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</task> </task>
<task> <task>
<p>Improve delegation section</p> <p>Improve the delegation section</p>
</task> </task>
<task> <task>
<p>Improve tuning section, add recently added sysctls</p> <p>Improve the tuning section, and cover recently added sysctls</p>
</task> </task>
<task> <task>
<p>Add section on jails and the jailed property</p> <p>Add a section on jails and the jailed property</p>
</task> </task>
<task> <task>
<p>Add FAQ section</p> <p>Add an FAQ section</p>
</task> </task>
<task> <task>
<p>Add Use Cases section</p> <p>Add a Use Cases section</p>
</task> </task>
<task> <task>
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of LLVM is known to pass all of the tests in the LLVM and Asan of LLVM is known to pass all of the tests in the LLVM and Asan
test suites without unexpected failures on &os; 10.0.</p> test suites without unexpected failures on &os; 10.0.</p>
<p>A buildbot running sanitizers tests under &os; stable/10 <p>A buildbot running sanitizer tests under &os; stable/10
has been established. See the Links section.</p> has been established. See the Links section.</p>
<p>To make it possible to run programs with sanitizers <p>To make it possible to run programs with sanitizer
checks enabled on &os; a new kernel state named checks enabled on &os;, a new sysctl named
<tt>kern.proc_vmmap_skip_resident_count</tt> has been added. <tt>kern.proc_vmmap_skip_resident_count</tt> has been added.
See the Links section.</p> See the Links section. Running the address sanitizer checks
on stable/10 requires this sysctl to be set to 1.</p>
<p>Note that running Asan tests on stable/10 requires that state
to be set to 1.</p>
<p>A similar work is in progress to add &os; support to the <p>A similar work is in progress to add &os; support to the
thread sanitizer (Tsan), which detects data races in parallel thread sanitizer (Tsan), which detects data races in parallel
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<help> <help>
<task> <task>
<p>Finish GNOME 3.12 merge, and start tracking GNOME 3.15 <p>Finish the GNOME 3.12 merge, and start tracking GNOME 3.15
(development series).</p> (development series).</p>
</task> </task>
</help> </help>
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<body> <body>
<p>The newest graphics stack (that is, ports behind the <p>The newest graphics stack (that is, the set of ports conditional on the
<tt>WITH_NEW_XORG</tt> knob) was enabled on all architectures. <tt>WITH_NEW_XORG</tt> knob) was enabled on all architectures.
The only regression is for users of Intel GPUs and &os; 8.X or The only regression is for users of Intel GPUs and &os; 8.X or
9.0. Those releases lack the required kernel driver and 9.0. Those releases lack the required kernel driver and
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<p>We will attend XDC 2014 (X.Org Developer's Conference) from <p>We will attend XDC 2014 (X.Org Developer's Conference) from
October 8th through 10th in Bordeaux, France. The goal is to October 8th through 10th in Bordeaux, France. The goal is to
reconnect with graphics stack developers, mostly working with reconnect with graphics stack developers, who are mostly working with
Linux these days. We will give a presentation on the current Linux these days. We will give a presentation on the current
state of this stack on &os;. See the XDC website in the Links state of this stack on &os;. See the XDC website in the Links
section for the program and live streaming.</p> section for the program and live streaming.</p>
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<tt>USES</tt> format. Several options, such as support for <tt>USES</tt> format. Several options, such as support for
<tt>easy_install</tt>, were deprecated or removed to make the <tt>easy_install</tt>, were deprecated or removed to make the
infrastructure easier to maintain and less complex for infrastructure easier to maintain and less complex for
maintainers.</p> port maintainers.</p>
<p>The Python ports were refactored and simplified to improve <p>The Python ports were refactored and simplified to improve
maintenance and to get rid of long-standing issues due to the maintainability and to get rid of long-standing issues due to the
previously complex and error-prone build process.</p> previously complex and error-prone build process.</p>
<p>The Python 2 branch was updated to Python 2.7.8 and <p>The Python 2 branch was updated to Python 2.7.8 and
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<p>We published our fourth issue of the FreeBSD Journal. We <p>We published our fourth issue of the FreeBSD Journal. We
have over 4500 subscriptions to date. Work continued on have over 4500 subscriptions to date. Work continued on
adding support for the Dynamic Edition and will be available adding support for the Dynamic Edition which will be available
soon. The fifth issue is due out soon.</p> soon. The fifth issue is also due out soon.</p>
<p>Foundation staff member Konstantin Belousov wrapped up the <p>Foundation staff member Konstantin Belousov wrapped up the
PostgreSQL performance investigation project. Kostik reran PostgreSQL performance investigation project. Kostik reran
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the 10.1 release. Kostik also committed a variety of virtual the 10.1 release. Kostik also committed a variety of virtual
memory and file system bug fixes and improvements.</p> memory and file system bug fixes and improvements.</p>
<p>Over the quarter, Foundation staff member Edward Napiera?a <p>Over the quarter, Foundation staff member Edward Napierała
refined the new autofs-based automounter and incorporated refined the new autofs-based automounter and incorporated
feedback from testers in enterprise and university contexts. feedback from testers in enterprise and university contexts.
The automounter is available in the development branch of The automounter is available in the development branch of
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which allows &os; virtual machine disk images to be produced which allows &os; virtual machine disk images to be produced
by default as part of the release process.</p> by default as part of the release process.</p>
<p>Put a plan together for the upcoming Secure Boot work.</p> <p>A plan has been put together for the upcoming Secure Boot work.</p>
<p>Purchased more hardware to support &os; infrastructure at NYI <p>More hardware has been purchased to support &os; infrastructure at NYI
and Sentex.</p> and Sentex.</p>
<p>Announced a collaboration between Foundation and Cavium to <p>We announced a collaboration between the Foundation and Cavium to
deliver a &os; ARMv8 based implementation.</p> deliver a &os; ARMv8 based implementation.</p>
<p>Signed a license agreement with Oracle to get access to the <p>We signed a license agreement with Oracle to get access to the
TCKs for Java 7 and 8.</p> TCKs for Java 7 and 8.</p>
<p>Robert Watson ran and organized the Cambridge Developer <p>Robert Watson ran and organized the Cambridge Developer
Summit. We provided a travel grant to a Google Summer of Code Summit. We provided a travel grant to a Google Summer of Code
student to attend the summit.</p> student to attend the summit.</p>
<p>Provided a travel grant to a developer who organized and ran <p>We provided a travel grant to a developer who organized and ran
BSDDay in Argentina.</p> BSDDay in Argentina.</p>
<p>We were a Gold Sponsor for EuroBSDCon 2014 and sponsored the <p>We were a Gold Sponsor for EuroBSDCon 2014 and sponsored the
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sessions. We held our Fall Fundraising campaign there and sessions. We held our Fall Fundraising campaign there and
raised over $2,000 in donations from attendees.</p> raised over $2,000 in donations from attendees.</p>
<p>Organized the Silicon Valley Vendor/Developer Summit that is <p>We organized the Silicon Valley Vendor/Developer Summit that is
happening November 3 and 4.</p> happening November 3 and 4.</p>
<p>Kirk McKusick, Robert Watson, and George Neville-Neil <p>Kirk McKusick, Robert Watson, and George Neville-Neil
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of the FreeBSD Operating System."</p> of the FreeBSD Operating System."</p>
<p>Kirk McKusick presented a 2-day tutorial on the &os; kernel <p>Kirk McKusick presented a 2-day tutorial on the &os; kernel
and gave a talk on implementation of ZFS at EuroBSDCon.</p> and gave a talk on the implementation of ZFS at EuroBSDCon.</p>
<p>Dru Lavigne attended Fossetcon: September 11-13 <p>Dru Lavigne attended Fossetcon: September 11-13
(fossetcon.org).</p> (fossetcon.org).</p>
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<p>We created new recruiting fliers for upcoming events, <p>We created new recruiting fliers for upcoming events,
including the Grace Hopper conference.</p> including the Grace Hopper conference.</p>
<p>Started sending out Foundation monthly update emails to keep <p>We started sending out Foundation monthly update emails to keep
the &os; community informed on some of the activities we did the &os; community informed on some of the activities we did
the previous month to support &os;.</p> the previous month to support &os;.</p>
</body> </body>
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<p>The &os; Cluster Administration Team consists of the people <p>The &os; Cluster Administration Team consists of the people
responsible for administering the machines that the project responsible for administering the machines that the project
relies on for its distributed work and communications to be relies on for its distributed work and communications to be
synchronised. In this quarter, the team has worked on the synchronised. In this quarter, the team has worked on:</p>
following:</p>
<ul> <ul>
<li>Implemented a central, &os;&nbsp;cluster-specific package <li>Implemented a central, &os;&nbsp;cluster-specific package