diff --git a/share/sgml/news.xml b/share/sgml/news.xml index facfd2028c..731004dd96 100644 --- a/share/sgml/news.xml +++ b/share/sgml/news.xml @@ -1,1520 +1,1535 @@ - $FreeBSD: www/share/sgml/news.xml,v 1.199 2008/09/22 21:57:53 rnoland Exp $ + $FreeBSD: www/share/sgml/news.xml,v 1.200 2008/10/06 13:59:02 lstewart Exp $ 2008 10 + + 12 + + + FreeBSD 7.0-RC1 Available + +

The first release candidate of FreeBSD 6.4 is now available. + ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on + most of the + FreeBSD mirror sites.

+ + + 6

New committer: Lawrence Stewart (src)

 9 18 Summer of Code Projects Completed

We are happy to report that 19 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.

New committer: Marko Zec (src)

 15 PC-BSD 7 Released

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 downloaded or purchased on DVD.

New committer: Robert Noland (src)

 13 &os; 6.4-BETA/7.1-BETA Available

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 available for download on most of the &os; mirror sites. We encourage people to test and report any outstanding bugs. Please find more information about these releases on the Release Engineering Information page.

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New committer: Josh Paetzel (ports)

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New committer: Max Brazhnikov (ports)

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Enhanced commit privileges: Stanislav Sedov (src, ports)

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Enhanced commit privileges: Edward Tomasz Napierala (src, ports) SoC2008 alumnus.

 19 April - June, 2008 Status Reports

The April - June, 2008 Status Reports are now available with 14 entries.

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Enhanced commit privileges: Gábor Páli (full doc/www)

 7 28 &os; Foundation Requesting Project Proposals

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.

To find out more about the proposal process please read the call.

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New committer: Robert Noland (ports)

New committer: Yvan Vanhullebus (src)

 18 &os; Foundation July 2008 Newsletter

The &os; Foundation has published their Semi-Annual July 2008 newsletter which summarizes what they have done to help the &os; Project and community.

 17 New &os; Core Team elected

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.

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.

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.

New committer: Philip M. Gollucci (ports)

New committer: Greg Larkin (ports)

 8 iXsystems Announces Professional &os; and PC-BSD Support Offering

A press release announcing the launch of iXsystems' Professional Services Division which will provide Professional Enterprise Grade support, consulting, and development for &os; and PC-BSD.

New committer: Stacey Son (src)

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New committer: Nathan Whitehorn (src)

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New committer: Erik Cederstrand (projects)

 FreeBSD Technologies in Firefox 3

A press release describing FreeBSD technologies used by Mozilla Firefox.

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New committer: Dmitry Marakasov (ports)

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New committer: Ermal Luçi (src)

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

Ivan Voras is now a src/ committer. He participated in the Google Summer of Code program in 2005, 2006, and 2007.

 3 FreeBSD begins switch to Subversion

The FreeBSD Project has begun the switch of its source code management system from CVS to Subversion. 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.

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 "stable" branches. Security and errata patches will continue to be made available in their usual CVS locations.

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.

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

Many people have contributed to the effort, but we wish to thank Michael Haggerty and the cvs2svn project developers for their assistance with cvs2svn. Peter Wemm spent several weeks of Yahoo!'s time repairing the CVS tree, preparing for and performing the conversion, and the configuration of the Subversion infrastructure. Yahoo! donated the server hardware.

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New committer: Manolis Kiagias (doc/www)

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New committer: Ed Schouten (src)

 14 January - March, 2008 Status Reports

The January - March, 2008 Status Reports are now available with 13 entries.

 4 22 Funded Summer of Code Projects Announced

The FreeBSD Project received over 100 applications for Google's Summer of Code 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.

A complete list of the winning students and projects is available here. A Summer of Code wiki has been created and additional information about the projects will be added there soon.

New committer: Gábor Páli (Hungarian doc/www)

 3 31 Student deadline extended for Summer of Code

The deadline for student applications to participate in the Google Summer of Code has been extended by one week. The new deadline is Monday, April 7, 2008. If you haven't already, please visit our FreeBSD Summer of Code page 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.

 26 Now Accepting Student Applications for Google Summer of Code

The student application period for the Google Summer of Code 2008 program has begun. Please peruse our list of FreeBSD specific projects and potential mentors 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.

 17 Participating in Google Summer of Code

The FreeBSD Project will soon be accepting applications for the Google Summer of Code 2008 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. The application period begins on March 24, 2008 and the final deadline is April 1, 2008 0:00 UTC. Please see the Google FAQ for more information.

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

Roman Divacky 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.

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New committer: Felippe M. Motta (ports)

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New committer: Philippe Audeoud (ports)

 2 27 FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE Available

FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE is now available. The release errata 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 Release Information page.

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pfSense 1.2 released.

New committer: Ganbold Tsagaankhuu (doc/www)

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New committer: Pietro Cerutti (ports)

 17 October-December, 2007 Status Reports

The October-December, 2007 Status Reports are now available with 25 entries.

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New committer: Oliver Fromme (src)

 12 FreeBSD 7.0-RC2 Available

The second release candidate of FreeBSD 7.0 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: Antoine Brodin (src)

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New committer: Oleksandr Tymoshenko (src)

 18 FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE Available

FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE is now available. Please be sure to check the release errata before installation for any late-breaking news and/or issues with 6.3. More information about FreeBSD releases can be found on the Release Information page.

 17 6 New RSS 2.0 Feeds Available

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 : FreeBSD Project News, FreeBSD In the Media, Upcoming FreeBSD Events, FreeBSD Security Advisories, FreeBSD Java Updates, and FreeBSD GNOME Updates. There is also an RSS 0.91 feed available for FreeBSD KDE Updates.

The new feeds all validate properly and have been tested with popular feed reading software. Please mail freebsd-www@FreeBSD.org if you have any problems with the new feeds.

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DesktopBSD 1.6 is released.

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New committer: Wesley Shields (ports)

 2007 12 31 FreeBSD 6.3-RC2 Available

The second release candidate of FreeBSD 6.3 has been announced. ISO images and distributions for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the FreeBSD mirror sites.

 30 FreeBSD 7.0-RC1 Available

The first release candidate of FreeBSD 7.0 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: Weongyo Jeong (src)

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New committer: Rafal Jaworowski (src)

 25 Juniper Networks, Inc has donated a reference FreeBSD port to the MIPS architecture

Juniper Networks, Inc. (http://www.juniper.net) has donated a reference FreeBSD port to the MIPS architecture to The FreeBSD Project. This code will be used as one reference for creating an official project-supported FreeBSD/MIPS offering.

Information about the code drop can be found here.

 10 End-of-Year Fund Raising Drive

The FreeBSD Foundation has announced an End-of-Year Fund Raising Drive. The goal this year is to raise over $250,000. This money is used for sponsoring FreeBSD related conferences, providing travel grants to developers to attend these conferences, providing grants for projects that improve FreeBSD, and providing legal support on issues like understanding the GPLv3 impact on FreeBSD, trademarks, and other legal issues that come up.

Donations can be made online from http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/.

 5 &os; 7.0-BETA4 Available

The &os; 7.0 release process proceeds and as a consequence the 7.0-BETA4 ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available for download on most &os; mirror sites. We ask our users to report any outstanding bugs, as this will presumably be the last BETA release before the first RC release.

 11 29 FreeBSD 6.3-RC1 Available

The first release candidate of FreeBSD 6.3 has been announced. ISO images and distributions for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the FreeBSD mirror sites.

 19 &os; 7.0-BETA3 Available

The &os; 7.0 release process proceeds and as a consequence the 7.0-BETA3 ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available for download on most &os; mirror sites. We ask our users to report any outstanding bugs.

 4 &os; 7.0-BETA2 Available

The &os; 7.0 release process proceeds and as a consequence the 7.0-BETA2 ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available for download on most &os; mirror sites. We ask our users to report any outstanding bugs, as this will presumably be the last BETA release before the first RC release.

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New committer: Henrik Brix Andersen (ports)

 10 27 The FreeBSD Foundation auctions the first copy of the book "Absolute &os;, 2nd Edition"

The &os; Foundation has started its Fall Fund-Raising Campaign with an auction of the first copy of the book "Absolute &os;, 2nd Edition" which was graciously donated by the author Michael Lucas. The winner of this auction will get a laser-printed Certificate of Authenticity together with a signed bookplate. All proceeds will go to The &os; Foundation! The bidding ends on November 2nd. More information is available on eBay.

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Enhanced commit privileges: Martin Wilke (ports, doc)

 25 New committer: <a href="mailto:lulf@FreeBSD.org">Ulf Lilleengen</a> (src). SoC2007 alumnus.

Ulf Lilleengen is now a src/ committer. He participated in the Summer of Code program, where he worked on gvinum. In FreeBSD, Ulf will continue to work on gvinum, as well as csup and filesystem-related parts.

 22 &os; 7.0-BETA1 Available

The final stage of the &os;-7.0 Release cycle has begun with the first beta release. The &os; 7.0-BETA1 ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available for download on most of the &os; mirror sites. The more people that test and report bugs, the better &os; 7.0-RELEASE will be. For more information about the &os; 7.0 release process, please check the official schedule and the todo list.

 10 July-October, 2007 Status Reports

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.

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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.

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New committer: Lars Engels (ports)

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Enhanced commit privileges: Edwin Groothuis (src, ports)

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New committer: Sean C. Farley (src)

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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.

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

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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.

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New committer: Marcelo Araujo (ports)

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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.

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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.

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New committer: Martin Matuska (ports)

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New committer: Li-Wen Hsu (ports)

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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.

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

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Enhanced commit privileges: Remko Lodder (doc,src)

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New committer: JINMEI, Tatuya (src)

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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.