I haven't seen much on the lists lately regarding the status of FreeBSD 6.2, so I'd like to ask the Release Engineering team for their thoughts and projections. The calendar on the public "Release Engineering" page hasn't been updated since November, and those of us who await 6.2-RELEASE need to have some idea of what to expect. I don't know about everyone else, but I for one would not like to see the release rushed; in fact, I'd rather have it delayed a little if it means that some longstanding PRs will be cleared up. However, I do need to know how things are progressing. When are we likely to see an RC2? Given the many changes to the code since RC1, will there be an RC3? When will the calendar and "to do" list be updated? And will we see a release by, say, Valentine's Day? --Brett Glass
On Tuesday, 26 December, 2006 at 11:54:51 -0700, Brett Glass wrote:> I haven't seen much on the lists lately regarding the status of > FreeBSD 6.2, so I'd like to ask the Release Engineering team for > their thoughts and projections. The calendar on the public "Release > Engineering" page hasn't been updated since November, and those of > us who await 6.2-RELEASE need to have some idea of what to expect.Really? http://www.freebsd.org/releng/index.html claims: "Last modified: 2006/12/08 17:09:58". And http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/schedule.html claims: "Last modified: 2006/12/25 02:18:37". I'm not part of RE or even the very hard working FreeBSD team, but I do follow cvs-all@ and so did notice the commit to schedule.html yesterday. I'm sure they are all doing their best to make 6.2 the best possible release they can. Seasons greetings. Cheers, Nick.
Nick Mann Writes:>Really? > > <http://www.freebsd.org/releng/index.html>http://www.freebsd.org/releng/index.html > >claims: "Last modified: 2006/12/08 17:09:58".True. But it still lists the release date for 6.2 as "Mid-December.">And > > <http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/schedule.html>http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/schedule.html > >claims: "Last modified: 2006/12/25 02:18:37".Also true. But it still shows a projected release date of 13 November! I'm not asking that the release be rushed; I'm asking that the projections, to-do lists, etc. be updated so that we who are anticipating it have some idea of the RE team's plans going into the new year. Even if the release date is in February, that's fine -- just so it makes for a better product and we can anticipate and plan for it. --Brett Glass
>> Build 6.2-RC2 24 December 2006 Begin building the second release >> candidate >> build for all Tier-1 platforms.http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/schedule.html Martin
On Tuesday 26 December 2006 01:49 pm, Martin Blapp wrote:> >> Build 6.2-RC2 24 December 2006 Begin building the second > >> release candidate > >> build for all Tier-1 platforms. > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/schedule.htmlNote: Only the actual column for RC2 has been updated. The expected column for everything that follows still lists dates in Oct/Nov timeframe. I think this is what Brett is asking about: and update on the expected timeframe. -- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net