From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 4 20:17:30 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C35116A468 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 20:17:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chrcoluk@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E40F13C458 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 20:17:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chrcoluk@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id u2so998442uge for ; Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:17:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=kq3yvr2zNr1Gwf/EpIQQ9Z5nS4+jBmfTkcFK3fi6rICNLFNW4WF7NYD5/BHb04n2uYU3WUVv5d9pddN4kXm9AydNCyN8XEv0HaWlnVB6G3V/zaLauwso8//XxDRvMecy9zZYNvAQXaOlHCOLm6o6uckJq4MG12shecfzLM12DnE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=re6ULXj307lHHEYHmJs7SQXoDnL/esTodCIFn9yY6cJWjmO+pun1gvV2h/cl2eWfM7a+sC2ZcUmciHzyHSalx4Kh4Na7LIL99/HfSCOAo3U5qttLqxsVYb6DdKXf+2eVGWNphtwSG9S0Q9c31XfUbJ6M+DUjhPcRsc8tzYEwBXw= Received: by 10.66.222.9 with SMTP id u9mr3347603ugg.1180988237900; Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:17:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.67.24.16 with HTTP; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 13:17:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3aaaa3a0706041317g1d79ee3fi75bf8cea785983e3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 21:17:17 +0100 From: Chris To: "Kris Kennaway" In-Reply-To: <20070602163357.GA3471@rot13.obsecurity.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <465BF62B.6090904@vwsoft.com> <20070529102929.GA49322@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <20070529111757.GE70055@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20070529182224.GD8255@soaustin.net> <3aaaa3a0706020045v1ce69a7bsec4a8dced2a99fe1@mail.gmail.com> <20070602140244.0cf05a93@localhost> <20070602163357.GA3471@rot13.obsecurity.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: release cycle 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: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:17:30 -0000 On 02/06/07, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 02:02:44PM +0200, Fabian Keil wrote: > > Chris wrote: > > > > > On 29/05/07, Mark Linimon wrote: > > > > On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 09:17:57PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > > > > > Agreed. 6.3-RELEASE would nominally be due around July but the lack > > > > > of any schedule on http://www.freebsd.org/releng/ suggests that it will > > > > > be later than that. The plans to start the 7.0-RELEASE cycle will also > > > > > impact this. > > > > > > > > At BSDCan, Ken Smith mentioned that 7.0 is due to be branched in July and > > > > released in Aug/Sep, with 6.3 quickly following (perhaps even overlapping > > > > so as to reuse the same ports freeze). > > > > > > > > The ports tree is not even close to stable enough to release right now. > > > > > Given that Kris repeatedly tells me and others that the ports system > > > is only supported on the latest freebsd release (meaning one has to be > > > upgrading freebsd on their servers every few months to get this > > > support) if 7.0 and 6.3 are released around the same time will the > > > ports tree be supported on both? > > > > I believe you misunderstood something. Where do you think Kris said that? > > Yep, looks like he's confused again. I hope it's not a terminal > condition. > > Kris > > > > Please repeat what you told me when I asked why a variable I had to set on 6.1 machines wasnt put in UPDATING. Chris