From owner-svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Mon Dec 25 23:28:50 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 366D6E8176A; Mon, 25 Dec 2017 23:28:50 +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 0DE8178288; Mon, 25 Dec 2017 23:28:49 +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 vBPNSneI046595; Mon, 25 Dec 2017 23:28:49 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from bjk@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id vBPNSn6C046594; Mon, 25 Dec 2017 23:28:49 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201712252328.vBPNSn6C046594@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: bjk set sender to bjk@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Benjamin Kaduk Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2017 23:28:49 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r51335 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head X-SVN-Commit-Author: bjk X-SVN-Commit-Paths: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Commit-Revision: 51335 X-SVN-Commit-Repository: doc 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: 2.1.25 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: Mon, 25 Dec 2017 23:28:50 -0000 Author: bjk Date: Mon Dec 25 23:28:48 2017 New Revision: 51335 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/51335 Log: Second editing pass through the 2017Q3 report Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-07-2017-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-07-2017-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-07-2017-09.xml Sun Dec 24 06:28:31 2017 (r51334) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-07-2017-09.xml Mon Dec 25 23:28:48 2017 (r51335) @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ -

The port has been updated to GDB 8.0.1.

The devel/gdb port has been updated to GDB 8.0.1.

Support for &os;/aarch64 userland binaries has been committed upstream. These patches, along with support for debugging @@ -353,16 +353,16 @@

This summer has seen the creation of a puppet@ team to help maintain the approximately 30 Puppet-related ports in the &os; - ports tree. + Ports Collection. These ports were previously maintained by various committers, and from time to time the distributed maintainership introduced some delays when - updating a port due, to the need to wait for a maintainer's + updating a port, due to the need to wait for a maintainer's approval for a related change to a different port.

Puppet 5 is now in the ports tree (as sysutils/puppet5). The C++ version of Facter - (sysutils/facter) got a lot of love and is now a + (sysutils/facter) got a lot of attention and is now a drop-in replacement for the previous Ruby version (sysutils/rubygem-facter); it is the default facts source for the Puppet 5 port.

@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ speeds at 10 Gbit/second.

This quarter, with the help of Matt Macy and Sean Bruno (among - others), we've submitted a review in Phabricator for the + others), we have submitted a review in Phabricator for the conversion of the ixgbe driver to use the new (and evolving) iflib framework.

@@ -571,12 +571,12 @@

From a mainainer's and contributor's perspective, the port was simplified by moving all &os;-local patches to - the ports tree and fetching the upstream sources directly + the ports tree and fetching the upstream sources directly, instead of using a separate repository for them.

- Upstream some of the patches in the ports tree. + Upstream some of the patches in the Ports Collection. @@ -683,7 +683,7 @@

https://artifact.ci.FreeBSD.org/dtrace-test/

We had a team meeting at two developer summits during Q3:

We had team meetings at two developer summits during Q3:

BSDcam

This quarter has been quite a busy one concerning changes to the roster of committers and project members. We have elected our - first new Project Member — John Hixson, who will be familiar from + first new Project Member: John Hixson, who will be familiar from many conferences where he has given presentations and ably represented iXsystems. A second proposed Project Member was not accepted by core, but only because core felt that Fedor Uporov @@ -821,7 +821,7 @@

Work to replace Heimdal Kerberos in base with the more widely compatible MIT Kerberos has begun in a new - projects/krb5 branch. This should not fall foul of + projects/krb5 branch. This should not fall afoul of any US cryptography export regulations: the project is required to notify the US government that cryptographic software can be downloaded from &os; servers, and this already @@ -880,7 +880,7 @@

Fundraising Efforts

Our work is 100% funded by your donations. This year we've +

Our work is 100% funded by your donations. This year we have raised over $860,000 from over 500 donors. Our 2017 fundraising goal is $1,250,00 and we are continuing to work hard to meet and exceed this goal! Please consider making a donation to @@ -917,7 +917,7 @@

Extending bhyve/ARMv7 features
Porting bhyveARM to an ARMv8 platform
Porting bhyve/ARM to an ARMv8 platform

Having software developers on staff has allowed us to jump in @@ -990,17 +990,15 @@

The FreeBSD Foundation sponsors many conferences, events, and summits around the globe. These events can be BSD-related, open source, or technology events geared towards - underrepresented groups.

+ underrepresented groups. We support the &os;-focused events + to help provide a venue for sharing knowledge, to work + together on projects, and to facilitate collaboration + between developers and commercial users. This all helps + provide a healthy ecosystem. We support the non-&os; events + to promote and raise awareness of &os;, to increase the use + of &os; in different applications, and to recruit more + contributors to the Project.

We support the &os;-focused events to help provide a venue - for sharing knowledge, to work together on projects, and to - facilitate collaboration between developers and commercial - users. This all helps provide a healthy ecosystem. We support - the non-&os; events to promote and raise awareness of - &os;, to increase the use of &os; in different - applications, and to recruit more contributors to the - Project.

Here is a list highlighting some of the advocacy and education work we did last quarter:

@@ -1033,7 +1031,7 @@

Provided &os; advocacy material

Supported the 2017 USENIX Annual Technical Conference in +

Sponsored the 2017 USENIX Annual Technical Conference in Santa Clara, CA as an Industry Partner

@@ -1150,7 +1148,7 @@ /etc/ttys, and elsewhere, applying them to its native service definitions and creating additional native services. It is portable (including to Linux) and composable, it - provides a migration path from the world of systemd Linux, and + provides a migration path from the world of systemd Linux, and it does not require new kernel APIs. It provides clean service environments, orderings and dependencies between services, parallelized startup and shutdown (including @@ -1170,7 +1168,7 @@ extended status API and "one-shot" service support; additional pre-supplied service bundles; support for service aliases; improved handling of per-user D-Bus services; - improved import of MySQL, MariaDB, Percona, and OpenVPN + improved importing of MySQL, MariaDB, Percona, and OpenVPN services; improved configuration import support; and extensive additions to the nosh Guide.

@@ -1200,7 +1198,7 @@

the boot loader signaling "emergency" and - "rescue"modes of operation
adding machine-readable status output to fsck

Warren Block - wblock@FreeBSD.org

wblock@FreeBSD.org