From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 11 17:04:53 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B4DB106564A for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:04:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EE338FC41 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:04:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 17933 invoked by uid 399); 11 Aug 2009 17:04:50 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO foreign.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 11 Aug 2009 17:04:50 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <4A81A4AC.8090200@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:04:44 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090729) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Erwin Lansing References: <20090717090530.GS60681@droso.net> In-Reply-To: <20090717090530.GS60681@droso.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=D5B2F0FB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, re@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [HEADSUP]: Ports freeze schedule for 8.0-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:04:53 -0000 Erwin Lansing wrote: > Below is the tentative schedule for the ports freeze in preparation for > 8.0-RELEASE. If any major delays occur in the overall release schedule, > the dates may be postponed, but please start preparing to have your > changed committed to the tree before August 17 to ensure they are > included in the release. Also, portmgr kindly asks anyone who has > anything major lined up to already from today start mailing portmgr > about these so we know what to expect and not be surprised by any major > fallout that might extend the short freeze we have planned. > > August 17: ports tree is frozen and package build begin > August 24: ports tree is thawed and final package builds begin > August 31: FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE is released and ports tree is unfrozen Since the release date is slipping is this schedule going to be adjusted? Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection