Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 09:33:57 -0700 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@freebsd.org> To: jason@dstc.edu.au Cc: hubs@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.4 upcoming release/timetabling/mirroring Message-ID: <20010910093357K.jkh@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.20.0109101621390.29054-100000@azure.dstc.edu.au> References: <20010420111439.Q5017@casimir.physics.purdue.edu> <Pine.OSF.4.20.0109101621390.29054-100000@azure.dstc.edu.au>
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I must have missed the attached rant from Will, but let me first just say this: Forget about Lightning Internet - they're chapter 11 and out of the picture. ftp.freesoftware.com, RIP. All the release engineering team is concerned with at this point is ftp-master.freebsd.org. We'll put the bits up on there, wait some 12-24 hours before making the public announcement (to allow some amount of mirror propagation to take place) and then send out the announcement. After that, it's up to the individual mirror maintainers to ensure that they're either talking to the master site or to their primary mirror given whichever tier they happen to be in. There won't be any one person taking charge of all the mirrors, the mirrors will have to rely on their individual admins to keep things straight. As to release dates, I'm still waiting for the security team to green light the release. They haven't come back with fixes for all the issues they highlighted over the weekend. - Jordan From: jason andrade <jason@dstc.edu.au> Subject: FreeBSD 4.4 upcoming release/timetabling/mirroring Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 16:29:55 +1000 (EST) > On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Will Andrews wrote: > > > I think so too. It would allow us to give mirrors priority when we've > > got releases coming, and there's a release that's supposed to be on > > ftp.freebsd.org *TOMORROW*. HELLO LIGHTNING, JKH, ET AL, WE HAVE A > > RELEASE AND ITS COMING OUT TOMORROW!!! WHERE THE HELL IS OUR > > INFRASTRUCTURE?!?! d:) > > in a bid to be proactive and hopefully not have things like the above > again, can we start timetabling how mirrors will do releases of 4.4? > > does the freebsd development group have a timetable on when 4.4 RC > releases will start shipping and then a fuzzyish date on 4.4 itself > as well as a methodology for giving tier-1 mirrors access worldwide > so that all mirrors don't swamp ftp-master as well as lots of users > swamping ftp.freebsd.org as the "only" site which has this content. > > > useful things to know: > > o is any *one* person going to co-ordinate this between mirror sites > and the developer group - lack of any person taking ownership of > this makes it difficult (peter wemm ? too busy?) > > o dates for releases > > o disk space needed to be allocated for > - source tree (branches? cvsup? CTM?) > - releases binaries for i386, alpha, PPC? > - package application trees > - ISO images > > o mirror methodology for distribution (e.g conditions, pre-release, > tiering system) > > o list of sites who will have a complete 4.4 distribution for inclusion > when press releases are made and for inclusion on any web pages and > pointers. > > o liasing with slashdot/bsdtoday/bsdcentral/whoever in the > press to ensure there is no leakage before a release date > and to ensure they are aware of mirrors. > > > regards, > > -jason > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message
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