Re: target FreeBSD version for Jessie
On 27 December 2013 13:15, Robert Millan <rmh@debian.org> wrote:
> On 26/12/2013 18:08, Niels Thykier wrote:
>> Jessie Freeze Time line
>> =======================
>>
>> Reminder: we will freeze Jessie on Wednesday, 5th November, 2014.
>
> Doesn't seem like we've got a lot of time. If we're going to upgrade
> our codebase to FreeBSD 10 for Jessie, it would be a lot better to know
> in advance.
>
> The upgrade itself is not that much work, but the collateral damage
> takes time to fix. Including:
>
> - FTBFS caused by upgrading kfreebsd-kernel-headers
>
> - freebsd-libs ABI transitions
>
> and probably many other issues.
>
> So what's your stance on this?
>
Well the target freeze date was announced a little over one year in
advanced http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2013/10/msg00004.html
Which should be sufficient time to land and start all transitions. One
can continue completing the transitions after the freeze date & fixing
FTBFS bugs. Which is another 3-4 months of development time (assuming
a short freeze).
If 1.25 years is not long enough, i'm not sure what is =) granted
FreeBSD upstream is not going to release by Debian release freeze
schedules.
I see that 10 is currently scheduled for 2nd January if it doesn't
slip. So it's a 8 months time window to start transitions, ~ 1 year
till Debian release - deadline to finish everything.
--
Regards,
Dimitri.
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