svn commit: r52075 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/portmgr

[Eitan Adler]

Author: eadler
Date: Thu Aug  2 11:20:31 2018
New Revision: 52075
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/52075

Log:
  portmgr/qa: make a simple pass
  
  - We have not done ports freezes for a long time, and not used CVS in
    even longer
  - Replace pointyhat ref with pkg-status
  - Reference quarterly branches

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/portmgr/qa.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/portmgr/qa.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/portmgr/qa.xml	Thu Aug  2 10:57:07 2018	(r52074)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/portmgr/qa.xml	Thu Aug  2 11:20:31 2018	(r52075)
@@ -35,70 +35,15 @@ two main categories:
   </li>
 
   <li>
-    <p>Manage commits to the CVS tree for package builds via the
-      following steps:</p>
-
-    <ol>
-      <li>
-	<p>Institute a freeze and produce packages for all the
-	  appropriate architectures.  Often this process has to be
-	  repeated because either bugs are identified in various ports,
-          or changes to the src tree create a risk that the packages
-	  that have already been built would not work with those
-	  changes.</p>
-
-	<p>To make sure that package builds are consistent and correct,
-	  <i>all</i> commits must be approved by portmgr during a
-	  freeze.  Changes that are generally approved are:</p>
-
-	  <ul>
-	    <li><p>fixes to make a package build at all;</p></li>
-	    <li><p>security fixes to critical packages;</p></li>
-	    <li><p>problems that are noticed with licensing issues.</p></li>
-	  </ul>
-
-	<p>Unfortunately, due to the sheer size of the Ports Collection
-	  and the speed that applications are developed, it is
-	  impossible to fix every single problem for a release.</p>
-      </li>
-
-      <li>
-	<p>The tree is then locked for all commits and a CVS tag is laid
-	  down.</p>
-      </li>
-
-      <li>
-	<p>The tree is then unlocked and a <tt>slush</tt> is
-	  announced.  The intent of this state is to allow routine
-	  changes to be made to the Ports Collection, but with the note
-	  that these changes will not ship on the release ISOs.  What
-	  we particularly want to avoid is
-	  <a href="implementation.html#sweeping_changes">
-	  sweeping changes</a>.</p>
-
-	<p>The reason we want to avoid these commits is if some kind
-	  of show-stopper problem is found (either security- or license-
-	  related) such that we need to make a change that can go on
-	  the release ISOs, we will need to slip the CVS tag on the
-	  changed file(s).  By allowing unlimited commits, the risk is
-	  high that any such change would involve having to recreate all
-	  the packages all over again, resulting in an endless release
-	  cycle.</p>
-      </li>
-    </ol>
-
-    <p>Only once the RE team and portmgr are happy with the final
-      state of the release ISOs is the ports tree completely available
-      for commits again.</p>
+    <p>Cut over to the new quarterly branch.</p>
   </li>
-
 </ul>
 
 <h3><a name="qa-between-releases">Activities Between Release Cycles</a></h3>
 
 <ul>
   <li>
-    <p>Manage the <a href="http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org">Ports Build
+    <p>Manage the <a href="https://pkg-status.freebsd.org/">Ports Build
       Cluster</a> machines.  These machines continually build packages
       on all possible combinations of OS release and CPU architecture
       (in our terminology, <tt>build environments</tt>.)</p>