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Style revisions, accessibility enhancements, and ports statistics updates to "A project model for the FreeBSD Project"
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Style revisions, accessibility enhancements, and ports statistics updates throughout the book.
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Pau Amma
on 2019-11-08 23:21:45 UTC
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>Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/dev-model/Makefile >=================================================================== >--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/dev-model/Makefile (revision 53567) >+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/dev-model/Makefile (working copy) >@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ > > IMAGES_EN= branches.png > IMAGES_EN+= freebsd-code-model.png >-IMAGES_EN+= hats-overview.png >-IMAGES_EN+= maintenance.png >-IMAGES_EN+= orghierarchy.png >-IMAGES_EN+= orghierarchy2.png > IMAGES_EN+= portsstatus.png > IMAGES_EN+= proc-add-committer.png > IMAGES_EN+= proc-commit.png >@@ -25,7 +21,6 @@ > IMAGES_EN+= proc-contrib.png > IMAGES_EN+= proc-elections.png > IMAGES_EN+= proc-pr.png >-IMAGES_EN+= proc-releng.png > IMAGES_EN+= proc-rm-committer.png > > DOC_PREFIX?= ${.CURDIR}/../../.. >Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/dev-model/book.xml >=================================================================== >--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/dev-model/book.xml (revision 53567) >+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/dev-model/book.xml (working copy) >@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ > </copyright> > <revhistory> > <revision> >+ <revnumber>1.6</revnumber> >+ <date>November, 2019</date> >+ <revremark>Style revisions, accessibility enhancements, >+ and statistics updates throughout the book.</revremark> >+ </revision> >+ <revision> > <revnumber>1.5</revnumber> > <date>October, 2014</date> > <revremark>Remove mention of GNATS which is no longer >@@ -289,10 +295,34 @@ > > </para> > <para> >- <figure> >- <title>The FreeBSD Project's structure</title> >- <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="orghierarchy"/></imageobject></mediaobject> >- </figure> >+ The FreeBSD Project's structure (in order of descending authority) >+ <informaltable pgwide="1"> >+ <tgroup cols="2"> >+ <thead> >+ <row> >+ <entry>Group</entry> >+ <entry>Number of people</entry> >+ </row> >+ </thead> >+ >+ <tbody> >+ <row> >+ <entry>Core members</entry> >+ <entry>9</entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry>Committers</entry> >+ <entry>269</entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry>Contributors</entry> >+ <entry>~3000</entry> >+ </row> >+ </tbody> >+ </tgroup> >+ </informaltable> > </para> > > <para> >@@ -306,7 +336,7 @@ > The main resource in the FreeBSD community is its developers: the > committers and contributors. It is with their contributions that the > project can move forward. Regular developers are referred to as contributors. >- As by January 1st, 2003, there are an estimated 5500 >+ As of January 1st, 2003, there are an estimated 5500 > contributors on the project. > <!-- > Contributors = people submitting PRs + people submitting code - overlap. >@@ -344,13 +374,65 @@ > </para> > > <para> >- This split changes our triangle to look like this: >+ This split changes our table to look like this: > </para> > <para> >- <figure> >- <title>The FreeBSD Project's structure with committers in categories</title> >- <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="orghierarchy2"/></imageobject></mediaobject> >- </figure> >+ The FreeBSD Project's structure with committers in categories >+ <informaltable pgwide="1"> >+ <tgroup cols="3"> >+ <thead> >+ <row> >+ <entry>Group</entry> >+ <entry>Category</entry> >+ <entry>Number of people</entry> >+ </row> >+ </thead> >+ >+ <tbody> >+ <row> >+ <entry>Core members</entry> >+ <entry></entry> >+ <entry>9</entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry>Committers</entry> >+ <entry>Kernel</entry> >+ <entry>56</entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry></entry> >+ <entry>Userland</entry> >+ <entry>50</entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry></entry> >+ <entry>Docs</entry> >+ <entry>9</entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry></entry> >+ <entry>Ports</entry> >+ <entry>120</entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry></entry> >+ <entry>Total</entry> >+ <entry>269</entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry>Contributors</entry> >+ <entry></entry> >+ <entry>~3000</entry> >+ </row> >+ </tbody> >+ </tgroup> >+ </informaltable> > </para> > <para> > Number of committers per area has been determined by going through >@@ -365,12 +447,12 @@ > Committers fall into three > groups: committers who are only concerned with one area of > the project (for instance file systems), committers who >- are involved only with one sub-project >+ are involved only with one sub-project, > and committers who commit to different parts > of the code, including sub-projects. > Because some committers work on different parts, the total >- number in the committers section of the triangle is higher than >- in the above triangle. >+ number in the committers section of the table is higher than >+ in the above table. > </para> > > <para> >@@ -382,7 +464,7 @@ > see all the consequences of a kernel change, demands > developers with a relative full understanding of the > kernel. Multiple development efforts in the kernel also >- requires a closer coordination than userland applications do. >+ require a closer coordination than userland applications do. > </para> > > <para> >@@ -441,10 +523,55 @@ > </para> > > <para> >- <figure> >- <title>Jørgenssen's model for change integration</title> >- <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="maintenance"/></imageobject></mediaobject> >- </figure> >+ Jørgenssen's model for change integration >+ <informaltable pgwide="1"> >+ <tgroup cols="3"> >+ <thead> >+ <row> >+ <entry>Stage</entry> >+ <entry>Next if successful</entry> >+ <entry>Next if unsuccessful</entry> >+ </row> >+ </thead> >+ <tbody> >+ <row> >+ <entry>code</entry> >+ <entry>review</entry> >+ <entry></entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry>review</entry> >+ <entry>pre-commit test</entry> >+ <entry>code</entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry>pre-commit test</entry> >+ <entry>development release</entry> >+ <entry>code</entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry>development release</entry> >+ <entry>parallel debugging</entry> >+ <entry>code</entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry>parallel debugging</entry> >+ <entry>production release</entry> >+ <entry>code</entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry>production release</entry> >+ <entry></entry> >+ <entry>code</entry> >+ </row> >+ </tbody> >+ </tgroup> >+ </informaltable> > </para> > > <para> >@@ -472,8 +599,8 @@ > individually, meaning that this model is used in parallel by > many developers on the different ongoing development efforts. A > developer can also be working on multiple changes, so that while >- he is waiting for review or people to test one or more of his >- changes, he may be writing another change. >+ they are waiting for review or people to test one or more of their >+ changes, they may be writing another change. > </para> > > <para> >@@ -492,7 +619,7 @@ > > <para> > Within the <quote>code</quote> bracket in Jørgensen's >- figure, each programmer has his own working style and follows his >+ model, each programmer has their own working style and follows their > own development models. The bracket could very well have been > called <quote>development</quote> as it includes requirements > gathering and analysis, system and detailed design, >@@ -584,7 +711,7 @@ > <title>Release branches</title> > > <para> >- The releases of FreeBSD is best illustrated by a tree with many >+ The releases of FreeBSD are best illustrated by a tree with many > branches where each major branch represents a major > version. Minor versions are represented by branches of the > major branches. >@@ -607,11 +734,77 @@ > > <para> > <figure> >- <title>The FreeBSD release tree</title> >+ <title>The FreeBSD release tree (refer to table below >+ for a screenreader-friendly version)</title> > <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="branches"/></imageobject></mediaobject> > </figure> > </para> >+ > <para> >+ <informaltable pgwide="1"> >+ <tgroup cols="3"> >+ <thead> >+ <row> >+ <entry>Major release</entry> >+ <entry>Forked from</entry> >+ <entry>Following minor releases</entry> >+ </row> >+ </thead> >+ >+ <tbody> >+ <row> >+ <entry>…</entry> >+ <entry></entry> >+ <entry></entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry>3.0 Current (development branch)</entry> >+ <entry></entry> >+ <entry>Releng 3 branches: 3.0 Release to >+ 3.5 Release, leading to 3.5.1 Release >+ and the subsequent 3 Stable branch >+ </entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry>4.0 Current (development branch)</entry> >+ <entry>3.1 Release</entry> >+ <entry>Releng 4 branches: 4.1 Release to >+ 4.6 Release (and 4.6.2 Release), then >+ 4.7 Release to 4.11 Release (all >+ starting at 4.3 Release also leading to >+ a Releng_4_n branch), and the >+ subsequent 4 Release branch >+ </entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry>5.0 Current (development branch)</entry> >+ <entry>4.0 Release</entry> >+ <entry>Releng 5 branches: 5.0 Release to >+ 5.4 Release (all except 5.0 and 5.3 >+ also leading to a Releng_5_n branch), >+ and the subsequent 5 Release branch >+ </entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry>6.0 Current (development branch)</entry> >+ <entry>5.3 Release</entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry>…</entry> >+ <entry></entry> >+ <entry></entry> >+ </row> >+ </tbody> >+ </tgroup> >+ </informaltable> >+ </para> >+ >+ <para> > The latest -CURRENT version > is always referred to as -CURRENT, while the latest -STABLE > release is always referred to as -STABLE. In this figure, >@@ -688,7 +881,9 @@ > > <para> > <figure> >- <title>The overall development model</title> >+ <title>The overall development model (refer to >+ paragraphs below for a screenreader-friendly >+ version)</title> > <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="freebsd-code-model"/></imageobject></mediaobject> > </figure> > </para> >@@ -703,7 +898,8 @@ > spawning new main branches and minor versions being versions of > the main branch. The top branch is the -CURRENT branch where all > new development is integrated, and the -STABLE branch is the >- branch directly below it. >+ branch directly below it. Below the -STABLE branch are old, >+ unsupported versions. > </para> > > <para> >@@ -730,7 +926,7 @@ > code. Because this is a project where people give voluntarily of > their spare time, people with assigned hats are not always > available. They must therefore appoint a deputy that can perform >- the hat's role in his or her absence. The other option is to have >+ the hat's role in their absence. The other option is to have > the role held by a group. > </para> > >@@ -763,7 +959,7 @@ > <section xml:id="role-committer" xreflabel="Committer"> > <title>Committer</title> > <para> >- A person who has the required privileges to add his code or documentation to the >+ A person who has the required privileges to add their code or documentation to the > repository. > <!-- > Note that there are people with commit privileges that used >@@ -782,17 +978,17 @@ > parts of that project's source the committer did not specifically get > permission to modify. However, when wanting to make > modifications to parts a committer has not been involved in >- before, he/she should read the logs to see what has happened >- in this area before, and also read the MAINTAINER file to see if >+ before, they should read the logs to see what has happened >+ in this area before, and also read the MAINTAINERS file to see if > the maintainer of this part has any special requests on how >- changes in the code should be made >+ changes in the code should be made. > <!-- > Also, since > <xref linkend="sub-project-ports"/> is allowed to give commit > privileges without approval from core, a committer who has >- gained his privileges through contributing to the ports >+ gained their privileges through contributing to the ports > sub-project should be careful and >- have his changes approved before committing anything outside >+ have their changes approved before committing anything outside > the ports tree. > --> > </para> >@@ -809,7 +1005,7 @@ > well-defined hats, and is the final arbiter of decisions involving > which way the project should be heading. > >- As by July 1st, 2004, core consisted of 9 members. >+ As of July 1st, 2004, core consisted of 9 members. > Elections are held every two years. > </para> > >@@ -862,26 +1058,12 @@ > The official hats in the FreeBSD Project are hats that are more > or less formalised and mainly administrative roles. They have > the authority and responsibility for their area. The following >- illustration shows the responsibility lines. After this follows >+ list shows the responsibility lines and gives > a description of each hat, including who it is held by. > </para> > >- <para> >- <figure> >- <title>Overview of official hats</title> >- <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="hats-overview"/></imageobject></mediaobject> >- </figure> >- </para> > >- <para> >- All boxes consist of groups of committers, except for the >- dotted boxes where the holders are not necessarily committers. The >- flattened circles are sub-projects and consist of both >- committers and non-committers of the main project. >- </para> > >- >- > <section xml:id="role-doc-manager" xreflabel="Documentation project architect"> > <title>Documentation project manager</title> > <para> >@@ -888,7 +1070,8 @@ > <xref linkend="sub-project-documentation"/> > architect is responsible for > defining and following up documentation goals for the >- committers in the Documentation project. >+ committers in the Documentation project, which they >+ supervise. > </para> > > <para> >@@ -904,7 +1087,7 @@ > <title>Postmaster</title> > <para> > The Postmaster is responsible for mail being correctly >- delivered to the committers' email address. He is also >+ delivered to the committers' email address. They are also > responsible for ensuring that the mailing lists work and > should take measures against possible disruptions of mail > such as having troll-, spam- and virus-filters. >@@ -1014,7 +1197,7 @@ > The Source Repository Manager is the only one who is allowed > to directly modify the repository without using the > <xref linkend="tool-svn"/> tool. >- It is his/her >+ It is their > responsibility to ensure that technical problems that arise in the > repository are resolved quickly. The source repository > manager has the authority to back out commits if this is >@@ -1114,7 +1297,7 @@ > <para> > The Bugmeister is responsible for ensuring that the > maintenance database is in working order, that the entries >- are correctly categorised and that there are no invalid entries. >+ are correctly categorised and that there are no invalid entries. They supervise bugbusters. > </para> > <para> > Hat currently held by: >@@ -1129,13 +1312,14 @@ > the donations liaison officer is to match > the developers with needs with people or > organisations willing to make a >- donation. The Donations Liaison Charter is >- available >- <link xlink:href="https://www.freebsd.org/donations/">here</link> >+ donation. > </para> > <para> > Hat held by: > the Donations Liaison Office <email>donations@FreeBSD.org</email>. >+ The >+ <link xlink:href="https://www.freebsd.org/donations/"> >+ Donations Liaison Charter</link>. > </para> > </section> > >@@ -1191,12 +1375,12 @@ > <section xml:id="role-mentor" xreflabel="Mentor"> > <title>Mentor</title> > <para> >- A mentor is a committer who takes it upon him/her to >+ A mentor is a committer who takes it upon them to > introduce a new committer to the project, both in terms of >- ensuring the new committers setup is valid, >+ ensuring the new committer's setup is valid, > that the new committer knows the available tools required in >- his/her work and that the >- new committer knows what is expected of him/her in terms of >+ their work, and that the >+ new committer knows what is expected of them in terms of > behavior. > </para> > </section> >@@ -1260,20 +1444,20 @@ > </para> > > <para> >- When a contributor is given committer status, he is >+ When a contributor is given committer status, they are > assigned a mentor. The committer who recommended the > new committer will, in the general case, take it upon >- himself to be the new committers mentor. >+ themselves to be the new committers mentor. > > </para> > > <para> >- When a contributor is given his commit bit, a <xref linkend="tool-pgp"/>-signed email is sent >+ When a contributor is given their commit bit, a <xref linkend="tool-pgp"/>-signed email is sent > from either <xref linkend="role-core-secretary"/>, >- <xref linkend="role-ports-manager"/> or nik@freebsd.org to both >- admins@freebsd.org, the assigned mentor, the new committer and >+ <xref linkend="role-ports-manager"/>, or nik@freebsd.org to both >+ admins@freebsd.org, the assigned mentor, the new committer, and > core confirming the approval of a new account. The mentor then >- gathers a password line, <xref linkend="tool-ssh2"/> public key and PGP key from the >+ gathers a password line, <xref linkend="tool-ssh2"/> public key, and PGP key from the > new committer and sends them to <xref linkend="role-admin"/>. When the new account is created, the > mentor activates the commit bit and guides the new committer > through the rest of the initial process. >@@ -1281,7 +1465,9 @@ > > <para> > <figure> >- <title>Process summary: adding a new committer</title> >+ <title>Process summary: adding a new committer (refer >+ to paragraph below for a screenreader-friendly >+ version)</title> > <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="proc-add-committer"/></imageobject></mediaobject> > </figure> > </para> >@@ -1289,13 +1475,13 @@ > <para> > When a contributor sends a piece of code, the receiving > committer may choose to recommend that the contributor is >- given commit privileges. If he recommends this to core, >- they will vote on this recommendation. If they vote in >+ given commit privileges. If they recommend this to core, >+ core will vote on this recommendation. If the vote is in > favour, a mentor is assigned the new committer and the new >- committer has to email his details to the administrators >+ committer has to email their details to the administrators > for an account to be created. After this, the new >- committer is all set to make his first commit. By >- tradition, this is by adding his name to the committers list. >+ committer is all set to make their first commit. By >+ tradition, this is by adding their name to the committers list. > </para> > > <para> >@@ -1313,7 +1499,9 @@ > > <para> > <figure> >- <title>Process summary: removing a committer</title> >+ <title>Process summary: removing a committer (refer to >+ paragraph below for a screenreader-friendly >+ version)</title> > <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="proc-rm-committer"/></imageobject></mediaobject> > </figure> > </para> >@@ -1322,7 +1510,8 @@ > When Core decides to clean up the committers list, they > check who has not made a commit for the past 18 months. > Committers who have not done so have their commit >- bits revoked. >+ bits revoked and their account removed by the >+ administrators. > </para> > > <para> >@@ -1370,16 +1559,16 @@ > frequent processes in the FreeBSD project and will usually > happen many times a day. Committing of code can only be done > by a <quote>committer</quote>. Committers commit either code >- written by themselves, code submitted to them or code >+ written by themselves, code submitted to them, or code > submitted through a <link linkend="model-pr">problem > report</link>. > </para> > > <para> >- When code is written by the developer that is non-trivial, he >+ When code is written by the developer that is non-trivial, they > should seek a code review from the community. This > is done by sending mail to the relevant list asking for >- review. Before submitting the code for review, he should >+ review. Before submitting the code for review, they should > ensure it compiles correctly with the entire tree and that all > relevant tests run. This is called <quote>pre-commit > test</quote>. When contributed code is received, it should be >@@ -1409,7 +1598,7 @@ > set by the committer. After the number of days the > committer chose when setting the MFC have passed, an email > will automatically be >- sent to the committer reminding him to commit it to the -STABLE >+ sent to the committer reminding them to commit it to the -STABLE > branch (and possibly security branches as well). Only security > critical changes should be merged to security branches. > </para> >@@ -1424,7 +1613,9 @@ > > <para> > <figure> >- <title>Process summary: A committer commits code</title> >+ <title>Process summary: A committer commits code (refer >+ to paragraph below for a screenreader-friendly >+ version)</title> > <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="proc-commit"/></imageobject></mediaobject> > </figure> > </para> >@@ -1431,24 +1622,26 @@ > > <para> > When a committer has written a piece of code and >- wants to commit it, he first needs to determine if it is >+ wants to commit it, they first need to determine if it is > trivial enough to go in without prior review or if it should > first be reviewed by the developer community. If the code is > trivial or has been reviewed and the committer is not the >- maintainer, he should consult the maintainer before >+ maintainer, they should consult the maintainer before > proceeding. > If the code is contributed by an outside vendor, the > maintainer should create a patch that is sent back to the >- vendor. The code is then committed and the deployed by >+ vendor. The code is then committed and then deployed by > the users. Should they find problems with the code, this > will be reported and the committer can go back to writing >- a patch. If a vendor is affected, he can choose to >+ a patch. If a vendor is affected, they can choose to > implement or ignore the patch. > </para> > > <para> > <figure> >- <title>Process summary: A contributor commits code</title> >+ <title>Process summary: A contributor commits code >+ (refer to paragraphs below and above for a >+ screenreader-friendly version)</title> > <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="proc-contrib"/></imageobject></mediaobject> > </figure> > </para> >@@ -1455,7 +1648,7 @@ > > <para> > The difference when a contributor makes a code contribution is >- that he submits the code through the Bugzilla >+ that they submit the code through the Bugzilla > interface. This report is picked up by the maintainer who > reviews the code and commits it. > </para> >@@ -1547,7 +1740,9 @@ > > <para> > <figure> >- <title>Process summary: Core elections</title> >+ <title>Process summary: Core elections (refer to >+ paragraph below for a screenreader-friendly >+ version)</title> > <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="proc-elections"/></imageobject></mediaobject> > </figure> > </para> >@@ -1554,7 +1749,7 @@ > > <para> > Core announces the election and selects an election >- manager. He prepares the elections, and when ready, >+ manager who prepares the elections, and when ready, > candidates can announce their candidacies through > submitting their statements. The committers then vote. > After the vote is over, the election results are >@@ -1607,8 +1802,8 @@ > requests by mail, Problem Reports, commercial funding for the development > of features, or contributions by the scientific community. > The wishes that come within the responsibility of a developer >- are given to that developer who prioritises his time between >- the request and his wishes. A common way to do this is maintain >+ are given to that developer who prioritises their time between >+ the request and their wishes. A common way to do this is maintain > a TODO-list maintained by the project. Items that do not come within > someone's responsibility are collected on TODO-lists unless someone > volunteers to take the responsibility. All >@@ -1629,7 +1824,7 @@ > > <para> > As the requests are prioritised by the individual developers on >- the basis of doing what they find interesting, necessary or are >+ the basis of doing what they find interesting, necessary, or are > funded to do, there is no overall strategy or prioritisation of > what requests to regard as requirements and following up their > correct implementation. However, most developers have some >@@ -1707,10 +1902,55 @@ > </para> > > <para> >- <figure> >- <title>Jørgenssen's model for change integration</title> >- <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="maintenance"/></imageobject></mediaobject> >- </figure> >+ Jørgenssen's model for change integration >+ <informaltable pgwide="1"> >+ <tgroup cols="3"> >+ <thead> >+ <row> >+ <entry>Stage</entry> >+ <entry>Next if successful</entry> >+ <entry>Next if unsuccessful</entry> >+ </row> >+ </thead> >+ <tbody> >+ <row> >+ <entry>code</entry> >+ <entry>review</entry> >+ <entry></entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry>review</entry> >+ <entry>pre-commit test</entry> >+ <entry>code</entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry>pre-commit test</entry> >+ <entry>development release</entry> >+ <entry>code</entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry>development release</entry> >+ <entry>parallel debugging</entry> >+ <entry>code</entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry>parallel debugging</entry> >+ <entry>production release</entry> >+ <entry>code</entry> >+ </row> >+ >+ <row> >+ <entry>production release</entry> >+ <entry></entry> >+ <entry>code</entry> >+ </row> >+ </tbody> >+ </tgroup> >+ </informaltable> > </para> > > <para> >@@ -1788,7 +2028,9 @@ > > <para> > <figure> >- <title>Process summary: problem reporting</title> >+ <title>Process summary: problem reporting (refer to >+ paragraph below for a screenreader-friendly >+ version)</title> > <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="proc-pr"/></imageobject></mediaobject> > </figure> > </para> >@@ -1796,8 +2038,8 @@ > <para> > A problem is reported by the report originator. It is > then classified by a bugbuster and handed to the correct >- maintainer. He verifies the problem and discusses the >- problem with the originator until he has enough >+ maintainer. They verify the problem and discuss the >+ problem with the originator until they have enough > information to create a working patch. This patch is then > committed and the problem report is closed. > </para> >@@ -1833,7 +2075,7 @@ > number of rules that committers should follow. However, it > happens that these rules are broken. The following rules exist > in order to be able to react to misbehavior. They specify what >- actions will result in how long a suspension the committer's >+ actions will result in how long a suspension of the committer's > commit privileges. > > <itemizedlist> >@@ -1861,7 +2103,7 @@ > mailing list. Repeat offenders can, with a 2/3 vote by core, > receive harsher penalties, including permanent removal of > commit privileges. (However, the latter is always viewed as a last >- resort, due to its inherent tendency to create controversy). All >+ resort, due to its inherent tendency to create controversy.) All > suspensions are posted to the > <quote>developers</quote> > mailing list, a list available to committers only. >@@ -1912,10 +2154,10 @@ > be committed to the branch without the release engineers' > explicit consent. Code-freeze means no changes to the code (like > bugs-fixes) are allowed to be committed without the release >- engineers explicit consent. This feature- and code-freeze is >+ engineers' explicit consent. This feature- and code-freeze is > known as stabilising. During the release process, the release > engineer has the full authority to revert to older versions of >- code and thus "back out" changes should he find that the changes >+ code and thus "back out" changes should they find that the changes > are not suitable to be included in the release. > </para> > >@@ -1962,7 +2204,7 @@ > releases are considered release candidates. At the end of the > release process, a release is created with the new version > number, including binary distributions on web sites and the >- creation of a CD-ROM images. However, the release is not >+ creation of CD-ROM images. However, the release is not > considered "really released" until a <xref linkend="tool-pgp"/>-signed message stating > exactly that, is sent to the mailing list freebsd-announce; anything > labelled as a "release" before that may well be in-process and >@@ -2024,19 +2266,24 @@ > > > <para> >- <figure> >- <title>Process summary: release engineering</title> >- <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="proc-releng"/></imageobject></mediaobject> >- </figure> >+ <orderedlist> >+ <listitem><para>Make release schedule</para></listitem> >+ <listitem><para>Feature freeze</para></listitem> >+ <listitem><para>Code freeze</para></listitem> >+ <listitem><para>Make branch</para></listitem> >+ <listitem><para>Release candidate</para></listitem> >+ <listitem><para>Stabilize release (loop back to >+ previous step as many times as necessary; when >+ release is considered stable, proceed with next >+ step) >+ </para></listitem> >+ <listitem><para>Build packages</para></listitem> >+ <listitem><para>Warn mirrors</para></listitem> >+ <listitem><para>Publish release</para></listitem> >+ </orderedlist> > </para> > >- <para> >- These are the stages in the release engineering >- process. Multiple release candidates may be created until >- the release is deemed stable enough to be released. >- </para> > >- > <para> > <citation><xref linkend="freebsd-releng"/></citation> > </para> >@@ -2077,7 +2324,7 @@ > and editing bug reports. The project uses its > web interface to send > <quote>Problem Reports</quote> to the >- projects central Bugzilla server. The committers also have web and >+ project's central Bugzilla server. The committers also have web and > command-line clients. > </para> > </section> >@@ -2088,7 +2335,7 @@ > Mailman is a program that automates the > management of mailing lists. The FreeBSD Project uses it to run > 16 general lists, 60 technical lists, 4 limited lists and 5 lists >- with CVS commit logs. It is >+ with SVN commit logs. It is > also used for many mailing lists set up and used by other people > and projects in the FreeBSD community. General lists are lists > for the general public, technical lists are mainly for the >@@ -2108,7 +2355,7 @@ > using a public key architecture to allow people to digitally > sign and/or encrypt information in order to ensure secure > communication between two parties. A signature is used when >- sending information out many recipients, enabling them to verify >+ sending information out to many recipients, enabling them to verify > that the information has not been tampered with before they > received it. In the FreeBSD Project this is the primary means of > ensuring that information has been written by the person who >@@ -2152,25 +2399,182 @@ > <para> > A <quote>port</quote> is a set of meta-data and patches that > are needed to fetch, compile and install correctly an external piece of >- software on a FreeBSD system. The amount of ports have grown >+ software on a FreeBSD system. The amount of ports has grown > at a tremendous rate, as shown by the following figure. > </para> > > <para> > <figure xml:id="fig-ports"> >- <title>Number of ports added between 1996 and 2005</title> >+ <title>Number of ports added between 1996 and 2008 >+ (refer to tables below for a screenreader-friendly >+ version)</title> > <mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="portsstatus"/></imageobject></mediaobject> > </figure> > </para> > > <para> >- <xref linkend="fig-ports"/> is taken from >- <link xlink:href="https://www.freebsd.org/ports/growth/status.png"> >- the FreeBSD web site</link>. It shows the number of ports >- available to FreeBSD in the period 1995 to 2005. It looks >- like the curve has first grown exponentionally, and then >- since the middle of 2001 grown linearly. >+ <xref linkend="fig-ports"/> >+ shows the number of ports >+ available to FreeBSD in the period 1995 to 2008. It looks >+ like the curve has first grown exponentially, and then >+ from the middle of 2001 to the middle of 2007 grown >+ linearly at a rate of about 2000 ports/year, before its >+ growth rate gets lower. > </para> >+ <para> >+ Approximate dates each multiple of 1000 ports is reached >+ <informaltable pgwide="1"> >+ <tgroup cols="2"> >+ <thead> >+ <row> >+ <entry>Number of ports</entry> >+ <entry>Approximate date</entry> >+ </row> >+ </thead> >+ <tbody> >+ <row> >+ <entry>1000</entry> >+ <entry>Late 1997</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>2000</entry> >+ <entry>Late 1998</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>3000</entry> >+ <entry>Early 2000</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>4000</entry> >+ <entry>Late 2000</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>5000</entry> >+ <entry>Mid 2001</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>6000</entry> >+ <entry>4th quarter of 2001</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>7000</entry> >+ <entry>Mid 2002</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>8000</entry> >+ <entry>4th quarter of 2002</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>9000</entry> >+ <entry>Mid 2003</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>10000</entry> >+ <entry>End of 2003</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>11000</entry> >+ <entry>Mid 2004</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>12000</entry> >+ <entry>End of 2004</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>13000</entry> >+ <entry>Mid 2005</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>14000</entry> >+ <entry>Early 2006</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>15000</entry> >+ <entry>Mid 2006</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>16000</entry> >+ <entry>3rd quarter 2006</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>17000</entry> >+ <entry>2nd quarter 2007</entry> >+ </row> >+ </tbody> >+ </tgroup> >+ </informaltable> >+ </para> >+ <para> >+ Approximate number of ports at the start of each year >+ <informaltable pgwide="1"> >+ <tgroup cols="2"> >+ <thead> >+ <row> >+ <entry>Year</entry> >+ <entry>Approximate number of ports</entry> >+ </row> >+ </thead> >+ <tbody> >+ <row> >+ <entry>1995</entry> >+ <entry>100</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>1996</entry> >+ <entry>300</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>1997</entry> >+ <entry>700</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>1998</entry> >+ <entry>1200</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>1999</entry> >+ <entry>2000</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>2000</entry> >+ <entry>2900</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>2001</entry> >+ <entry>4300</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>2002</entry> >+ <entry>6200</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>2003</entry> >+ <entry>8100</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>2004</entry> >+ <entry>10050</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>2005</entry> >+ <entry>12100</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>2006</entry> >+ <entry>14000</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>2007</entry> >+ <entry>16200</entry> >+ </row> >+ <row> >+ <entry>2008</entry> >+ <entry>17900</entry> >+ </row> >+ </tbody> >+ </tgroup> >+ </informaltable> >+ </para> > > <para> > As the external software described by the port often is under >@@ -2256,9 +2660,9 @@ > </para> > > <para> >- The Documentation project has a primer. This is used both to >+ The Documentation project has <link xlink:href="https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/">a primer</link>. This is used both to > introduce new project members to the standard tools and >- syntaxes and acts as a reference when working on the project. >+ syntaxes and to act as a reference when working on the project. > </para> > > </section> >Index: share/images/books/dev-model/portsstatus.png >=================================================================== >Cannot display: file marked as a binary type. >svn:mime-type = image/png
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