Project:RelEng/LiveCD/2004.3
This guide serves as the definitive source for all 2004.3 information.
Goals
With the hopes of finishing off 2004 on a high note, the Release Engineering team is going to focus on bug fixing and polishing for the 2004.3 release. Our main focus will be the enhancement and optimization of release media, especially with regard to the x86 architecture.
In addition to bug fixing, the Release Engineering team is going to be releasing some technology previews as well. These previews will highlight what is to come for the 2005 year of release media.
The Release Enginnering team has identified the following key focus areas:
- Smaller, more optimized x86 LiveCDs
- Better control of the release timeline, especially when it comes to uploading and final QA
- Better control of release information such as changes and bug fixes since the previous release
Information
Release resources
Release Notes:
- AMD64 release notes
- PPC release notes
- X86 release notes
md5sums for all release media can be found on the mirrors. Alternatively, a single text file containing all of the md5sums is also available.
All release media is signed by the Gentoo Linux Release Engineering (releng@gentoo.org) PGP key. The public key ID is 17072058, and the key is available through the subkeys.pgp.net keyserver.
Contacts and schedule
Contacts:
- Release Operations: John Davis (zhen)
- Public Relations: John Davis (zhen)
- Documentation: Sven Vermeulen
- Infrastructure: Jeff Forman
Schedule:
| Milestone | Description | Deadline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| QA testing | Release components have been thoroughly tested in accordance with the QA guidelines. At least one test release has been made by this time. | October 22th | Completed |
| Release upload | All release components are uploaded to the arch release coordinator's webspace on dev.gentoo.org | October 29th | Completed |
| Mirrors are staged | RelEng and Infra will stage the mirrors | November 1st | Completed |
| 2004.3 release | 2004.3 is publicly released | November 15th | Completed |
Architectures releasing
The following supported architectures are tentatively releasing 2004.3:
| Architecture | Subarch(es) | Expected components for 2004.3 | Release coordinator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| amd64 | amd64 | LiveCDs, stages, GRP, release notes | jhuebel |
| ppc | G3, G4, G5 | LiveCDs, stages, GRP, release notes | pvdabeel |
| sparc | sparc32, sparc64 | LiveCDs, stages, GRP, release notes | weeve, gustavoz |
| x86 | x86, athlon-xp, pentium3, pentium4 | LiveCDs, stages, GRP, release notes | beejay |
The following unsupported architectures are tentatively releasing 2004.3:
| Architecture | Subarch(es) | Expected components for 2004.3 | Release coordinator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| alpha | alpha | LiveCDs, stages, GRP, release notes | kloeri, agriffis |
| arm | arm | stages | vapier |
| hppa | all supported sub-architectures | LiveCDs, stages, GRP, release notes, netboot images | gmsoft |
| ia64 | ia64 | stages | plasmaroo |
| ppc64 | power3, power4, power5, PPC970 | LiveCDs, stages, release notes | tgall |
If information regarding a specific arch is wrong or has been omitted, please contact the release operations manager.
This page is based on a document formerly found on our main website gentoo.org.
The following people contributed to the original document: John Davis (author, November 15, 2004), Chris Gianelloni (editor)
They are listed here because wiki history does not allow for any external attribution. If you edit the wiki article, please do not add yourself here; your contributions are recorded on each article's associated history page.