From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 18 11:55:25 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F15010656C2 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:55:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kama@pvp.se) Received: from ms1.as.pvp.se (dns.pvp.se [213.64.187.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B49C8FC1F for ; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:55:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kama@pvp.se) Received: by ms1.as.pvp.se (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 25B00AA; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:55:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ms1.as.pvp.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24459A9; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:55:24 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:55:24 +0100 (CET) From: kama X-X-Sender: kama@ns1.as.pvp.se To: Robert Watson In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20090318124806.K55869@ns1.as.pvp.se> References: <1237299551.80881.16.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> <20090318102134.D55869@ns1.as.pvp.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Ken Smith , freebsd-stable Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.2 Release process starting... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:55:26 -0000 On Wed, 18 Mar 2009, Robert Watson wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Mar 2009, kama wrote: > > >> Since it's often the case that developers process quite a few outstanding > >> MFCs during the last couple days before a code freeze starts I have changed > >> RELENG_7 to say it is 7.2-PRERELEASE now as a bit of a heads-up that the > >> release cycle is imminent. You might need to be a tiny bit more careful > >> using RELENG_7 right now because the odds of you getting a snapshot of the > >> tree taken part way through someone doing something that required multiple > >> commits goes up during this phase of a release. > > > > Is it possible to get back the todo page during this release phase? > > One of the most important things for us to keep an eye on in this release is > that the boot loader now works on a number of pieces of hardware on which it > reressed for 6.4/7.1. If it proves successful, we'll likely also do errata > notes and roll new ISOs for 6.4. > > Since superpage support was MFC'd, keeping an eye out for new VM problems is > important. > > A number of audit-related changes have been merged improving support for audit > pipes, so extra testing of that functionality would be welcome. > > It would probably be worth skimming svn logs for stable/7 to see what other > testing focuses would be particularly useful. What I meant was the todo page on www.freebsd.org. Like: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.2R/TODO.html Where problems and showstoppers where brought up. I found that information very valueble. Especially when the release went overdue I could easily see what caused the delay. The last release I did not really get information about why the release was delayed. At least not as easily as reloading a webpage. Well, just my $0.02... /Bjorn