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.
One of the major new features of FreeBSD 5.0 will be completely re-worked SMP support. For specific information about the progress towards 5.0-RELEASE in this area, please see the SMP Project page.
The current release engineering TODO list is also available. This list is updated periodically through the release cycle.
| Action | Expected | Actual | Description | ||||
| releng_5_dp1 branch (Perforce) | 15 Mar 2002 | 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. | ||||
| Ports Freeze | 2 Apr 2002 | 2 Apr 2002 | The ports tree is frozen and tagged for the developer preview. | ||||
| Final i386 package build completes | 3 Apr 2002 | 4 Apr 2002 | The final package build for the i386 architecture is complete. | ||||
| Final Alpha package build completes | 3 Apr 2002 | 5 Apr 2002 | The final package build for the Alpha architecture is complete. | ||||
| Final sparc64 package build completes | 3 Apr 2002 | 7 Apr 2002 | The final package build for the sparc64 architecture is complete. | ||||
| Package Split | 3 Apr 2002 | 7 Apr 2002 | The packages for the installation CDROM are selected from the results of the final package build. | ||||
| FreeBSD 5.0 Developer Preview 1 | 5 Apr 2002 | 8 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. | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| RELENG_5_0_DP2 branch | 17 Jul 2002 | 17 Aug 2002 | Branch created in Perforce, commits require re@ approval. | ||||
| FreeBSD 5.0 Developer Preview 2 | 25 Jul 2002 | 18 Nov 2002 | A full release for the i386, Alpha, and sparc64 architectures. | ||||
| -CURRENT feature freeze | 1 Oct 2002 | 16 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 | 18 Nov 2002 | The code freeze for 5.0. Commits to HEAD require re@ approval. | ||||
| FreeBSD 5.0 Released | 15 Dec - 2002 | -- | FreeBSD 5.0 is announced. | +First release candidate | 2 Dec 2002 | 9 Dec 2002 | +x86, alpha, sparc64, and ia64 images released and uploaded to + ftp-master.freebsd.org. | +
| RELENG_5_0_0 branched | 12 Dec 2002 | -- | +Branch from HEAD for the release. Note: no branch for + RELENG_5 will happen a this time. | +||||
| src unfrozen | 12 Dec 2002 | -- | +Unfreeze HEAD src. Continue to coordinate significant + check-ins with re@freebsd.org in order to work towards + 5-STABLE. | +||||
| Second release candidate | 17 Dec 2002 | -- | +-- | +||||
| Ports tree tagged | 3 Jan 2003 | -- | +Tenative date of RELEASE_5_0_0 tag for ports. | +||||
| Version numbers bumped | 6 Jan 2003 | -- | +The files listed here are update to reflect FreeBSD 5.0. | +||||
| src tree tagged | 6 Jan 2003 | -- | +-- | +||||
| Final builds | 6 Jan 2003 | -- | +Start x86, alpha, sparc64, and ia64 builds. pc98 also? | +||||
| Warn hubs@FreeBSD.org | 6 Jan 2003 | -- | +Heads up email to hubs@FreeBSD.org to give admins time to prepare + for the load spike to come. The site administrators have frequently + requested advance notice for new ISOs. | +||||
| Upload to ftp-master | 9 Jan 2003 | -- | +Release and packages uploaded to ftp-master.FreeBSD.org | +||||
| FreeBSD 5.0 Released | 10 Jan 2003 | -- | +-- | FreeBSD 5.0 is announced. |