From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 29 10:56:18 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC97437B401; Thu, 29 May 2003 10:56:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from angelica.unixdaemons.com (angelica.unixdaemons.com [209.148.64.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF85643FA3; Thu, 29 May 2003 10:56:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bmilekic@unixdaemons.com) Received: from angelica.unixdaemons.com (bmilekic@localhost.unixdaemons.com [127.0.0.1])h4THuEY9034769; Thu, 29 May 2003 13:56:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from bmilekic@localhost) by angelica.unixdaemons.com (8.12.9/8.12.1/Submit) id h4THuERQ034767; Thu, 29 May 2003 13:56:14 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bmilekic@unixdaemons.com) X-Authentication-Warning: angelica.unixdaemons.com: bmilekic set sender to bmilekic@unixdaemons.com using -f Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 13:56:14 -0400 From: Bosko Milekic To: Kenneth Culver Message-ID: <20030529175614.GA34328@unixdaemons.com> References: <20030529171842.4689.qmail@web21401.mail.yahoo.com> <20030529134907.B81457-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030529134907.B81457-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: hackers@freebsd.org cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP! Major commits in the tree coming soon X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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, 29 May 2003 17:56:18 -0000 For the benefit of the majority: This post was FAKE. Now please return to your regularly scheduled discussion and kindly ignore all future posts to this thread. -Bosko On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 01:50:33PM -0400, Kenneth Culver wrote: > > The HEAD code freeze was extended by three days to > > allow for some final pending work to be committed and > > prepare 5.1 to be a good release. The code freeze will > > > > likely end sometime tomorrow, May 30. > > > > We ask that large scale changes still be deferred > > until after 5.1 is actually released so that any > > problems can be dealt with. The release > > engineering team will send out emails explicitely > > stating when HEAD has thawed and when large changes > > like new compilers and dynamic-linked worlds can go > > it. > > > > The most important changes I'm going to commit today: > > > > - Remove gcc and replace it with a new TenDRA > > snapshot. > > I'm just wondering... but is there a reason why gcc is being replaced? Is > there a page or a previous list mail that explains the reasons? URL? > Thanks. > > > - Remove GNU tar. > > - Fix httpd.ko to make it work on buggy AMD > > processors. > > - Drop support for 386 and 486 cpus. > > - Remove ext2 support (GPL encumbered). > > - Add perl 5.8 *and* python 2.2 to base. > > - Remove Sendmail and replace it with Postfix. > > > > If anyone has any reason why these should not be > > committed, I'll give a 5 hours grace time. Send > > replies > > to the list. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Thorsten and the rest or the release engineering team. > > > Thanks > > Ken > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > -- Bosko Milekic bmilekic@unixdaemons.com bmilekic@FreeBSD.org