From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 24 16:55:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E8E616A403 for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:55:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from will.froning@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 625D413C45A for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:55:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from will.froning@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so1380111waf.3 for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:55:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; 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; bh=u081kssguaKCZQwoOiSSacjffllctDZn8Hm4zH/FDRE=; b=lR4nmT/8BrT1VFgBK7yFAalpfFVkK7nIki9eVuaByemChK3mwp+Vp4WA8Yf9gclxJ7jSTq3FR0O32cQq4gpGi9DNZeDw7/ssKYW0qEgA6CXhO7YFAsEEjoMO9AYLHA4RcgZ8xQWCtMsNZjG6GLUkaBrNXLQVpS7lrtWdjYu52zw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=dRUfPxPMwA0KKjskSmR+FoVZxCx6MOXvt3hBiAWx8FWOeC06iIr+yLXtbbQzuVy6izrNbbJtR6Ib+Wc5oWmOEqQnfSTUWQZaPEyork2U22gfsYuuVFgEG2FPyrdUeXQBPnuPVgIfnl54SYAZNCSuaSPiwmZelcmm96AamGOJp1o= Received: by 10.114.124.1 with SMTP id w1mr2124439wac.114.1203870580171; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:29:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.193.17 with HTTP; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:29:40 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:40 +0400 From: "Will Froning" To: "Bruce A. Mah" In-Reply-To: <47C192C4.4080109@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <511FC3E9-937C-475C-8F1B-39BA5347DBE0@gmail.com> <47C192C4.4080109@freebsd.org> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:18:46 +0000 Cc: Garrett Cooper , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gathering a list of showstoppers for RELENG_7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:55:39 -0000 Hello All, On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 7:52 PM, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > If memory serves me right, Garrett Cooper wrote: > > > As part of the new Cisco FreeBSD ramp-up, I've noted that there's > > been some concern about showstoppers for RELENG_7 as of late. So, I > > was just wondering what the current showstoppers are for 7.x and > > possibly how I can help triage issues in the next couple weeks, etc, > > to accelerate the release a bit. > > I may not have access to a PC at all times nor a FreeBSD machine, but > > I should be able to assign bugs or CC owners, or help debug some more > > common items. I'll also try getting VMware fusion in the upcoming week > > to work from my laptop and help out in some way shape or form in person. > > The release builds for 7.0 are underway now. > > What oftentimes happens very late in the release cycle (and this was > true for 7.0) is that we find some issues that crop up that need to be > fixed. They're usually assigned pretty quickly to "owners" (in fact the > owners are oftentimes the ones that report these problems), so many > times there isn't a lot for other people to do, and these issues don't > even make it into the PR database. > > I admit that we could (and should) do better in communicating status to > other developers and the community at large. This is mostly helpful in > the early and middle stages of the release cycle. > > This is clearly *not* to say that FreeBSD doesn't need help with > testing, bug management, and so forth, in fact quite the opposite is > true. I mean only to say that 7.0 doesn't have anything blocking it. Does that mean is outdated? /me is sooooo looking forward to a killer release! Thanks, Will > > Thanks! > > Bruce. > > -- Will Froning Unix SysAdmin Will.Froning@GMail.com MSN: wfroning@angui.sh YIM: will_froning AIM: willfroning