HEADS UP: Release schedule for 2006

[Rob]

Gary Kline wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 12:04:05AM -0700, Scott Long
wrote:
> 
>>All,
>>
>>The following is the approximate schedule for
FreeBSD releases in 2006:
>>
>>Jan 30: Freeze RELENG_5 and RELENG_6
>>Mar 20: Release FreeBSD 6.1
>>Apr  3: Release FreeBSD 5.5
>>Jun 12: Freeze RELENG_6
>>Jul 31: Release FreeBSD 6.2
>>Oct 23: Freeze RELENG_6
>>Dec 11: Release FreeBSD 6.3
>>
>>A 'freeze' means that the tree will be closed to
changes except with
>>specific approval, and the focus will be on
producing, testing, and
>>fixing release candidates.  The release dates are
targets that we hope
>>to make, but we will continue with the policy of
only releasing once
>>all of the showstoppers are cleared, i.e. we will
release when it is
>>ready.
>>
>>FreeBSD 5
>>5.5 will be the final release from the RELENG_5
tree.  We are doing it
>>to provide support for users who have committed to
FreeBSD 5 and who
>>need more time to transition to FreeBSD 6.  However,
in order to keep
>>forward progress with FreeBSD 6, we will produce
this in parallel with
>>the 6.1 release, and thus it will not be our main
focus.  Users who are
>>using FreeBSD 5 are strongly encouraged to evaluate
FreeBSD 6.  After
>>this final release, the security team will provide
security update
>>support through 2007.
> 
> 
> 	Sounds like an ambitious schedule...  All  my FBSD
servers 
> 	are at least up to 5.3; my laptop is happy at 5.4. 
I have
> 	what I believe to be a rationalquestion.  Why
should I go
> 	beyond v5.5?  More to the point, why can't minor
security 
> 	tweaks be maintained indefinitely for 5.5?  What
will 
> 	releases -6 and -7 offer that can;t reasonably be
dropped
> 	into -5?

A "me too" here for 5-Stable.

I have a test PC, that was running 5-Stable using an
additional swapfile to extend swap space. Never any
problems at all with 5.

After upgrading to 6-stable, I got regular hang-ups of
the system (endless loop?) when swapspace is used
extensively. Never happened with 5.

I wild guess of mine is that there's problem with
the 'enhanced filesystem access' in 6.

I've reported this issue, and also provided backtraces
of kernel dumps, although I'm not an expert in kernel
debugging. However, no reponse so far.

For me 6, as of now, is not yet as stable as 5 used to
be.

Regards,
Rob.


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