Preparation for creating netbsd-7 branch

[Jeff Rizzo <riz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On behalf of the release engineering team, I am happy to announce that 
the release process for NetBSD 7.0 is now underway.

We will be creating the netbsd-7 CVS branch on or about July 26th, just 
under two weeks from today.  The creation of this branch will mark the 
start of the Beta period, which is expected to last into September.  
Between now and branch time, our focus is on fixing bugs, updating 
documentation, and ensuring that the basics (build, installation, boot) 
work on as many platforms as possible.

How can you help?  Glad you asked!

1. Please make sure NetBSD-current can be installed and boots on 
hardware (or software emulators) you care about, it in your preferred 
configuration.  *This is especially important for users of unusual or 
embedded hardware*.  The latest builds, as always, can be downloaded 
from http://releng.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/builds.cgi - it's the "HEAD" 
builds we care about until branch time.  If you encounter problems, 
please report them via send-pr (see 
http://www.netbsd.org/support/send-pr.html ), or at least a quick note 
to current-users.

2. Help to update documentation and release notes!  The release notes 
for NetBSD are in the src tree, in src/distrib/notes [1]. As of this 
writing, many of those notes have not changed since the NetBSD 6.0 
release - any patches against these release notes would be gratefully 
accepted.

3. Fix bugs that you find!  Send-pr with minor fixes, whatever you've got.

A more formal announcement will be made when the first beta binaries are 
available - in approximately two weeks.

[1] These notes are written in *roff mdoc.  The *most* helpful thing is 
to provide patches against this code, but if you just want to provide 
updated text against, say, 
http://nyftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/201407131140Z/amd64/INSTALL.html 
(this link will disappear in the next few days, but the latest snapshot 
always has the latest notes) - that would be helpful, too.