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====== FreeBSD 9.0 Release Engineering TODO ======

This is the %%FreeBSD%% 9.0 major release engineering wiki page.
It tracks the status of the %%FreeBSD%% 9.0 release process including schedule, branching condition,
change request queues, TODO lists, known issues, and more.
It is updated regularly during the release process.

**Please only edit this page if you are a member of the release engineering team,**
**or if a member of the release engineering team has asked you to do so otherwise your**
**edits may be lost with the next update.**

====== Release Status ======
9.0 [[http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/announce.html|released]] in January 2012.

===== Release Schedule =====

^ Action ^ Expected ^ Actual ^ Publicly Announced ^
| Initial release schedule announcement | - | 2011-04-19 | - |
| Release schedule reminder | - | 2011-05-06,2011-06-15 | - |
| Code slush (feature freeze) | 2011-06-19 | 2011-06-27 | - |
| Code Freeze | 2011-07-17 | 2011-07-18 | - |
| BETA1 | 2011-07-20 | 2011-07-28 | 2011-08-01 |
| BETA2 | 2011-08-03 | 2011-08-29 | 2011-09-07 |
| stable/9 created | 2011-08-03 | 2011-09-22 | 2011-09-22 |
| BETA3 | 2011-08-17 | 2011-09-24 | 2011-09-28 |
| Doc tree schedule announcement | 2011-08-01 | - | 2011-08-01 |
| Doc tree slush | 2011-08-08 | - | 2011-08-08 |
| Doc tree tag | 2011-08-23 | - | - |
| Ports tree schedule announcement | - | - | - |
| Ports tree feature freeze | - | - | - |
| stable/9 opened (be conservative) | - | - | - |
| RC1 | 2011-10-07 | 2011-10-18 | 2011-10-22 |
| RC2 | 2011-10-28 | 2011-11-13 | 2011-11-17 |
| RC3 | 2011-11-28 | 2011-12-04 | 2011-12-08 |
| RELEASE build | 2011-12-16 | - | - |
| RELEASE announcement | - | - | - |

**CAUTION**: %%FreeBSD%% Release Schedules may slip so the above dates are not guaranteed.

===== Branch status =====

^ Action ^ Status ^
| Subversion: releng/9.0 created | - |
| Subversion: release/9.0.0 created | - |
| CVS: RELENG_9_0_BP created | - |
| CVS: RELENG_9_0 created | - |
| CVS: RELENG_9_0_0_RELEASE created | - |
| CVS: ports tree tagged | - |
| Tinderbox: RELENG_9 configured | done |

====== Change approval and merge guidelines ======

Read [[Releng/ChangeRequestGuidelines]] carefully.
All requests neglecting these rules will be rejected.
For general information about merging please
see [[SubversionPrimer/Merging]].

====== Leading up to the release ======

===== Works-in-progress as the release cycle began =====

Works-in-progress and late-breaking features as the %%FreeBSD%% 9.0 release process started:

OKed by Release Engineering to continue until code freeze:

  * %%OpenSSH%% HPN support ([[/BrooksDavis|BrooksDavis]], [[/BjoernZeeb|BjoernZeeb]])
  * Capsicum ([[/RobertWatson|RobertWatson]], [[/JonathanAnderson|JonathanAnderson]], [[/BenLaurie|BenLaurie]])
  * RSS ([[/RobertWatson|RobertWatson]])
  * pf45 import ([[/ErmalLuci|ErmalLuci]], [[/BjoernZeeb|BjoernZeeb]], [[/MaxLaier|MaxLaier]]) (DONE)

Discussion ongoing or deferred:

  * in-pcb route caching ([[/RobertWatson|RobertWatson]], et al)
  * netmap ([[/LuigiRizzo|LuigiRizzo]])
  * remove BIND from base ([[/DougBarton|DougBarton]])

===== Known issues at beginning of release cycle =====

  * bsdinstall and docs ([[/MarcFonvieille|MarcFonvieille]], [[/NathanWhitehorn|NathanWhitehorn]], fixed with r223897)

====== Cross-referenced project TODO lists ======

  * [[/FreeBSD9|FreeBSD 9.0 TODO list]]
  * //9.0 Landing the Airplane from 201105DevSummit//
  * [[/DocsFor9x|Open Documentation Tasks]]

====== KPIs/KBIs ======

  * [[/NetKPIKBI|Network Stack KPI/KBI]] (needs updating)

===== Planning spares =====

  * [[Releng/9.0TODO/Spares|Planning spares for 9.0]]