Introduction

diff --git a/en/news/status/Makefile b/en/news/status/Makefile index d8bcbc3d92..4f90462383 100644 --- a/en/news/status/Makefile +++ b/en/news/status/Makefile @@ -1,52 +1,53 @@ -# $FreeBSD: www/en/news/status/Makefile,v 1.42 2008/05/14 22:54:14 brd Exp $ +# $FreeBSD: www/en/news/status/Makefile,v 1.43 2008/08/19 23:04:12 brd Exp $ .if exists(../Makefile.conf) .include "../Makefile.conf" .endif .if exists(../Makefile.inc) .include "../Makefile.inc" .endif DOCS= status.sgml XMLDOCS= report-2001-06 XMLDOCS+= report-2001-07 XMLDOCS+= report-2001-08 XMLDOCS+= report-2001-09 XMLDOCS+= report-2001-11 XMLDOCS+= report-2001-12-2002-01 XMLDOCS+= report-2002-02-2002-04 XMLDOCS+= report-2002-05-2002-06 XMLDOCS+= report-2002-07-2002-08 XMLDOCS+= report-2002-09-2002-10 XMLDOCS+= report-2002-11-2002-12 XMLDOCS+= report-2003-01-2003-02 XMLDOCS+= report-2003-03-2003-09 XMLDOCS+= report-2003-10-2003-12 XMLDOCS+= report-2004-01-2004-02 XMLDOCS+= report-2004-03-2004-04 XMLDOCS+= report-2004-05-2004-06 XMLDOCS+= report-2004-07-2004-12 XMLDOCS+= report-2005-01-2005-03 XMLDOCS+= report-2005-03-2005-06 XMLDOCS+= report-2005-07-2005-10 XMLDOCS+= report-2005-10-2005-12 XMLDOCS+= report-2006-01-2006-03 XMLDOCS+= report-2006-04-2006-06 XMLDOCS+= report-2006-06-2006-10 XMLDOCS+= report-2006-10-2006-12 XMLDOCS+= report-2007-01-2007-03 XMLDOCS+= report-2007-04-2007-06 XMLDOCS+= report-2007-07-2007-10 XMLDOCS+= report-2007-10-2007-12 XMLDOCS+= report-2008-01-2008-03 XMLDOCS+= report-2008-04-2008-06 +XMLDOCS+= report-2008-07-2008-09 XSLT.DEFAULT= report.xsl # Install a sample entry. DATA= report-sample.xml INDEXLINK= status.html .include "${WEB_PREFIX}/share/mk/web.site.mk" diff --git a/en/news/status/report-2008-07-2008-09.xml b/en/news/status/report-2008-07-2008-09.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b3ab061fd3 --- /dev/null +++ b/en/news/status/report-2008-07-2008-09.xml @@ -0,0 +1,782 @@ + + + + + + July-September + + 2008 + + +

+ Introduction + +

In this Quarter work has been progressing in quite a few areas of + FreeBSD. FreeBSD 7.1 BETA2 and 6.4 RC2 have been released for + pre-release testing. EuroBSDCon 2008 took place in Strasbourg, France + and quite a few developers got together for the Developer Summit + before the Conference. The USB2 stack has been imported into the + -HEAD branch.

+ +

Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! We hope you + enjoy reading.

+ + + proj + + Projects + + + + team + + FreeBSD Team Reports + + + + kern + + Kernel + + + + arch + + Architectures + + + + misc + + Miscellaneous + + + + FreeBSD for ASUS EeePC + + + + + Stanislav + + Sedov + + + stas@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Rui + + Paulo + + + rpaulo@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Lars + + Engels + + + lme@FreeBSD.org + + + + + ASUS Eee Wiki + + + +

+ ASUS Eee + + is a line of cheap subnotebooks. These come with Linux or Windows + preinstalled. The hardware is a bit inconventional, so it required + some work to work properly. Also, these machines contains some + hardware that was not supported by FreeBSD.

+ +

Currently FreeBSD should all Eee models out of the box, and most + hardware should just work. At least, 700, 701, 901 and 1000 was + tested successfully. The hardware supported includes Atheros + wireless backed by ath(4) in HEAD (you still need a patch for for + RELENG_7), Attansic L2 FastEthernet controller (ae(4)), High + Definition audio controller (snd_hda), Synaptics touchpad and so + on. Suspend/resume also works fine with some exceptions.

+ +

There is also a hardware monitoring module, that allows user to + control FAN speeds and voltage, as well as monitor current CPU + temperature. Wiki page contains information on how to obtain this + module and use it. There're also a lot of useful tips and tricks + for using FreeBSD on ASUS EeePC on that page.

+ + + + Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet support (for ASUS Eee + 901) + + Wireless driver for ASUS Eee 901 (ral(4)) + + Fix Synaptics resume path. + + + + + CVSMode for csup + + + + + Ulf + + Lilleengen + + + lulf@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + Perforce repository + + + +

The implementation of cvsmode for csup have become more mature, + and have been tested by a few people so far. All parts directly + related to CVSMode have been implemented, and it seems to works + quite. There is still a need for testers, so any users of cvsup + using it to mirror or fetch the CVS repository (cvsmode/mirror + mode) are encouraged to try it.

+ + + + Implement support for the rsync protocol (not needed for it + to work, but it will probably speed up csup in some cases) + + Implement complete support for using the status file in + cvsmode + + + + + The FreeBSD Hungarian Documentation Project + + + + + Gábor + + Kövesdán + + + gabor@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Gábor + + Páli + + + pgj@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Hungarian Web Page for + FreeBSD + + Hungarian Documentation + for FreeBSD + + + The FreeBSD Hungarian Documentation Project's Wiki Page + + + Perforce Depot for the FreeBSD Hungarian Documentation + Project + + + +

In July, + pgj + + gave a + + presentation + + (in Hungarian) about the FreeBSD Hungarian Documentation Project in + Debrecen, Hungary.

+ +

Based on the checkupdate script mentioned in our previous status + report, we launched our + + Translation Checking Service + + to help to schedule periodic updates for Hungarian doc/www + translations. Moreover, a small bug in EPS images blocking + automatic generation of the Handbook PDF version + + was corrected + + , therefore it is now available for + + download + + .

+ +

Shortly after the renovation of its source, translation of the + FAQ has also become part of Hungarian documentations. Both + online + + and + + offline + + versions are available. A new translation has been added, + + gjournal-desktop + + .

+ +

Hungarian translation of the + FreeBSD Documentation Project Primer for New Contributors + + has been + started + + . We hope this will encourage others to help our work. There is + always place in our team, every submitted translation or feedback + is appreciated and very welcome.

+ + + + Translate release notes for -CURRENT and 7.X + + Translate articles + + Translate the FDP Primer + + Read the translations, send feedback + + + + + The FreeBSD Foundation + + + + + Deb + + Goodkin + + + deb@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + + + +

For the first time we sent out a request for project proposals. + We were very excited about the proposals we received. We accepted + four projects and will be announcing them soon. We were proud to + sponsor NYCBSDCon and EuroBSDCon. We are also a sponsor of + MeetBSDCon. We provided travel grants for the Cambridge FreeBSD + Developer Summit in August. We are continuing to provide updated + Java binaries for FreeBSD 7.0. We continued to provide legal + support for the project.

+ + + + + FreeBSD mirror statistics + + + + + Edwin + + Groothuis + + + edwin@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + Website + + + 10 Day Score overview + + + +

There are many FreeBSD mirrors, either FTP or WWW or CVSup or + RSync, but are they really all up-to-date? Some are, some aren't. + The ones who aren't, how out to date are they? Or do they only + carry a subset of the data? And how does it go over time?

+ +

This project checks once per day the contents of the sites which + are advertised in DNS, with the rsync*, www*, cvsup* and ftp* + prefixes. The lists of hosts are based on the contents of the DNS + zonefile for the country domains, so it will be automatically + adjusted whenever a mirror is added.

+ +

The statuses can be compared on country base and between two + dates and the 10 day score overview shows the general health of the + FreeBSD Mirroring network.

+ + + + Create a list of contact details per mirror. + + Chase mirror maintainers with regarding to the status of + their servers. + + + + + USB2 + + + + + Hans Petter + + Sirevaag Selasky + + + hselasky@freebsd.org + + + + + + Current USB files + + + +

The new USB stack has been imported to FreeBSD-CURRENT. There is + an ongoing review process at the freebsd-usb mailing list and the + freebsd-current mailing list. A couple of minor issues remain.

+ +

Ideas and comments with regard to the new USB stack are welcome + at freebsd-usb@freebsd.org .

+ + + + + + + + Multi-IPv4/v6/no-IP jails + + + + + Bjoern A. + + Zeeb + + + bz@FreeBSD.ORG + + + + + Web page + for regularly updates and patches + + + Perforce tree + + + +

The multi-IPv4/v6/no-IP jails project was resumed beginning of + this year and is in the final stage now. A commit is imminent + waiting for final review to be finished.

+ +

As an alternate solution to full network stack virtualization, + this work shall provide a lightweight solution for multi-IP + virtualization. The changes are even more important because of the + emerging demand for IPv6.

+ +

Ideally this will be merged to FreeBSD 7 before 7.2-RELEASE and + stay in FreeBSD 8 for the transitional period to full network stack + virtualization.

+ + + + Finish review. + + Management (rc framework, ..) for 7-STABLE. + + Identify ports that need to be updated. + + + + + MavEtJu's FreeBSD Mailing List Browser + + + + + Edwin + + Groothuis + + + edwin@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Website + + + +

Earlier this year I put effort in the creation of a new layout + for the FreeBSD mailinglists. The following issues were tackled: +

Display which mailinglists are active and are visited + often.
A clean weekly/monthly overview per list.
In the weekly/monthly overview, be able to go forward and + backward in time.
Browsing through threads goes by the Replies/Replies + To/Referenced By/References To fields of the emails, but visible + who the email is from.
An overview of the thread with quick links to the + articles.
Text attachments are normally shown, other attachment are + normally not shown.
Tag messages, see your browsing history, reply to emails and + an "wrap long lines" feature.
Filtering out of svn-, cvs-, freebsd-, and p4- groups.
Show date and time in the format you want.
Storing of preferences managed via OpenID + identification.

+ + The mailinglist website is updated once per hour with the + mailinglists via cvsup.

+ + + + Addition of RSS feeds per mailinglist and for the "last day" + feature. + + + + + FreeBSD Multimedia Resources List + + + + + Edwin + + Groothuis + + + edwin@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + Website + + + RSS feed + + + +

Please note that the FreeBSD Multimedia Resources List is still + alive and kicking. It is a one-stop-shop for FreeBSD related + podcasts, vodcasts and audio/video resources. It has talks, videos + and papers of the New York City BSD Con 2008, FreeBSD Developer + Summit, BSDCan 2008, AsiaBSDCon 2008, OpenFest and has recordings + with regular talks like the NYCBUG user group and regular podcast + of BSDTalk.

+ + + + + + + + pkg_trans + + + + + Ivan + + Voras + + + ivoras@freebsd.org + + + + + + + + +

The "pkg_trans" project is a work in progress aiming to add + package transactions / grouping to common package manipulation + utilities (pkg_add, pkg_delete). The intention is to have all + packages pulled in by a particular command like "pkg_add" or "make + install" grouped in a single transaction, which can be later rolled + back. This will allow users to, for example, install a big tree of + dependent packages (like kde4), try it, and later delete it.

+ +

Currently the pkg_trans and the patched utilities are available + for testing. There are some open issues but it's generally + stable.

+ + + + I cannot modify the "make install" infrastructure for ports + and 3rd party utilities such as portupgrade. People who know these + utilities are very welcome to help. + + More testing is needed. + + + + + FreeBSD/powerpc for Freescale MPC8572 + + + + + Rafal + + Jaworowski + + + raj@semihalf.com + + + + + Bartlomiej + + Sieka + + + tur@semihalf.com + + + + +

The MPC8572 system-on-chip device is a high-end member of + Freescale PowerQUICC III family, which features a rich set of + integrated peripherals. It is a dual e500v2 core system, compliant + with Book-E definition of the Power Architecture. For detailed + specification see: + http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC8572E + This work is extending our (single core) MPC85XX port already + available in the SVN tree. Currently the MPC8572 support covers: +

all existing functionality of FreeBSD/MPC85XX (console, e500 + interrupts/exceptions, networking etc.)
SMP

dual-e500 cores running at 1.5GHz each
ULE

Security engine (SEC)
General purpose DMA controller
Pattern matching engine (PME)
Ethernet controller (eTSEC) advanced features

multicast
jumbo frames
TCP/IP h/w checksumming
VLAN tagging
polling
interrupt coalescing

PCI-Express bridge
I2C controller

+ + High level functional summary: +

stable multiuser SMP operation
NFS-mounted root filesystem

+ + + + Remaining built-in peripherals drivers + + + + + Release Engineering Team + + + + + Ken + + Smith + + + re@FreeBSD.org + + + + +

The Release Engineering Team continues to work on getting + 6.4-RELEASE and 7.1-RELEASE ready. 6.4-RC2 builds are coming up + shortly, with 6.4-RELEASE expected about two weeks later. There are + still a few issues being worked on for 7.1-RELEASE though hopefully + we will be ready to proceed with 7.1-RC1 within the next week. Both + 6.4-RELEASE and 7.1-RELEASE will include DVD image ISOs for the + amd64 and i386 architectures which has been requested by quite a + few end-users.

+ + + + + FreeBSD Security Officer and Security Team + + + + + Security + + Officer + + + security-officer@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Security + + Team + + + security-team@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + + + + + + + +

The FreeBSD Security Team has recently had some membership + changes. George V. Neville-Neil, Dag-Erling Smorgrav, and Marcus + Alves Grando have retired from the team. We thank them for their + work while they were on the security team. Xin Li, Martin Wilke, + Qing Li, and Stanislav Sedov have joined the team.

+ + + + + Synaptics touchpads support improvements in psm(4) + + + + + Jean-SÃ©bastien + + PÃ©dron + + + dumbbell@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + + + +

psm(4) provides basic support for Synaptics Touchpad but doesn't + allow one to take advantage of many features like multi-finger tap + and tap-hold, or virtual scrolling. A driver for X.Org is available + but the movements are not very precise and the setup is not easy if + you want to use your touchpad in the console.

+ +

The goal of this project is to first provide a better movement + filtering and smoothing, then bring the more advanced features.

+ +

Right now, movement filtering, multi-finger tap, tap-hold and + virtual scrolling (using a dedicated area) is implemented.

+ +

Virtual scrolling with two fingers (as seen on Apple MacBook) + will be brought back soon.

+ +

But before that, the new driver needs testing! It's currently + tested on an ASUS V6V only and feedback on other laptops would be + greatly appreciated.

+ + + + Test and send feedback. + + + + diff --git a/en/news/status/status.sgml b/en/news/status/status.sgml index cfcfceef90..1a688f0446 100644 --- a/en/news/status/status.sgml +++ b/en/news/status/status.sgml @@ -1,142 +1,144 @@ - + ]> &header; -

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The FreeBSD Quarterly Development Status Report attempts to address this problem by providing a vehicle that allows developers to make the broader community aware of their on-going work on FreeBSD, both in and out of the central source repository. For each project and sub-project, a one paragraph summary is included, indicating progress since the last summary. If it is a new project, or if a project has not submitted any prior status reports, a short description may precede the status information.

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The July - September, 2008 Status Reports are now + available with 14 entries.

+ + + 3

New committer: René Ladan (doc-nl)

&os; 6.4-RC2 Available

The second Release Candidate for &os; 6.4 is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are available for download on most of the &os; mirror sites. &os; 6.4-RC2 should be the last of the public test builds for the FreeBSD 6.4 release cycle, therefore we encourage people to test and report any outstanding bugs as soon as possible.

1 New committer: <a href="mailto:versus@FreeBSD.org"> Konrad Jankowski</a> (src) - SoC2008 alumnus.

New committer: Konrad Jankowski (src). Konrad participated in Summer Of Code 2008. He will begin his work in the i18n area, specifically in bringing his SoC code (UTF-8 collation) to the coming releases.

10 19 &os; 7.1-BETA2 Available

The second beta release of &os; 7.1 is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures can be found on most of the &os; mirror sites.

12 FreeBSD 6.4-RC1 Available

The first release candidate of FreeBSD 6.4 is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the FreeBSD mirror sites.

New committer: Lawrence Stewart (src)

9 18 Summer of Code Projects Completed

We are happy to report that 19 students successfully completed their FreeBSD Summer of Code projects. Congratulations to both mentors and students, and thanks to Google for running this program and providing funding.

New committer: Marko Zec (src)

15 PC-BSD 7 Released

PC-BSD 7 has just been released. PC-BSD is a successful desktop operating system based on FreeBSD that focuses on providing an easy to use desktop system for casual computer users. The release may be downloaded or purchased on DVD.

New committer: Robert Noland (src)

13 &os; 6.4-BETA/7.1-BETA Available

The final stage of the &os;-6.4 and &os;-7.1 Release cycle has begun with the first beta releases. The ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available for download on most of the &os; mirror sites. We encourage people to test and report any outstanding bugs. Please find more information about these releases on the Release Engineering Information page.

New committer: Josh Paetzel (ports)

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New committer: Max Brazhnikov (ports)

Enhanced commit privileges: Stanislav Sedov (src, ports)

Enhanced commit privileges: Edward Tomasz Napierala (src, ports) SoC2008 alumnus.

19 April - June, 2008 Status Reports

The April - June, 2008 Status Reports are now available with 14 entries.

Enhanced commit privileges: Gábor Páli (full doc/www)

7 28 &os; Foundation Requesting Project Proposals

The &os; Foundation is seeking the submission of proposals for work relating to any of the major &os; subsystems or infrastructure. A budget of $80,000 was allocated for 2008 to fund multiple development projects. Proposals will be evaluated based on desirability, technical merit and cost-effectiveness.

To find out more about the proposal process please read the call.

New committer: Robert Noland (ports)

New committer: Yvan Vanhullebus (src)

18 &os; Foundation July 2008 Newsletter

The &os; Foundation has published their Semi-Annual July 2008 newsletter which summarizes what they have done to help the &os; Project and community.

17 New &os; Core Team elected

The &os; Project is pleased to announce the conclusion of our fourth consecutive democratic election of project leadership. The &os; Core Team constitutes the project's "Board of Directors" and is responsible for vetting new src committers, arbitrating technical disagreements, weighing in on policy and administrative issues, and appointing sub-committees for handling specific duties (security officer, release engineers, port managers, webmasters, etc..). The core team has been democratically elected every 2 years by active &os; committers since 2000.

Peter Wemm is rejoining the team after a 2 year hiatus, and Kris Kennaway is joining the team for the first time. The remaining 7 slots were filled with incumbents Wilko Bulte, Brooks Davis, Giorgos Keramidas, George V. Neville-Neil, Hiroki Sato, Murray Stokely, and Robert Watson.

The new core team would like to especially thank outgoing members Wes Peters and Warner Losh for their many years of service to &os;, our electioneer Dr. Josef Karthauser for running another election for us, and our returning core secretary Philip Paeps.

New committer: Philip M. Gollucci (ports)

New committer: Greg Larkin (ports)

8 iXsystems Announces Professional &os; and PC-BSD Support Offering

A press release announcing the launch of iXsystems' Professional Services Division which will provide Professional Enterprise Grade support, consulting, and development for &os; and PC-BSD.

New committer: Stacey Son (src)

New committer: Nathan Whitehorn (src)

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New committer: Erik Cederstrand (projects)

FreeBSD Technologies in Firefox 3

A press release describing FreeBSD technologies used by Mozilla Firefox.

New committer: Dmitry Marakasov (ports)

New committer: Ermal Luçi (src)

10 New committer: <a href="mailto:ivoras@FreeBSD.org">Ivan Voras</a> (src). SoC2005-2007 alumnus.

Ivan Voras is now a src/ committer. He participated in the Google Summer of Code program in 2005, 2006, and 2007.

3 FreeBSD begins switch to Subversion

The FreeBSD Project has begun the switch of its source code management system from CVS to Subversion. At this point in time, FreeBSD's developers are making changes to the base system in the Subversion repository. We have a replication system in place that exports our work to the legacy CVS tree on a continuous basis.

People who are using our extensive CVS based distribution network (including anoncvs, CVSup, cvsweb, ftp) will not be interrupted by our work-in-progress. We are committed to maintaining the existing CVS based distribution system for at least the support lifetime of all existing "stable" branches. Security and errata patches will continue to be made available in their usual CVS locations.

We expect to make our Subversion based source tree and other supporting infrastructure public soon. There will be new mailing lists to subscribe to if you wish to receive Subversion commit notifications.

Our ports, doc and www trees are not affected at this time. A separate decision will be made regarding those CVS repositories soon.

Many people have contributed to the effort, but we wish to thank Michael Haggerty and the cvs2svn project developers for their assistance with cvs2svn. Peter Wemm spent several weeks of Yahoo!'s time repairing the CVS tree, preparing for and performing the conversion, and the configuration of the Subversion infrastructure. Yahoo! donated the server hardware.

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New committer: Manolis Kiagias (doc/www)

New committer: Ed Schouten (src)

14 January - March, 2008 Status Reports

The January - March, 2008 Status Reports are now available with 13 entries.

4 22 Funded Summer of Code Projects Announced

The FreeBSD Project received over 100 applications for Google's Summer of Code program, amongst which 21 were selected for funding. Unfortunately, there were far more first rate applications than available spots for students. However, we encourage students to work together with us all year round. The FreeBSD Project is always willing to help mentor students learn more about operating system development through our normal community mailing lists and development forums. Contributing to an open source software project is a valuable component of a computer science education and great preparation for a career in software development.

A complete list of the winning students and projects is available here. A Summer of Code wiki has been created and additional information about the projects will be added there soon.

New committer: Gábor Páli (Hungarian doc/www)

3 31 Student deadline extended for Summer of Code

The deadline for student applications to participate in the Google Summer of Code has been extended by one week. The new deadline is Monday, April 7, 2008. If you haven't already, please visit our FreeBSD Summer of Code page and look at the example project ideas we've listed there, or propose your own. There are many new ideas listed since the first announcements went out.

26 Now Accepting Student Applications for Google Summer of Code

The student application period for the Google Summer of Code 2008 program has begun. Please peruse our list of FreeBSD specific projects and potential mentors and prepare your application before the March 31 deadline. Earlier applications are encouraged as this provides an opportunity for potential mentors to work on improving the applications with students before the deadline.

17 Participating in Google Summer of Code

The FreeBSD Project will soon be accepting applications for the Google Summer of Code 2008 program. This program will provide funding for students to spend the summer contributing to open source software projects. A list of FreeBSD specific projects and potential mentors is available here.

Once a suitable project and mentor have been identified, interested students should complete a proposal and submit it to Google. The application period begins on March 24, 2008 and the final deadline is April 1, 2008 0:00 UTC. Please see the Google FAQ for more information.

14 New committer: <a href="mailto:rdivacky@FreeBSD.org">Roman Divacky</a> (src). SoC2006-2007 alumnus.

Roman Divacky is now a src/ committer. He participated in the Summer of Code program in 2006 and 2007, where he worked on Linux 2.6 compatibility.

New committer: Felippe M. Motta (ports)

New committer: Philippe Audeoud (ports)

2 27 FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE Available

FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE is now available. The release errata will be updated with late-breaking news and/or issues with 7.0, and should be consulted before installation. For more information about FreeBSD releases, see the Release Information page.

pfSense 1.2 released.

New committer: Ganbold Tsagaankhuu (doc/www)

New committer: Pietro Cerutti (ports)

17 October-December, 2007 Status Reports

The October-December, 2007 Status Reports are now available with 25 entries.

New committer: Oliver Fromme (src)

12 FreeBSD 7.0-RC2 Available

The second release candidate of FreeBSD 7.0 is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the FreeBSD mirror sites.

New committer: Antoine Brodin (src)

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New committer: Oleksandr Tymoshenko (src)

18 FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE Available

FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE is now available. Please be sure to check the release errata before installation for any late-breaking news and/or issues with 6.3. More information about FreeBSD releases can be found on the Release Information page.

17 6 New RSS 2.0 Feeds Available

Six new RSS 2.0 feeds have been made available on the FreeBSD website. It is now possible to subscribe to RSS 2.0 feeds for : FreeBSD Project News, FreeBSD In the Media, Upcoming FreeBSD Events, FreeBSD Security Advisories, FreeBSD Java Updates, and FreeBSD GNOME Updates. There is also an RSS 0.91 feed available for FreeBSD KDE Updates.

The new feeds all validate properly and have been tested with popular feed reading software. Please mail freebsd-www@FreeBSD.org if you have any problems with the new feeds.

DesktopBSD 1.6 is released.

New committer: Wesley Shields (ports)

2007 12 31 FreeBSD 6.3-RC2 Available

The second release candidate of FreeBSD 6.3 has been announced. ISO images and distributions for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the FreeBSD mirror sites.

30 FreeBSD 7.0-RC1 Available

The first release candidate of FreeBSD 7.0 is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the FreeBSD mirror sites.

New committer: Weongyo Jeong (src)

New committer: Rafal Jaworowski (src)

25 Juniper Networks, Inc has donated a reference FreeBSD port to the MIPS architecture

Juniper Networks, Inc. (http://www.juniper.net) has donated a reference FreeBSD port to the MIPS architecture to The FreeBSD Project. This code will be used as one reference for creating an official project-supported FreeBSD/MIPS offering.

Information about the code drop can be found here.

10 End-of-Year Fund Raising Drive

The FreeBSD Foundation has announced an End-of-Year Fund Raising Drive. The goal this year is to raise over $250,000. This money is used for sponsoring FreeBSD related conferences, providing travel grants to developers to attend these conferences, providing grants for projects that improve FreeBSD, and providing legal support on issues like understanding the GPLv3 impact on FreeBSD, trademarks, and other legal issues that come up.

Donations can be made online from http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/.

5 &os; 7.0-BETA4 Available

The &os; 7.0 release process proceeds and as a consequence the 7.0-BETA4 ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available for download on most &os; mirror sites. We ask our users to report any outstanding bugs, as this will presumably be the last BETA release before the first RC release.

11 29 FreeBSD 6.3-RC1 Available

The first release candidate of FreeBSD 6.3 has been announced. ISO images and distributions for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the FreeBSD mirror sites.

19 &os; 7.0-BETA3 Available

The &os; 7.0 release process proceeds and as a consequence the 7.0-BETA3 ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available for download on most &os; mirror sites. We ask our users to report any outstanding bugs.

4 &os; 7.0-BETA2 Available

The &os; 7.0 release process proceeds and as a consequence the 7.0-BETA2 ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available for download on most &os; mirror sites. We ask our users to report any outstanding bugs, as this will presumably be the last BETA release before the first RC release.

New committer: Henrik Brix Andersen (ports)

10 27 The FreeBSD Foundation auctions the first copy of the book "Absolute &os;, 2nd Edition"

The &os; Foundation has started its Fall Fund-Raising Campaign with an auction of the first copy of the book "Absolute &os;, 2nd Edition" which was graciously donated by the author Michael Lucas. The winner of this auction will get a laser-printed Certificate of Authenticity together with a signed bookplate. All proceeds will go to The &os; Foundation! The bidding ends on November 2nd. More information is available on eBay.

Enhanced commit privileges: Martin Wilke (ports, doc)

25 New committer: <a href="mailto:lulf@FreeBSD.org">Ulf Lilleengen</a> (src). SoC2007 alumnus.

Ulf Lilleengen is now a src/ committer. He participated in the Summer of Code program, where he worked on gvinum. In FreeBSD, Ulf will continue to work on gvinum, as well as csup and filesystem-related parts.

22 &os; 7.0-BETA1 Available

The final stage of the &os;-7.0 Release cycle has begun with the first beta release. The &os; 7.0-BETA1 ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available for download on most of the &os; mirror sites. The more people that test and report bugs, the better &os; 7.0-RELEASE will be. For more information about the &os; 7.0 release process, please check the official schedule and the todo list.

10 July-October, 2007 Status Reports

The July-October, 2007 Status Reports is now available with 21 entries.

3 PC-BSD 1.4 Released

PC-BSD 1.4 has just been released. PC-BSD is a successful desktop operating system based on FreeBSD that focuses on providing an easy to use desktop system for casual computer users. The release may be downloaded or purchased on CD.

9 28 New committer: <a href="mailto:kaiw@FreeBSD.org">Kai Wang</a> (src). SoC2007 alumnus.

Kai Wang, a student in the Summer of Code program, is now a src/ committer.

25 New committer: <a href="mailto:rpaulo@FreeBSD.org">Rui Paulo</a> (src). SoC2007 alumnus.

Rui Paulo, a student in the Summer of Code program, is now a full src/ committer.

17 Summer of Code Projects Completed

We are happy to report that 22 students successfully completed their FreeBSD Summer of Code projects. Congratulations to both mentors and students, and thanks to Google for running this program and providing funding.

8 29 FreeBSD Foundation August 2007 newsletter

The FreeBSD Foundation has published their August 2007 newsletter which summarizes their activities so far this year.

New committer: Thomas Abthorpe (ports)

2 IPv6 live at the FreeBSD.org cluster

Most of the machines and services in the FreeBSD.org cluster are now available through IPv6. This includes www, mail and developer ssh access. Connectivity is provided from ISC using a tunnel.

New committer: Fukang Chen (doc)

7 10 April-June, 2007 Status Report

The April-June, 2007 Status Report is now available with 49 entries.

New committer: Lars Engels (ports)

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Enhanced commit privileges: Edwin Groothuis (src, ports)

New committer: Sean C. Farley (src)

New committer: Timur I. Bakeyev (ports)

Enhanced commit privileges: Chin-San Huang (doc, ports)

7 FreeBSD Project Integrates Support for the Camellia Block Cipher

Support for the Camellia block cipher has been integrated into FreeBSD 7-CURRENT and will be part of the upcoming FreeBSD 7-RELEASE. For more information, please refer to the press release.

Enhanced commit privileges: Johann Kois (full doc/www)

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New committer: Beech Rintoul (ports)

29 New committer: <a href="mailto:attilio@FreeBSD.org">Attilio Rao</a> (src). SoC2007 alumnus.

Attilio Rao, a student in the Summer of Code program, is now a full src/ committer.

19 Xorg 7.2 imported into the ports collection.

Thanks to the hard work of Florent Thoumie (and others), the FreeBSD ports collection now uses the modular Xorg 7.2 as its default X server. i386 and AMD64 6.2-STABLE packages are available and other architectures/releases will be available later, or you can compile it from source. In both cases, see the 20070519 entry in /usr/ports/UPDATING on how to upgrade. Please track -ports for last minute information.

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New committer: Marcelo Araujo (ports)

New committer: Tong Liu (ports)

13 Funded Summer of Code Projects Announced

The FreeBSD Project received over 120 applications for Google's Summer of Code program, amongst which 25 were selected for funding. Unfortunately, there were far more first rate applications than available spots for students. However, we encourage students to work together with us all year round. The FreeBSD Project is always willing to help mentor students learn more about operating system development through our normal community mailing lists and development forums. Contributing to an open source software project is a valuable component of a computer science education and great preparation for a career in software development.

A complete list of the winning students and projects is available here. A Summer of Code wiki is also available with additional information.

New committer: Edward Tomasz Napierala (ports)

Mongolian FreeBSD Documentation Project Launches

Under the supervision of Ganbold Tsagaankhuu the Mongolian translation goes live. The official translation of the FreeBSD Handbook, completed by the Mongolian FreeBSD Documentation Project, adds support for documentation in another language. For more information about the ongoing work of the MFDP, please refer to the Translations page of the FreeBSD Documentation Project.

New committer: Alexander Motin (src)

9 January-March, 2007 Status Report

The January-March, 2007 Status Report is now available with 19 entries.

6 ZFS Now Part of FreeBSD

Support for Sun's ZFS has been committed to the FreeBSD 7-CURRENT development branch and will be available as an experimental feature in FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE. For more information please refer to the announcement.

New committer: Martin Matuska (ports)

New committer: Li-Wen Hsu (ports)

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New committer: Sepherosa Ziehau (src)

14 Accepting Applications for Summer of Code

The FreeBSD Project is now accepting applications for the Google Summer of Code 2007 program. This program will provide funding for students to spend the summer contributing to open source software projects. A list of FreeBSD specific projects and potential mentors is available here.

Once a suitable project and mentor have been identified, interested students should complete a proposal and submit it to Google. Proposals are now being accepted and the final deadline is March 24, 2007. Please see the Google FAQ for more information.

12 March 2007 Snapshot Releases Available

FreeBSD 7-CURRENT and 6-STABLE snapshot releases for March 2007 now available. The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team issues snapshot releases to encourage users to test new features and improve the reliability. For more details, please visit the snapshots page.

11 New committer: <a href="mailto:bushman@FreeBSD.org">Michael Bushkov</a> (src). An SoC2006 alumnus.

Michael Bushkov, a successful student from last year's Summer of Code program, has continued working with the FreeBSD Project and is now a full src/ committer.

10 Progress on scaling of FreeBSD on 8 CPU systems

Recently there has been significant progress on optimizing FreeBSD 7.0 for MySQL running an 8-core amd64 system. Under the test workload FreeBSD has peak performance consistent with Linux, and outperforms it by a factor of 4 under higher loads. Continue reading for a more detailed report here.

7 FreeBSD Announces Intel Approval for Redistribution of Wireless Firmware

The FreeBSD project has reached an agreement with Intel about the redistribution of firmware images for Intel wireless cards. Please refer to the press release for more information.

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Information about how the change in Daylight Savings Time for some time zones affects FreeBSD releases.

Enhanced commit privileges: Remko Lodder (doc,src)

New committer: JINMEI, Tatuya (src)

New committer: Stephane E. Potvin (src)

New committer: Benjamin Close (src)

9 Podcast Interview with FreeBSD Core Team Member and AsiaBSDCon 2007 Program Committee Chair George V. Neville-Neil.

In his latest bsdtalk podcast, Will Backman interviews FreeBSD Developer George V. Neville-Neil about the upcoming AsiaBSDCon conference. http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk099.mp3.

8 AsiaBSDCon 2007 Announces Conference Schedule

AsiaBSDCon, the BSD conference for Asia, has posted its schedule of tutorials, papers and presentations for the conference, taking place in Tokyo from March 8th through 11th 2007. The complete schedule can be found here.

Registration will begin on or about the 12th of February.

Enhanced commit privileges: Gábor Kövesdán (doc, ports)

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Enhanced commit privileges: Rong-En Fan (src, ports)

New committer: Diane Bruce (ports)

16 October-December, 2006 Status Report

The October-December, 2006 Status Report is now available with 41 entries.

15 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE is Now Available

FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE has been released. Please check the release errata before installation for any late-breaking news and/or issues with 6.2. The Release Information page has more information about FreeBSD releases.

9 Hungarian FreeBSD Documentation Project Launches

Under the supervision of FreeBSD developer Gábor Kövesdán, the Hungarian translation goes live. This official translation, completed by the Hungarian FreeBSD Documentation Project, adds support for documentation in another language. For more information about the ongoing work of the HFDP team, please refer to the Translations page of the FreeBSD Documentation Project.