From owner-svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Tue Jul 14 07:01:33 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DBA399C7D3; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 07:01:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B97DDD72; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 07:01:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t6E71VME006968; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 07:01:31 GMT (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from wblock@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t6E71V9f006967; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 07:01:31 GMT (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201507140701.t6E71V9f006967@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: wblock set sender to wblock@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Warren Block Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 07:01:31 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r46964 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 07:01:33 -0000 Author: wblock Date: Tue Jul 14 07:01:30 2015 New Revision: 46964 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46964 Log: Add the Core report from Matthew Seaman . Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml Tue Jul 14 06:45:55 2015 (r46963) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml Tue Jul 14 07:01:30 2015 (r46964) @@ -833,4 +833,77 @@ + + + The &os; Core Team + + + + &os; Core Team + core@FreeBSD.org + + + + +

The &os; Core Team constitutes the project's "Board of + Directors", responsible for deciding the project's overall + goals and direction as well as managing specific areas of the + &os; project landscape.

+ +

In order to help attract fresh developer talent to &os;, Core + has a general policy to make available an up-to-the-minute + suite of developer tools and services. Core has long been + encouraging &os; committers to make full use of the project's + Phabricator instance at + https://reviews.FreeBSD.org, + and now has supported the Phabricator admins in opening access + to anyone interested enough to sign up for an account.

+ +

Further developments under consideration include setting up a + FreeBSD.org oauth2 provider and permitting oauth-style Single + Sign-On access to most FreeBSD web-based services. Developers + and members of the public would additionally be able to use + credentials from other providers such as GitHub, Twitter, or + Google to authenticate themselves to &os; web services.

+ +

Mark Murray raised a problem he has been having for some time + with getting adequate security review of his proposed changes + to random(9). This is an extremely security + sensitive area of the kernel where errors can have disastrous + consequences. Core has been able to drum up a number of + reviewers and they have made significant progress in + simplifying the design, eliminating some difficult portions of + code, and reducing any potential attack surface. Work is + still ongoing and Core remains open to the idea of bringing in + external reviewers with specialist cryptographic + knowledge.

+ +

Dag-Erling Smørgrav resigned as Security Officer + towards the end of May. Core was sorry to see him step down, + but unanimously pleased to welcome his nominee and former + deputy, Xin Li, as his successor. Xin has since appointed + Gleb Smirnoff (who also happens to be a current member of + core) as his new deputy. Between them and Core they have some + fairly radical ideas under discussion about how to improve the + project's responsiveness to security issues.

+ +

Shortly after BSDCan in mid-June, Warner Losh proposed a + change to style(9) which resulted in some lively + discussion. An informal poll was conducted via Phabricator + and the change was committed within a couple of days. + Unfortunately, this did not meet with universal approval and + Core was called upon to arbitrate. Warner backed out the + change, recognizing that there had not been enough time + allowed for proper discussion. Many people were still in + transit from BSDCan, and the voting arrangements did not suit + everyone. A new poll has since been held, with votes either + by e-mail or the Slowvote facility of Phabricator. This + resulted in approval of the change by a wide margin.

+ +

During this period we had two new commit bits awarded, and + one taken in for safekeeping. Welcome aboard to Chris Torek + and Mariusz Zeborski, and we were very sorry indeed to see + Steve Kargl decide to call it a day.

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