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<h1>Introduction</h1>
<p>This is a specific schedule for the release of FreeBSD 4.7. 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>
<h1>Schedule</h1>
<table class="tblbasic">
<tr><td>Action</td><td>Expected</td><td>Actual</td><td>Description</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Reminder announcement</td><td>06 Aug 2002</td><td>06 Aug 2002</td>
<td>Release Engineers send announcement email to
developers@FreeBSD.org with a rough schedule for the FreeBSD 4.7
release.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4.7-PRERELEASE Testing Guide published</td><td>Ongoing</td><td>02 Sep 2002</td>
<td>A <a href="&base;/releases/4.7R/qa.html">testing guide</a>
should be published with information about recent changes and
areas of the system that should be thoroughly tested during the
pre-release/RC period.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>4.7-PRERELEASE</tt></td>
<td>01 Sep 2002</td>
<td>02 Sep 2002</td>
<td><tt>newvers.sh</tt>, and <tt>release.ent</tt> updated.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>FTP site updated</td>
<td>01 Sep 2002</td>
<td>02 Sep 2002</td>
<td><tt>pkg_add -r</tt> works for <tt>4.7-PRERELEASE</tt> machines.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Code freeze begins</td>
<td>01 Sep 2002</td>
<td>01 Sep 2002</td>
<td>After this date, all commits to the <tt>RELENG_4</tt> branch
must be approved by <a
href="mailto:re@FreeBSD.org">re@FreeBSD.org</a>. 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.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Commercial software demos updated.</td>
<td>--</td>
<td>--</td>
<td>The second disc contains commercial software demos, these
demos should be updated to contain the latest versions.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>4.7-RC</tt></td>
<td>15 Sep 2002</td>
<td>16 Sep 2002</td>
<td><tt>newvers.sh</tt> and <tt>release.ent</tt> updated.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Announce the Ports Freeze</td>
<td>15 Sep 2002</td>
<td>16 Sep 2002</td>
<td>Someone from <tt>portmgr</tt> should email
<tt>freebsd-ports@</tt> and BCC: <tt>developers@</tt> to set a date
for the week long ports freeze and tagging of the ports tree.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First release candidate</td>
<td>15 Sep 2002</td>
<td>18 Sep 2002</td>
<td>The first release candidate for the x86 and Alpha architecture is
released. ISO images should be uploaded to
<tt>ftp-master.FreeBSD.org</tt> and
<tt>releng4.FreeBSD.org</tt>. A network install directory should
be uploaded to <tt>ftp-master.FreeBSD.org</tt>. The
<tt>packages</tt> directory should be a <em>relative</em> symlink,
as described in the releng article.
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Heads up to -stable</td>
<td>17 Sep 2002</td>
<td>18 Sep 2002</td>
<td>A message should be sent to <tt>qa@FreeBSD.org</tt> and
<tt>stable@FreeBSD.org</tt> after the snapshot is uploaded.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Package split posted</td>
<td>17 Sep 2002</td>
<td>--</td>
<td>The proposed package split (which packages go on which disc of
the 4 CD set) should be posted to <tt>qa@FreeBSD.org</tt>,
<tt>ports@FreeBSD.org</tt>, and <tt>stable@FreeBSD.org</tt>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Second release candidate</td>
<td>--</td>
<td>27 Sep 2002</td>
<td>Note: the release date of this candidate depends on the user
experience with RC1.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Third release candidate</td>
<td>--</td>
<td>07 Oct 2002</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ports tree frozen</td>
<td>20 Sep 2002</td>
<td>21 Sep 2002</td>
<td>Only approved commits will be permitted to the <tt>ports/</tt>
tree during the freeze.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ports tree tagged</td>
<td>24 Sep 2002</td>
<td>01 Oct 2002</td>
<td><tt>RELEASE_4_7_0</tt> tag for <tt>ports/</tt>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ports tree unfrozen</td>
<td>24 Sep 2002</td>
<td>05 Oct 2002</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 4.7-RELEASE.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Final package build starts
<td>25 Sep 2002</td>
<td>05 Oct 2002</td>
<td>The ports cluster and <a href="http://bento.FreeBSD.org">bento</a>
build final packages.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Package split</td>
<td>26 Sep 2002</td>
<td>08 Oct 2002</td>
<td>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.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>doc tree tagged.</td>
<td>27 Sep 2002</td>
<td>01 Oct 2002</td>
<td><tt>RELEASE_4_7_0</tt> tag for docs.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>RELENG_4_7</tt> branch</td>
<td>28 Sep 2002</td>
<td>06 Oct 2002</td>
<td>The release branch is created.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Note to freebsd-stable@</td>
<td>28 Sep 2002</td>
<td>06 Oct 2002</td>
<td>A note should be sent to the freebsd-stable@ list 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.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Version numbers bumped.</td>
<td>29 Sep 2002</td>
<td>07 Oct 2002</td>
<td>The files listed <a
href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/article.html#VERSIONBUMP">here</a>
are updated to reflect the fact that this is FreeBSD 4.7.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Update man.cgi on the website.</td>
<td>29 Sep 2002</td>
<td>06 Oct 2002</td>
<td>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.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>src tree tagged.</td>
<td>29 Sep 2002</td>
<td>06 Oct 2002</td>
<td><tt>RELENG_4_7_0_RELEASE</tt> tag for src.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Final builds.</td>
<td>08 Oct 2002</td>
<td>08 Oct 2002</td>
<td>Final builds for x86 and Alpha in a pristine environment.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Warn <tt>hubs@FreeBSD.org</tt></td>
<td>30 Sep 2002</td>
<td>09 Oct 2002</td>
<td>Heads up email to <a
href="mailto:hubs@FreeBSD.org">hubs@FreeBSD.org</a> 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>08 Oct 2002</td>
<td>09 Oct 2002</td>
<td>release and packages uploaded to <tt>ftp-master.FreeBSD.org</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Announcement</td>
<td>08 Oct 2002</td>
<td>10 Oct 2002</td>
<td>Announcement sent out after a majority of the mirrors have
received the bits.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Unfreeze the tree</td>
<td>08 Oct 2002</td>
<td>10 Oct 2002</td>
<td>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.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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