Re: Delay in 14.0-RELEASE cycle and blocking items

Thanks for the update Glen.

Yup that makes sense. Given that stable/14 will be supported for years to come, it's better to take a little bit longer and make sure we get it right.

Jonathan Vasquez
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On Monday, May 1st, 2023 at 14:14, Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> wrote:


> According to the 14.0-RELEASE schedule, the code slush in main and the
> freeze to the KBI for 14.0 was scheduled for April 25, 2023. As some of
> you may have noticed, that did not happen.
> 
> First, and most importantly for 14.0, is the status of the OpenSSL
> update to version 3. This in itself is reason to delay the schedule
> until some tangible progress has been made. Yes, some have expressed
> interest in helping in this area, however at this moment, this is the
> key blocker.
> 
> Second is the status of the branch and how it pertains to the recent
> upstream merge from OpenZFS. Although block_cloning is disabled by
> default, there have been other regressions discovered (and fixed), but
> as a whole, I do not feel that we have a solid understanding of the
> regressions about which we do not know.
> 
> There is no feasible way we are going to make the branch point of
> stable/14 in time, with that scheduled for May 12, 2023 with the above
> points. That said, this is not an all-inclusive list, but the more
> major items on our radar at the moment.
> 
> A more up-to-date schedule for the 14.0 release will be published in the
> near future, though nothing is yet set in stone.
> 
> Thank you for your patience, and for any help in getting us through
> these outstanding items.
> 
> Glen
> On behalf of: re@