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.
Merge of Darwin msdosfs, other fixes Not done Apple's Darwin operating system has fairly extensive improvements to msdosfs and other kernel services; these fixes must be reviewed and merged to the FreeBSD tree.
Since one reason the GPL people attack the BSD license so much is that it doesn't require give backs, it's good to see some people do the right thing.
Re:Merge from Apple
by
Brandybuck
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· Score: 4, Insightful
Sometimes when you don't treat people like potential criminals, you'll find that they "do the right thing" without being asked.
-- Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!
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.
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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
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.
From the TODO:
Merge of Darwin msdosfs, other fixes
Not done
Apple's Darwin operating system has fairly extensive improvements to msdosfs and other kernel services; these fixes must be reviewed and merged to the FreeBSD tree.
Since one reason the GPL people attack the BSD license so much is that it doesn't require give backs, it's good to see some people do the right thing.
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$
Right, here's a link.