HEADS UP: Ports freeze for 4.11-R

[Kris Kennaway]

On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 12:30:28AM -0600, Brandon D. Valentine wrote:
> [ Redirected to -x11. ]
> 
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 09:53:11PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > The ports freeze for 4.11-RELEASE will start on 12/30 at 12:01 AM UTC.
> > It's our intention to have a short freeze of a week or less this time
> > because the ports collection is in relatively good shape on 4.x at the
> > moment, so please don't do anything to change that.
> > 
> > In particular, in the lead-up to the freeze, please make sure you test
> > major updates carefully on 4.x prior to committing, and if you don't
> > have the opportunity to do so, then either ask someone else to test,
> > or hold off until after the freeze.
> 
> I know most of us are quite busy this time of year, but out of
> curiosity, is there any chance at all of Xorg 6.8 making it into the
> tree before this release?  6.8.0 came out during the 5.3 release cycle
> and obviously couldn't make it into that release in time.  Is there a
> reason that 6.8.0 and now 6.8.1 have been held off?

No, the 6.8.1 update has been in testing for a few weeks now.  There
were a number of problems that needed to be fixed before committing,
but it's almost ready now and should go in within the week.

> Does it help if I point out that NetBSD has already beat us to the punch
> with Xorg 6.8.1 by over a month?  Come on, they've got a tiny little
> ports tree.  ;-)

Precisely, so it's less work to commit a major update without breaking
anything.

Kris
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