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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/5.3R/schedule.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/5.3R/schedule.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3030b4521f --- /dev/null +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/5.3R/schedule.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,286 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional-Based Extension//EN" [ +<!ENTITY base CDATA "../.."> +<!ENTITY email 'freebsd-qa'> +<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/releases/5.3R/schedule.sgml,v 1.21 2005/10/04 06:52:24 murray Exp $"> +<!ENTITY local.rel "5.3"> +<!ENTITY local.rel.tag "5_3"> +<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD &local.rel; Release Process"> +<!ENTITY % navinclude.download "INCLUDE"> +]> + +<html> +&header; + +<h1>Introduction</h1> + +<p>This is a specific schedule for the release of FreeBSD &local.rel;. For + more general information about the release engineering process, + please see the <a href="&base;/releng/index.html">Release + Engineering</a> section of the web site.</p> + +<p>General discussions about the release engineering process or + quality assurance issues should be sent to the public <a + href="mailto:FreeBSD-qa@FreeBSD.org">FreeBSD-qa</a> mailing list. + <a + href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#DEFINE-MFC">MFC</a> + requests should be sent to <a + href="mailto:re@FreeBSD.org">re@FreeBSD.org</a>.</p> + +<p>FreeBSD &local.rel; will be the first release from the RELENG_5 + branch and thus will also be the first 5-STABLE release.</p> + +<p>The current release engineering <a + href="&base;/releases/5.3R/todo.html">TODO list</a> is also available. + This list is updated periodically through the release cycle.</p> + +<h1>Schedule</h1> + +<table class="tblbasic"> + <tr> + <td>Action</td> + <td>Expected</td> + <td>Actual</td> + <td>Description</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Announce the Ports Freeze</td> + <td>15 Aug 2004</td> + <td>15 Aug 2004</td> + <td>Someone from <tt>portmgr@</tt> should email + for the two week long ports freeze and tagging of the ports + tree.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td><tt>src/</tt> tree frozen</td> + <td>16 Aug 2004</td> + <td>16 Aug 2004</td> + <td>Announce the <tt>src/</tt> code freeze for &local.rel;. Commits + to the <tt>HEAD</tt> branch will be locked until the + <tt>RELENG_5</tt> branch is created.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td><tt>RELENG_5</tt> branch creation</td> + <td>16 Aug 2004</td> + <td>17 Aug 2004</td> + <td>Create the <tt>RELENG_5</tt> branch. Commits to this branch will + require Release Engineering approval until the + <tt>RELENG_&local.rel.tag;</tt> + branch is created.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>Begin <tt>&local.rel;-BETA1</tt> builds</td> + <td>16 Aug 2004</td> + <td>20 Aug 2004</td> + <td>Begin building &local.rel;-BETA1 disc1 and disc2 for all Tier-1 + platforms. The first built typically requires several days to resolve + latent problems on all platforms, so it will be started early.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Release <tt>&local.rel;-BETA1</tt></td> + <td>20 Aug 2004</td> + <td>22 Aug 2004</td> + <td>&local.rel;-BETA1 tier-1 platform images released and uploaded to + <tt>ftp-master.FreeBSD.org</tt>.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Build and release <tt>&local.rel;-BETA2</tt></td> + <td>27 Aug 2004</td> + <td>29 Aug 2004</td> + <td>&local.rel;-BETA2 tier-1 platform images built, released, and + uploaded to <tt>ftp-master.FreeBSD.org</tt>.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Build and release <tt>&local.rel;-BETA3</tt></td> + <td>3 Sep 2004</td> + <td>5 Sep 2004</td> + <td>&local.rel;-BETA3 tier-1 platform images built, released, and + uploaded to <tt>ftp-master.FreeBSD.org</tt>.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Ports tree frozen</td> + <td>3 Sep 2004</td> + <td>3 Sep 2004</td> + <td>Only approved commits will be permitted to the <tt>ports/</tt> + tree during the freeze.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Build and release <tt>&local.rel;-BETA4</tt></td> + <td>10 Sep 2004</td> + <td>12 Sep 2004</td> + <td>&local.rel;-BETA4 tier-1 platform images built, released, and + uploaded to <tt>ftp-master.FreeBSD.org</tt>.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Build and release <tt>&local.rel;-BETA5</tt></td> + <td>17 Sep 2004</td> + <td>20 Sep 2004</td> + <td>&local.rel;-BETA5 tier-1 platform images released and uploaded to + <tt>ftp-master.FreeBSD.org</tt>.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Ports tree tagged</td> + <td>17 Sep 2004</td> + <td>11 Oct 2004</td> + <td><tt>RELEASE_&local.rel.tag;_0</tt> tag for + <tt>ports/</tt>.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Ports tree unfrozen</td> + <td>17 Sep 2004</td> + <td>11 Oct 2004</td> + <td>After the <tt>ports/</tt> tree is tagged, + the <tt>ports/</tt> tree will be re-opened for commits, but + commits made after tagging will not go in + &local.rel;-RELEASE.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Final package build starts</td> + <td>17 Sep 2004</td> + <td>11 Oct 2004</td> + <td>The ports cluster and <a + href="http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org">pointyhat</a> build final + packages.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Turn off debugging for <tt>RELENG_5</tt></td> + <td>17 Sep 2004</td> + <td>7 Sep 2004</td> + <td>Turn off WITNESS, INVARIANTS, and malloc debugging options. This will + be the default for all RELENG_5 releases.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td><tt>doc/</tt> tree slush</td> + <td>17 Sep 2004</td> + <td>17 Sep 2004</td> + <td>Announce the <tt>doc/</tt> slush for &local.rel;. + From this time until the tagging of the <tt>doc/</tt> tree, + non-critical changes should be postponed to allow translation + teams time to finish their work for the release. + If we can resolve problems before this expected date, + <tt>doc/</tt> slush could start earlier. At this point, + we are considering on 10 Sep at earliest, and on 17 Sep at latest.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Build and release <tt>&local.rel;-BETA6</tt></td> + <td>24 Sep 2004</td> + <td>26 Sep 2004</td> + <td>&local.rel;-BETA6 tier-1 platform images released and uploaded to + <tt>ftp-master.FreeBSD.org</tt>.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td><tt>doc/</tt> tree tagged</td> + <td>24 Sep 2004</td> + <td>26 Sep 2004</td> + <td>Tag the <tt>doc/</tt> tree with + <tt>RELEASE_&local.rel.tag;_0</tt>.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Build and release <tt>&local.rel;-BETA7</tt></td> + <td>1 Oct 2004</td> + <td>3 Oct 2004</td> + <td>&local.rel;-BETA7 tier-1 platform images released and uploaded to + <tt>ftp-master.FreeBSD.org</tt>.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td><tt>RELENG_&local.rel.tag;</tt> branched</td> + <td>8 Oct 2004</td> + <td>16 Oct 2004</td> + <td>Branch of <tt>src/</tt> from <tt>RELENG_5</tt> for the release.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td><tt>src/</tt> unfrozen</td> + <td>8 Oct 2004</td> + <td>16 Oct 2004</td> + <td>Unfreeze <tt>RELENG_5</tt> src. Continue to coordinate significant + check-ins with <tt>re@FreeBSD.org</tt> until the release is final.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Build and release <tt>&local.rel;-RC1</tt></td> + <td>17 Oct 2004</td> + <td>19 Oct 2004</td> + <td>&local.rel;-RC1 tier-1 platform images released and uploaded to + <tt>ftp-master.FreeBSD.org</tt>.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>Version numbers bumped</td> + <td>22 Oct 2004</td> + <td>24 Oct 2004</td> + <td>The files listed <a + href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/article.html#VERSIONBUMP">here</a> + are updated to reflect FreeBSD &local.rel;.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td><tt>src/</tt> tree tagged</td> + <td>22 Oct 2004</td> + <td>24 Oct 2004</td> + <td>Tag the <tt>RELENG_&local.rel.tag;</tt> branch with + <tt>RELENG_&local.rel.tag;_0_RELEASE</tt>.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Begin <tt>&local.rel;-RELEASE</tt> builds</td> + <td>5 Nov 2004</td> + <td>4 Nov 2004</td> + <td>Start &local.rel;-RELEASE Tier-1 builds.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Warn <tt>mirror-announce@FreeBSD.org</tt></td> + <td>5 Nov 2004</td> + <td>5 Nov 2004</td> + <td>Heads up email to <tt>mirror-announce@FreeBSD.org</tt> to give admins + time to prepare for the load spike to come. The site + administrators have frequently requested advance notice + for new ISOs.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Upload to <tt>ftp-master</tt></td> + <td>5 Nov 2004</td> + <td>6 Nov 2004</td> + <td>Release and packages uploaded to <tt>ftp-master.FreeBSD.org.</tt></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>FreeBSD &local.rel; Announced</td> + <td>5 Nov 2004</td> + <td>6 Nov 2004</td> + <td>FreeBSD &local.rel; is announced to the mailing lists.</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>FreeBSD &local.rel; Press Release</td> + <td>5 Nov 2004</td> + <td>6 Nov 2004</td> + <td>A formal press release statement is in the works and should be + released at this time to the <tt>www.FreeBSD.org</tt> website and various + tech publications.</td> + </tr> + +</table> + + &footer; + + </body> +</html> |