From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 21 02:13:32 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C3BD0A6B; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 02:13:32 +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)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A4D0893F; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 02:13:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t3L2DWWP087354; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 02:13:32 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from bjk@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t3L2DWDU087353; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 02:13:32 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201504210213.t3L2DWDU087353@svn.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: svn.freebsd.org: bjk set sender to bjk@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Benjamin Kaduk Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 02:13:32 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r46578 - 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-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 02:13:33 -0000 Author: bjk Date: Tue Apr 21 02:13:31 2015 New Revision: 46578 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46578 Log: Two spaces after a full stop Approved by: hrs (mentor, implicit) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml Mon Apr 20 17:58:22 2015 (r46577) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml Tue Apr 21 02:13:31 2015 (r46578) @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ a given exploitable vulnerability lies in memory.

We have been working hard the last few months to ensure - the robustness of our ASLR implementation. We have + the robustness of our ASLR implementation. We have written a manpage and updated the patch on FreeBSD's code review system (Phabricator). Our ASLR implementation is in use by the HardenedBSD team @@ -126,12 +126,12 @@ robustly.

The next task is to compile the base system applications as - Position-Independent Executables (PIEs). For + Position-Independent Executables (PIEs). For ASLR to be effective, applications must be compiled as PIEs to allow the main binary, as well as shared libraries, to be - located at random addresses. It is likely that this part will take a + located at random addresses. It is likely that this part will take a long time to accomplish, given the complexity surrounding - building the libraries in the base system. Even if applications + building the libraries in the base system. Even if applications are not compiled as PIEs, having ASLR available still helps those applications (like HardenedBSD's secadm) which force compilation as PIE for themselves.

@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@

Xfce is a free software desktop environment for Unix and - Unix-like platforms, such as &os;. It aims to be fast and + Unix-like platforms, such as &os;. It aims to be fast and lightweight, while still being visually appealing and easy to use.

-

This quarter was an exciting time for the Xfce Team. We +

This quarter was an exciting time for the Xfce Team. We imported the Xfce desktop environment 4.12 into the ports tree, after more than two years of development.

@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ WITHOUT_FORTH=y

The &os; storage books are proceeding slower than expected. This is a complex project.

-

It appears that ZFS will be a two-book topic. The +

It appears that ZFS will be a two-book topic. The first book will cover basic ZFS, while the second will cover advanced cases like live and cold replication, sharing, performance, and using ZFS on top of less common GEOM @@ -2585,7 +2585,7 @@ WITHOUT_FORTH=y pkg(8) to the 1.5.0 release.

Special attention has been spent on the test suite, the - number of tests went from around 20 to more than 70. Mostly + number of tests went from around 20 to more than 70. Mostly functional tests, each of which tests many different features.