From owner-svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Sat Feb 11 20:04:54 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 167A0CDBA11; Sat, 11 Feb 2017 20:04:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::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 DB61994D; Sat, 11 Feb 2017 20:04:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v1BK4qr2046051; Sat, 11 Feb 2017 20:04:52 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from bjk@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id v1BK4qTq046050; Sat, 11 Feb 2017 20:04:52 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201702112004.v1BK4qTq046050@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: bjk set sender to bjk@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Benjamin Kaduk Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 20:04:52 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r49973 - 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-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 20:04:54 -0000 Author: bjk Date: Sat Feb 11 20:04:52 2017 New Revision: 49973 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49973 Log: Finish second editing pass over the 2016Q4 report Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml Sat Feb 11 19:49:07 2017 (r49972) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml Sat Feb 11 20:04:52 2017 (r49973) @@ -1155,8 +1155,8 @@

Good progress on graphics support was made during the weeks - around Christmas and the new year with the import of Linux's - 4.9 DRM for i915 and amdgpu into the + around Christmas and the new year with the import of Linux + 4.9's DRM for i915 and amdgpu into the drm-next branch of the github repository. The amdgpu KMS driver is already somewhat usable, with a few major known issues remaining. It now supports GPUs as far back as @@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@

LLD developers made significant progress over the last quarter. With changes committed to both LLD and &os; we reached a major milestone: it is now possible to link the - entire &os;/amd64 base system (kernel and userland world) + entire &os;/amd64 base system (kernel and userland) with LLD.

Now that the base system links with LLD, we have started @@ -1291,7 +1291,9 @@ ports collection with LLD on amd64.

- The &os; Foundation + + The &os; Foundation + Fix libtool to detect LLD and pass the same @@ -1339,7 +1341,7 @@ practices which create a verifiable path from human readable source code to the binary code used by computers. A build is reproducible if given the same source code, build environment - and build instructions, any party can recreate bit-by-bit + and build instructions, any party can recreate bit-for-bit identical copies of all specified artifacts.

Baptiste Daroussin and Ed Maste attended the second @@ -1354,14 +1356,18 @@ although it currently requires a few non-default settings.

Approximately 80% of the ports tree builds reproducibly, - with a few work in progress patches. Now that the base system - can be built reproducibly, focus will move to the ports + with a few work-in-progress patches. Now that the base system + can be built reproducibly, focus will move on to the ports tree.

- The &os; Foundation - - The Linux Foundation + + The &os; Foundation + + + + The Linux Foundation + Integrate &os; ports builds into the @@ -1412,8 +1418,8 @@

Long awaited, the update to GCC 4.9 as the default version of GCC in the Ports Collection (lang/gcc port, - USE_GCC=yes in Makefiles) has arrived, up from GCC - 4.8. This brings quite a number of improvements, see + USE_GCC=yes in Makefiles) has arrived, an update from GCC + 4.8. This brings quite a number of improvements; see https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.9/changes.html for details.

@@ -1452,7 +1458,7 @@ Mono Homepage - Dotnet Core Homepage + .NET Core Homepage Mono Project Page @@ -1461,15 +1467,11 @@ have been updated:

- Mono: 4.6.2.7 -
- MonoDevelop: 6.1.1.15, 6.1.2.44 -
- FSharp: 4.0.1.20 -
Mono: 4.6.2.7
MonoDevelop: 6.1.1.15, 6.1.2.44
FSharp: 4.0.1.20

USES=mono has been extended to allow for easier use @@ -1477,7 +1479,7 @@ FSharp, MonoDevelop and OpenRA.

Work has started on porting Microsoft's open-sourced - Dotnet Core. Thanks to the work of another team, the native + .NET Core. Thanks to the work of another team, the native components of coreclr and corefx already support &os;, however, there is further work required in bootstrapping the build process and compiling the managed @@ -1485,7 +1487,7 @@ - Port Dotnet Core. + Port .NET Core. Test patches for Mono. @@ -1517,7 +1519,7 @@ -

Support for accessing floating-point registers has been +

Support for accessing floating-point registers from the kernel has been added. This uses the same KPI as i386 and amd64. This will allow for handling places where the floating-point state may be modified, for example when calling into UEFI.

@@ -1542,9 +1544,13 @@ these are attached via an as-yet unsupported SDIO bus.

- The FreeBSD Foundation - - ABT Systems Ltd + + The FreeBSD Foundation + + + + ABT Systems Ltd + @@ -1775,7 +1781,7 @@ quarter:

Ohio LinuxFest October, Columbus, Ohio
Ohio LinuxFest, October, Columbus, Ohio
Grace Hopper 2016, October, Houston, TX
Bay Area &os; Vendor and Devoloper's Summit and MeetBSD 2016, November, Berkely, CA
USENIX LISA '16, December 2016, Boston, MA
USENIX LISA '16, December, Boston, MA
OSC 2016, December 2016, Beijing, China
OSC 2016, December, Beijing, China

Get the whole list of conferences we supported in 2016 at: