From b27b3f6a227d32775806647b52155fc64984febc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brad Davis Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 22:54:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add the January - March, 2008 Status Reports. The next Status Reports are due July 6th, 2008. --- en/news/status/Makefile | 3 +- en/news/status/report-2008-01-2008-03.xml | 867 ++++++++++++++++++++++ en/news/status/status.sgml | 11 +- share/sgml/news.xml | 18 +- 4 files changed, 895 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 en/news/status/report-2008-01-2008-03.xml diff --git a/en/news/status/Makefile b/en/news/status/Makefile index fe845b12ed..1554baba15 100644 --- a/en/news/status/Makefile +++ b/en/news/status/Makefile @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $FreeBSD: www/en/news/status/Makefile,v 1.40 2007/10/10 19:04:38 brd Exp $ +# $FreeBSD: www/en/news/status/Makefile,v 1.41 2008/02/18 03:23:14 brd Exp $ .if exists(../Makefile.conf) .include "../Makefile.conf" @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ XMLDOCS+= report-2007-01-2007-03 XMLDOCS+= report-2007-04-2007-06 XMLDOCS+= report-2007-07-2007-10 XMLDOCS+= report-2007-10-2007-12 +XMLDOCS+= report-2008-01-2008-03 XSLT.DEFAULT= report.xsl diff --git a/en/news/status/report-2008-01-2008-03.xml b/en/news/status/report-2008-01-2008-03.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8a393a518c --- /dev/null +++ b/en/news/status/report-2008-01-2008-03.xml @@ -0,0 +1,867 @@ + + + + + + January - March + + 2008 + + +
+ Introduction + +

This Status Report covers FreeBSD related projects between January + and March 2008. During this time FreeBSD 7.0 was released. + BSDCan + + is upon us with the Developer Summit starting the 14th and the + Conference starting the 16th.

+ +

Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! We hope you + enjoy reading.

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+ + + soc + + Google Summer of Code + + + + proj + + Projects + + + + team + + FreeBSD Team Reports + + + + kern + + Kernel + + + + docs + + Documentation + + + + FreeBSD Bugbusting Team + + + + + Ceri + + Davies + + + bugmeister_at_freebsd_dot_org + + + + + Remko + + Lodder + + + bugmeister_at_freebsd_dot_org + + + + + Mark + + Linimon + + + bugmeister_at_freebsd_dot_org + + + + + GNATS + + BugBusting + Resources + + February + 2008 Bugathon + + + new PRs in the last 7 days + + + PRs recommended for committer evaluation + + + feedback PRs with no change in 2 months + + + +

As one of the results of our January and February bugathons, we + have granted Volker Werth (vwe@) direct access to GNATS. During the + past few months he has been instrumental in working on several + hundred PRs (mainly src-related), and either closing them or + helping users work through issues they are having. There have been + several commits to the src tree that directly resulted from this. + Welcome Volker!

+ +

As well, several new people are assisting us in classifying + incoming PRs, working with users, and reviewing patches. Among the + most active are Bruce Cran, Dylan Cochran, and Harrison Grundy. We + appreciate everyone's efforts.

+ +

As a direct result of the above, we have been able to hold the + overall PR count down to around 5300 (the peak was around 5500). + despite the facts that PR submissions have jumped recently, and the + ports PR backlog is a little higher than recent trends (due to the + long freeze/slush cycle). What is most encouraging, however, is not + the absolute number, as much as that we are handling incoming PRs + much more quickly and completely. While we are still not where we + need to be, this trend is very encouraging.

+ +

As well, The Bugbusting Team has learned some lessons about how + we can best involve new people in bugbusting, e.g., how to best + leverage people who have varying levels of experience and areas of + interest. Our old response of "just look through the bug reports + and let us know if you see anything that needs doing" tends to + discourage all but the most highly-motivated. Some of these ideas + are being studied to figure how to change our process flow.

+ +

There are still a number of good technical suggestions from the + two Bugathons that need to be written up and discussed. The first + few have resulted in the following: there are a few new web pages + that include: new PRs in the last 7 days; the web representation of + the "recommended by bugbusting team" list; and "PRs in feedback + with no change for 2 months". (See above). Many more need to be + added.

+ +

Much of the work of the second Bugathon was in identifying and + closing PRs for which fixes had already been committed. Others were + identified and relabled as 'patched' to move them along.

+ + + + Think of some way for committers to only view PRs that have + been in some way 'vetted' or 'confirmed.' + + Generate more publicity for what we've already got in place, + and for what we intend to do next. + + Define new categories, classifications, and states for PRs, + that will better match our workflow. + + + + + ProPolice support for FreeBSD + + + + + Jérémie + + Le Hen + + + jeremie@le-hen.org + + + + + + FreeBSD/SSP + + + +

This patch modifies the build infrastructure in order to use + GCC's stack-smashing protection (SSP, aka ProPolice) when building + world, kernel and ports. Don't forget to see the website and + especially the FAQ for a list of ports that fail to build with + ProPolice. The patch extends the meaning of src.conf(5) WITHOUT_SSP + so as to prevent both building libssp and using ProPolice when + compiling. An interesting thing to note is that libssp is GNU + licensed (it is provided with GCC 4.2.1) but since libc includes + the mandatory symbols, programs won't be linked against GNU libssp. + A new knob USE_SSP has been also added for the ports + infrastructure, you can set it to "yes" in make.conf(5) and use + USE_SSP= + + on command-line to disable ProPolice for some ports. The patch has + been reviewed and should hopefully be committed soon. The port part + hasn't been reviewed yet, though.

+ + + + + finstall - Graphical installer for FreeBSD + + + + + Ivan + + Voras + + + ivoras@freebsd.org + + + + + + + + + + +

"finstall" is a graphical installer project for FreeBSD, + sponsored by Google during the 2007 Summer of Code. Its goal is to + create a modern installer, usable by both novice users and experts. + Because it is divided into front end and back end, it can + potentially be used for advanced purposes as system configuration, + remote and custom installs, etc. The project has resulted in a + simple installer ISO image for i386 that can be used for new + installations on empty hard drives. Development has continued + post-SoC but somewhat slowly; recently implemented features include + ZFS support and BSDStats support. To attract more potential + developers (especially those without an account on FreeBSD's + official development systems), the project has moved to + SourceForge. Future development plans include support for headless + / remote installs, partitioning, etc. Talks about finstall will be + given at BSDCan 2008.

+ + + + Remote / headless install support. + + Better partitioning support in the front end. + + GPT boot support. + + Fine grained package selection support. + + + + + The FreeBSD Foundation + + + + + Deb + + Goodkin + + + deb@FreeBSD.org + + + + + The FreeBSD Foundation + Website + + + FreeBSD Foundation Mailing List + + + +

The foundation provided legal counsel for the project to + understand the impact of GPLv3 on the project and to create a + policy on software licenses. We approved a budget of $250,000 for + 2008. We were a sponsor for AsiaBSDCon and provided travel grants + to three people to attend the conference. We are a sponsor for + BSDCan and the BSDCan Developer Summit. We have approved travel + grants for 10 people to attend BSDCan. We are supporting projects + that will provide Java 1.6 binaries for FreeBSD 6.3 and 7.0. Join + our mailing list to recieve monthly updates. See you at BSDCan!

+ + + + + Ideas Web Application + + + + + Murray + + Stokely + + + murray@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Idea Database + + Design + Document + + + +

A prototype web application has been written for the + http://www.FreeBSD.org website which allows authenticated users to + add new development ideas or comment and vote on ideas added by + others. This application is a proposed replacement for the static + webpage that is currently maintained with project ideas for summer + of code students and others looking to get involved with + FreeBSD.

+ +

Some of the features currently available include:

+ +
    +
  • Allows anyone to propose a new idea.
    • + +
  • Allows anyone to comment and vote on previously proposed + ideas.
    • + +
  • Provides an RSS feed of the newest ideas.
    • + +
  • Provides an RSS feed of the comments/votes for any specific + idea.
    • + +
  • Allows one to sort and search the ideas list by category, + proposer, votes, summary title, or full text, and subscribe to + RSS feed of search results.
    • + +
  • Anonymous ideas/comments are hidden by default until cleared + by a moderator.
    • + +
  • Moderator bits to be set for certain users so that they can + moderate the above (can subscribe to an rss file for unmoderated + ideas and comments needing their attention).
    • + +
  • Import functionality to import the current ideas.xml + file.
    • + +
  • Graphs and statistics about the ideas in the database are + provided.
    • +
+ +

The code is checked into perforce under + //depot/user/murray/www/apps/django/ideas/... + + and I would eventually like to see this hosted on FreeBSD.org + hardware, linked from the main website, and checked into + www/apps/django/ideas.

+ + + + A thorough security review of the code is needed. If you have + experience with reviewing web applications for sql injection, + cross-site scripting, and other vulnerabilities please contact me. + The application uses the Django framework. + + Better import/export tools to get the data from our current + ideas.xml web app into the database and back out again. + + More usability review and suggestions needed to make this a + compelling replacement to the current static XML system. + + + + + Multi-IPv4/v6/no-IP jails + + + + + Bjoern A. + + Zeeb + + + bz@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Webpage + for regularly updates and patches + + + Perforce tree + + + +

The multi-IPv4/v6 jails project was resumed in early January + after previous work had been abandoned in 2006.

+ +

As an alternate solution to full network stack virtualization, + this work shall provide a lightweight solution for multi-IP + virtualization. The changes are even more important because of the + emerging demand for IPv6.

+ +

The current status includes updated user space utilities. Kernel + side has grown support for multiple IP addresses for both address + families in jails, as well as no IP addresses at all. 32bit and + jail version 1 backward compatibility support were implemented.

+ +

The development was moved to perforce and patches for early + adopters are available.

+ + + + The TODO list can be found in the TODO file in + perforce. + + Regression tests and review. + + + + + The Ports Collection + + + + + Mark + + Linimon + + + linimon@FreeBSD.org + + + + + The FreeBSD Ports + Collection + + + Contributing to the FreeBSD Ports Collection + + FreeBSD + ports unfetchable distfile survey (Bill Fenner's report) + + FreeBSD ports + monitoring system + + The FreeBSD + Ports Management Team + + marcuscom + Tinderbox + + + +

portmgr is pleased to announce that Florent Thoumie (flz) has + joined us. We immediately put him to work on cleaning up the pkg_* + tools.

+ +

After the extended freeze and then slush for 7.0R, we have + finally been able to start catching up on the backlog that built up + during that time.

+ +

The ports count is now over 18,200. The PR count has only + dropped to around 1000. We are still turning around PRs fairly + quickly, but are not making progress on the backlog.

+ +

We have only been able to do 2 -exp runs recently. Although a + number of PRs have been closed, we are still at 57 portmgr PRs.

+ +

During this period, GNOME has been updated to 2.22.0. Also, a + new port for linux emulation (emulators/linux_base-f8) has been + introduced for general testing.

+ +

XFree86 has been removed. (It had been deprecated for quite some + time; modern development seems to be happening in X.Org.) This + simplifies the infrastructure. A few other stale ports have been + reaped.

+ +

The following large changes are in the pipeline:

+ +
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  • Upgrade of KDE to 4.0 (being tested)
    • + +
  • Upgrade of automake to 1.10.1
    • + +
  • Upgrade of gettext to 0.17
    • + +
  • Upgrade of libtool to 1.5.26 (not 2.x at this time)
    • + +
  • Upgrade of m4 to 1.14.11
    • + +
  • Introduction of Perl 5.10
    • +
+ +

We are currently building packages for amd64-5, amd64-6, + amd64-7, amd64-8, i386-5, i386-6, i386-7, i386-8, sparc64-6, and + sparc64-7. Note, however, that RELENG_5 will reach end of its + supported life May 31, 2008, and package builds for those 2 + buildenvs will stop as of that date.

+ +

We have been able to use some new machines to speed up the + package builds (in particular, amd64) -- in fact, to the point that + we are now outrunning the capacity of some of the mirrors to stay + current. A solution for the problem is being investigated.

+ +

We have added 4 new committers since the last report.

+ + + + Most of the remaining ports PRs are "existing port/PR + assigned to committer". Although the maintainer-timeout policy is + helping to keep the backlog down, we are going to need to do more + to get the ports in the shape they really need to be in. + + Although we have added many maintainers, we still have over + 4,000 unmaintained ports (see, for instance, the list on portsmon). + We are always looking for dedicated volunteers to adopt at least a + few unmaintained ports. As well, the packages on amd64 and sparc64 + lag behind i386, and we need more testers for those. + + + + + Rewriting the TTY layer + + + + + Ed + + Schouten + + + ed@80386.nl + + + + + + Perforce branch + + + +

About 10 weeks ago I started rewriting the TTY layer. The + existing TTY code is about 20-25 years old and has been extended + over and over, without really improving its design.

+ +

The new TTY layer will allow us to remove usage of the Giant + from drivers. It also includes an improved buffering mechanism, + which has more constant-time operations and prevents copying data + multiple times when moving data to userspace.

+ +

Right now the code should work quite well for most users. The + code in Perforce includes a new pseudo-TTY driver, which is finally + capable of destroying TTY's and their associated buffers when + needed. The syscons, uart and ucom drivers have also been ported to + the new TTY layer.

+ +

The code is quite complete, but it still misses driver + interaction for carrier/connection detection and sending breaks. + Many drivers still need to be ported.

+ + + + People who are willing to test. Contact me if you cannot + perform Perforce checkouts. + + Not all drivers have been ported. Patches or hardware are + welcome. + + Some changes could already be backported. + + + + + Summer of Code + + + + + Murray + + Stokely + + + murray@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Robert + + Watson + + + rwatson@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + + + + + +

The student application period for the Summer of Code is over + and the mentors and administrators are carefully reviewing the + applications, clarifying the project parameters, and deciding which + students to recommend for funding from Google.

+ +

This year we received over 100 student applications from + students in 26 different countries. We also have over 60 potential + mentors that we are currently matching up with students. We will + soon announce the winning students on the summer of code website + and the process of bringing these students into our development + community will begin.

+ +

Each student will again be given Perforce and wiki access and + all developers are encouraged to contact any students working in + related areas, as we don't want the students to have access to our + community only through their formal assigned mentor.

+ + + + Help introduce our new summer of code students to FreeBSD + development. Some students are very experienced at developing on + FreeBSD and others are new to our environment and could use more + assistance. + + Update the ideas database with new project ideas that you'd + like to see for next year's Summer of Code. + + + + + UnionFS Improvements + + + + + Daichi + + GOTO + + + daichi@freebsd.org + + + + + Masanori + + OZAWA + + + ozawa@ongs.co.jp + + + + + + + + +

Our implementation of UnionFS has been merged into HEAD, + 7-stable and 6-stable already. Now we are working on UnionFS + stability improvement. We have developed the following 5 patches. + If you are interested, please try them and report your results.

+ + + + + Robert Watson has pointed out that unionfs-p20-5.diff has + some problems around how it treats sockets. We are researching + those. + + + + + USB + + + + + Hans Petter + + Sirevaag Selasky + + + hselasky@freebsd.org + + + + + + Current USB files + + + Current USB API README file + + Install + instructions + + + +

During the last three months there has mostly been bugfix and + documentation commits. The code is currently in a stable and full + featured state. The FreeBSD P4 USB project now has a fully + symmetric USB stack at API level and has been tested to work with + AT91RM9200 ARM based boards and USS820 based devices. There are + currently two USB device side drivers implemented, namely CDC + Ethernet and Mass Storage (SCSI+BBB) so that you can now make your + custom USB Flash Disk using FreeBSD. Don't confuse USB device side + drivers with USB host side drivers.

+ +

Currently the USB P4 project is under review.

+ +

Ideas and comments with regard to the new USB API are welcome on + the FreeBSD + USB + Mailing List + + .

+ + + + + The Spanish Documentation Project + + + + + José Vicente + + Carrasco Vayá + + + carvay@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Gábor + + Kövesdán + + + gabor@FreeBSD.org + + + + + FreeBSD Spanish Website + + Spanish + Translations + + + +

We are progressing better these days again. We have made some + updates to the website and to the Handbook, including the complete + translation of the jails chapter. We have also added a new + translation of an article and an another one is under review.

+ + + + Complete updating of the website. + + Update the Handbook and translate new chapters. + + + + + The Hungarian Documentation Project + + + + + Gábor + + Kövesdán + + + gabor@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Gábor + + Páli + + + pgj@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Hungarian website + + + Hungarian articles + + + +

We are pleased to welcome Gábor Páli as a doc committer. He has + successfully completed the translation of the + FreeBSD Handbook. The final review of his work is pending now + and we will import it soon to the repository. We consider the + translation of the release notes the next important milestone of + this translation project.

+ + + + Review the translated Handbook. + + Translate release notes for -CURRENT and 7.X. + + + + diff --git a/en/news/status/status.sgml b/en/news/status/status.sgml index 042fef0357..b0c2ab0af3 100644 --- a/en/news/status/status.sgml +++ b/en/news/status/status.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ - + ]> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ &header; -

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