From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 5 13:16:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from zmamail02.zma.compaq.com (zmamail02.zma.compaq.com [161.114.64.102]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D32E315078; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 13:16:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from michael.waite@compaq.com) Received: by zmamail02.zma.compaq.com (Postfix, from userid 12345) id C0E4114D; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 16:16:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from exctay-gh02.tay.cpqcorp.net (exctay-gh02.tay.cpqcorp.net [16.103.129.52]) by zmamail02.zma.compaq.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5EF53BB; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 16:16:07 -0500 (EST) Received: by exctay-gh02.tay.cpqcorp.net with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 16:16:06 -0500 Message-ID: <212CC57E84B8D111AD780000F84AA04906963DD8@mroexc2.tay.dec.com> From: "Waite, Michael" To: "'jkh@zippy.cdrom.com'" Cc: current@freebsd.org, "'committers@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: 4.0 code freeze scheduled for Jan 15th Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 16:16:05 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG What kind of an Alpha would you like? ----Mike Michael Waite Global Partnering Solutions, Marlboro Center Compaq Computer Corporation TEL: (508)467-2289 EMAIL: michael.waite@compaq.com > ---------- > From: Jordan K. Hubbard[SMTP:jkh@zippy.cdrom.com] > Reply To: committers@freebsd.org > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 2:44 PM > To: committers@freebsd.org > Cc: current@freebsd.org > Subject: 4.0 code freeze scheduled for Jan 15th > > And given that we've already slipped from December 15th, I think you > can treat this as a pretty hard deadline, to be further slipped only > grudgingly and in response to clear and dire need. > > 10 days, folks! Make 'em count.. :) > > The code freeze will last for 15 days, during which time the 4.0 > snapshot server (current.freebsd.org) will be cranking out its daily > snapshots (and, in the last half of the release cycle, ISO images as > well). There will be an additional 10 days following 4.0-RELEASE > before the final CD images are made, it being our goal to get the bugs > worked out of the net release before the CDs are made in the future. > This will result in some additional lag to CD customers, but they'll > also get a product with the sharp edges filed off in return for the > delay and I think it's worth-while since CDs are a lot harder to > update than FTP sites. :-) > > If someone would care to volunteer an Alpha which has good network > connectivity and enough "oomph" to create a full release every night, > I'd also be happy to drag the Alpha architecture into this process of > doing some actual release QA by porting my snapshot building scripts > over and starting them up. > > - Jordan > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message