Re: Delay in 14.0-RELEASE cycle and blocking items

From: Lars Engels <lme_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Wed, 03 May 2023 08:48:10 UTC
Am 2023-05-01 20:14, schrieb Glen Barber:
> 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@


Is there a chance to get pkgbase into 14.0? If not it will take another
X years to have it in 15.0...