Posted by
timothy
on from the how-many-shopping-days-left dept.
ocipio writes "FreeBSD 5.2 is scheduled to be released by Christmas. Recently marked 5.2-BETA, the ports tree is in a freeze and developers are asking for testing. A TODO list is available for those interested."
Note that this is different from the name being inserted into the CVS tree -- 5.2-BETA is now available for installation via all the usual mechanisms (ISO image, FTP install, etc), without requiring a preexisting system.
The Roadmap at FreeBSD.org says that RELENG_5 will arrive with 5.3. I've pasted the gist of it below.
"The original schedule of releasing FreeBSD 5.2 and branching RELENG_5 in September 2003 is being pushed back due to the complexity of the remaining tasks. The new schedule follows:
* Nov 5, 2003: 5.2-BETA, general code freeze
* Nov 19, 2003: 5.2-RC1, RELENG_5_2 branched
* Nov 27, 2003: 5.2-RC2
* Dec 2, 2003: 5.2-RELEASE
* Mar 1, 2004: 5.3-BETA, general code freeze
* Mar 15, 2004: 5.3-RC1, RELENG_5 and RELENG_5_3 branched
* Mar 22, 2004: 5.3-RC2
* Mar 29, 2004: 5.3-RELEASE"
Read it in full at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/article s/5-roadmap/
Obviously this is still the Beta, but the plan is to eventually make 5.2 the start of the production/stable branch. I imagine that the final decision won't be made until after 5.2 has been moved out of Beta and officially released for a while. . . while the testing and Beta period catches a lot of things, there are always bugs that only crop up under the heavier/more diverse use that a final, official release brings. I would wait until 5.2 has been in full release for a couple months, and watch the incoming bug reports to see if there is something that specifically affects you, and after that I'd deem it ready to move things to.
Re:Production Release?
by
mezron
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· Score: 4, Informative
doh! upon actually RTFA again, it appears to be another new technology release.
this is not -STABLE yet.
by
anarcat
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· Score: 5, Informative
For folks wondering if this is a production release or whatnot, you might like to read the 5-STABLE roadmap, more specifically, the 5-STABLE schedule.
Is this going to be the stable release for the 5.x series?
No. Think you have to wait till 5.3 for that.
-- bash$:(){:|:&};:
Re:PowerPC
by
saintlupus
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· Score: 3, Informative
It really is a recent port. Give it a little time and the pace of the project should pick up.
I asked Jordan Hubbard about this in a feedback session at WWDC earlier this year. He said that if the project isn't dead yet, it's certainly coughing up blood and clutching its chest.
Not too promising. The trolls might finally have a dead BSD to point at.
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A couple hours ago, 5.2-BETA was officially released.
Note that this is different from the name being inserted into the CVS tree -- 5.2-BETA is now available for installation via all the usual mechanisms (ISO image, FTP install, etc), without requiring a preexisting system.
Tarsnap: Online backups for the truly paranoid
Nope.
e s/5-roadmap/
The Roadmap at FreeBSD.org says that RELENG_5 will arrive with 5.3. I've pasted the gist of it below.
"The original schedule of releasing FreeBSD 5.2 and branching RELENG_5 in September 2003 is being pushed back due to the complexity of the remaining tasks. The new schedule follows:
* Nov 5, 2003: 5.2-BETA, general code freeze
* Nov 19, 2003: 5.2-RC1, RELENG_5_2 branched
* Nov 27, 2003: 5.2-RC2
* Dec 2, 2003: 5.2-RELEASE
* Mar 1, 2004: 5.3-BETA, general code freeze
* Mar 15, 2004: 5.3-RC1, RELENG_5 and RELENG_5_3 branched
* Mar 22, 2004: 5.3-RC2
* Mar 29, 2004: 5.3-RELEASE"
Read it in full at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articl
Does anyone know why the PowerPC port is moving so slow?
:)
Because it is a new port for FreeBSD. Because it isn't x86. Because you aren't contributing code to the port
It really is a recent port. Give it a little time and the pace of the project should pick up.
-sirket
Goes back a while actually. The real reason that the PowerPC port is lagging is that it has one developer.
Obviously this is still the Beta, but the plan is to eventually make 5.2 the start of the production/stable branch. I imagine that the final decision won't be made until after 5.2 has been moved out of Beta and officially released for a while. . . while the testing and Beta period catches a lot of things, there are always bugs that only crop up under the heavier/more diverse use that a final, official release brings. I would wait until 5.2 has been in full release for a couple months, and watch the incoming bug reports to see if there is something that specifically affects you, and after that I'd deem it ready to move things to.
doh! upon actually RTFA again, it appears to be another new technology release.
For folks wondering if this is a production release or whatnot, you might like to read the 5-STABLE roadmap, more specifically, the 5-STABLE schedule.
Semantics is the gravity of abstraction
Is this going to be the stable release for the 5.x series?
No. Think you have to wait till 5.3 for that.
bash$
It really is a recent port. Give it a little time and the pace of the project should pick up.
I asked Jordan Hubbard about this in a feedback session at WWDC earlier this year. He said that if the project isn't dead yet, it's certainly coughing up blood and clutching its chest.
Not too promising. The trolls might finally have a dead BSD to point at.
--saint
Right, here's a link.
cvsup works great on 56k.