only regression is for users of Intel GPUs and &os; 8.X or + 9.0. Those releases lack the required kernel driver and + therefore <tt>xf86-video-intel</tt> will not work (the last + UMS-aware version does not work with xserver 1.12). Users can + still use <tt>xf86-video-vesa</tt> if they cannot or do not + want to update their &os; workstation. Owners of Radeon GPUs + can use <tt>xf86-video-ati-ums</tt> 6.14.6 with + <tt>xserver</tt> 1.12 if the KMS driver is not available (that + is, before FreeBSD 9.3).</p> + + <p>The old graphics stack will be removed with the next update + to these ports. See the announcement in the Links + section.</p> + + <p>Hardware context support was added to the i915 driver in both + HEAD and 10.1-RELEASE. This will allow us to update libglapi, + libGL, dri, libEGL and libglesv2 ports to a newer version of + Mesa. The latest version is already available from our + development ports tree (see the links section).</p> + + <p>Cairo was updated to 1.12. This will allow the FreeBSD GNOME + team to upgrade pango and Gtk+ 3. Unfortunately, the update + also revealed that xf86-video-intel 2.7.1 was in a much worse + state than previously assumed.</p> + + <p>We will attend XDC 2014 (X.Org Developer's Conference) from + October 8th through 10th in Bordeaux, France. The goal is to + reconnect with graphics stack developers, mostly working with + Linux these days. We will give a presentation on the current + state of this stack on &os;. See the XDC website in the Links + section for the program and live streaming.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task> + See the "Graphics" wiki page for up-to-date information. + </task> + </help> + </project> + + <project cat='proj'> + <title>ZFSGuru</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Jason</given> + <common>Edwards</common> + </name> + <email>sub.mesa@gmail.com</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="http://zfsguru.com" /> + <url href="http://zfsguru.com/news/stateoftheproject/2014" /> + <url href="http://zfsguru.com/forum/zfsgurudevelopment/876" /> + </links> + + <body> + <p>ZFSguru is a multifunctional server appliance with a strong + emphasis on storage. ZFSguru began as simple web-interface + frontend to ZFS, but has since grown into a &os; derivative + with its own infrastructure. The scope of the project has + also grown with the inclusion of add-on packages that add + functionality beyond the traditional NAS functionality found + in similar product like FreeNAS and NAS4Free. ZFSguru aims to + be a true multifunctional server appliance that is extremely + easy to set up and can unite both novice and more experienced + users in a single user interface. The modular nature of the + project combats the danger of bloat, whilst still allowing + extended functionality to be easily deployed.</p> + + <p>The development work in Q3 focused heavily on the new build + infrastructure. This allows the ZFSguru project to release + new system images together with addon services at much higher + frequency and with much less manual intervention. This should + free up a lot of development time to be spent on the core of + the project: the web-interface.</p> + + <p>Furthermore, a new website and forum is being worked at, + replacing the old-fashioned website that offers only limited + functionality. The new website will be linked to the server + database, providing real-time updates about the project.</p> + + <p>In addition, a new platform for collaborated development is + in the works. A service addon has been created for the GitLab + project, which is a drop-in replacement of the popular GitHub + website. The choice was made to host our own solution and not + rely on GitHub itself. In retrospect this appears to have + been a good decision. The recent development where GitHub + removed projects after DCMA-takedowns being sent is + incompatible with the philosophy of free-flow-of-information, + of which the ZFSguru project is a strong proponent. By + hosting our own solution, we have avoided any dependency on + third party projects.</p> + + <p>The next task will be to introduce a new remote database + structure, dubbed GuruDB. This will speed up the + web-interface as well as introduce Service Bulletins which + address important notifications to our users, as well as + announce new releases.</p> + + <p>After GuruDB, the Migration Manager is one of the last + remaining features still missing in the web-interface. This + functionality provides an easy way to upgrade the current + system by performing a new clean installation, but migrate all + relevant configuration to the new installation. It also + allows users to 'backup' all system configuration in a single + file to be stored on a different machine should things go + awry.</p> + + <p>A longer version of the 2014 development progress of the + ZFSguru project and information specific to the newly-released + 10.1-002 system image can be found in the Links section.</p> + </body> + </project> + + <project cat='ports'> + <title>FreeBSD Python Ports</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>FreeBSD</given> + <common>Python Team</common> + </name> + <email>python@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://wiki.FreeBSD.org/Python">The FreeBSD Python Team Page</url> + <url href="irc://freebsd-python@irc.freenode.net">IRC channel</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>The FreeBSD Python team continued to improve the overall + experience with Python-based software on FreeBSD.</p> + + <p>During the last quarter, the <tt>bsd.python.mk</tt> bits of + the ports infrastructure were converted to the more modern + <tt>USES</tt> format. Several options, such as support for + <tt>easy_install</tt>, were deprecated or removed to make the + infrastructure easier to maintain and less complex for + maintainers.</p> + + <p>The Python ports were refactored and simplified to improve + maintenance and to get rid of long-standing issues due to the + previously complex and error-prone build process.</p> + + <p>The Python 2 branch was updated to Python 2.7.8 and + <tt>setuptools</tt> to 5.5.1.</p> + + <p>With the availability of pkg 1.3, installing Python packages + and modules for different Python versions is now supported in + the package management infrastructure. This allows us to + remove the previously required port duplicates for Python 2 + and Python 3.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task>Retire the Python 3 specific port duplicates</task> + + <task>Convert ports to the new <tt>USES</tt> syntax</task> + + <task>More tasks can be found on the team's wiki page (see + Links).</task> + + <task>To get involved, interested people can say hello on IRC + and let us know their areas of interest!</task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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