Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 22:38:53 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Brandon D. Valentine" <brandon@dvalentine.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Ports freeze for 4.11-R Message-ID: <20041218063853.GA67834@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20041218063028.GD30373@brandon.dvalentine.com> References: <20041218055311.GA52088@xor.obsecurity.org> <20041218063028.GD30373@brandon.dvalentine.com>
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--Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 12:30:28AM -0600, Brandon D. Valentine wrote: > [ Redirected to -x11. ] >=20 > On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 09:53:11PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > The ports freeze for 4.11-RELEASE will start on 12/30 at 12:01 AM UTC. > > It's our intention to have a short freeze of a week or less this time > > because the ports collection is in relatively good shape on 4.x at the > > moment, so please don't do anything to change that. > >=20 > > In particular, in the lead-up to the freeze, please make sure you test > > major updates carefully on 4.x prior to committing, and if you don't > > have the opportunity to do so, then either ask someone else to test, > > or hold off until after the freeze. >=20 > I know most of us are quite busy this time of year, but out of > curiosity, is there any chance at all of Xorg 6.8 making it into the > tree before this release? 6.8.0 came out during the 5.3 release cycle > and obviously couldn't make it into that release in time. Is there a > reason that 6.8.0 and now 6.8.1 have been held off? No, the 6.8.1 update has been in testing for a few weeks now. There were a number of problems that needed to be fixed before committing, but it's almost ready now and should go in within the week. > Does it help if I point out that NetBSD has already beat us to the punch > with Xorg 6.8.1 by over a month? Come on, they've got a tiny little > ports tree. ;-) Precisely, so it's less work to commit a major update without breaking anything. Kris --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBw9B9Wry0BWjoQKURAnI5AKDGhppcUBiyhXPjHLsKVo8a27O0tQCg3BYm /mE2GK42NlDJ7cfL2KXbUXA= =9h1n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q--
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