From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 19 11:51:05 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9686C16A41C; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:51:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matthew@thebunker.net) Received: from male.aldigital.co.uk (male.thebunker.net [213.129.64.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10CEA43D46; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:51:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matthew@thebunker.net) Received: from lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net (gateway.ash.thebunker.net [213.129.64.4]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by male.aldigital.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECA0497746; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:51:03 +0100 (BST) Received: from lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6JBp32s012152; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:51:03 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id j6JBp2f6012151; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:51:02 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:51:02 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Robert Watson Message-ID: <20050719115102.GB82554@lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net> Mail-Followup-To: Robert Watson , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Ken Smith References: <1121099976.62346.48.camel@opus.cse.buffalo.edu> <20050711215527.D29110@fledge.watson.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="aM3YZ0Iwxop3KEKx" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050711215527.D29110@fledge.watson.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: Ken Smith , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FYI - RELENG_6 branch has been created. 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: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:51:05 -0000 --aM3YZ0Iwxop3KEKx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 10:04:36PM +0100, Robert Watson wrote: >=20 > On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Ken Smith wrote: >=20 > >Just a quick note to say that as part of the FreeBSD-6.0 Release Cycle= =20 > >the RELENG_6 branch tag has just been created in the CVS repository.=20 > >In preparation for the release some places in the tree now say that this= =20 > >branch is -STABLE but there is still work to do before this branch will= =20 > >be ready for release. People who are not in a position to help work out= =20 > >the remaining bugs in the RELENG_6 branch as we work towards the=20 > >FreeBSD-6.0 Release should definitely continue using RELENG_5_4 or=20 > >RELENG_5 as appropriate. >=20 > As a further FYI, a variety of debugging features are still enabled by=20 > default in RELENG_6, including INVARINTS, WITNESS, and user space malloc= =20 > debugging. These will remain enabled through the first snapshot from the= =20 > release candidate series in order to assist in debugging problems.=20 > However, anyone running RELENG_6 until that time should be aware that=20 > these debugging features result in a loss of 1/2 or more performance for= =20 > many common workloads. Depending on workload and hardware, this might or= =20 > might not present a problem for your environment -- the features are=20 > invaluable in diagnosing problems, however, so if it's possible to leave= =20 > them on in testing, that would be useful. Obviously, tesing without them= =20 > is also desired, as they significantly perturb timing, but the first=20 > question you'll get is "can you reproduce them with debugging features=20 > enabled?" :-). It's a trivial thing, I know, but is there any chance of someone committing the following to RELENG_6? lack-of-gravitas:/usr/src:% diff -u share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile{.or= ig,} --- share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile.orig Tue Jul 19 12:40:25 2005 +++ share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile Tue Jul 19 12:41:40 2005 @@ -68,9 +68,10 @@ *default host=3DCHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org *default base=3D/var/db *default prefix=3D/usr -# The following line is for 5-stable. If you want 4-stable, 3-stable, or -# 2.2-stable, change to "RELENG_4", "RELENG_3", or "RELENG_2_2" respectiv= ely. -*default release=3Dcvs tag=3DRELENG_5 +# The following line is for 6-stable. If you want 5-stable, 4-stable, +# 3-stable, or 2.2-stable, change to "RELENG_5", "RELENG_4", +# "RELENG_3", or "RELENG_2_2" respectively. +*default release=3Dcvs tag=3DRELENG_6 *default delete use-rel-suffix =20 # If you seem to be limited by CPU rather than network or disk bandwidth, = try Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 8 Dane Court Manor School Rd PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Tilmanstone Tel: +44 1304 617253 Kent, CT14 0JL UK --aM3YZ0Iwxop3KEKx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iQCVAwUBQtzpJpr7OpndfbmCAQJDNwP+LJxthSMqbceBp01dQjUkJO348lOusaPG a2wlmEDaozmzqsVttLAFtDh9zGDLoDTdbDjnFipshoLXbw2R8/mPrSdnLW9KxoAk eji+BitNMpRrDNl+hEFDMCEsvEJn0XGVFW17kjmmrpwR340CFzy3EgVjSWNjE/bO WA03AiwZHvg= =xBI0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --aM3YZ0Iwxop3KEKx--