Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 20:51:17 +0000 (UTC) From: Gabor Pali <pgj@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r44477 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201404072051.s37KpHJI042072@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: pgj Date: Mon Apr 7 20:51:17 2014 New Revision: 44477 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/44477 Log: - Add 2014Q1 status report for the FreeBSD Foundation Submitted by: Deb Goodkin <deb@FreeBSDFoundation.org> Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-01-2014-03.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-01-2014-03.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-01-2014-03.xml Mon Apr 7 20:38:16 2014 (r44476) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-01-2014-03.xml Mon Apr 7 20:51:17 2014 (r44477) @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ <!-- XXX: Keep the number of entries updated --> <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report - contains 26 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> + contains 27 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> <p>The deadline for submissions covering between April and June 2014 is July 7th, 2014.</p> @@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ <description>Documentation</description> </category> + <category> + <name>misc</name> + + <description>Miscellaneous</description> + </category> + <project cat='ports'> <title>Chromium</title> @@ -1609,4 +1615,111 @@ device vt_efifb</pre> <sponsor>Microsemi, Inc.</sponsor> <sponsor>Semihalf sp.j</sponsor> </project> + + <project cat='misc'> + <title>The &os; Foundation</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Deb</given> + <common>Goodkin</common> + </name> + <email>deb@FreeBSDFoundation.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="http://www.FreeBSDFoundation.org/"/>; + <url href="http://freebsdjournal.com/">&os; Journal</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>The &os; Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization + dedicated to supporting and promoting the &os; Project and + community worldwide. Most of the funding is used to support + &os; development projects, conferences and developer summits, + purchase equipment to grow and improve the &os; infrastructure, + and provide legal support for the Project.</p> + + <p>We published the first issue of the &os; Journal, our new on-line + &os; magazine. The positive feedback from both the &os; and + outside communities has been incredible. This quarter we began work + on articles and promotion for the second issue. We also started working + on a dynamic version of the magazine that can be read in many web + browsers including those that run on &os;.</p> + + <p>This year we are earmarking more funding towards &os; advocacy + and education. You will see more literature, white papers, + articles, and so on to help promote &os;.</p> + + <p>The Foundation held a board meeting in Berkeley, California, in + January. We discussed longer term strategy and planning for the + year. We put together our 2014 budget with a plan of raising at + least $1,000,000 and spending $900,000.</p> + + <p>Two Foundation funded projects were completed. The first, + co-sponsored by Google, integrated the Casper daemon into &os;. + The second was <tt>auditdistd(8)</tt> improvements for the &os; + cluster.</p> + + <p>Work continued on the following Foundation-sponsored projects: + Intel graphics driver update by &a.kib;, UEFI boot support for + <tt>amd64</tt> by &a.emaste;, autofs automounter and in-kernel + iSCSI stack enhancements, bug fixes by &a.trasz;, updated + <tt>vt(4)</tt> system console by &a.ray;. A more detailed + project update for each of the above projects can be found + within this quarterly status report.</p> + + <p>We were a Gold Sponsor for NYCBSDCon 2014 in New York, + February 8, which was attended by sSeveral board members. We + were represented at SCALE in Los Angeles, February 22-23, and + ICANN in Singapore, March 22-25.</p> + + <p>We were a sponsor for AsiaBSDCon in Tokyo, March 15-16. Board + member &a.hrs; was the conference organizer. Board members + &a.mckusick; and &a.gnn; taught tutorials and Kirk gave a + keynote. Board member &a.dru; manned the foundation table and + spoke at one of the sessions.</p> + + <p>We became a Gold+ sponsor for BSDCan 2014, May 16-17 and + have started reaching out to vendors to attend the developer + summit that runs in the two days before BSDCan.</p> + + <p>Board members George, Kirk, and &a.rwatson; pushed to finish + the final draft of the next edition of their book <q>The Design + and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System</q>.</p> + + <p>ITWire editor Sam Varghese published an interview with Kirk and + Foundation technical manager &a.emaste; about the status of + secure boot on &os;.</p> + + <p>The &os; Logo is now officially a registered trademark to + represent the &os; operating system. We are working to expand the + registration beyond just the &os; operating system, but + currently still have to use the <q>TM</q> symbol when using it + on apparel and other non-operating-system items. We continued + reviewing requests and granting permission to use &os; + trademarks.</p> + + <p>After finishing the 10.0-RELEASE, Foundation system + administrator and release engineer &a.gjb; began work on adding + support for &os;/arm image builds as part of the release build + process. As result of this work, &os;/arm images are produced + as part of the weekly development snapshot builds, and available + from any of the &os; FTP mirrors. Supported kernel + configurations currently include <tt>BEAGLEBONE</tt>, + <tt>RPI-B</tt>, <tt>PANDABOARD</tt>, <tt>WANDBOARD-QUAD</tt>, + and <tt>ZEDBOARD</tt>.</p> + + <p>George visited six large &os; users in the Bay Area in + February. These meetings are conducted to help facilitate + collaboration between &os; customers and the &os; Project. It + is an opportunity to exchange information on what the customers + are doing and what is being worked on in the Project. It is + also an opportunity to try to connect customers with the + appropriate &os; developers who may be working on areas of &os; + that interest these customers.</p> + </body> + </project> </report>
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