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<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/snapshots/index.sgml,v 1.10 2005/07/07 02:20:06 hrs Exp $">
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<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD Snapshot Releases">
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&header;
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<h2>What Are Snapshots?</h2>
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<p>As part of an ongoing effort to improve the overall release process
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<em>before</em> a release actually slips out the door with problems,
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we are now periodically producing interim test releases called
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<em>snapshots</em>.
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These snapshots will be very similar to full releases,
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except that they will be somewhat more minimal.</p>
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<h2>Getting Snapshots</h2>
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<p>The snapshots currently available are the following:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="&url.snapshots;/Jul_2005/">Snapshots in July, 2005</a>
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(<a href="&url.snapshots;/Jul_2005/README.TXT">README.TXT</a>)
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<ul>
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<li>Built at 02 July 2005 07:00 UTC.</li>
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<li>6-CURRENT only:
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<a href="&url.snapshots;/Jul_2005/6-CURRENT-SNAP20050702-alpha-disc1.iso">alpha</a>,
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<a href="&url.snapshots;/Jul_2005/6.0-CURRENT-SNAP005-amd64-disc1.iso">amd64</a>,
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<a href="&url.snapshots;/Jul_2005/6-CURRENT-SNAP005-ia64-disc1.iso">ia64</a>,
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<a href="&url.snapshots;/Jul_2005/6.0-CURRENT-SNAP005-i386-disc1.iso">i386</a>,
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<a href="&url.snapshots;/Jul_2005/6.0-CURRENT-SNAP005-pc98-disc1.iso">pc98</a>,
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<a href="&url.snapshots;/Jul_2005/6.0-CURRENT-SNAP005-sparc64-disc1.iso">sparc64</a>.
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</li>
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<li>Remarkable changes: new DHCP client (dhclient)
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from OpenBSD, new WPA wireless authentication framework,
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many VFS bugfixes, significantly improved 32-bit application support on amd64,
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and significantly improved kernel crashdump support for machines with 4GB or
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more of RAM, many bug fixes to TCP, NFS, DRI, and other subsystems.</li>
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<li>For known issues, see
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<a href="&url.snapshots;/Jul_2005/README.TXT">README.TXT</a>.</li>
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</ul>
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<li><a href="&url.snapshots;/Jun_2005/">Snapshots in June, 2005</a>
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(<a href="&url.snapshots;/Jun_2005/README.TXT">README.TXT</a>)
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<ul>
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<li>Built at 03 June 2005 05:00 UTC.</li>
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<li>6-CURRENT:
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<a href="&url.snapshots;/Jun_2005/6.0-CURRENT-SNAP004-alpha-disc1.iso">alpha</a>,
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<a href="&url.snapshots;/Jun_2005/6.0-CURRENT-SNAP004-amd64-disc1.iso">amd64</a>,
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<a href="&url.snapshots;/Jun_2005/6.0-CURRENT-SNAP004-i386-disc1.iso">i386</a>,
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<a href="&url.snapshots;/Jun_2005/6.0-CURRENT-SNAP004-pc98-disc1.iso">pc98</a>,
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<a href="&url.snapshots;/Jun_2005/6.0-CURRENT-SNAP004-sparc64-disc1.iso">sparc64</a>.</li>
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<li>A significant number of VFS bugs have been fixed since
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the March snapshot, but more testing is needed.</li>
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</ul>
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<li><a href="&url.snapshots;/Mar_2005/">Snapshots in March, 2005</a>
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(<a href="&url.snapshots;/Mar_2005/README.TXT">README.TXT</a>,
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<a href="&url.snapshots;/Mar_2005/6.0-CURRENT-SNAP002-alpha-disc1.iso">alpha</a>,
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<a href="&url.snapshots;/Mar_2005/6.0-CURRENT-SNAP002-amd64-disc1.iso">amd64</a>,
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<a href="&url.snapshots;/Mar_2005/6.0-CURRENT-SNAP002-i386-disc1.iso">i386</a>,
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<a href="&url.snapshots;/Mar_2005/6.0-CURRENT-SNAP002-pc98-disc1.iso">pc98</a>,
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<a href="&url.snapshots;/Mar_2005/6.0-CURRENT-SNAP002-sparc64-disc1.iso">sparc64</a>)
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<ul>
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<li>6-CURRENT only. Built at 15 March 2005 15:48 UTC.</li>
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<li>Many VFS locking improvements.</li>
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<li>New release ISO layout. Disc1 now combines the installation
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distributions with the full live filesystem layout. Packages for
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official releases will go onto disc2. This layout will also be
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used for the FreeBSD 5.4 release.</li>
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<li>Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP) support.</li>
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<li>Many bug fixes to interrupt routing, busdma, and other subsystems and
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drivers.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li><a href="&url.snapshots;/Feb_2005/">Snapshots in February, 2005 (alpha, amd64, i386, ia64, pc98, sparc64)</a></li>
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<li><a href="&url.snapshots;/Feb_2005/">Snapshots in February, 2005 (alpha, amd64, i386, ia64, pc98, sparc64)</a>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="&url.snapshots;/Feb_2005/RELNOTES.TXT">abridged release notes</a></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Currently the snapshots of
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<a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html#CURRENT">6-CURRENT</a>
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and <a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html#STABLE">5-STABLE</a>
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are released monthly in URLs in the format
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<tt>&url.snapshots;/<month>_<year>/</tt>
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where <tt><year></tt> is the year,
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<tt><month></tt> is the month the snapshot was released.
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Each snapshot directory might contain a <tt>RELNOTES.TXT</tt>
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file which outlines the changes for the particular snapshot.</p>
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<h2>Things You Might Want to Know</h2>
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<p>In particular, before getting and installing a snapshot release,
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be aware of following:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>The snapshots are primarily for
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testing purpose and not fully tested compared to the releases.
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They may include experimental or degraded features that
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can corrupt your existing system.</li>
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<li>The major release number will not be changed in the
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main distribution for each snapshot.
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It will <em>only</em> be changed on the boot floppies
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so that you know when the snapshot was made.
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These are <em>not</em> releases, these are <em>snapshots</em>,
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and it is important that this distinction be preserved.
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Although people can and will, of course, refer to snapshots
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by date in mail or netnews, do not confuse them.</li>
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<li>Finally, we will not necessarily update the documentation.
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For example, <tt>README</tt> may still refer
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to a previous release. This is because that is much less important
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than getting the real bug fixes and new features out for testing.
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Please do not send a bug report about the documentation.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Your feedback on these snapshots is, of course, greatly welcome.
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They are not just for our benefit - those who are coming to rely
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on FreeBSD for mission critical applications should welcome
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a chance to get at more updated bits in a structured fashion.
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You can also use these snapshots as tangible evidence that your
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feedback is getting incorporated and that you (hopefully) will not have
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any unpleasant surprises in the next release.
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On the other hand, if you do send us hate mail next release
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and it turns out that you never even tried the snapshots,
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well, it cuts both ways!</p>
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<h2>Other Resources</h2>
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<p>Here are some related resources. Note that they are managed by
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other people than the FreeBSD Release Engineering Team.
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These sites provide FreeBSD snapshots in a form of "live filesystem"
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and bootable ISO images on a daily basis.
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For details, visit the following links and contact them directly
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if you have any questions.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://snapshots.jp.FreeBSD.org/">FreeBSD SNAPSHOTs services by jp.FreeBSD.org</a>.</li>
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<li><a href="http://snapshots.se.FreeBSD.org/">FreeBSD snapshots services by se.FreeBSD.org</a>.</li>
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</ul>
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