From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 1 00:03:29 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mx1.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D45E16A4CE for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 00:03:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bobbi.cse.buffalo.edu (bobbi.cse.Buffalo.EDU [128.205.32.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F00BF43D48 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 00:03:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kensmith@FreeBSD.org) Received: from bobbi.cse.buffalo.edu (localhost.cs.Buffalo.EDU [127.0.0.1]) by bobbi.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.1/8.12.4) with ESMTP id iB103SEl047214 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:03:28 -0500 (EST) Received: (from kensmith@localhost) by bobbi.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iB103SbE047209 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:03:28 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from kensmith) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:03:28 -0500 From: Ken Smith To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20041201000327.GA5048@bobbi.cse.buffalo.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Beginning FreeBSD-4.11 Release Cycle X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:03:29 -0000 The release cycle for FreeBSD-4.11 will be starting shortly, with a target release date of January 24th, 2005. A tentative schedule is available, though not all of the dates for the various steps have been set. Throughout the release cycle the schedule will be updated and available here: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.11R/schedule.html This is expected to be the last of the FreeBSD-4.X releases, and is meant to provide current 4.X users with a little more time to migrate to FreeBSD-5.X. It is mostly an accumulation of security and other misc. bugfixes though a few new features have been added since 4.10 was released. For those of you who track the RELENG_4 development branch (which is not recommended for systems that require high reliability - we recommend such systems track the release branch, currently RELENG_4_10 for 4.X) note that branch will shift to being called 4.11-PRERELEASE on December 6th, 2004. Typically the developers get more active the week before a code freeze so this will be your hint to be a bit more cautious during that time. Problems like catching a snapshot of the source tree "between commits" and that sort of thing become more likely during that week. -ken