Delay with 11.0-RC2 builds

[Glen Barber]

On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 10:53:06PM -0500, Karl Denninger wrote:
> On 8/22/2016 22:43, Glen Barber wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 11:30:24PM +0000, Glen Barber wrote:
> >> Two issues have been brought to our attention, and as a result, 11.0-RC2
> >> builds will be delayed a day or two while these are investigated.
> >>
> >>  https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=211872
> >>  https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=211926
> >>
> >> An update will be sent if the delay is longer than anticipated.
> >>
> > Just an update, the 11.0-RC2 will be delayed at least two days.  One of
> > the issues mentioned in the above PR URLs does not affect releng/11.0,
> > and is a non-issue, but we are awaiting one more change to the stable/11
> > and releng/11.0 branches that we hope will be the final major changes to
> > 11.0.
> >
> > If this is the case, we may be able to eliminate 11.0-RC3 entirely, and
> > still release on time (or, on time as the current schedule suggests).
> >
> > However, as you know, FreeBSD releases prioritize quality over schedule,
> > so we may still need to adjust the schedule appropriately.
> >
> > So, help with testing 11.0-RC1 (or the latest releng/11.0 from svn) is
> > greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Glen
> > On behalf of:	re@
> >
> Has any decision been made on this?
> 
> It is not local to me (others have reported problems with combination
> devices) and rolling back the change in question eliminates the
> problem.  It remains un-triaged as of this point.
> 
> Note that this impacts a system that is booting and needs manual
> intervention, which is not a good place to a have a problem....
> 
> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=211884
> 

Well, it's an EN candidate if we cannot get it fixed before the release.
But, I've put it on our radar, which it was not on mine previously...

Glen

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