This is a specific schedule for the release of FreeBSD 4.7. 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.
+ +| Action | Expected | Actual | Description | +
| Reminder announcement | 06 Aug 2002 | 06 Aug 2002 | +Release Engineers send announcement email to + developers@FreeBSD.org with a rough schedule for the FreeBSD 4.7 + release. | +
| 4.7-PRERELEASE Testing Guide published | Ongoing | -- | +A testing guide + should be published with information about recent changes and + areas of the system that should be thoroughly tested during the + pre-release/RC period. | +
| 4.7-PRERELEASE | +01 Sep 2002 | +-- | +newvers.sh, and release.ent updated. | +
| FTP site updated | +01 Sep 2002 | +-- | +pkg_add -r works for 4.7-PRERELEASE machines. | +
| Code freeze begins | +01 Sep 2002 | +-- | + +After this date, all commits to the RELENG_4 branch + must be approved by re@FreeBSD.org. Certain highly + active documentation committers are exempt from this rule for + routine man page / release note updates. Heads-up emails + should be sent to the developers@, stable@, and qa@ lists. | +
| Commercial software demos updated. | +-- | +-- | +The second disc contains commercial software demos, these + demos should be updated to contain the latest versions. | +
| 4.7-RC | +15 Sep 2002 | +-- | +newvers.sh and release.ent updated. | +
| Announce the Ports Freeze | +15 Sep 2002 | +-- | +Someone from portmgr should email + freebsd-ports@ and BCC: developers@ to set a date + for the week long ports freeze and tagging of the ports tree. | +
| Heads up to hubs | +28 Sep 2002 | +-- | +A message should be sent to + freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.org before the release is uploaded. The + site administrators have frequently requested advance notice for + new ISOs. | +
| First release candidate | +15 Sep 2002 | +-- | +The first release candidate for the x86 and Alpha architecture is + released. ISO images should be uploaded to + ftp-master.freebsd.org and + releng4.freebsd.org. A network install directory should + be uploaded to ftp-master.freebsd.org. The + packages directory should be a relative symlink, + as described in the releng article. + |
| Heads up to -stable | +17 Sep 2002 | +-- | +A message should be sent to qa@FreeBSD.org and + stable@FreeBSD.org after the snapshot is uploaded. | +
| Package split posted | +17 Sep 2002 | +-- | + +The proposed package split (which packages go on which disc of + the 4 CD set) should be posted to qa@FreeBSD.org, + ports@FreeBSD.org, and stable@FreeBSD.org. | + +
| Second release candidate | +?? Sep 2002 | +-- | +Note: the release date of this candidate depends on the user + experience with RC1. | +
| Third release candidate | +-- | +-- | ++ |
| Ports tree frozen. | +24 Sep 2002 | +-- | +CVSROOT/avail locks out everyone but the person who + does the tagging. It will take approximately 2 hours to tag the + entire ports tree with the RELEASE_4_7_0 tag. After + this time, the ports/ tree will be re-opened for commits, but + commits made after tagging will not go in 4.7-RELEASE. | +
| Final package build starts + | 25 Sep 2002 | +-- | +The ports cluster and bento + build final packages. | +
| Package split | +26 Sep 2002 | +-- | +The packages must be split so that packages with similar + dependencies appear on each of the four discs, with the most + popular packages appearing on the first disc. | +
| doc tree tagged. | +27 Sep 2002 | +-- | +RELEASE_4_7_0 tag for docs. | +
| RELENG_4_7 branch | +28 Sep 2002 | +-- | +The release branch is created. | +
| Note to freebsd-stable@ | +28 Sep 2002 | +-- | +A note should be sent to the freebsd-stable to let + over-anxious users know that the tags have been created but the + release still isn't ready. Tags may be slid before the + announcement goes out. Point users to freebsd-qa@ for + details. | +
| Version numbers bumped. | +29 Sep 2002 | +-- | +The files listed here + are updated to reflect the fact that this is FreeBSD 4.7. | +
| Update man.cgi on the website. | +29 Sep 2002 | +-- | +Make sure the 4.7 manual pages are being displayed by default + for the man->web gateway. Also make sure these man pages are + pointed to by docs.sgml. | +
| src tree tagged. | +29 Sep 2002 | +-- | +RELENG_4_7_0_RELEASE tag for src. | +
| Final builds. | +30 Sep 2002 | +-- | +Final builds for x86 and Alpha in a pristine environment. | +
| Warn hubs@FreeBSD.org | +30 Sep 2002 | +-- | +Heads up email to hubs@FreeBSD.org to give admins + time to prepare for the load spike to come. | +
| Upload to ftp-master. | +30 Sep 2002 | +-- | +release and packages uploaded to ftp-master.FreeBSD.org | +
| Announcement | +1 Oct 2002 | +-- | +Announcement sent out after a majority of the mirrors have + received the bits. | +
| Unfreeze the tree | +02 Oct 2002 | +-- | +Announcement to developers@ explaining that the release is + out, and commits to RELENG_4 no longer require approval. Also + note the policy for commits to the RELENG_4_7 branch. | +