--- wikisrc/hackathon.mdwn 2012/02/03 14:20:53 1.17 +++ wikisrc/hackathon.mdwn 2012/06/14 11:57:09 1.37 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -# Hackathon 16 +# Hackathon 17 -The 16th NetBSD hackathon will be run from February 10th to February 12th. +The 17th NetBSD hackathon *is running from June 14th until June 17th*. Our goal is fixing all the bugs that need fixing to get [[NetBSD-current|http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/current/]] ready for the creation of the NetBSD 6.0 release branch. @@ -9,14 +9,72 @@ Join us on the IRC channel #netbsd-code Just join, have a look around and ask your questions or what work needs to be done. +## Release plans for NetBSD-6.0 +============================ + +This file is managed by the release engineering team - please get in touch +with them with any feedback. + +Will be in 6.0 +-------------- ++ ZFS - need an update on viability, needs work ++ in-kernel iSCSI initiator, and user tools - in othersrc, needs to be moved to src ++ 64-bit time_t ++ rump - pooka has declared interfaces stable ++ LVM/dmapper and tools ++ workable MIPS for all ++ netpgp - agc ++ able to use external compilers and toolchain ++ cleaned up files in repos - joerg ++ support for wide efficient regexps with tre ++ native X11R7 ++ TLS - joerg ++ following on from TLS, modern gdb ++ lua scripting ++ agreement and communication of tiered port system (before release) - pooka ++ other enhancements and new functionality in -current ++ tcp support in libsa? need to merge SoC project ++ sasl - SoC project was merged ++ namei changes - dholland ++ support for resizing ffs - riz ++ production support for fss ++ Xen/SMP ++ Xen suspend/resume ++ automated test framework for testing releng autobuilds ++ full functionality for NPF - SMP-aware packet filter - rmind ++ fixed IPSEC NAT-T ++ GPT-aware bootloader for i386/amd64 - jakllsch ++ gcc 4.5 ++ clang - joerg ++ NetBSD/usermode - jmcneill, reinoud + +Possibly in 6.0 +--------------- ++ mobile IPv6 - we have the mods, need application of same to the repo ++ kernel modules need work + +May not make 6.0 +---------------- ++ XIP + +Will not be in 6.0 +------------------ ++ gaols ++ sctp ++ devfs + + +Alistair Crooks +On behalf of core and releng teams + ## Primary goals We want NetBSD 6.0 to be the best NetBSD release ever. There are already a lot of great features in it: -* Improved kernel performance and scalibity +* Improved kernel performance and scalability * New kernel module framework with automatic module loading -* Logic Volume Manager +* Logical Volume Manager * NetBSD Packet Filter * Xen SMP support * Flash file-system CHFS @@ -29,12 +87,12 @@ a lot of great features in it: * New and enhanced drivers * ... and many other features -To make sure that NetBSD users get the best possible experience of -the new release we would like to fix as many as possible of the -following bugs. If you are able to fix these bugs by supplying patches -or testing fixes please consider to participate. -We are also in need of people to supply documentation fixes, preferably -in the form of patches. Release notes and/or manual pages! +To make sure that NetBSD users get the best possible experience of the +new release we would like to fix as many as possible of the following +bugs. If you are able to help us to fix these bugs by supplying +patches or testing fixes please consider to participate. We are also +in need of people to supply documentation fixes, preferably in the +form of patches. Release notes and/or manual pages! Critical bugs: @@ -59,8 +117,8 @@ Important bugs: * [[PR 40562|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/40562]]: busy loop in ffs_sync when unmounting a file system * [[PR 41013|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/41013]]: netbsd5-rc2 crash (kernel diagnostic assertion "vp->v_usecount == 1" failed) * [[PR 39371|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/39371]]: wapbl should allow mounting "/" even if journal is hosed -* [[PR 39609|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/39609]]: wapbl "replaying log to disk" message is potentially misleading -* [[PR 32318|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/32318]]: NFS client or server hang +* fixed [[PR 39609|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/39609]]: wapbl "replaying log to disk" message is potentially misleading +* fixed [[PR 32318|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/32318]]: NFS client or server hang * [[PR 39385|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/39385]]: unmounting ptyfs with busy ptys causes deadlock in vrele * [[PR 40388|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/40388]]: IPv6 incompatibility with pre-5.99.6 binary * [[PR 38078|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38078]]: IPFilter lacks documentation almost completely @@ -76,14 +134,13 @@ Important bugs: * [[PR 30756|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/30756]]: gdb not usable for live debugging of threaded programs * [[PR 41936|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/41936]]: gdb does not work for threaded programs on sparc64 * [[PR 41208|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/41208]]: objcopy -S -O binary aborts w/ BFD internal error -* [[PR 41127|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/41127]]: Update/improve newfs docs regarding raw devices -* [[PR 40346|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/40346]]: libexpat should be in base.tgz +* [[PR 41127|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/41127]]: Update/improve newfs docs regarding raw devices +* fixed: [[PR 40346|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/40346]]: libexpat should be in base.tgz * [[PR 9582|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/9582]]: sysinst doesn't allow source or pkgsrc installation * [[PR 38571|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38571]]: sysinst runs "postinstall fix" * [[PR 12769|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/12769]]: clarify the upgrade notes for when the sets are on /usr * [[PR 43314|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/43314]]: pc relative relocations are "off by 1*size" on vax * [[PR 44159|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/44159]]: startx (xinit) fails -* [[PR 45153|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45153]]: there should be a build.sh target for building live images * [[PR 45155|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45155]]: there are no usb-stick installer images * [[PR 45439|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45439]]: gcc generates out-of-range branch insn for m68k * [[PR 45573|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45573]]: internal compiler error when building f2c on sparc64 @@ -91,12 +148,13 @@ Important bugs: * [[PR 45628|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45628]]: acpicpu(4) changes between 5.99.55 and 5.99.56 break amd64 * [[PR 45816|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45816]]: Screen corruption in German sysinst install * [[PR 45854|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45854]]: vnode clean list corruption? +* [[PR 45974|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45974]]: kernfs mount point directory listing is empty Should be fixed: * [[PR 37726|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/37726]]: request documentation of 2147 second limit on adjtime(2) * [[PR 19774|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/19774]]: ddb can be entered twice and then you can't get out -* [[PR 36526|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/36526]]: ddb(4) doesn't document ddb.commandonenter fully, nor correctly +* fixed [[PR 36526|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/36526]]: ddb(4) doesn't document ddb.commandonenter fully, nor correctly * [[PR 36227|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/36227]]: TRYEMULROOT-related doc issues about absolute symlinks * [[PR 38141|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38141]]: lookup/vfs_busy acquire rwlock recursively (now, transient unmount failures) * [[PR 38889|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38889]]: Crash on open/mmap/close of block device @@ -152,6 +210,7 @@ Should be fixed: It would also be nice to fix the following bugs: +* (no PR): dump, restore, tar, cpio, scp, sftp, rcp do not copy extended attributes * [[PR 2512|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/2512]]: fuword() definition problem * [[PR 28448|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/28448]]: stackable filesystems locking breakage when looking up DOTDOT * [[PR 32367|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/32367]]: umount -f deadlock @@ -201,8 +260,8 @@ It would also be nice to fix the followi * [[PR 38066|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38066]]: tar doesn't dearchive correctly long symlinks * [[PR 41049|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/41049]]: usermod -g =uid testuser does not create group as indicated by man page * [[PR 41526|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/41526]]: re-support /usr/bin/vi's -F option -* [[PR 43839|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/43839]]: vi can't resize in -current -* [[PR 45006|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45006]]: nvi gives nonsense error when TERM environment variable unset +* fixed [[PR 43839|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/43839]]: vi can't resize in -current +* fixed in HEAD in 2009 [[PR 45006|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45006]]: nvi gives nonsense error when TERM environment variable unset * [[PR 5034|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/5034]]: the num lock light doesn't change when switching to X (also, 9127) * [[PR 9127|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/9127]]: CapsLock not properly handled between virtual consoles with X (also, 5034) * [[PR 42569|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/42569]]: Please import xf86-input-usbtablet driver from OpenBSD xenocara @@ -215,3 +274,4 @@ It would also be nice to fix the followi * [[PR 35538|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/35538]]: sysinst duplicates hostname on upgrade * [[PR 39352|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/39352]]: sysinst enhancement suggestion: file browser * [[PR 13532|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/13532]]: the HTML generated for INSTALL.html is atrocious +