FreeBSD 9.1 Release Engineering TODO
This is the FreeBSD 9.1 major release engineering wiki page. It tracks the status of the FreeBSD 9.1 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
Release process to be officially started.
Last updated: 10 October 2012.
Release Schedule
| Action | Expected | Actual | Publicly Announced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial release schedule announcement | - | 2012-06-05 | - |
| Release schedule reminder | 2012-06-17 | 2012-06-26 | - |
| Code slush (feature freeze) | - | - | - |
| Code Freeze | 2012-07-02 | 2012-07-03 | - |
| BETA1 | 2012-07-06 | 2012-07-15 | 2012-07-16 |
| Doc tree schedule announcement | - | 2012-07-16 | - |
| Doc tree slush | 2012-07-20 | 2012-07-20 | - |
| Doc tree tag | 2012-07-27 | 2012-07-29 | - |
| Ports tree schedule announcement | - | 2012-07-25 | - |
| Ports tree feature freeze | With RC2 | - | - |
| stable/9 opened (be conservative) | - | - | - |
| RC1 | 2012-07-20 | 2012-08-23 | - |
| RC2 | 2012-09-07 | 2012-10-09 | 2012-10-10 |
| RC3 | 2012-10-17 | - | - |
| RELEASE build | 2012-10-24 | - | - |
| RELEASE announcement | 2012-10-29 | - | - |
CAUTION: FreeBSD Release Schedules may slip so the above dates are not guaranteed.
Branch status
| Action | Status |
|---|---|
| Subversion: releng/9.1 created | 2012-08-05 |
| Subversion: release/9.1.0 created | - |
| CVS: RELENG_9_1_BP created | - |
| CVS: RELENG_9_1 created | - |
| CVS: RELENG_9_1_0_RELEASE created | - |
| CVS: ports tree tagged | - |
| Tinderbox: RELENG_9_1 configured | - |
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:
Discussion ongoing or deferred:
Known issues at beginning of release cycle
Cross-referenced project TODO lists
KPIs/KBIs
- Network Stack KPI/KBI (needs updating)