From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 12 23:22:18 2007 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 09E5E16A418 for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:22:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ari@ish.com.au) Received: from fish.ish.com.au (eth5921.nsw.adsl.internode.on.net [59.167.240.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B485213C45A for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:22:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ari@ish.com.au) Received: from [10.29.62.13] (helo=[10.29.62.13]) by fish.ish.com.au with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1IVbU0-0006lF-91 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:18:59 +1000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) X-Gpgmail-State: !signed Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <2E4631F6-0AE9-4451-A51A-BCF4DB8DECEC@ish.com.au> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Aristedes Maniatis Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:22:10 +1000 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Spam-Score: -1.4 (-) X-Spam-Report: -1.4 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP Subject: 7 release timetable 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: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:22:18 -0000 I don't want this to sound like a "is it ready yet?" email, but as we are rolling out some new servers in the next months I'd like to get some idea of whether it is time for us to start testing hardware and configurations against current, ready for deployment in the not distant future. In particular I am very interested in the excellent improvements for SMP and mysql performance. I understand that response 'version 7 will be released when it is ready', but looking at recent cvs commit messages I can't quite see the pattern of what new features are still going in and what is now bug fixes for release. I have some questions: * The bug reports at http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi don't seem to correlate with activity on current. Is there a separate bug tracker so that users like myself can see what known bugs remain prior to release? Other open source projects I am affiliated with (for example those at Apache) use bug tracking databases in this way. Or is FreeBSD a little more organic with each developer keeping their own todo list. * Is there a set release schedule and known bugs notes for snapshots? I'd like to try a snapshot but I don't know whether to wait a day/ week/month for the next one. Or are they released just when someone thinks the source is in a good overall state? Thank you Ari Maniatis --------------------------> ish http://www.ish.com.au Level 1, 30 Wilson Street Newtown 2042 Australia phone +61 2 9550 5001 fax +61 2 9550 4001 GPG fingerprint CBFB 84B4 738D 4E87 5E5C 5EFA EF6A 7D2E 3E49 102A