From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 4 22:56:56 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 294DA16A41F for ; Sat, 4 Jun 2005 22:56:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from johnjawed@gmail.com) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EE2243D53 for ; Sat, 4 Jun 2005 22:56:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from johnjawed@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 69so1357221wri for ; Sat, 04 Jun 2005 15:56:54 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=ZXQznbM7DDtLzUTlLT/6/p8PXjBtaaGVYpcE0LG76lrB/NPaoZypJQS3QP7RI5BBtCeAqWL7imUrSq7UAtaQQHab2vCNhCWxw2cd/s9bsEtHcDW49lB0td639E+q9zKjHGFe/597QCgUZnzLJxQAv65XtF1VVdfpIu5qBDcOkoo= Received: by 10.54.150.2 with SMTP id x2mr2233888wrd; Sat, 04 Jun 2005 15:56:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.132.10 with HTTP; Sat, 4 Jun 2005 15:56:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 15:56:54 -0700 From: John Jawed To: Scott Long In-Reply-To: <42A11C92.5050505@samsco.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 References: <42A11C92.5050505@samsco.org> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 05 Jun 2005 12:05:15 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: HEADS UP! 6.0 Schedule, 6.0-CURRENT Snapshot X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: John Jawed List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2005 22:56:56 -0000 Yes, oh lordie yes. I guess we aren't going to have a new logo in time for= =20 FreeBSD6-RELEASE in August, are we? On 6/3/05, Scott Long wrote: >=20 > All, >=20 > The long anticipated and much feared 6.0 code freeze is about to begin! > I'll cut to the chase: >=20 > June 10 - Feature freeze + code slush > ^^^^^^^ >=20 > July 10 - RELENG_6 branch > August 1 - RELENG_6_0 branch > August 15 - 6.0-RELEASE >=20 > From June 10 until the release, the number one priority is fixing bugs. > All of the dates after June 10 are somewhat fluid and subject to change > depending on where we are with stability. We won't release 6.0 until > it is ready, but I'm pretty confident that we'll have it ready by > August. >=20 > Since SMPVFS is on by default on i386 and amd64, we need as much testing > and bug fixing there as is possible. Jeff has been doing a fantastic > job on this, but I'm sure that more help would be appreciated. Also, > now is the time to start tracking down whatever strange panics or poor > performance anyone might be seeing; the system is pretty stable at the > 80% level, but there are a lot of edge cases that we need to work on > to make it a good release. A stroll through the mailing lists and PR > database would be a good place to start for anyone that wants to help. >=20 > Again, the plan is for 6.0 to be a modest replacement for 5.x. We do > plan on a 5.5 release in September to tie up the branch and help people > move to 6.0/6.1, but 6.x is truly just a much improved 5.x at this > point. For those with bosses who are fainting at the thought of there > being a 7-CURRENT around the corner and 5-STABLE coming to a close, > please keep in mind that migrating from 5.x to 6.x is trivial and is > worthwhile. However, we need to do the branch now so that we can keep > things like SMPVFS under control and produce a high-quality series of > releases with it. For those who have already adopted 5.x and cannot > spend the time/money to migrate again, RELENG_5 will still have secteam > support into at least 2007 (going by their normal formula), and I expect > there to be normal feature and bug-fix commits to it for at least > another year from now. >=20 > To jump-start the testing, I've posted a new set of 6.0-CURRENT > snapshots to ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/Jun_2005. > Once the freeze starts, I expect a new snapshot to be posted every 1-2 > weeks until we get close to the release. So, please help test, report, > and fix bugs! >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Scott > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " >=20 --=20 John Jawed