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FreeBSD 5.2 Scheduled For Release By Christmas 86

Posted by timothy from the how-many-shopping-days-left dept.
ocipio writes "FreeBSD 5.2 is scheduled to be released by Christmas. Recently marked 5.2-BETA, the ports tree is in a freeze and developers are asking for testing. A TODO list is available for those interested."
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FreeBSD 5.2 Scheduled For Release By Christmas

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  • 5.2 (Score:1, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Is this going to be the stable release for the 5.x series? I really do hope so, it also seems kinda conveinient that its set for a similar release date as linux 2.6.0, looking forward to installing this anyway, cvsup isnt really an option down a 56k line!

  • Update: 5.2-BETA released (Score:5, Informative)

    by cperciva ( 102828 ) on Wednesday November 26, 2003 @12:24PM (#7569425) Homepage
    A couple hours ago, 5.2-BETA was officially released [freebsd.org].

    Note that this is different from the name being inserted into the CVS tree -- 5.2-BETA is now available for installation via all the usual mechanisms (ISO image, FTP install, etc), without requiring a preexisting system.
  • Now that it's 5.2, is it safe to move mission critical systems from 4.x ?

    • Re:I wonder . . . (Score:5, Informative)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 26, 2003 @01:22PM (#7570173)
      Nope.

      The Roadmap at FreeBSD.org says that RELENG_5 will arrive with 5.3. I've pasted the gist of it below.

      "The original schedule of releasing FreeBSD 5.2 and branching RELENG_5 in September 2003 is being pushed back due to the complexity of the remaining tasks. The new schedule follows:

      * Nov 5, 2003: 5.2-BETA, general code freeze
      * Nov 19, 2003: 5.2-RC1, RELENG_5_2 branched
      * Nov 27, 2003: 5.2-RC2
      * Dec 2, 2003: 5.2-RELEASE
      * Mar 1, 2004: 5.3-BETA, general code freeze
      * Mar 15, 2004: 5.3-RC1, RELENG_5 and RELENG_5_3 branched
      * Mar 22, 2004: 5.3-RC2
      * Mar 29, 2004: 5.3-RELEASE"

      Read it in full at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/article s/5-roadmap/

    • Re:I wonder . . . (Score:4, Informative)

      by Spasemunki ( 63473 ) on Wednesday November 26, 2003 @02:19PM (#7570902) Homepage
      Obviously this is still the Beta, but the plan is to eventually make 5.2 the start of the production/stable branch. I imagine that the final decision won't be made until after 5.2 has been moved out of Beta and officially released for a while. . . while the testing and Beta period catches a lot of things, there are always bugs that only crop up under the heavier/more diverse use that a final, official release brings. I would wait until 5.2 has been in full release for a couple months, and watch the incoming bug reports to see if there is something that specifically affects you, and after that I'd deem it ready to move things to.
  • Does anyone know why the PowerPC port is moving so slow?

    • Re:PowerPC (Score:5, Informative)

      by sirket ( 60694 ) on Wednesday November 26, 2003 @01:39PM (#7570374)
      Does anyone know why the PowerPC port is moving so slow?

      Because it is a new port for FreeBSD. Because it isn't x86. Because you aren't contributing code to the port :)

      It really is a recent port. Give it a little time and the pace of the project should pick up.

      -sirket

      • It's not so recent (Score:2, Informative)

        by Anonymous Coward
        Goes back a while actually. The real reason that the PowerPC port is lagging is that it has one developer.

        • Lagging PowerPC port problem (Score:3, Funny)

          by Anonymous Coward
          "Goes back a while actually. The real reason that the PowerPC port is lagging is that it has one developer."

          That problem takes care of itself. Once the developer has a complete version, it means that 1/3 of all the PowerPC users will already have the *BSD port. It will be a simple matter for him to give it to the other two.

      • Re:PowerPC (Score:3, Informative)

        by saintlupus ( 227599 )
        It really is a recent port. Give it a little time and the pace of the project should pick up.

        I asked Jordan Hubbard about this in a feedback session at WWDC earlier this year. He said that if the project isn't dead yet, it's certainly coughing up blood and clutching its chest.

        Not too promising. The trolls might finally have a dead BSD to point at.

        --saint
    • I recall in an interview with the FreeBSD core team them saying that if you want to run a *BSD on a desktop box, you should run MacOS X, rather than anything else. FreeBSD was targetting the server and workstation markets. Given the obvous respect the core team has for OS X, I wouldn't be surprised if the main reason for the lack of progress is that they don't see a point in the port.

      Perhaps if non-Apple (and hence non OS X) PPC hardware were more common then interest may be greater. FreeBSD on an IBM

  • Wow. (Score:3, Funny)

    by dtfinch ( 661405 ) * on Wednesday November 26, 2003 @01:37PM (#7570347) Journal
    With any luck, this will be the best Christmas EVER!!!

  • Merge from Apple (Score:5, Insightful)

    by cant_get_a_good_nick ( 172131 ) on Wednesday November 26, 2003 @02:42PM (#7571192)
    From the TODO:


    Merge of Darwin msdosfs, other fixes
    Not done
    Apple's Darwin operating system has fairly extensive improvements to msdosfs and other kernel services; these fixes must be reviewed and merged to the FreeBSD tree.

    Since one reason the GPL people attack the BSD license so much is that it doesn't require give backs, it's good to see some people do the right thing.
  • I don't see anything stating whether this will be another new technology release or production release. Anyone here know what it'll be?

  • this is not -STABLE yet. (Score:5, Informative)

    by anarcat ( 306985 ) on Wednesday November 26, 2003 @05:38PM (#7572778) Homepage
    For folks wondering if this is a production release or whatnot, you might like to read the 5-STABLE roadmap [freebsd.org], more specifically, the 5-STABLE schedule [freebsd.org].

  • Merry Christmas (Score:4, Funny)

    by thanjee ( 263266 ) on Thursday November 27, 2003 @11:56PM (#7580146) Journal
    Now I know what to buy everyone for Christmas!

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