The release engineering team (re@FreeBSD.org) for FreeBSD 4.6 + consists of Murray Stokely, Steve Price, Robert Watson, John + Baldwin, and Brian Somers.
+ +The x86 build team consists of Murray Stokely and John Baldwin.
+ +The Alpha build team consists of David O'Brien, Wilko Bulte, John + Baldwin, and Murray Stokely.
+ +The third-party packages are handled by Steve Price and the Ports + managers (portmgr@FreeBSD.org).
+ +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.
+ +For an overview of the entire release engineering process, please + see this + document.
+ +| Action | Expected | Actual | Description | +
| Reminder announcement | 01 Apr 2002 | -- | +Release Engineers send announcement email to + developers@FreeBSD.org with a rough schedule for the FreeBSD 4.6 + release. | +
| 4.6-PRERELEASE | +01 May 2002 | +-- | +newvers.sh, param.h, and release.ent updated. | +
| FTP site updated | +01 May 2002 | +-- | +pkg_add -r works for 4.6-PRERELEASE machines. | +
| Code freeze begins | +01 May 2002 | +-- | + +After this date, all commits to the RELENG_4 branch + must be approved by re@FreeBSD.org. 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. | +
| Commercial software demos updated. | +15 May 2002 | +-- | +The second disc contains commercial software demos, these + demos should be updated to contain the latest versions. | +
| 4.5-RC | +15 May 2002 | +-- | +newvers.sh and release.ent updated. | +
| Announce the Ports Freeze | +15 May 2002 | +-- | +Someone from portmgr should email + freebsd-ports@ and CC: developers@ to set a date + for the week long ports freeze and tagging of the ports tree. | +
| Heads up to hubs | +28 May 2002 | +-- | +A message should be sent to + freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.org before the release is uploaded. The + site administrators have frequently requested advance notice for + new ISOs. | +
| First release candidate | +16 May 2002 | +-- | +The first release candidate for the x86 and Alpha architecture is + released. ISO images should be uploaded to + ftp-master.freebsd.org and + releng4.freebsd.org. A network install directory should + be uploaded to ftp-master.freebsd.org. The + packages and XF86336 directories may be + symlinked to save space, as long as you're sure to use + relative symlinks. + |
| Heads up to -stable | +17 May 2002 | +-- | +A message should be sent to qa@FreeBSD.org and + stable@FreeBSD.org after the release is uploaded. | +
| Second release candidate | +?? May 2002 | +-- | +Note: the release date of this candidate depends on the user + experience with RC1. | +
| Third release candidate | +?? May 2002 | +-- | +4.5 RC3 for the x86 and Alpha architectures will be made + available from ftp.FreeBSD.org and the mirrors. | +
| Ports tree frozen. | +24 May 2002 | +-- | +CVSROOT/avail locks out everyone but the person who + does the tagging. It will take approximately 2 hours to tag the + entire ports tree with the RELEASE_4_6_0 tag. After + this time, the ports/ tree will be re-opened for commits, but + commits made after tagging will not go in 4.6-RELEASE. | +
| Final package build starts + | 25 May 2002 | +-- | +The ports cluster and bento + build final packages. | +
| Package split | +26 Jan 2002 | +-- | +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. | +
| doc tree tagged. | +27 May 2002 | +-- | +RELEASE_4_6_0 tag for docs. | +
| RELENG_4_6 branch | +30 May 2002 | +-- | +The release branch is created. | +
| Note to freebsd-stable@ | +30 May 2002 | +-- | +A note should be sent to the freebsd-stable 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. | +
| Version numbers bumped. | +30 May 2002 | +-- | +The files listed here + are updated to reflect the fact that this is FreeBSD 4.6. | +
| src tree tagged. | +30 May 2002 | +-- | +RELEASE_4_6_0_RELEASE tag for src. | +
| Update man.cgi on the website. | +30 May 2002 | +-- | +Make sure the 4.6 manual pages are being displayed by default + for the man->web gateway. | +
| Archive the errata for FreeBSD 4.5. | +30 May 2002 | +-- | +The new RELNOTESng errata file should be setup, and the old + errata file archived. | +
| Final builds. | +31 May 2002 | +-- | +Final builds for x86 and Alpha in a pristine environment. | +
| Warn hubs@FreeBSD.org | +31 May 2002 | +-- | +Heads up email to hubs@FreeBSD.org to give admins + time to prepare for the load spike to come. | +
| Upload to ftp-master. | +31 May 2002 | +-- | +release and packages uploaded to ftp-master.FreeBSD.org | +
| Announcement | +1 Jun 2002 | +-- | +Announcement sent out after a majority of the mirrors have + received the bits. | +
It's been pointed out that this table is rather boring. Bruce Mah + gave a slightly more interesting rendition of the 12 + days of Code-Freeze.
+ + &footer; + + +