Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:13:09 +0000 (UTC) From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-user@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r316773 - user/gjb/thermite Message-ID: <201704131713.v3DHD9aL041527@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: gjb Date: Thu Apr 13 17:13:08 2017 New Revision: 316773 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/316773 Log: Add the template email for ALPHA, BETA, and RC announcements. Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Added: user/gjb/thermite/non-release-template-mail.txt (contents, props changed) Added: user/gjb/thermite/non-release-template-mail.txt ============================================================================== --- /dev/null 00:00:00 1970 (empty, because file is newly added) +++ user/gjb/thermite/non-release-template-mail.txt Thu Apr 13 17:13:08 2017 (r316773) @@ -0,0 +1,170 @@ +# $FreeBSD$ +--- start template --- + +%%SBRANCH%% = "stable/%%MAJOR%% +%%MAJOR%% = "X" in "X.Y" +%%MINOR%% = "Y" in "X.Y" +%%PREV%% = "X-1.Y-RELEASE" +%%VERSION%% = X.Y +%%BRANCH%% = BETA1, BETA2, etc. +%%WHICH%% = first, second, etc. +%%WHAT%% = ALPHA, BETA, RC, etc. +%%LAST%% = X.Y-BETAN-1, X.Y-RCN-1 + +!!!IMPORTANT!!! +Look for the 'XXX' sections and fill in appropriately. + +---- end template ---- + +To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org +Cc: re@FreeBSD.org +Subject: FreeBSD %%VERSION%%-%%BRANCH%% Now Available + +The %%WHICH%% %%WHAT%% build of the %%VERSION%%-RELEASE release cycle is now available. + +Installation images are available for: + +# XXX # UPDATE THIS WITH REALITY +o amd64 GENERIC +o i386 GENERIC +o powerpc GENERIC +o powerpc64 GENERIC64 +o sparc64 GENERIC +o armv6 BEAGLEBONE +o armv6 CUBOX-HUMMINGBOARD +o armv6 GUMSTIX +o armv6 PANDABOARD +o armv6 RPI-B +o armv6 WANDBOARD +# END # UPDATE THIS WITH REALITY + +Note regarding arm/armv6 images: For convenience for those without +console access to the system, a freebsd user with a password of +freebsd is available by default for ssh(1) access. Additionally, +the root user password is set to root, which it is strongly +recommended to change the password for both users after gaining +access to the system. + +Installer images and memory stick images are available here: + + ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/%%VERSION%%/ + +The image checksums follow at the end of this e-mail. + +If you notice problems you can report them through the Bugzilla PR +system or on the -stable mailing list. + +If you would like to use SVN to do a source based update of an existing +system, use the "%%SBRANCH%%" branch. + +XXX: If BETA1, remove this. For non-BETA1, fill in the change list. +A summary of changes since %%LAST%% includes: +XXX: Insert change list here + +A list of changes since %%PREV%% are available on the %%SBRANCH%% +release notes: + +XXX: If -CURRENT, exclude %%MAJOR%%. +XXX: If in -RC phase, use the second URL. + + https://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/%%MAJOR%%-%%BRANCH%%/relnotes/article.html + https://www.freebsd.org/releases/%%VERSION%%R/relnotes.html + +Please note, the release notes page is not yet complete, and will be +updated on an ongoing basis as the %%VERSION%%-RELEASE cycle progresses. + +=== Virtual Machine Disk Images === + +VM disk images are available for the amd64 and i386 architectures. +Disk images may be downloaded from the following URL (or any of the +FreeBSD FTP mirrors): + + ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/VM-IMAGES/%%VERSION%%-%%BRANCH%%/ + +The partition layout is: + + ~ 16 kB - freebsd-boot GPT partition type (bootfs GPT label) + ~ 1 GB - freebsd-swap GPT partition type (swapfs GPT label) + ~ 20 GB - freebsd-ufs GPT partition type (rootfs GPT label) + +The disk images are available in QCOW2, VHD, VMDK, and raw disk image +formats. The image download size is approximately 135 MB and 165 MB +respectively (amd64/i386), decompressing to a 21 GB sparse image. + +Note regarding arm64/aarch64 virtual machine images: a modified QEMU EFI +loader file is needed for qemu-system-aarch64 to be able to boot the +virtual machine images. See this page for more information: + + https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm64/QEMU + +To boot the VM image, run: + + % qemu-system-aarch64 -m 4096M -cpu cortex-a57 -M virt \ + -bios QEMU_EFI.fd -serial telnet::4444,server -nographic \ + -drive if=none,file=VMDISK,id=hd0 \ + -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0 \ + -device virtio-net-device,netdev=net0 \ + -netdev user,id=net0 + +Be sure to replace "VMDISK" with the path to the virtual machine image. + +=== Amazon EC2 AMI Images === + +FreeBSD/amd64 EC2 AMIs are available in the following regions: + +XXX: grab the AMI IDs from the thermite.sh log + +=== Vagrant Images === + +FreeBSD/amd64 images are available on the Hashicorp Atlas site, and can +be installed by running: + + % vagrant init freebsd/FreeBSD-%%VERSION%%-%%BRANCH%% + % vagrant up + +=== Upgrading === + +The freebsd-update(8) utility supports binary upgrades of amd64 and i386 +systems running earlier FreeBSD releases. Systems running earlier +FreeBSD releases can upgrade as follows: + + # freebsd-update upgrade -r %%VERSION%%-%%BRANCH%% + +During this process, freebsd-update(8) may ask the user to help by +merging some configuration files or by confirming that the automatically +performed merging was done correctly. + + # freebsd-update install + +The system must be rebooted with the newly installed kernel before +continuing. + + # shutdown -r now + +After rebooting, freebsd-update needs to be run again to install the new +userland components: + + # freebsd-update install + +It is recommended to rebuild and install all applications if possible, +especially if upgrading from an earlier FreeBSD release, for example, +FreeBSD 10.x. Alternatively, the user can install misc/compat10x and +other compatibility libraries, afterwards the system must be rebooted +into the new userland: + + # shutdown -r now + +Finally, after rebooting, freebsd-update needs to be run again to remove +stale files: + + # freebsd-update install + +== ISO CHECKSUMS == + +XXX: Insert checksums here + +== VM IMAGE CHECKSUMS == + +XXX: Insert checksums here + +
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