Re: HEADS UP! Upcoming work in HEAD and other events!
Matthew Dillon wrote:
> PREVIEW TAG SLIPPED:
>
> I have slipped the Preview tag to the latest codebase. We are about
> to undergo some significant work in HEAD, especially in regards to
> the big giant lock work and the libc rev bump project work. Joerg
> is going to be bringing in the Citrus framework very soon.
>
> BUG FIXES MADE SINCE RELEASE WILL BE MFCd TO THE RELEASE BRANCH TONIGHT
>
> A number of bug fixes have been made since the release. These fixes
> will be MFCd to the release branch tonight and the release branch
> will be bumped from 1.2.0 to 1.2.1.
>
> MAJOR WORK ON HEAD:
>
> People who continue to use HEAD should be aware that significant new
> work is going in starting today.
>
> Joerg is going to start bringing in the citrus framework and working
> on libc revision bump issues. LIBC MAY BREAK! LIBC MAY BREAK SEVERAL
> TIMES OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, IN FACT! There could also be
> buildworld/installworld issues and other things.
>
> In addition, I will be doing a great deal if big-giant-lock work.
> The kernel may become unstable.
>
> I STRONGLY recommend that people who do not want to help test
> this work stick with the Preview tag or the release tag. I will
>
> AS OF NOW, ON HEAD, BUILDWORLD-BASED BOOTSTRAPPING FROM FreeBSD-4.x WILL
> NO LONGER BE SUPPORTED.
>
> The time has come to break away from our FreeBSD-4.x bootstrapping
> feature. That is, to no longer try to make our buildworld operate
> under FreeBSD-4.x for bootstrapping purposes. It is simply becoming
> too much of a chore to keep adding hacks to the sourcebase to make
> the build work under FreeBSD.
>
> There will be two ways to upgrade from FreeBSD-4.x:
>
> * First, build the 1.2.x release on 4.x, install, then upgrade to
> Preview (or stick with the release).
>
> * Second, we will be providing a binary upgrade feature in the
> installer, eventually (by the next release). I would also like
> to see an 'upgrade' script placed on the ISO that does the same
> thing in a stand-alone fashion.
>
> If someone would like to write the script to do an 'upgrade' based on
> a mounted ISO, raise your hands! The script would have to do the
> following:
>
> * copy the 4.x binaries and libraries required to run the commands
> to a temporary location since the originals will be overwritten.
>
> * use those binaries to then copy the binaries and libraries and
> other files from a mounted ISO (aka /cdrom or /mnt) to a target
> directory (usually /).
>
> * incorporate the 'make upgrade' target in /usr/src/Makefile
> and /usr/src/etc/Makefile to handle post-install cleanups.
>
> The installer will also eventually (by the next release) have an upgrade
> option.
>
> -Matt
> Matthew Dillon
> <dillon@backplane.com>
>
>
>
Hey I'd love to help with the installer , I've done a
few
installer/provisioning/mass-deployment type of tools in a hosting
environment , and I've made all the really good mistakes already,
so that will save some time. I am also off from work all week,
I'll see if I can bang out something that meets the binary upgrade specs.
adrian
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