diff --git a/share/sgml/news.xml b/share/sgml/news.xml index e6c40dd1e4..089588408f 100644 --- a/share/sgml/news.xml +++ b/share/sgml/news.xml @@ -1,1516 +1,1528 @@ - $FreeBSD: www/share/sgml/news.xml,v 1.105 2007/08/02 18:08:35 remko Exp $ + $FreeBSD: www/share/sgml/news.xml,v 1.106 2007/08/22 01:40:58 tabthorpe Exp $ 2007 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).

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)

 10

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)

 18

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.

 26

New committer: Dryice Liu (ports)

 22

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.

 5

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.

 11 29

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)

 7

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.

 8

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.

 9 28

New committer: Soeren Straarup (ports)

 21

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.

 20

New committer: Chin-San Huang (doc)

 18

New committer: Stanislav Sedov (ports)

 12

New committer: Alexander Botero-Lowry (ports)

 1

New committer: Randall R. Stewart (src)

 8 20

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.

 6 24

New committer: Rong-En Fan (ports)

21

New committer: Boris Samorodov (ports)

19

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.

 7

New committer: Ion-Mihai Tetcu (ports)

 6

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)

 4 30

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)

 2

New committer: Johan van Selst (ports)

 3 31

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.

 2 22

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)