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Upcoming FreeBSD 5.1 Release Schedule

Posted by michael on from the planning-ahead dept.

BSDForums writes "FreeBSD Release Engineering Team has posted the schedule for the Release of FreeBSD 5.1 late spring. FreeBSD-5 stable roadmap, announced earlier, outlines the future of FreeBSD-5 stable releases, specifically 5.1 and 5.2."

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  1. The TODO list... by drdink · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Since all 3 of the other comments on this story are offtopic or trolls, I'll throw in something somewhat informational about the upcoming FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE.

    First off, you can see the TODO list here. Stuff on this list is supposed to happen before release time.

    Also, remember that even though this is -RELEASE, it is not -STABLE. FreeBSD 5.1 will not be part of any stable branch. It is still considered the developmental version. Despite that, it is pretty stable. I haven't seen my machine crash in quite a while.

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  2. Where is etc/defaults/make.conf on FreeBSD 5? by Billly+Gates · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Without a master makefile like the the 4.x series I may not upgrade.

    For some reason this file was deleted in version 5. There is a /etc/make.conf but its only a few lines long and is made for perl. No information on gcc or master ftp sites to automatically download ports in this file. I also checked /usr/local/etc with no luck as well

    I searched the web and found no information on this. To me this is essential. I am posting here as a last resort.

    Maybe I did something wrong when I installed it and yes I did chose to install the ports with make, gcc, etc. A change like this had to be documented. /etc/defaults/make.conf is a big deal and no information was found at freebsd's website so I guess its a user error.

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    1. Re:Where is etc/defaults/make.conf on FreeBSD 5? by Billly+Gates · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Thanks.

      It does some like a weird place to put them because I and many others do edit make.conf to pick the fastest ftp sites and consider them default settings contary to whoever made the choice to use it. On a ports distro compiler optimizations and fastest sites is an essential and not just some example. But I guess the decsion was already made even though I think its a dumb one. Since you are a developer and have access to some of the mailing lists, you may want to mention to update the faq and the FreeBSD handbook online. It should of been in the RELEASE-NOTES under changes at least. No execuse for having the simplist things mentioned in it but forget about including make.conf. I searched everywhere and found nothing. I am doing the 5.0 install now and I am curious about other surprises I may encounter.

      Thanks again.

      Now off to configure the bash shell.....

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  3. Re:FreeBSD? I heard it was dead ... by Billly+Gates · · Score: 4, Interesting
    No goatse.cx and tubgirl.com surely are alot more offensive and stir alot more people into a flamewar then the ancient bsd is deing.

    Infact to the contrary FreeBSD is growing. A couple of years ago BSD was unknown except by the slashdot crowd. Now after Linux quality is begining to go downhill that its getting more noticed. a 5x fold in applications definetly has strainged rpm and yes even apt-get. Depancy problems are still there.

    I tried FreeBSD in 99 and did not like it. It was weird and archiac and felt old. Today I love it. The ports are way cool and the bsd crowd ignored the Linux flashiness and focused on stability. Today it paid off and many ISP's in the New York area for example are switching to RedHat to FreeBSD because of the quality and out of box security.

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  4. Re:FreeBSD? I heard it was dead ... by sean23007 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hey hey, my my
    BSD can never die
    There's more to the picture
    Than meets the eye.
    Hey hey, my my.

    Out of the red
    and into the black
    You pay for this,
    but they give you that
    And once you're gone,
    you can't come back
    When you're out of the red
    and into the black.

    Linux is gone
    but he's not forgotten
    Is this the story
    of Johnny Rotten?
    It's better to burn out
    'cause rust never sleeps
    Linux is gone
    but he's not forgotten.

    Hey hey, my my
    BSD can never die
    There's more to the picture
    Than meets the eye.

    --Neil Young (almost)

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  5. Re:Just great by Ragica · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Giddy with a shiny new computer a few weeks ago was happy to finally have an excuse to upgrade from 4.x to the glorious world of FreeBSD 5... but, alas, I also had big problems with 5.0-RELEASE.

    It's pretty bad with your system won't boot at all unless you (i'm amazed i found this info at all) tweak the kernel to turn off DMA on the hard drive during boot up).

    I had other problems as well. It seems just certain hardware causes problems. Others have no problems. My problems were so severe though, I heart brokenly was contemplating the descent back to the blessed safety of STABLE-land...

    But first I figured i'd give the latest snapshot build a chance... i snagged a small ISO and put it on an RW... installation went smoothly... and all my problems disappeared!

    I was hoping that 5.0 would be stable enough to install on a dev server, but my experience scared me significantly. Even though the snapshot I now have installed is running like a dream... still i'm too nervous about using this now on any non-home server.

    But, if the progress they've made between 5.0 and the snapshot i have is any indication of the rate of progress being made, maybe i'll give 5.1 a shot in a few more places... whilst still looking forward to a hopefully STABLE tagged 5.2.