Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 02:50:05 -0800 (PST) From: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Release schedule for 2006 Message-ID: <20051216105005.68898.qmail@web36212.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Gary Kline wrote: > On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 12:04:05AM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > >>All, >> >>The following is the approximate schedule for FreeBSD releases in 2006: >> >>Jan 30: Freeze RELENG_5 and RELENG_6 >>Mar 20: Release FreeBSD 6.1 >>Apr 3: Release FreeBSD 5.5 >>Jun 12: Freeze RELENG_6 >>Jul 31: Release FreeBSD 6.2 >>Oct 23: Freeze RELENG_6 >>Dec 11: Release FreeBSD 6.3 >> >>A 'freeze' means that the tree will be closed to changes except with >>specific approval, and the focus will be on producing, testing, and >>fixing release candidates. The release dates are targets that we hope >>to make, but we will continue with the policy of only releasing once >>all of the showstoppers are cleared, i.e. we will release when it is >>ready. >> >>FreeBSD 5 >>5.5 will be the final release from the RELENG_5 tree. We are doing it >>to provide support for users who have committed to FreeBSD 5 and who >>need more time to transition to FreeBSD 6. However, in order to keep >>forward progress with FreeBSD 6, we will produce this in parallel with >>the 6.1 release, and thus it will not be our main focus. Users who are >>using FreeBSD 5 are strongly encouraged to evaluate FreeBSD 6. After >>this final release, the security team will provide security update >>support through 2007. > > > Sounds like an ambitious schedule... All my FBSD servers > are at least up to 5.3; my laptop is happy at 5.4. I have > what I believe to be a rationalquestion. Why should I go > beyond v5.5? More to the point, why can't minor security > tweaks be maintained indefinitely for 5.5? What will > releases -6 and -7 offer that can;t reasonably be dropped > into -5? A "me too" here for 5-Stable. I have a test PC, that was running 5-Stable using an additional swapfile to extend swap space. Never any problems at all with 5. After upgrading to 6-stable, I got regular hang-ups of the system (endless loop?) when swapspace is used extensively. Never happened with 5. I wild guess of mine is that there's problem with the 'enhanced filesystem access' in 6. I've reported this issue, and also provided backtraces of kernel dumps, although I'm not an expert in kernel debugging. However, no reponse so far. For me 6, as of now, is not yet as stable as 5 used to be. Regards, Rob. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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