[HEADSUP] ports feature freeze starts soon

2010-06-08 Thread FreeBSD portmgr secretary
In preparation for 8.1-RELEASE, the ports tree will be in feature freeze after release candidate 1 (RC1) is released, currently planned for June 11. If you have any commits with high impact planned, get them in the tree before then and if they require an experimental build, have a request for one

Complete ports thaw

2010-03-23 Thread FreeBSD portmgr secretary
In my first official public act as portmgr-secretary, I am pleased to announce that 7.3 has been released to the wild, http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.3R/announce.html, and normal activity to the ports tree may resume. Thank you very much for your support and patience during this release cycle!

Re: New portmgr secretary: Thomas Abthorpe

2010-03-18 Thread FreeBSD portmgr secretary
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:26:14 -0300 Renato Botelho wrote: > Congratulations Thomas and Thanks Erwin for all the work in last years. Thanks Renato! Next year at BSDCan, I will invoke my new found hat and you can buy the first round :) Likewise I too would like to express my thanks to Erwin for h

HEADS UP: FreeBSD ports 4.11 EoL coming soon

2007-01-05 Thread FreeBSD portmgr secretary
On January 31st, FreeBSD 4.11 and earlier releases will have reached its End of Life dates and will no longer be supported by the FreeBSD Ports Team. Users are encouraged to upgrade to FreeBSD 6.1, or the upcoming FreeBSD 6.2 release. Packages for binary installations will no longer be built for