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).
+This is a specific schedule for the release of FreeBSD 4.6. 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 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 | +4.6-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. | |
| Package split posted | +17 May 2002 | +-- | + +The proposed package split (which packages go on which disc of + the 4 CD set) should be posted to qa@FreeBSD.org, + ports@FreeBSD.org, and stable@FreeBSD.org. | + +|
| 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 + | 4.6 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. | |
| 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. |