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| # Hackathon 16 | # Hackathon 16 |
| The 16th NetBSD hackathon will be run from February 10th to February 12th. | The 16th NetBSD hackathon *is running until February 12th*. |
| Our goal is fixing all the bugs that need fixing to get | Our goal is fixing all the bugs that need fixing to get |
| [[NetBSD-current|http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/current/]] ready for the | [[NetBSD-current|http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/current/]] ready for the |
| creation of the NetBSD 6.0 release branch. | creation of the NetBSD 6.0 release branch. |
| Line 14 be done. | Line 14 be done. |
| We want NetBSD 6.0 to be the best NetBSD release ever. There are already | We want NetBSD 6.0 to be the best NetBSD release ever. There are already |
| a lot of great features in it: | 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 | * New kernel module framework with automatic module loading |
| * Logic Volume Manager | * Logical Volume Manager |
| * NetBSD Packet Filter | * NetBSD Packet Filter |
| * Xen SMP support | * Xen SMP support |
| * Flash file-system CHFS | * Flash file-system CHFS |
| Line 29 a lot of great features in it: | Line 29 a lot of great features in it: |
| * New and enhanced drivers | * New and enhanced drivers |
| * ... and many other features | * ... and many other features |
| To make sure that NetBSD users get the best possible experience of | To make sure that NetBSD users get the best possible experience of the |
| the new release we would like to fix as many as possible of the | new release we would like to fix as many as possible of the following |
| following bugs. If you are able to fix these bugs by supplying patches | bugs. If you are able to help us to fix these bugs by supplying |
| or testing fixes please consider to participate. | patches or testing fixes please consider to participate. We are also |
| We are also in need of people to supply documentation fixes, preferably | in need of people to supply documentation fixes, preferably in the |
| in the form of patches. Release notes and/or manual pages! | form of patches. Release notes and/or manual pages! |
| Critical bugs: | Critical bugs: |
| Line 67 Important bugs: | Line 67 Important bugs: |
| * [[PR 38457|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38457]]: ipf doesn't handle IPv6 fragments | * [[PR 38457|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38457]]: ipf doesn't handle IPv6 fragments |
| * [[PR 39066|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/39066]]: Tty settings mangled. | * [[PR 39066|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/39066]]: Tty settings mangled. |
| * [[PR 4029|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/4029]]: Register usage doesn't comply with SPARC ABI | * [[PR 4029|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/4029]]: Register usage doesn't comply with SPARC ABI |
| * [[PR 44705|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/44705]]: libc violates sparc ABI by using %g7 | |
| * [[PR 38540|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38540]]: recent i386 GENERIC kernel cannot boot with VIA chipset | * [[PR 38540|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38540]]: recent i386 GENERIC kernel cannot boot with VIA chipset |
| * [[PR 38643|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38643]]: (dM) st tape drive loses data | * [[PR 38643|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38643]]: (dM) st tape drive loses data |
| * [[PR 39305|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/39305]]: loops through gre(4) cause a hang or crash | * [[PR 39305|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/39305]]: loops through gre(4) cause a hang or crash |
| Line 78 Important bugs: | Line 77 Important bugs: |
| * [[PR 41936|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/41936]]: gdb does not work for threaded programs on sparc64 | * [[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 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 41127|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/41127]]: Update/improve newfs docs regarding raw devices |
| * [[PR 45762|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45762]]: ntpd default config violates pool.ntp.org policy | |
| * [[PR 40346|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/40346]]: libexpat should be in base.tgz | * [[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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 | * [[PR 45573|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45573]]: internal compiler error when building f2c on sparc64 |
| Line 93 Important bugs: | Line 90 Important bugs: |
| * [[PR 45628|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45628]]: acpicpu(4) changes between 5.99.55 and 5.99.56 break amd64 | * [[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 45816|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45816]]: Screen corruption in German sysinst install |
| * [[PR 45854|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45854]]: vnode clean list corruption? | * [[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: | Should be fixed: |