From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 26 04:28:56 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6DDF1065670 for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:28:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from mailgw.es.net (mail3.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:4c01::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A4478FC18 for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:28:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:910::29]) by mailgw.es.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nAQ4StSC007708 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:28:55 -0800 Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 11FE71CC0E; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:28:55 -0800 (PST) To: Horst =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther?= Burkhardt III In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:18:14 +1100." <1259209094.12131.3513.camel@horst-tla> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:28:55 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20091126042855.11FE71CC0E@ptavv.es.net> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5, 1.2.40, 4.0.166 definitions=2009-11-25_15:2009-11-16, 2009-11-25, 2009-11-25 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0908210000 definitions=main-0911250335 Cc: freeBSD-CURRENT Mailing List Subject: Re: What's Eating FreeBSD 8? 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: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:28:56 -0000 > From: Horst =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther?= Burkhardt III > Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:18:14 +1100 > Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org > > Hi all. > > Just a quick question - what happened to FreeBSD 8.0? I can't even find > the BETA isos anymore, can't see any RCs, certainly no releases. > > I've been looking forward to 8.0 in i386 to deploy on my laptop and in > ppc to deploy on my mac because of the new altivec support and various > other nifty new things i've seen. > > I got shot down in IRC with something about "it'll be out when we stop > finding huge bugs and critical regressions" - what's going on? > > In anticipation, > -- Horst. 8.0-Release is being distributed to mirrors at this time, so all of the RCs and BETAs have been pulled. Some mirrors may have 8.0-RELEASE and I expect 8.0 to be announced very shortly. Note that I am not in any way involved in the release, but I have seen the future and it is very near. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751