From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 9 23:04:28 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3447E0E; Sun, 9 Dec 2012 23:04:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vc0-f182.google.com (mail-vc0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 157ED8FC12; Sun, 9 Dec 2012 23:04:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f182.google.com with SMTP id fo14so2532183vcb.13 for ; Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:04:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=oBMhfo7lVAVFVTFvS8BHVrV1a+XVZvVdGSoedJOMYuA=; b=e12vciN2e7vUH6OSp2zHpuih9o1/KozWk0/S1zxhVvsYJgWyEg5PBi9sUJcn3Ugejz i8dMpEJrmGgHlPK2ELO7omndZyso2RgyqoC7D/Cz1zAU/uNnsXRqaUABpIbgxmZzKuWl FZweOOfPSxOiplr3eC37Rk6cjvvsT5bfXlduStSaQcRenDXtyRESuHXF1GflV7gXhRZD yt4NF876cPdrGgoeCCQXgO+mq6Mqu4gG/PCNIS5t3HakjnRFmgMZgEbpk4a8UNhWhJOG bs4yQMfSduvM+QxtP27ecI1nwiMtDba2pyJRrD4waG1YEiEoEk9TqWeUrpL09fb9uNBy JHkw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.75.100 with SMTP id b4mr6845618vdw.52.1355094267154; Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:04:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.58.218.35 with HTTP; Sun, 9 Dec 2012 15:04:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <201212090318.UAA11257@lariat.net> <50C4A341.9070903@FreeBSD.org> <201212092031.NAA17017@lariat.net> <201212092215.PAA17770@lariat.net> Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 15:04:26 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Will we get a RELEASE-9.1 for Christmas? From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Adrian Chadd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: Brett Glass , stable@freebsd.org, Dimitry Andric X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:04:28 -0000 On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Hi, > > It's definitely not targeted at you. The 9.1 stuff is an intersection of: > > * personal issues with some of the people involved (ie, "real life got > to them and that took precedence"); > * the security incident; > * the freebsd cluster shuffling and reshuffling that was going on at > the same time > > From my understanding there's enough hardware. Definitely not a > hardware specific problem. The foundation funds and provides plenty of > hardware, as well as yahoo and a few other companies. I don't think > we're short of i386/amd64 hardware. > > It's honestly just an intersection of bad timing. Since it's a > volunteer project, it's on the timelines of the volunteers in > question. > > I think people are right though when they comment on the lack of > communication from the project about this. See the list of things > above to understand why communication may not have been terribly > great. :-) > > I'll amend my "stuff that will help" list: > > * Donate to the freebsd foundation, along with opening discussions to > them about how your organisation uses / relies upon freebsd; > * Volunteer to join the release engineering / package building teams, > and actively donate manpower to the project. > > > > Adrian > _______________________________________________ > > http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/ http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/announcements.shtml#fundraising Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk