This is a specific schedule for the release of FreeBSD 5.0. 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 | +
| RELENG_5_0_DP1 branch | 15 Mar + 2002 | -- | Branch created, commits require re@ + approval. The branch will be used to allow us time to QA the + release, synchronize the release notes with the translation + teams, synchronize sysinstall and the package set, etc without + disrupting the normal flow of development on -CURRENT. | +
| FreeBSD 5.0 Developer Preview 1 | 1 Apr + 2002 | -- | A full release for the i386, Alpha, and + sparc64 architectures. The i386 and Alpha releases at least + will contain a full package set and a disc1 ISO image will be + made available. | +
| RELENG_5_0_DP2 branch | 10 Jun + 2002 | -- | Branch created, commits require re@ + approval. | +
| 5.0 Feature List finalized | 16 Jun + 2002 | -- | At the FreeBSD Developer Summit at + Usenix, we will need to finalize the list of features that will + be included with FreeBSD 5.0. Some features will just have to + wait for 5.1 to give us ample time to QA the many features that + are ready. | +
| FreeBSD 5.0 Developer Preview 2 | 25 Jun + 2002 | -- | A full release for the i386, Alpha, and + sparc64 architectures. The i386 and Alpha releases at least + will contain a full package set and a disc1 ISO image will be + made available. | +
| -CURRENT feature freeze | 1 Oct + 2002 | -- | After this date, significant new features + should be discussed with re@ before consideration for + 5.0-RELEASE. | +
| -CURRENT code freeze | 20 Oct + 2002 | -- | The code freeze for 5.0. Commits to + HEAD require re@ approval. | +
| FreeBSD 5.0 Released | 20 Nov + 2002 | -- | FreeBSD 5.0 is announced. | +