From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 8 17:44:09 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 935AD16A46C for ; Sun, 8 Jul 2007 17:44:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hugo@barafranca.com) Received: from mail.barafranca.com (mail.barafranca.com [67.19.101.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 708D813C457 for ; Sun, 8 Jul 2007 17:44:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hugo@barafranca.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.barafranca.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ADAAC480C for ; Sun, 8 Jul 2007 18:21:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.barafranca.com ([67.19.101.164]) by localhost (mail.barafranca.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 64107-06 for ; Sun, 8 Jul 2007 18:20:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nexus.bsdlan.org (a213-22-26-49.cpe.netcabo.pt [213.22.26.49]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.barafranca.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23582C47EF for ; Sun, 8 Jul 2007 18:20:28 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <46912244.4060009@barafranca.com> Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:43:32 +0100 From: Hugo Silva User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070609) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG References: <8cdf6c720707070710k2b7e030v37683e460d983bf9@mail.gmail.com> <20070708111105.C9997@fledge.watson.org> <20070708132545.5604cbe9.ubm@u-boot-man.de> In-Reply-To: <20070708132545.5604cbe9.ubm@u-boot-man.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at barafranca.com X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-1 required=4 tests=[none] X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: Cc: 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: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 17:44:09 -0000 Marc UBM Bocklet wrote: > On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 11:15:49 +0100 (BST) > 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. >> >> 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. >> > > > I'd like to do some testing, but I'm a little bit afraid of the upgrade > procedure 6.2-stable to -current. Is it possible to do a simple upgrade > if I follow the guidelines in UPGRADE or are there any hidden caveats? > (like "you've to recompile all installed ports", etc. :-)) > > Bye > Marc > > I'm running -CURRENT now and will happily upgrade once there's a beta/rc out. Hugo