--- wikisrc/hackathon.mdwn 2012/02/02 22:42:55 1.15 +++ wikisrc/hackathon.mdwn 2012/02/11 12:51:53 1.25 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # 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 [[NetBSD-current|http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/current/]] ready for the creation of the NetBSD 6.0 release branch. @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ be done. 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 +29,12 @@ 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: @@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ Important bugs: * [[PR 38457|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/38457]]: ipf doesn't handle IPv6 fragments * [[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 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 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 @@ -78,21 +77,20 @@ Important bugs: * [[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 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 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 +* fixed [[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 * [[PR 45620|http://gnats.NetBSD.org/45620]]: MAKEDEV failures remains unoticed in miniroot build * [[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: @@ -154,6 +152,7 @@ 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 @@ -217,3 +216,4 @@ 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 +