From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 14 20:35:17 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C0F39BF8; Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:35:17 +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 A192A1FA; Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:35:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s9EKZHKU044322; Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:35:17 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from bjk@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id s9EKZHaB044321; Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:35:17 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201410142035.s9EKZHaB044321@svn.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: svn.freebsd.org: bjk set sender to bjk@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Benjamin Kaduk Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:35:17 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r45828 - 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-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:35:17 -0000 Author: bjk Date: Tue Oct 14 20:35:16 2014 New Revision: 45828 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45828 Log: Further edits to the Q3 report for grammar and readability Approved by: hrs (mentor, blanket) 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 14 16:03:36 2014 (r45827) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml Tue Oct 14 20:35:16 2014 (r45828) @@ -400,23 +400,23 @@ -

Improve delegation section

+

Improve the delegation section

-

Improve tuning section, add recently added sysctls

+

Improve the tuning section, and cover recently added sysctls

-

Add section on jails and the jailed property

+

Add a section on jails and the jailed property

-

Add FAQ section

+

Add an FAQ section

-

Add Use Cases section

+

Add a Use Cases section

@@ -590,16 +590,14 @@ of LLVM is known to pass all of the tests in the LLVM and Asan test suites without unexpected failures on &os; 10.0.

-

A buildbot running sanitizers tests under &os; stable/10 +

A buildbot running sanitizer tests under &os; stable/10 has been established. See the Links section.

-

To make it possible to run programs with sanitizers - checks enabled on &os; a new kernel state named +

To make it possible to run programs with sanitizer + checks enabled on &os;, a new sysctl named kern.proc_vmmap_skip_resident_count has been added. - See the Links section.

- -

Note that running Asan tests on stable/10 requires that state - to be set to 1.

+ See the Links section. Running the address sanitizer checks + on stable/10 requires this sysctl to be set to 1.

A similar work is in progress to add &os; support to the thread sanitizer (Tsan), which detects data races in parallel @@ -702,7 +700,7 @@ -

Finish GNOME 3.12 merge, and start tracking GNOME 3.15 +

Finish the GNOME 3.12 merge, and start tracking GNOME 3.15 (development series).

@@ -729,7 +727,7 @@ -

The newest graphics stack (that is, ports behind the +

The newest graphics stack (that is, the set of ports conditional on 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 @@ -758,7 +756,7 @@

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 + reconnect with graphics stack developers, who are 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.

@@ -877,10 +875,10 @@ USES format. Several options, such as support for easy_install, were deprecated or removed to make the infrastructure easier to maintain and less complex for - maintainers.

+ port maintainers.

The Python ports were refactored and simplified to improve - maintenance and to get rid of long-standing issues due to the + maintainability and to get rid of long-standing issues due to the previously complex and error-prone build process.

The Python 2 branch was updated to Python 2.7.8 and @@ -2302,8 +2300,8 @@

We published our fourth issue of the FreeBSD Journal. We have over 4500 subscriptions to date. Work continued on - adding support for the Dynamic Edition and will be available - soon. The fifth issue is due out soon.

+ adding support for the Dynamic Edition which will be available + soon. The fifth issue is also due out soon.

Foundation staff member Konstantin Belousov wrapped up the PostgreSQL performance investigation project. Kostik reran @@ -2313,7 +2311,7 @@ the 10.1 release. Kostik also committed a variety of virtual memory and file system bug fixes and improvements.

-

Over the quarter, Foundation staff member Edward Napiera?a +

Over the quarter, Foundation staff member Edward NapieraƂa refined the new autofs-based automounter and incorporated feedback from testers in enterprise and university contexts. The automounter is available in the development branch of @@ -2342,22 +2340,22 @@ which allows &os; virtual machine disk images to be produced by default as part of the release process.

-

Put a plan together for the upcoming Secure Boot work.

+

A plan has been put together for the upcoming Secure Boot work.

-

Purchased more hardware to support &os; infrastructure at NYI +

More hardware has been purchased to support &os; infrastructure at NYI and Sentex.

-

Announced a collaboration between Foundation and Cavium to +

We announced a collaboration between the Foundation and Cavium to deliver a &os; ARMv8 based implementation.

-

Signed a license agreement with Oracle to get access to the +

We signed a license agreement with Oracle to get access to the TCKs for Java 7 and 8.

Robert Watson ran and organized the Cambridge Developer Summit. We provided a travel grant to a Google Summer of Code student to attend the summit.

-

Provided a travel grant to a developer who organized and ran +

We provided a travel grant to a developer who organized and ran BSDDay in Argentina.

We were a Gold Sponsor for EuroBSDCon 2014 and sponsored the @@ -2368,7 +2366,7 @@ sessions. We held our Fall Fundraising campaign there and raised over $2,000 in donations from attendees.

-

Organized the Silicon Valley Vendor/Developer Summit that is +

We organized the Silicon Valley Vendor/Developer Summit that is happening November 3 and 4.

Kirk McKusick, Robert Watson, and George Neville-Neil @@ -2376,7 +2374,7 @@ of the FreeBSD Operating System."

Kirk McKusick presented a 2-day tutorial on the &os; kernel - and gave a talk on implementation of ZFS at EuroBSDCon.

+ and gave a talk on the implementation of ZFS at EuroBSDCon.

Dru Lavigne attended Fossetcon: September 11-13 (fossetcon.org).

@@ -2384,7 +2382,7 @@

We created new recruiting fliers for upcoming events, including the Grace Hopper conference.

-

Started sending out Foundation monthly update emails to keep +

We started sending out Foundation monthly update emails to keep the &os; community informed on some of the activities we did the previous month to support &os;.

@@ -2405,8 +2403,7 @@

The &os; Cluster Administration Team consists of the people responsible for administering the machines that the project relies on for its distributed work and communications to be - synchronised. In this quarter, the team has worked on the - following:

+ synchronised. In this quarter, the team has worked on:

  • Implemented a central, &os; cluster-specific package