This is a specific schedule for the release of FreeBSD 5.2. For + more general information about the release engineering process, + please see the Release + Engineering section of the web site.
+ +General discussions about the release engineering process or + quality assurance issues should be sent to the public FreeBSD-qa mailing list. + MFC + requests should be sent to re@FreeBSD.org.
+ +FreeBSD 5.2 will continue to be released from the 5-CURRENT development + stream. For more details about the milestones for reaching + 5-STABLE, see the 5-STABLE + Roadmap page.
+ +The current release engineering TODO list is also available. + This list is updated periodically through the release cycle.
+ +| Action | +Expected | +Actual | +Description | +
| src/ tree frozen | +17 Nov 2003 | +-- | +Announce the src/ code freeze for 5.2 on the HEAD + branch. Commits to HEAD require re@FreeBSD.org + approval. | +
| ports/ tree frozen | +17 Nov 2003 | +-- | +Announce the ports/ code freeze for 5.2. + Commits to ports/ require portmgr@FreeBSD.org + approval. | +
| Begin 5.2-BETA builds | +17 Nov 2003 | +-- | +Begin building 5.2-BETA disc1 and disc2 for all Tier-1 platforms. | +
| Release 5.2-BETA | +19 Nov 2003 | +-- | +5.2-BETA tier-1 platform images released and uploaded to + ftp-master.FreeBSD.org. | +
| RELENG_5_2 branched | +1 Dec 2003 | +-- | +Branch of src/ from HEAD for the release. + Note: no branch for RELENG_5 will happen at this time. | +
| Turn off debugging for RELENG_5_2 | +1 Dec 2003 | +-- | +Turn off WITNESS, INVARIANTS, and malloc debugging options similar to + what was done for 5.1. | +
| Begin 5.2-RC1 builds | +1 Dec 2003 | +-- | +Begin building 5.2-RC1 disc1 and disc2 for all Tier-1 platforms. | +
| src/ unfrozen | +1 Dec 2003 | +-- | +Unfreeze HEAD src. Continue to coordinate significant + check-ins with re@FreeBSD.org in order to work towards + 5-STABLE. | +
| Release 5.2-RC1 | +3 Dec 2003 | +-- | +5.2-RC1 tier-1 platform images released and uploaded to + ftp-master.FreeBSD.org. | +
| Ports tree tagged | +3 Dec 2003 | +-- | +Tentative date of RELEASE_5_2_0 tag for ports. | +
| doc/ tree frozen | +8 Dec 2003 | +-- | +Announce the doc/ code freeze for 5.2. + Commits to doc/ require docmgr@FreeBSD.org + approval. | +
| Begin 5.2-RC2 builds | +9 Dec 2003 | +-- | +Begin building 5.2-RC2 disc1 and disc2 for all Tier-1 platforms. | +
| Release 5.2-RC2 | +11 Dec 2003 | +-- | +5.2-RC2 tier-1 platform images released and uploaded to + ftp-master.FreeBSD.org. | +
| doc/ tree tagged | +12 Dec 2003 | +-- | +Tag the doc/ tree with RELEASE_5_2_0. | +
| Version numbers bumped | +13 Dec 2003 | +-- | +The files listed here + are updated to reflect FreeBSD 5.2. | +
| src/ tree tagged | +13 Dec 2003 | +-- | +Tag the RELENG_5_2 branch with RELENG_5_2_0_RELEASE. | +
| Begin 5.2-RELEASE builds | +13 Dec 2003 | +-- | +Start 5.2-RELEASE Tier-1 builds. | +
| Warn hubs@FreeBSD.org | +13 Dec 2003 | +-- | +Heads up email to hubs@FreeBSD.org to give admins + time to prepare for the load spike to come. The site + administrators have frequently requested advance notice + for new ISOs. | +
| Upload to ftp-master | +15 Dec 2003 | +-- | +Release and packages uploaded to ftp-master.FreeBSD.org. | +
| FreeBSD 5.2 Announced | +16 Dec 2003 | +-- | +FreeBSD 5.2 is announced to the mailing lists. | +
| FreeBSD 5.2 Press Release | +16 Dec 2003 | +-- | +A formal press release statement is in the works and should be + released at this time to the www.FreeBSD.org website and various + tech publications. | +