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  <year>
    <name>2008</name>

    <month>
      <name>12</name>

      <day>
	<name>25</name>

	<event>
	  <title>FreeBSD 7.1-RC2 Available</title>

	  <p>The second and last release candidate of &os; 7.1 is now
	    <a href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-December/047203.html">available</a>.  ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now
	    available on most of the <a
	    href="&url.doc.base-en;/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html">&os;
	    mirror sites</a>.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>23</name>

	<event>
	  <title>&os; Foundation December 2008 Newsletter</title>

	  <p>The &os; Foundation has published their <a
	      href="http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/press/2008Dec-newsletter.shtml">Semi-Annual December 2008 newsletter</a>
	    which summarizes what they have done to help the &os;
	    Project and community.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>9</name>

	<event>
	  <title>FreeBSD 7.1-RC1 Available</title>

	  <p>The first release candidate of &os; 7.1 is now <a
	      href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-December/047014.html">available</a>.
	    ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on
	    most of the <a
	      href="&url.doc.base-en;/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html">&os;
	      mirror sites</a>.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>3</name>

	<event>
          <title>BSD channel launched on YouTube</title>

          <p>We are pleased to announce the availability of a
            dedicated YouTube channel for technical lectures about
            FreeBSD and other BSD operating systems.  The channel is
            available at <a
            href="http://www.youtube.com/bsdconferences">www.youtube.com/bsdconferences</a>.</p>

	  <p>This channel allows us to post full hour long lectures
	    from FreeBSD conferences.  The first four videos that
	    Julian Elisher recorded at <a
	    href="http://www.meetbsd.com">MeetBSD</a> have been
	    posted, and more are on the way.</p>

        </event>
      </day>
    </month>
    <month>
      <name>11</name>

      <day>
	<name>28</name>

	<event>
          <title>FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE Available</title>

          <p><a href="&enbase;/releases/6.4R/announce.html">FreeBSD
	    6.4-RELEASE</a> is now available.  Please be sure to check
	    the <a
	    href="&enbase;/releases/6.4R/relnotes.html">Release Notes</a>
	    and <a href="&enbase;/releases/6.4R/errata.html">Release
	    Errata</a>
	    before installation for any late-breaking news and/or
	    issues with 6.4.  More information about FreeBSD releases
	    can be found on the  <a
	    href="&enbase;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a>
	    page.</p>
        </event>
      </day>

      <day>
        <name>18</name>

         <event>
           <p>Commit bit restored: <a href="mailto:pho@FreeBSD.org">Peter
              Holm</a> (src)</p>
         </event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>16</name>

	<event>
	  <title>Official FreeBSD Forums Launched</title>

	  <p>The FreeBSD project is finally, after much work, pleased to
	  announce the availability of an official FreeBSD web based
	  discussion forum.  It is our hope that this forum will serve
	  as a public support channel for FreeBSD users around the world
	  and as a complement to our fine mailing lists.</p>

	  <p>You can register and start using our new service here: <a
	      href="http://forums.FreeBSD.org">http://forums.FreeBSD.org</a>.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>10</name>

	<event>
	  <title>July - September, 2008 Status Reports</title>

	  <p>The July - September, 2008 Status Reports are <a
	    href="&enbase;/news/status/report-2008-07-2008-09.html">now
	    available</a> with 14 entries.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>3</name>
	<event>
	  <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:rene@FreeBSD.org">
	    Ren&eacute; Ladan</a> (doc-nl)</p>
         </event>

	<event>
	  <title>&os; 6.4-RC2 Available</title>

	  <p>The second Release Candidate for &os; 6.4 is now <a
	      href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-November/046364.html">available</a>.
	    ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are available for
	    download on most of the <a
	      href="&url.doc.base-en;/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html">&os; mirror sites</a>.
	    &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.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

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

	   <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:versus@FreeBSD.org">Konrad Jankowski</a> (src).
	     Konrad participated in <a href="http://code.google.com/soc">Summer Of Code 2008</a>.
	     He will begin his work in the i18n area, specifically in
	     bringing his SoC code (UTF-8 collation) to the coming releases.</p>
         </event>
      </day>

    </month>

    <month>
      <name>10</name>

      <day>
	<name>19</name>
	<event>
	  <title>&os; 7.1-BETA2 Available</title>

	  <p>The second beta release of &os; 7.1 is now <a
	      href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-October/046037.html">available</a>.
	    ISO images for Tier-1 architectures can be found on most of the <a
	      href="&url.doc.base-en;/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html">&os; mirror sites</a>.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>12</name>

	<event>
	  <title>FreeBSD 6.4-RC1 Available</title>

	  <p>The first release candidate of FreeBSD 6.4 is now <a
	      href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-October/045869.html">available</a>.
	    ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on
	    most of the <a
	      href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html">
	      FreeBSD mirror sites</a>.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
        <name>6</name>

         <event>
           <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:lstewart@FreeBSD.org">Lawrence
              Stewart</a> (src)</p>
         </event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>9</name>

      <day>
	<name>18</name>

        <event>
	  <title>Summer of Code Projects Completed</title>

          <p>We are happy to report that 19 students successfully
            completed their FreeBSD <a
            href="&enbase;/projects/summerofcode-2008.html">Summer of
            Code</a> projects.  Congratulations to both mentors and
            students, and thanks to <a
            href="http://www.google.com/">Google</a> for running this
            program and providing funding.</p>
        </event>

       <event>
         <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:zec@FreeBSD.org">Marko Zec</a>
           (src)</p>
       </event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>15</name>

	<event>
	  <title>PC-BSD 7 Released</title>

	  <p>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 <a
	      href="http://www.pcbsd.org">downloaded</a> or <a
	      href="http://www.freebsdmall.com">purchased</a> on DVD.</p>
	</event>

	<event>
	  <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:rnoland@FreeBSD.org">Robert Noland</a>
	    (src)</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>13</name>

	<event>
	  <title>&os; 6.4-BETA/7.1-BETA Available</title>

	  <p>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 <a
	      href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-September/045016.html">available</a>
	    for download on most of the <a
	      href="&url.doc.base-en;/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html">&os; mirror sites</a>.
	    We encourage people to test and report any outstanding bugs.
	    Please find more information about these releases on the <a
	      href="&base;/releng/">Release Engineering Information</a>
	    page.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>5</name>
	<event>
	  <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:jpaetzel@FreeBSD.org">Josh Paetzel</a>
	    (ports)</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>8</name>
      <day>
        <name>26</name>
	<event>
	  <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:makc@FreeBSD.org">Max Brazhnikov</a>
	    (ports)</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>25</name>

	<event>
	  <p>Enhanced commit privileges: <a
	      href="mailto:stas@FreeBSD.org">Stanislav Sedov</a>
	    (src, ports)</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>22</name>

	<event>
	  <p>Enhanced commit privileges: <a
	      href="mailto:trasz@FreeBSD.org">Edward Tomasz Napierala</a>
	    (src, ports) SoC2008 alumnus.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>19</name>

	<event>
	  <title>April - June, 2008 Status Reports</title>

	  <p>The April - June, 2008 Status Reports are <a
	    href="&enbase;/news/status/report-2008-04-2008-06.html">now
	    available</a> with 14 entries.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>6</name>

	<event>
	  <p>Enhanced commit privileges: <a
	      href="mailto:pgj@FreeBSD.org">G&aacute;bor P&aacute;li</a>
	    (full doc/www)</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>7</name>

      <day>
	<name>28</name>
	<event>
	  <title>&os; Foundation Requesting Project Proposals</title>

	  <p>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.</p>

	  <p>To find out more about the proposal process please read <a
	      href="http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/documents/FreeBSD%20Foundation%20Proposals.pdf">the call</a>.
	    </p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>21</name>
	<event>
	  <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:rnoland@FreeBSD.org">Robert Noland</a>
	    (ports)</p>
	</event>

	<event>
	  <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:vanhu@FreeBSD.org">Yvan Vanhullebus</a>
	    (src)</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>18</name>

	<event>
	  <title>&os; Foundation July 2008 Newsletter</title>

	  <p>The &os; Foundation has published their <a
	      href="http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/press/2008Jul-newsletter.shtml">Semi-Annual July 2008 newsletter</a>
	    which summarizes what they have done to help the &os;
	    Project and community.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>17</name>

	<event>
	  <title>New &os; Core Team elected</title>

	  <p>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.</p>

	  <p>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.</p>

	  <p>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.</p>
	</event>

	<event>
	  <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:pgollucci@FreeBSD.org">Philip M. Gollucci</a>
	    (ports)</p>
	</event>

	<event>
	  <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:glarkin@FreeBSD.org">Greg Larkin</a>
	    (ports)</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
       <name>8</name>
       <event>
	 <title>iXsystems Announces Professional &os; and PC-BSD Support
	   Offering</title>
	 <p>A <a
	     href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/7/prweb1073304.htm">press
	     release</a> announcing the launch of iXsystems' Professional
	   Services Division which will provide Professional Enterprise
	   Grade support, consulting, and development for &os; and PC-BSD.</p>
       </event>

       <event>
         <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:sson@FreeBSD.org">Stacey
         Son</a> (src)</p>
       </event>
      </day>

      <day>
       <name>3</name>
       <event>
         <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org">Nathan
         Whitehorn</a> (src)</p>
       </event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>6</name>

      <day>
       <name>23</name>
       <event>
         <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:erik@FreeBSD.org">Erik
         Cederstrand</a> (projects)</p>
       </event>

	<event>
	  <title>FreeBSD Technologies in Firefox 3</title>
          <p>A
	    <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/6/prweb1042664.htm">press
	    release</a> describing FreeBSD technologies used by Mozilla
	    Firefox.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>19</name>
	<event>
	  <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:amdmi3@FreeBSD.org">Dmitry Marakasov</a>
	    (ports)</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
       <name>16</name>

       <event>
         <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:eri@FreeBSD.org">Ermal
          Lu&#231;i</a> (src)</p>
       </event>
      </day>

      <day>
       <name>10</name>

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

	  <p><a href="mailto:ivoras@FreeBSD.org">Ivan Voras</a> is now
	    a src/ committer.  He participated in the <a
	    href="http://code.google.com/soc">Google Summer of
	    Code</a> program in 2005, 2006, and 2007.</p>

       </event>
      </day>

      <day>
       <name>3</name>

       <event>
	  <title>FreeBSD begins switch to Subversion</title>

	  <p>The FreeBSD Project has begun the switch of its source code
	    management system from CVS to <a
	    href="http://subversion.tigris.org/">Subversion</a>.  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.</p>

	  <p>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 &quot;stable&quot;
	    branches.  Security and errata patches will continue to be made
	    available in their usual CVS locations.</p>

	  <p>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.</p>

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

	  <p>Many people have contributed to the effort, but we wish
	    to thank Michael Haggerty and the <a
	    href="http://cvs2svn.tigris.org/">cvs2svn</a> project developers
	    for their assistance with cvs2svn.  <a
	    href="mailto:peter@FreeBSD.org">Peter Wemm</a> spent several weeks
	    of <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/">Yahoo!'s</a> time repairing
	    the CVS tree, preparing for and performing the conversion, and
	    the configuration of the Subversion infrastructure.  Yahoo!
	    donated the server hardware.</p>
       </event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>5</name>
      <day>
       <name>24</name>

       <event>
         <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:manolis@FreeBSD.org">Manolis
	  Kiagias</a> (doc/www)</p>
       </event>
      </day>

      <day>
       <name>22</name>

       <event>
         <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:ed@FreeBSD.org">Ed
         Schouten</a> (src)</p>
       </event>

      </day>

      <day>
        <name>14</name>

        <event>
	  <title>January - March, 2008 Status Reports</title>

	  <p>The January - March, 2008 Status Reports are <a
	    href="&enbase;/news/status/report-2008-01-2008-03.html">now
	    available</a> with 13 entries.</p>
	</event>

      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>4</name>
      <day>
        <name>22</name>

        <event>
	  <title>Funded Summer of Code Projects Announced</title>

	  <p>The FreeBSD Project received over 100 applications for <a
	    href="http://code.google.com/soc">Google's
	    Summer of Code</a> 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.</p>

	  <p>A complete list of the winning students and projects is
	    available <a
	    href="http://www.freebsd.org/projects/summerofcode-2008.html">here</a>.
	    A <a
	    href="http://wiki.FreeBSD.org/SummerOfCode2008">Summer of
	    Code wiki</a> has been created and additional information
	    about the projects will be added there soon.</p>
        </event>

	<event>
	  <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:pgj@FreeBSD.org">G&aacute;bor
	    P&aacute;li</a> (Hungarian doc/www)</p>
	</event>

      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>3</name>
      <day>
	<name>31</name>
	<event>
	  <title>Student deadline extended for Summer of Code</title>

	  <p>The deadline for student applications to participate in
	    the <a href="http://code.google.com/soc">Google Summer of
	    Code</a> has been extended by one week.  The new deadline
	    is Monday, April 7, 2008.  If you haven't already, please
	    visit our <a
	    href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/projects/summerofcode.html">FreeBSD
	    Summer of Code page</a> 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.</p>
        </event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>26</name>
	<event>
	  <title>Now Accepting Student Applications for Google Summer of Code</title>

          <p>The student application period for the Google <a
	    href="http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html">Summer of
	    Code 2008</a> program has begun.  Please peruse our list
	    of FreeBSD specific <a
	    href="&enbase;/projects/summerofcode.html">projects and
	    potential mentors</a> 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.</p>
        </event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>17</name>
	<event>
	  <title>Participating in Google Summer of Code</title>

          <p>The FreeBSD Project will soon be accepting applications for
	    the Google <a
	    href="http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html">Summer
            of Code 2008</a> 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 <a
            href="&enbase;/projects/summerofcode.html">here</a>.</p>

          <p>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 <a
	    href="http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2008/faqs.html">Google
	    FAQ</a> for more information.</p>
        </event>
      </day>

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

	  <p><a href="mailto:rdivacky@FreeBSD.org">Roman Divacky</a>
	    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.</p>

	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>8</name>
	<event>
	  <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:lippe@FreeBSD.org">Felippe M. Motta</a>
	    (ports)</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>2</name>
	<event>
	  <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:jadawin@FreeBSD.org">Philippe Audeoud</a>
	    (ports)</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>2</name>
      <day>
         <name>27</name>
         <event>
          <title>FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE Available</title>

          <p><a href="&enbase;/releases/7.0R/announce.html">FreeBSD
	    7.0-RELEASE</a> is now available.  The
	    <a href="&enbase;/releases/7.0R/errata.html">release errata</a>
	    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 <a
	    href="&enbase;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a>
	    page.</p>
         </event>
      </day>

      <day>
         <name>26</name>
         <event>
           <p>pfSense 1.2 <a
             href="http://blog.pfsense.org/?p=170">released</a>.</p>
         </event>
         <event>
            <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:ganbold@FreeBSD.org">Ganbold Tsagaankhuu</a>
               (doc/www)</p>
         </event>
      </day>

      <day>
         <name>21</name>
         <event>
            <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:gahr@FreeBSD.org">Pietro Cerutti</a>
               (ports)</p>
         </event>
      </day>

      <day>
        <name>17</name>
	<event>
	   <title>October-December, 2007 Status Reports</title>

           <p>The October-December, 2007 Status Reports are <a
             href="&enbase;/news/status/report-2007-10-2007-12.html">now
	     available</a> with 25 entries.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>14</name>
	<event>
	  <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:olli@FreeBSD.org">Oliver Fromme</a>
	    (src)</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>12</name>
	<event>
	  <title>FreeBSD 7.0-RC2 Available</title>

	  <p>The second release candidate of FreeBSD 7.0 is now <a
	    href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-February/040426.html">available</a>.
	    ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the
	    <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html">
	    FreeBSD mirror sites</a>.</p>
	</event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>5</name>
	<event>
	  <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:antoine@FreeBSD.org">Antoine Brodin</a>
	    (src)</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>

    <month>
      <name>1</name>

      <day>
        <name>27</name>
	<event>
	  <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:gonzo@FreeBSD.org">Oleksandr Tymoshenko</a>
	    (src)</p>
	</event>
      </day>


      <day>
	<name>18</name>

	<event>
          <title>FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE Available</title>

          <p><a href="&enbase;/releases/6.3R/announce.html">FreeBSD
	    6.3-RELEASE</a> is now available.  Please be sure to check
	    the <a
	    href="&enbase;/releases/6.3R/errata.html">release errata</a>
	    before installation for any late-breaking news and/or
	    issues with 6.3.  More information about FreeBSD releases
	    can be found on the  <a
	    href="&enbase;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a>
	    page.</p>
        </event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>17</name>
	<event>
          <title>6 New RSS 2.0 Feeds Available</title>

	  <p>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 : <a
            href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/news/rss.xml">FreeBSD Project
            News</a>, <a
            href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/news/press-rss.xml">FreeBSD
            In the Media</a>, <a
            href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/events/rss.xml">Upcoming
            FreeBSD Events</a>, <a
            href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/security/rss.xml">FreeBSD
            Security Advisories</a>, <a
            href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/java/rss.xml">FreeBSD Java
            Updates</a>, and <a
            href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/rss.xml">FreeBSD GNOME
            Updates</a>.  There is also an RSS 0.91 feed available for
            <a href="http://freebsd.kde.org/news.rdf">FreeBSD KDE
            Updates</a>.</p>

          <p>The new feeds all validate properly and have been tested
            with popular feed reading software.  Please mail <a
            href="mailto:freebsd-www@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-www@FreeBSD.org</a>
            if you have any problems with the new feeds.</p>

        </event>
      </day>

      <day>
        <name>9</name>
        <event>
          <p>DesktopBSD 1.6 is <a
              href="http://www.desktopbsd.net/index.php?id=43&amp;tx_ttnews[tt_news]=33&amp;tx_ttnews[backPid]=55&amp;cHash=46bfdce5e4">released</a>.</p>
        </event>
      </day>

      <day>
	<name>4</name>
	<event>
	  <p>New committer: <a href="mailto:wxs@FreeBSD.org">Wesley Shields</a>
	    (ports)</p>
	</event>
      </day>
    </month>
  </year>

</news>