FreeBSD 5.0 Release Process

Introduction

This is a specific schedule for the release of FreeBSD 5.0. For more general information about the release engineering process, please see the Release Engineering section of the web site.

General discussions about the release engineering process or quality assurance issues should be sent to the public freebsd-qa mailing list. MFC requests should be sent to re@FreeBSD.org.

One of the major new features of FreeBSD 5.0 will be completely re-worked SMP support.

The current release engineering TODO list is also available. This list is updated periodically through the release cycle.

Schedule

Action	Expected	Actual	Description
releng_5_dp1 branch (Perforce)	15 Mar 2002	15 Mar 2002	Branch created, commits require re@ approval. The branch will be used to allow us time to QA the release, synchronize the release notes with the translation teams, synchronize sysinstall and the package set, etc without disrupting the normal flow of development on -CURRENT.
Ports Freeze	2 Apr 2002	2 Apr 2002	The ports tree is frozen and tagged for the developer preview.
Final i386 package build completes	3 Apr 2002	4 Apr 2002	The final package build for the i386 architecture is complete.
Final Alpha package build completes	3 Apr 2002	5 Apr 2002	The final package build for the Alpha architecture is complete.
Final sparc64 package build completes	3 Apr 2002	7 Apr 2002	The final package build for the sparc64 architecture is complete.
Package Split	3 Apr 2002	7 Apr 2002	The packages for the installation CDROM are selected from the results of the final package build.
FreeBSD 5.0 Developer Preview 1	5 Apr 2002	8 Apr 2002	A full release for the i386, Alpha, and sparc64 architectures. The i386 and Alpha releases at least will contain a full package set and a disc1 ISO image will be made available.
5.0 Feature List finalized	16 Jun 2002	--	At the FreeBSD Developer Summit at Usenix, we will need to finalize the list of features that will be included with FreeBSD 5.0. Some features will just have to wait for 5.1 to give us ample time to QA the many features that are ready.
RELENG_5_0_DP2 branch	17 Jul 2002	17 Aug 2002	Branch created in Perforce, commits require re@ approval.
FreeBSD 5.0 Developer Preview 2	25 Jul 2002	18 Nov 2002	A full release for the i386, Alpha, and sparc64 architectures.
-CURRENT feature freeze	1 Oct 2002	16 Oct 2002	After this date, significant new features should be discussed with re@ before consideration for 5.0-RELEASE.
-CURRENT code freeze	20 Oct 2002	18 Nov 2002	The code freeze for 5.0. Commits to HEAD require re@ approval.
First release candidate	2 Dec 2002	9 Dec 2002	x86, alpha, sparc64, and ia64 images released and uploaded to ftp-master.FreeBSD.org.
RELENG_5_0 branched	12 Dec 2002	12 Dec 2002	Branch from HEAD for the release. Note: no branch for RELENG_5 will happen a this time.
src unfrozen	12 Dec 2002	12 Dec 2002	Unfreeze HEAD src. Continue to coordinate significant check-ins with re@FreeBSD.org in order to work towards 5-STABLE.
Second release candidate	17 Dec 2002	21 Dec 2002	--
Ports tree tagged	3 Jan 2003	1 Jan 2003	Tentative date of RELEASE_5_0_0 tag for ports.
Start RC3 builds	7 Jan 2003	9 Jan 2003	Set timestamp and start i386, pc98, sparc64, alpha, and ia64 builds.
Third release candidate released	10 Jan 2003	12 Jan 2003	--
Version numbers bumped	15 Jan 2003	15 Jan 2003	The files listed here are updated to reflect FreeBSD 5.0.
src tree tagged	15 Jan 2003	16 Jan 2003	Tag the RELENG_5_0 branch with RELENG_5_0_0_RELEASE
doc tree tagged	15 Jan 2003	15 Jan 2003	Tag the doc/ branch with RELEASE_5_0_0
Final builds	15 Jan 2003	16 Jan 2003	Start x86, alpha, sparc64, ia64, and pc98 builds.
Warn hubs@FreeBSD.org	15 Jan 2003	17 Jan 2003	Heads up email to hubs@FreeBSD.org to give admins time to prepare for the load spike to come. The site administrators have frequently requested advance notice for new ISOs.
Upload to ftp-master	17 Jan 2003	17 Jan 2003	Release and packages uploaded to ftp-master.FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD 5.0 Released	19 Jan 2003	19 Jan 2003	FreeBSD 5.0 is announced to the mailing lists.
FreeBSD 5.0 Press Release	19 Jan 2003	--	A formal press release statement is in the works and should be released at this time to the www.FreeBSD.org website and various tech publications.

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