9.0 TODO, open tasks, ongoing projects

This is a transcriptish from the blackboard at the BSDCan 201105 9.0 Finalization Planning session, 2011-05-12:

• JohnBaldwin's slides go here

• clang switch in ports needed
• compile ports with different/non-base compiler
• external toolchain support (imp)
• Make /usr/bin/cc gcc but build base+sys with clang (per-arch)
• benchmarks (dhw)
  • worldstone
  • unixbench
  • sysbench

• GPT default?
  • Dedicated disk in installer get GPT by default
  • GPT Labels? glabel? (there are some labels) UFS labels?
• Auto-mode partition schemes for UFS and ZFS
  • propose 1-3 common once
• hw.acpi.power_blah? Try for 9 and back out if it blows up.

• bsdinstall ZFS installation (pjd)
• ZFS daemon (justin)
• 64bit inodes (10.x?)
• Add new stat?
• Intel graphics driver? (kib) (PC-BSD) – probably MFCable
• openssh-hpn (brooks, bz)
• boot loader menu
• VOP API changes? (rick)
• Crash dumps on by default? (MFC?)
• Automatic crash reports by default? (MFC?)
• pf45 (eri)
• VIMAGE Infrastructure
• GEOM multithread flag

• Run benchmarks before we'll release 9.0? (they voice of god said we clearly haven't done enough benchmarking)
• Interest in stripped down version supported longer for 2 years by so@?
  • Start of stable branch ⇒ 4y?
  • 1 release per stable branch.
  • What in, what out? Build list.
• More bsdinstall testing
• 32bit ifindex? (not for 9)

• NIC driver w/o tight upper layer integration (like TOE)
• Storage drivers in CAM

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