diff --git a/en/news/status/Makefile b/en/news/status/Makefile index c184fae093..fdcbcce02c 100644 --- a/en/news/status/Makefile +++ b/en/news/status/Makefile @@ -1,48 +1,49 @@ -# $FreeBSD: www/en/news/status/Makefile,v 1.38 2007/04/11 06:13:29 brd Exp $ +# $FreeBSD: www/en/news/status/Makefile,v 1.39 2007/07/10 10:04:51 mlaier Exp $ .if exists(../Makefile.conf) .include "../Makefile.conf" .endif .if exists(../Makefile.inc) .include "../Makefile.inc" .endif DOCS= status.sgml XMLDOCS= report-2001-06 XMLDOCS+= report-2001-07 XMLDOCS+= report-2001-08 XMLDOCS+= report-2001-09 XMLDOCS+= report-2001-11 XMLDOCS+= report-2001-12-2002-01 XMLDOCS+= report-2002-02-2002-04 XMLDOCS+= report-2002-05-2002-06 XMLDOCS+= report-2002-07-2002-08 XMLDOCS+= report-2002-09-2002-10 XMLDOCS+= report-2002-11-2002-12 XMLDOCS+= report-2003-01-2003-02 XMLDOCS+= report-2003-03-2003-09 XMLDOCS+= report-2003-10-2003-12 XMLDOCS+= report-2004-01-2004-02 XMLDOCS+= report-2004-03-2004-04 XMLDOCS+= report-2004-05-2004-06 XMLDOCS+= report-2004-07-2004-12 XMLDOCS+= report-2005-01-2005-03 XMLDOCS+= report-2005-03-2005-06 XMLDOCS+= report-2005-07-2005-10 XMLDOCS+= report-2005-10-2005-12 XMLDOCS+= report-2006-01-2006-03 XMLDOCS+= report-2006-04-2006-06 XMLDOCS+= report-2006-06-2006-10 XMLDOCS+= report-2006-10-2006-12 XMLDOCS+= report-2007-01-2007-03 XMLDOCS+= report-2007-04-2007-06 +XMLDOCS+= report-2007-07-2007-10 XSLT.DEFAULT= report.xsl # Install a sample entry. DATA= report-sample.xml INDEXLINK= status.html .include "${WEB_PREFIX}/share/mk/web.site.mk" diff --git a/en/news/status/report-2007-07-2007-10.xml b/en/news/status/report-2007-07-2007-10.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c420280c54 --- /dev/null +++ b/en/news/status/report-2007-07-2007-10.xml @@ -0,0 +1,1059 @@ + + + + + + July-October + + 2007 + + +
+ Introduction + +

This report covers FreeBSD related projects between July and + October 2007. The sixth EuroBSDCon was held in Denmark in September. + The Google Summer of Code project came to a close and lots of + participants are working getting their code merged back into + FreeBSD.

+ +

The bugs in the FreeBSD HEAD branch are being shaked out and it is + being prepared for the FreeBSD 7 branching. If your are curious about + what's new in FreeBSD 7.0 we suggest reading Ivan Voras' excellent + summary + here + + .

+ +

Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! We hope you + enjoy reading.

+
+ + + soc + + Google Summer of Code + + + + proj + + Projects + + + + team + + FreeBSD Team Reports + + + + net + + Network Infrastructure + + + + docs + + Documentation + + + + misc + + Miscellaneous + + + + MTund - Magic Tunnel Daemon + + + + + Matus + + Harvan + + + mharvan@FreeBSD.org + + + + + mtund Wiki Page + + + MTund Poster + + + +

IP can easily be tunneled over a plethora of network protocols + at various layers, such as IP, ICMP, UDP, TCP, DNS, HTTP, SSH. + While a direct connection may not always be possible due to a + firewall, the IP packets could be encapsulated as payload in other + protocols, which would get through. However, each such + encapsulation requires the setup of a different program and the + user has to manually probe different encapsulations to find out + which of them works in a given environment.

+ +

MTund is a tunneling daemon using run-time loadable plugins for + the different encapsulations. It automagically selects the best + encapsulation in each environment and can fail over to another + encapsulation. Several plugins have been implemented and the daemon + supports multiple concurrent clients.

+ +

Note that the project originally started under the name of Super + Tunnel Daemon, but was later renamed to Magic Tunnel Daemon + (MTund).

+ + + + Config file format and parser. + + More plugins (http, ssh, ...). + + + + + The Spanish Documentation Project + + + + + J. Vicente + + Carrasco Vayá + + + carvay@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Gabor + + Kovesdan + + + gabor@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + Info for volunteers + + + +

After a long break in this project, we started reviewing and + refreshing our translations. We have to update the content to + reflect the current state of the English version. There are a few + parts written in a poor style, another task is to improve these a + bit. Any kind of help is highly welcome.

+ + + + Sync the website with the English version. + + Sync the documentation with the English version. + + Review the quality of poorly translated parts. + + Add more translations. + + + + + The Hungarian Documentation Project + + + + + Gabor + + Kovesdan + + + gabor@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Gabor + + Pali + + + pgj@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Info + for volunteers + + Hungarian website + + + Perforce repository + + + +

We have a new volunteer, Gabor Pali, who provided us some + high-quality contributions. As a result, we have been able to add 5 + new articles since the last status report.

+ +

There is also an ongoing effort in the Perforce repository to + translate the FreeBSD Handbook to Hungarian. Any kind of support is + highly welcome.

+ + + + Translate the Handbook. + + + + + EuroBSDcon 2007 + + + + + EuroBSDCon 2007 Organizing Committee + + + info@EuroBSDCon.dk + + + + + + + + +

The sixth EuroBSDCon went well. 215 people attended the + conference. Feedback has been very positive.

+ +

At the conference we had a Best Talk contest. Steven Murdoch, + Isaac Levy and Pawel Jakub "zfs-man" Dawidek each received a prize + for their fantastic talks.

+ +

Also over 300 pictures from the conference has been uploaded to + Flickr with the tag + + EuroBSDCon2007 +

+ +

Videos and slides from the talks are now online at the + conference website.

+ +

We thank our speakers for graciously having permitted recording + and publication of their talks

+ +

EuroBSDCon 2008 will take place in Strassbourg.

+ + + + + finstall + + + + + Ivan + + Voras + + + ivoras@freebsd.org + + + + + + + + +

The "finstall" project is about the new graphical installer for + FreeBSD. The basic frameworks (both client-side and server-side) + are done during the SoC 2007 and it's ready for major new features + to be implemented. This project should yield an usable installer + for 7.0-RELEASE.

+ + + + - There are several patches needed for finstall's operation + that are still waiting on re@'s approval (unionfs, pwd, kbdmap). + Finstall will be late or unusuable until these patches are + committed. + + - After the patches are committed, there are several exciting + features to be implemented, among others ZFS and GEOM RAID + support. + + + + + GNATS graphs + + + + + Edwin + + Groothuis + + + edwin@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + + + +

With the leaving of bsd@, we lost the GNATS statistics webpages. + On this URL I generate a new set of graphs, right now a subset of + what bsd@ had, hopefully a superset of that in the future.

+ + + + + Summer of Code + + + + + Murray + + Stokely + + + murray@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Robert + + Watson + + + rwatson@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + Official FreeBSD Summer of Code 2007 Final Status Update + + + Google Blog Post About FreeBSD + + FreeBSD Summer + of Code Wiki + + + +

We're happy to report the successful conclusion of our third + consecutive Google Summer of Code. By all accounts, the FreeBSD + participation in this program was an unqualified success. We + narrowed down the many impressive applications to 25 that were + selected for funding and 92% of these completed successfully and + were awarded the full $4,500 stipend. The FreeBSD Foundation was + also granted $500 per student from Google for a total of + $12,500.

+ +

These student projects included security research, improved + installation tools, new utilities, and more. Many of the students + have continued working on their FreeBSD projects even after the + official close of the program. Three students have already been + granted full src/ commit access to CVS and more are expected. At + least 2 of our FreeBSD mentors will be meeting with Google + organizers in Mountain View this month to discuss the program at + the Mentor Summit.

+ + + + Integration of student projects into FreeBSD -CURRENT. + Several are currently blocked on the FreeBSD 7.0 code freeze, but + we hope to see these contributions included in a future + release. + + Updating the ideas list. Many of the items listed there have + been completed and we could always use new projects for next year's + students and for others to work on throughout the year. + http://www.FreeBSD.org/projects/ideas + + + + + gvirstor + + + + + Ivan + + Voras + + + ivoras@freebsd.org + + + + + + + + +

GEOM_VIRSTOR (virtual disk space / over-commit GEOM class) has + been committed to 7-CURRENT and will ship in 7.0-RELEASE. Thanks to + Pawel Jakub Dawidek and others who have made this possible.

+ + + + It needs wider exposure and testing. + + + + + USB + + + + + Hans Petter + + Sirevaag Selasky + + + hselasky@freebsd.org + + + + + + Current USB files + + + Current USB API README file + + + +

During the last three months there has been a flush of changes + going into the FreeBSD USB P4 project. The changes mainly consern + the ability to support the USB device side and multi frame USB + transfers. Up to date the FreeBSD USB stack has only supported the + USB Host Side. Before Christmas 2007 the P4 USB project will offer + USB device support and some simple USB device side implementations. + Technically an USB device side driver will look very similar to an + USB host side driver. Infact there will be very few differences. + Support for multi frame USB transfers opens up the possibility to + transfer multiple short-packet terminated USB frames to/from + different memory locations resulting in only one interrupt on the + USB Host Controller. More specific: I have implemented support for + the "alt_next" pointer in the EHCI Transfer Descriptor. This should + give a noticable increase in the maximum number of short-packet + terminated BULK frames that can be transferred per second.

+ +

I regularly get questions from people asking about when the USB + P4 project will be merged into FreeBSD-current. The answer is not + simple, but probably something like another year. The reason is not + that the current code in the USB P4 project is not usable, but + rather that the quality needs to be raised in means of making + already good solutions more technically excellent, writing more + documentation and styling the code.

+ +

Ideas and comments with regard to the new USB API are welcome at + freebsd-usb@freebsd.org.

+ + + + + Porting Linux KVM to FreeBSD + + + + + Fabio + + Checconi + + + fabio@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Luigi + + Rizzo + + + luigi@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + + + +

+

Linux KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a software package + that can be used to create virtual machines fully emulating x86 + hardware on top of machines supporting Intel VT-x or AMD-V + virtualization extensions, available on newer AMD and Intel + processors, e.g., recent Athlon64, Core 2 Duo, Xeon and so + on.

+ +

Linux KVM has been ported to FreeBSD as a loadable kernel + module, using the linux-kmod-compat port (in /usr/ports/devel/) + to reuse as much as possible of the original source code, plus an + userspace client consisting in a modified version of qemu, that + uses KVM for the execution of its guests.

+ +

The porting has been completed, many of the limitations + present at the end of the Summer of Code have been removed and + the known bugs have been fixed. Some configurations have been + tested, FreeBSD-CURRENT i386 guests have been booted on Intel and + AMD processors, both in i386 and amd64 (host) installations. Only + one client at a time is supported by now and performance is not + that exciting, but the project seems to be ready to receive wider + testing.

+

+ + + + + Apple's MacBook on FreeBSD + + + + + Rui + + Paulo + + + rpaulo@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + + + +

The Summer of Code project went well and we reached interesting + results. At least the Mac Mini should be fully supported by now. + Regarding the other Apple systems, we still need to polish some + edges.

+ + + + Integrate rpaulo-macbook p4 branch into CVS. + + Continue the work on the remaining issues. + + + + + Multicast DNS + + + + + Fredrik + + Lindberg + + + fli@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + + + +

The project (started out as a GSoC 2007 project) aims to provide + a complete Multicast DNS and Service Discovery suite. Much progress + have been made since the last status report and the project is + slowly reaching a usable state. Most features are complete and the + current focus is on fixing outstanding bugs, fine tuning and + testing. However, there are still a few open tasks (see below). + More information and snapshots can be found at the wiki page.

+ + + + Avahi library wrapper. + + dns_sd (Apple) library wrapper. + + Testing (always welcome). + + + + + Multi-link PPP daemon (MPD) 5.x + + + + + Alexander + + Motin + + + mav@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Project home + + + ChangeLog + + + +

New mpd-5.x branch has been started and first public release is + planned soon. The main goal of the new branch is to implement new + operation principles based on dynamic on-demand links/bundles + creation. There are several benefits received from new design:

+ +
    +
  • Significantly simplified server configuration - no more tons + of predefined links/bundles,
    • + +
  • New multilink implementation - no more predefined link-bundle + relations,
    • + +
  • Call forwarding (LAC, PAC, TSA) like in Cisco VPDN setups can + now be enabled/configured depending on peer auth + name/domain.
    • +
+ + + + L2TP auth proxying support. + + + + + Network Stack Virtualization + + + + + Marko + + Zec + + + zec@fer.hr + + + + + + + + +

The network stack virtualization project aims at extending the + FreeBSD kernel to maintain multiple independent instances of + networking state. This allows for networking independence between + jail-like environmens, each maintaining its private network + interface set, IPv4 and IPv6 network and port address space, + routing tables, IPSec configuration, firewalls, and more.

+ +

The prototype, which is kept in sync with FreeBSD -CURRENT, + should be sufficiently stable for testing and experimental use. The + project's web page includes weekly code snapshots, as well as a + virtualized FreeBSD system installed on a VMWare disk image + available for download.

+ +

The short-term goal is to deliver production-grade kernel + support for virtualized networking for FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE (as a + snap-in kernel replacement), while continuing to keep the code in + sync with -CURRENT for possible merging at a later date.

+ + + + + Porting OpenBSD's sysctl Hardware Sensors Framework to + FreeBSD + + + + + Constantine A. + + Murenin + + + cnst@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Shteryana + + Shopova + + + syrinx@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Port + OpenBSD's sysctl hw.sensors framework to FreeBSD, a Google Summer + of Code 2007 project + + cnst's + GSoC2007 blog + + + cnst's GSoC2007 atom feed + + + Project completion announcement from 2007-09-13 + + + + + +

The + GSoC2007/cnst-sensors + + project was about porting the + sysctl hw.sensors + + framework from OpenBSD to FreeBSD. The project was + + successfully completed + + , + + committed into DragonFly BSD + + , and is now pending final review and integration into the + FreeBSD's CVS tree (subject to the tree being unfrozen).

+ +

The + sensors framework + + provides a unified interface for storing, registering and accessing + information about hardware monitoring sensors. Sensor types + include, but are not limited to, temperature, voltage, fan RPM, + time offset and logical drive status. In the OpenBSD base system, + the framework spans + sensor_attach(9) + + , + sysctl(3) + + , + sysctl(8) + + , + systat(1) + + , + sensorsd(8) + + , + ntpd(8) + + and more than 50 drivers, ranging from I2C temperature sensors and + Super I/O hardware monitors to IPMI and RAID controllers. Several + third-party tools are also available, for example, a plug-in for + Nagios and ports/sysutils/symon.

+ +

As a part of this Google Summer of Code project, all core + components of the framework were ported, including sysctl, systat + and sensorsd. Some drivers for the most popular Super I/O Hardware + Monitors were ported, too: + it(4) + + , supporting most contemporary ITE Tech Super I/O, and + lm(4) + + , supporting most contemporary Winbond Super I/O. Moreover, some + existing FreeBSD drivers were converted to utilise the framework, + for example, + coretemp(4) + + .

+ + + + Final Review and Commit + + + + + PC-BSD Handbook + + + + + Murray + + Stokely + + + murray@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Matt + + Olander + + + matt@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Fukang + + Chen + + + loader@FreeBSD.org + + + + + PC-BSD Web Page + + FreeBSD Handbook + + + +

The PC-BSD derivative of FreeBSD is becoming increasingly + popular for new users of BSD. Much of the content in the existing + FreeBSD Handbook is directly applicable to PC-BSD. We are writing + PC-BSD specific installation and port/packages chapters (PBI). + These chapters will be checked into + docs/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/pcbsd-handbook and will include some of + the same chapters as the Handbook does, but with a different + &os entity and possibly with some conditional changes in those + chapter files.

+ + + + More work is needed on a PC-BSD ports/packages chapter. + Fukang may already have some work in this area so coordinate with + him first. + + More text is needed for the PC-BSD installation chapter to + augment the screenshots that Fukang has collected. Contact him to + coordinate. + + + + + Ports Collection + + + + + Mark + + Linimon + + + linimon@FreeBSD.org + + + + + The FreeBSD Ports + Collection + + + Contributing to the FreeBSD Ports Collection + + FreeBSD + ports unfetchable distfile survey (Bill Fenner's report) + + FreeBSD ports + monitoring system + + The FreeBSD + Ports Management Team + + The Marcuscom + Tinderbox + + GCC4 Status Page + + + +

The ports count is over 17,700. The PR count has decreased a bit + to just over 700.

+ +

There have been 6 experimental runs on the build cluster. The + resulting commits include the fixup of last year's DESTDIR changes, + the refactoring of perl bits into bsd.perl.mk, the update of xorg + from 7.2 to 7.3, the upgrade of all of the autoconf dependencies to + the latest version (wherever possible), and the upgrade of Python + to 2.5. This effort has resulted in the fewest number of 'open' + portmgr PRs in quite some time. portmgr appreciates all the people + who worked with us on these patches, and people's patience as we + catch up.

+ +

As well, lofi@ committed the upgrade of QT to 4.3.1.

+ +

We have added 3 new committers since the last report.

+ + + + GCC4.2 has been imported to the base for 7.0. Unfortunately, + this broke a large number of ports. The ones that have not yet been + fixed have now been flagged as 'broken' for both i386 and amd64, as + appropriate. Please see the GCC4 status page (above) if you are + able to help. + + Most of the remaining ports PRs are "existing port/PR + assigned to committer". Although the maintainer-timeout policy is + helping to keep the backlog down, we are going to need to do more + to get the ports in the shape they really need to be in. + + Although we have added many maintainers, we still have many + unmaintained ports. The packages on amd64 are lagging behind a bit; + those on sparc64 require even more work. + + + + + FreeBSD-update Front End + + + + + Andrew + + Turner + + + andrew@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + + + +

The freebsd-update front end is able to wait for freebsd-update + to download a new set of patches to apply. It can then install and + rollback the patches on either the local computer or over a SSH + tunnel.

+ +

Since the end of the Summer of Code work has moved to BerliOS. + The focus has been on writing tests for the front end, back end and + communication library. The library has had tests written for most + of it while the front and back ends have none.

+ + + + Write more tests. + + + + + Ports Collection infrastructure improvements + + + + + Gábor + + Kövesdán + + + gabor@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Wiki + page + + + +

The two most important parts of this Summer of Code projects + have been accomplished.

+ +

The DESTDIR support for the Ports Collection has been rewritten + to use a chrooted install. Now it is much more lightweight and + easier to understand, but it works well for the most common cases, + where it is supposed to be useful.

+ +

The Perl parts of the Ports Collection infrastructure have been + extracted into an own module. At the same time, a new version + handling has been invented. You can find more info on the Wiki.

+ + + + + FreeBSD.org Admins Report + + + + + FreeBSD.org + + Admins Team + + admins@FreeBSD.org + + + + + +

Over the last couple of months several FreeBSD.org systems have + been experiencing hardware issues. This included the main + web-server www.FreeBSD.org which had a bad fan. The bad fan has + been replaced so it should hopefully be stable again. In general we + are working on replacing older hardware with newer systems and + consolidating machine functions in the process.

+ +

Since August most FreeBSD.org services have been available via + IPv6 with connectivity provided from ISC using a tunnel.

+ +

To honor the "Eat your own dog-food" principle the first two + FreeBSD.org infrastructure systems have been upgraded to FreeBSD 7 + and more are being upgraded as time permit.

+ +

Due to heavy load on the project's Perforce and CVS server the + two services are being moved to seperate systems to improve + performance of both CVS and Perforce.

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The FreeBSD Quarterly Development Status Report attempts to address this problem by providing a vehicle that allows developers to make the broader community aware of their on-going work on FreeBSD, both in and out of the central source repository. For each project and sub-project, a one paragraph summary is included, indicating progress since the last summary. If it is a new project, or if a project has not submitted any prior status reports, a short description may precede the status information.

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The July-October, 2007 Status Reports is now + available with 21 entries.

+ + 3 PC-BSD 1.4 Released

PC-BSD 1.4 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 downloaded or purchased on CD.

 9 28 New committer: <a href="mailto:kaiw@freebsd.org">Kai Wang</a> (src). SoC2007 alumnus.

Kai Wang, a student in the Summer of Code program, is now a src/ committer.

 25 New committer: <a href="mailto:rpaulo@freebsd.org">Rui Paulo</a> (src). SoC2007 alumnus.

Rui Paulo, a student in the Summer of Code program, is now a full src/ committer.

 17 Summer of Code Projects Completed

We are happy to report that 22 students successfully completed their FreeBSD Summer of Code projects. Congratulations to both mentors and students, and thanks to Google for running this program and providing funding.

 8 29 FreeBSD Foundation August 2007 newsletter

The FreeBSD Foundation has published their August 2007 newsletter which summarizes their activities so far this year.

 20

New committer: Thomas Abthorpe (ports)

 2 IPv6 live at the FreeBSD.org cluster

Most of the machines and services in the FreeBSD.org cluster are now available through IPv6. This includes www, mail and developer ssh access. Connectivity is provided from ISC using a tunnel.

New committer: Fukang Chen (doc)

 7 10 April-June, 2007 Status Report

The April-June, 2007 Status Report is now available with 49 entries.

 9

New committer: Lars Engels (ports)

 6 25

Enhanced commit privileges: Edwin Groothuis (src, ports)

 24

New committer: Sean C. Farley (src)

 12

New committer: Timur I. Bakeyev (ports)

Enhanced commit privileges: Chin-San Huang (doc, ports)

 7 FreeBSD Project Integrates Support for the Camellia Block Cipher

Support for the Camellia block cipher has been integrated into FreeBSD 7-CURRENT and will be part of the upcoming FreeBSD 7-RELEASE. For more information, please refer to the press release.

 4

Enhanced commit privileges: Johann Kois (full doc/www)

 5 30

New committer: Beech Rintoul (ports)

 29 New committer: <a href="mailto:attilio@freebsd.org">Attilio Rao</a> (src). SoC2007 alumnus.

Attilio Rao, a student in the Summer of Code program, is now a full src/ committer.

 19 Xorg 7.2 imported into the ports collection.

Thanks to the hard work of Florent Thoumie (and others), the FreeBSD ports collection now uses the modular Xorg 7.2 as its default X server. i386 and AMD64 6.2-STABLE packages are available and other architectures/releases will be available later, or you can compile it from source. In both cases, see the 20070519 entry in /usr/ports/UPDATING on how to upgrade. Please track -ports for last minute information.

4 26

New committer: Marcelo Araujo (ports)

 25

New committer: Tong Liu (ports)

 13 Funded Summer of Code Projects Announced

The FreeBSD Project received over 120 applications for Google's Summer of Code program, amongst which 25 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.

A complete list of the winning students and projects is available here. A Summer of Code wiki is also available with additional information.

New committer: Edward Tomasz Napierala (ports)

 Mongolian FreeBSD Documentation Project Launches

Under the supervision of Ganbold Tsagaankhuu the Mongolian translation goes live. The official translation of the FreeBSD Handbook, completed by the Mongolian FreeBSD Documentation Project, adds support for documentation in another language. For more information about the ongoing work of the MFDP, please refer to the Translations page of the FreeBSD Documentation Project.

 12

New committer: Alexander Motin (src)

 9 January-March, 2007 Status Report

The January-March, 2007 Status Report is now available with 19 entries.

 6 ZFS Now Part of FreeBSD

Support for Sun's ZFS has been committed to the FreeBSD 7-CURRENT development branch and will be available as an experimental feature in FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE. For more information please refer to the announcement.

 4

New committer: Martin Matuska (ports)

 3

New committer: Li-Wen Hsu (ports)

 3 28

New committer: Sepherosa Ziehau (src)

 14 Accepting Applications for Summer of Code

The FreeBSD Project is now accepting applications for the Google Summer of Code 2007 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 here.

Once a suitable project and mentor have been identified, interested students should complete a proposal and submit it to Google. Proposals are now being accepted and the final deadline is March 24, 2007. Please see the Google FAQ for more information.

 12 March 2007 Snapshot Releases Available

FreeBSD 7-CURRENT and 6-STABLE snapshot releases for March 2007 now available. The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team issues snapshot releases to encourage users to test new features and improve the reliability. For more details, please visit the snapshots page.

 11 New committer: <a href="mailto:bushman@FreeBSD.org">Michael Bushkov</a> (src). An SoC2006 alumnus.

Michael Bushkov, a successful student from last year's Summer of Code program, has continued working with the FreeBSD Project and is now a full src/ committer.

 10 Progress on scaling of FreeBSD on 8 CPU systems

Recently there has been significant progress on optimizing FreeBSD 7.0 for MySQL running an 8-core amd64 system. Under the test workload FreeBSD has peak performance consistent with Linux, and outperforms it by a factor of 4 under higher loads. Continue reading for a more detailed report here.

 7 FreeBSD Announces Intel Approval for Redistribution of Wireless Firmware

The FreeBSD project has reached an agreement with Intel about the redistribution of firmware images for Intel wireless cards. Please refer to the press release for more information.

 2 27

Information about how the change in Daylight Savings Time for some time zones affects FreeBSD releases.

 23

Enhanced commit privileges: Remko Lodder (doc,src)

 17

New committer: JINMEI, Tatuya (src)

 16

New committer: Stephane E. Potvin (src)

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New committer: Benjamin Close (src)

 9 Podcast Interview with FreeBSD Core Team Member and AsiaBSDCon 2007 Program Committee Chair George V. Neville-Neil.

In his latest bsdtalk podcast, Will Backman interviews FreeBSD Developer George V. Neville-Neil about the upcoming AsiaBSDCon conference. http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk099.mp3.

 8 AsiaBSDCon 2007 Announces Conference Schedule

AsiaBSDCon, the BSD conference for Asia, has posted its schedule of tutorials, papers and presentations for the conference, taking place in Tokyo from March 8th through 11th 2007. The complete schedule can be found here.

Registration will begin on or about the 12th of February.

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Enhanced commit privileges: Gábor Kövesdán (doc, ports)

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Enhanced commit privileges: Rong-En Fan (src, ports)

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New committer: Diane Bruce (ports)

 16 October-December, 2006 Status Report

The October-December, 2006 Status Report is now available with 41 entries.

 15 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE is Now Available

FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE has been released. Please check the release errata before installation for any late-breaking news and/or issues with 6.2. The Release Information page has more information about FreeBSD releases.

 9 Hungarian FreeBSD Documentation Project Launches

Under the supervision of FreeBSD developer Gábor Kövesdán, the Hungarian translation goes live. This official translation, completed by the Hungarian FreeBSD Documentation Project, adds support for documentation in another language. For more information about the ongoing work of the HFDP team, please refer to the Translations page of the FreeBSD Documentation Project.

 2006 12 27

New committer: Jordan Sissel (src)

 FreeBSD 6.2-RC2 Available

The second release candidate of FreeBSD 6.2 has been announced. ISO images and distributions for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the FreeBSD mirror sites.

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New committer: Dryice Liu (ports)

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New committer: Juergen Lock (ports)

 10 Podcast Interview with FreeBSD Developer Joseph Koshy

In his latest bsdtalk podcast, Will Backman interviews FreeBSD Developer Joseph Koshy about his recent work on libElf. The podcast is available at http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk087.mp3.

 7 Podcast Interview with FreeBSD Developer Kip Macy

In his latest bsdtalk podcast, Will Backman interviews FreeBSD Developer Kip Macy about the FreeBSD/sun4v port. The podcast is available at http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk086.mp3.

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New committer: Nicola Vitale (ports)

 New committer: <a href="mailto:gabor@FreeBSD.org">Gábor Kövesdán</a> (ports). An SoC2006 alumnus.

Gábor Kövesdán, a successful student from last year's Summer of Code program, has continued working with the FreeBSD Project and is now a full ports/ committer.

 1 Podcast Interview with FreeBSD Developer Tom McLaughlin

In his latest bsdtalk podcast, Will Backman interviews FreeBSD Developer Tom McLaughlin about the BSD# project and Mono on FreeBSD. The podcast is available at http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk085.mp3.

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New committer: David Thiel (ports)

 Podcast Interview with FreeBSD Release Engineer Bruce Mah

In his latest bsdtalk podcast, Will Backman interviews FreeBSD Release Engineer Bruce Mah about the upcoming 6.2 release of FreeBSD. The podcast is available at http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk084.mp3.

 17 FreeBSD 6.2-RC1 Available

The first release candidate of FreeBSD 6.2 is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the FreeBSD mirror sites.

 16 FreeBSD Foundation Fall Fundraising Campaign

The FreeBSD Foundation is kicking off its Fall Fundraising Campaign. The success of this effort will have a large impact on the Foundations budget for the next year.

 14 FreeBSD.org systems move postponed

The move of the FreeBSD.org systems which was scheduled for Monday November 13th has been postponed. Currently it is expected to happen on Friday November 17th (still US Pacific Standard Time).

 12 FreeBSD/sun4v Install / Live CD Available

The port of FreeBSD to Sun's UltraSparc-T1 architecture has produced an install ISO containing a live file system. More information is available at the FreeBSD/sun4v Project page.

New committer: Jeremy Chadwick (ports)

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New committer: Babak Farrokhi (ports)

New committer: Frank J. Laszlo (ports)

 5 FreeBSD.org systems moving

The FreeBSD.org servers handling mail, web, CVS etc. for the FreeBSD Project will be moving to a new data-center soon. The move is currently scheduled to take place on Monday November 13th (US Pacific Standard Time).

Due to preparations for the move there may be short outages when FreeBSD.org services are not working in the time up to the actual move. On the day of the move only the static parts (IE. plain HTML pages, no CGI) of http://www.FreeBSD.org/ will work.

 10 31 FreeBSD 6.2-BETA3 Available

The third beta release of FreeBSD 6.2 is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the FreeBSD mirror sites.

 25 Summer of Code Projects Completed

We are happy to report that all 14 students successfully completed their FreeBSD Summer of Code projects. Congratulations to both mentors and students, and thanks to Google for running this program and providing funding.

 19 June-October, 2006 Status Report

The June-October, 2006 Status Report is now available with 49 entries.

 14 GNOME 2.16.1 Released for FreeBSD

GNOME 2.16.1 has been released, and merged into the FreeBSD ports tree. Check out the FreeBSD GNOME homepage for the official announcement as well as important upgrade instructions.

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New committer: Shteryana Shopova (src)

 5 FreeBSD 6.2-BETA2 Available

The second beta release of FreeBSD 6.2 is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the FreeBSD mirror sites.

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New committer: Soeren Straarup (ports)

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New committer: Jack F. Vogel (src)

 FreeBSD 6.2-BETA1 Available

The first beta version of FreeBSD 6.2 is now available. The BETA1 ISO images are available on most of the FreeBSD Mirror sites.

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New committer: Chin-San Huang (doc)

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New committer: Stanislav Sedov (ports)

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New committer: Alexander Botero-Lowry (ports)

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New committer: Randall R. Stewart (src)

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New committer: Daniel Geržo (doc)

 7 26 New FreeBSD Core Team elected

FreeBSD Core Team elections have been finished. The announcement is available here.

19 Podcast Interview with FreeBSD Developer Greg Lehey

In his latest bsdtalk podcast, Will Backman interviews FreeBSD developer Greg Lehey about his work on FreeBSD and MySQL. The podcast is available at http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk055.mp3.

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New committer: Jose Alonso Cardenas Marquez (ports)

 13 Podcast Interview with FreeBSD Developer Pawel Jakub Dawidek

In his latest bsdtalk podcast, Will Backman interviews FreeBSD developer Pawel Jakub Dawidek about his work on FreeBSD, most notably the GEOM Journal project. The podcast is available at http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk052.mp3.

 12 April-June 2006 Status Report

The April-June, 2006 status report is now available with 39 entries.

 5 The FreeBSD Foundation Releases Java Binaries for FreeBSD 5.5, 6.1, and the AMD64 Platform

The FreeBSD Foundation now provides native Java JDK and JRE 1.5 binaries based on the latest UPDATE7 from Sun Microsystems. For further details, please see the FreeBSD Foundation press release.

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New committer: Rong-En Fan (ports)

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New committer: Boris Samorodov (ports)

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New committer: Shaun Amott (ports)

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New committer: Konstantin Belousov (src)

New committer: Martin Wilke (ports)

 5 30 Funded Student Projects Announced

The FreeBSD Project received over 120 applications for Google's Summer of Code program, amongst which 14 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.

A complete list of the winning students and projects is available here. A Summer of Code wiki is also available with additional information.

 New committer: <a href="mailto:piso@FreeBSD.org">Paolo Pisati</a> (src). An SoC2005 alumnus.

Paolo Pisati, a successful student from last year's Summer of Code program, has continued working with the FreeBSD Project and is now a full src/ committer.

 26 Podcast Interview with FreeBSD Developer Poul-Henning Kamp

In his latest bsdtalk podcast, Will Backman interviews FreeBSD developer Poul-Henning Kamp about his work on FreeBSD. The podcast is available at http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk048.mp3.

 25 FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE Now Available

FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE is now available. Please check the errata before installation for any late-breaking news and/or issues with this release. The Release Information page has more information about FreeBSD releases.

 21 FreeBSD Self-Hosting on the Sun T1 Processor

FreeBSD is now able to complete a full run of the "make buildworld" command on machines running the Sun T1 processor with CoolThreads technology, and is thus self-hosting. The code currently resides in the FreeBSD Perforce revision control system and will be merged to the official CVS repository when support for logical domaining is complete. A log file of the boot process can be found here.

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New committer: Thomas Wintergerst (src)

 16 FreeBSD 5.5-RC1 Available

The first and most likely last release candidate of FreeBSD 5.5 is now available. The RC1 ISO images are available on most of the FreeBSD Mirror sites.

 8 FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE is Now Available

FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE has been released. Please check the release errata before installation for any late-breaking news and/or issues with 6.1. The Release Information page has more information about FreeBSD releases.

 Summer of Code Deadline Extended 1 day

The application period for Google's Summer of Code 2006 program has been extended until Tuesday 11:00AM PDT. More information about FreeBSD specific projects and potential mentors is available here.

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New committer: Ion-Mihai Tetcu (ports)

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New committer: Stefan Walter (ports)

New committer: Andrew Pantyukhin (ports)

 2 FreeBSD 6.1-RC2 Available

The second and most likely last release candidate of FreeBSD 6.1 is now available. The RC2 ISO images are available on most of the FreeBSD Mirror sites.

 1 Accepting Applications for Summer of Code

The FreeBSD Project is now accepting applications for the previously announced Google Summer of Code 2006 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 here.

Once a suitable project and mentor have been identified, interested students should complete a proposal and submit it to Google. Proposals are now being accepted and the final deadline is May 8, 2006 at 17:00 Pacific Daylight Time (midnight May 9, 2006 0:00 UTC). Winning candidates will be announced in late May. Please see the Student FAQ for more information.

 New Driver for HighPoint RocketRAID 232x SATA RAID Controllers

A driver for HighPoint's RocketRAID 232x series of SATA RAID controllers, rr232x(4), has been added to FreeBSD-CURRENT as well as the RELENG_6 and RELENG_6_1 branches. It will be included in the upcoming FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE.

Enhanced commit privileges: Xin LI (src, doc, ports)

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New committer: Lars Balker Rasmussen (ports)

 15 Podcast Interview with FreeBSD Developer Joe Marcus Clarke

In his latest bsdtalk podcast, Will Backman interviews FreeBSD developer Joe Marcus Clarke about the GNOME desktop environment on FreeBSD. The podcast is available at http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk032.mp3.

 14 January-March 2006 Status Report

The January-March, 2006 status report is now available with 29 entries.

 Summer of Code

The FreeBSD Project is happy to participate in Google's Summer of Code 2006 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 here.

 13 FreeBSD 6.1-RC1 Available

The first release candidate of FreeBSD 6.1 is now available. The RC1 ISO images are available on most of the FreeBSD Mirror sites.

 11 New Driver for Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet Chips

A driver for the Broadcom NetXtreme II family of Gigabit Ethernet chips, bce(4), has been added to FreeBSD-CURRENT. It will be merged to the FreeBSD 6-STABLE branch in the near future.

 6 The FreeBSD Foundation Announces Java JDK and JRE 1.5 Binaries for FreeBSD

The FreeBSD Foundation now provides native Java JDK and JRE 1.5 binaries for FreeBSD. For further details, please see the FreeBSD Foundation press release.

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New committer: Alejandro Pulver (ports)

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New committer: Johan van Selst (ports)

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New committer: Jean Milanez Melo (ports)

 15 FreeBSD 5.5-BETA4 and 6.1-BETA4 Available

The fourth beta releases of FreeBSD 5.5 and FreeBSD 6.1 are now available. The respective BETA4 ISO images are available on most of the FreeBSD Mirror sites.

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New committer: Wojciech A. Koszek (src)

 20 FreeBSD 5.5-BETA2 and 6.1-BETA2 Available

The second beta releases of FreeBSD 5.5 and FreeBSD 6.1 are now available. The respective BETA2 ISO images are available on most of the FreeBSD Mirror sites.

 18 Podcast Interview with FreeBSD Developer Kirk McKusick

In his latest bsdtalk podcast, Will Backman interviews FreeBSD developer Marshall Kirk McKusick. The podcast is available at http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk018.mp3.

 17 Podcast Interview with FreeBSD Release Engineer Scott Long

In issue 17 of his bsdtalk series of podcasts, Will Backman interviews FreeBSD release engineer Scott Long about the upcoming FreeBSD 5.5 and 6.1 releases and related topics. The podcast is available at http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk017.mp3.

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New committer: Chuck Lever (src)

 Upcoming FreeBSD Kernel Code Reading Evening Course

The ``FreeBSD Kernel Internals: An Intensive Code Walkthrough'' course will be taught during the Spring of 2006. The class will be held at the historic Hillside Club at 2286 Cedar Strett, Berkeley, CA 94709 just three blocks north of the Berkeley campus once per week from 6:30PM to 9:45PM starting Wednesday February 22nd and finishing Tuesday June 13th. You can get more information or sign up for the class here.

 9 FreeBSD 5.5-BETA1 and 6.1-BETA1 Available

The first beta releases of FreeBSD 5.5 and FreeBSD 6.1 are now available. The respective BETA1 ISO images are available on most of the FreeBSD Mirror sites.

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Enhanced commit privileges: Colin Percival (src, ports)

 26 October-December 2005 Status Report

The October-December, 2005 status report is now available with 26 entries.

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New committer: Matteo Riondato (src)

New committer: Vasil Dimov (ports)

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New committer: Rink Springer (src)