Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 15:56:54 -0700 From: John Jawed <johnjawed@gmail.com> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP! 6.0 Schedule, 6.0-CURRENT Snapshot Message-ID: <a9eb3585050604155676d82e7e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42A11C92.5050505@samsco.org> References: <42A11C92.5050505@samsco.org>
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Yes, oh lordie yes. I guess we aren't going to have a new logo in time for= =20 FreeBSD6-RELEASE in August, are we? On 6/3/05, Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> wrote: >=20 > All, >=20 > The long anticipated and much feared 6.0 code freeze is about to begin! > I'll cut to the chase: >=20 > June 10 - Feature freeze + code slush > ^^^^^^^ >=20 > July 10 - RELENG_6 branch > August 1 - RELENG_6_0 branch > August 15 - 6.0-RELEASE >=20 > From June 10 until the release, the number one priority is fixing bugs. > All of the dates after June 10 are somewhat fluid and subject to change > depending on where we are with stability. We won't release 6.0 until > it is ready, but I'm pretty confident that we'll have it ready by > August. >=20 > Since SMPVFS is on by default on i386 and amd64, we need as much testing > and bug fixing there as is possible. Jeff has been doing a fantastic > job on this, but I'm sure that more help would be appreciated. Also, > now is the time to start tracking down whatever strange panics or poor > performance anyone might be seeing; the system is pretty stable at the > 80% level, but there are a lot of edge cases that we need to work on > to make it a good release. A stroll through the mailing lists and PR > database would be a good place to start for anyone that wants to help. >=20 > Again, the plan is for 6.0 to be a modest replacement for 5.x. We do > plan on a 5.5 release in September to tie up the branch and help people > move to 6.0/6.1, but 6.x is truly just a much improved 5.x at this > point. For those with bosses who are fainting at the thought of there > being a 7-CURRENT around the corner and 5-STABLE coming to a close, > please keep in mind that migrating from 5.x to 6.x is trivial and is > worthwhile. However, we need to do the branch now so that we can keep > things like SMPVFS under control and produce a high-quality series of > releases with it. For those who have already adopted 5.x and cannot > spend the time/money to migrate again, RELENG_5 will still have secteam > support into at least 2007 (going by their normal formula), and I expect > there to be normal feature and bug-fix commits to it for at least > another year from now. >=20 > To jump-start the testing, I've posted a new set of 6.0-CURRENT > snapshots to ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/Jun_2005. > Once the freeze starts, I expect a new snapshot to be posted every 1-2 > weeks until we get close to the release. So, please help test, report, > and fix bugs! >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Scott > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " >=20 --=20 John Jawed
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