svn commit: r46185 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Sat Jan 10 01:18:49 UTC 2015

Author: bjk
Date: Sat Jan 10 01:18:47 2015
New Revision: 46185
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46185

Log:
  Add linux emulation ports' report
  
  Approved by:	hrs (mentor, blanket)

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-10-2014-12.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-10-2014-12.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-10-2014-12.xml	Sat Jan 10 01:09:19 2015	(r46184)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-10-2014-12.xml	Sat Jan 10 01:18:47 2015	(r46185)
@@ -1970,4 +1970,85 @@
     </help>
   </project>
 
+  <project cat='ports'>
+    <title>Linux emulation ports</title>
+
+    <contact>
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Johannes</given>
+	  <common>Meixner</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>xmj at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Allan</given>
+	  <common>Jude</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>allanjude at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Vassilis</given>
+	  <common>Laganakos</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>vassilis at einval.com </email>
+      </person>
+    </contact>
+
+    <links>
+      <url href="https://github.com/allanjude/linux-ports">contains
+	additions for CentOS 6.5 64bit ports</url>
+      <url href="https://github.com/vassilisl/freebsd-linux_base-f20">contains
+	a work in progress of the Fedora 20 ports</url>
+      <url href="https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/user/dchagin/lemul/">contains
+	base Linux emulation enhancements required for 64 bit
+	support</url>
+    </links>
+
+    <body>
+      <p>The ports framework's Linux emulation stack was upgraded to
+	include CentOS 6.6 on November 11.  After smoothing out
+	several bugs that had been introduced, we have been able to bump
+	the default version of the Linux userland from Fedora 10 to
+	CentOS 6.6 on December 9.  Providing a more
+	modern Linux userland and supporting libraries allows a great
+	number of Linux applications to be run on &os;.  The goal
+	behind providing an updated Fedora-based userland is to support
+	more desktop-oriented applications, which require newer libraries
+	than are provided by CentOS 6.  Providing 64-bit versions of
+	the CentOS userland will allow applications that are only
+	available in 64-bit form, such as a number of scientific and math
+	related applications, to be run on &os;.  Support for 64-bit
+	binaries also requires the 64-bit Linux kernel emulation layer
+	from the lemul branch, which requires more testing and review
+	before being merged into HEAD.</p>
+    </body>
+
+    <sponsor>Perceivon Hosting Inc.</sponsor>
+    <sponsor>ScaleEngine Inc.</sponsor>
+
+    <help>
+      <task>
+	<p>Update Allan Jude's 64-bit Linux ports to CentOS 6.6.</p>
+      </task>
+
+      <task>
+	<p>Add Fedora 20 base/userland ports to ports/head.</p>
+      </task>
+
+      <task>
+	<p>Refactor <tt>Mk/bsd.linux-*.mk</tt> to facilitate above additions.</p>
+      </task>
+
+      <task>
+	<p>Promote testing and merging of Dmitry Chagin's lemul branch.
+	  (Updated Linux kernel emulation, and 64-bit support)</p>
+      </task>
+    </help>
+  </project>
+
 </report>
