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| # Hackathon 16 |
# Hackathon 16 |
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| 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. |
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Line 14 be done.
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| 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: |
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| * 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 |
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Line 29 a lot of great features in it:
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| * New and enhanced drivers |
* New and enhanced drivers |
| * ... and many other features |
* ... and many other features |
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| 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! |
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| Critical bugs: |
Critical bugs: |
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Line 83 Important bugs:
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| * [[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 |
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| * [[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 |
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| * [[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? |
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* [[PR 45974|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45974]]: kernfs mount point directory listing is empty |
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Should be fixed: |
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| It would also be nice to fix the following bugs: |
It would also be nice to fix the following bugs: |
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* (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 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 28448|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/28448]]: stackable filesystems locking breakage when looking up DOTDOT |
| * [[PR 32367|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/32367]]: umount -f deadlock |
* [[PR 32367|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/32367]]: umount -f deadlock |
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| * [[PR 35538|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/35538]]: sysinst duplicates hostname on upgrade |
* [[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 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 |
* [[PR 13532|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/13532]]: the HTML generated for INSTALL.html is atrocious |
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