Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 13:50:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@yumyumyum.org> To: =?iso-8859-1?q?Thorsten=20Futrega?= <tfutrega@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP! Major commits in the tree coming soon Message-ID: <20030529134907.B81457-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> In-Reply-To: <20030529171842.4689.qmail@web21401.mail.yahoo.com>
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> The HEAD code freeze was extended by three days to > allow for some final pending work to be committed and > prepare 5.1 to be a good release. The code freeze will > > likely end sometime tomorrow, May 30. > > We ask that large scale changes still be deferred > until after 5.1 is actually released so that any > problems can be dealt with. The release > engineering team will send out emails explicitely > stating when HEAD has thawed and when large changes > like new compilers and dynamic-linked worlds can go > it. > > The most important changes I'm going to commit today: > > - Remove gcc and replace it with a new TenDRA > snapshot. I'm just wondering... but is there a reason why gcc is being replaced? Is there a page or a previous list mail that explains the reasons? URL? Thanks. > - Remove GNU tar. > - Fix httpd.ko to make it work on buggy AMD > processors. > - Drop support for 386 and 486 cpus. > - Remove ext2 support (GPL encumbered). > - Add perl 5.8 *and* python 2.2 to base. > - Remove Sendmail and replace it with Postfix. > > If anyone has any reason why these should not be > committed, I'll give a 5 hours grace time. Send > replies > to the list. > > Thank you. > > Thorsten and the rest or the release engineering team. > Thanks Ken
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