Today, the release cycle for NetBSD 1.5 has started. The NetBSD 1.5
release is scheduled for early fall this year. Of course, we want
this to be the best NetBSD release ever, as with every release.
To help achieve this goal, you can test the ALPHA and BETA snapshots
that will be made available, or track the release branch sources.
 
If you want to use the NetBSD 1.5 branch source code using anoncvs,
update your source tree using the "-r netbsd-1-5" flag to the cvs
"update" command, or check out a separate tree using this flag to
the "checkout" command. To be sure that you get the 1.5 branch, you
should always use the "-r netbsd-1-5" flag.

For people tracking -current using SUP: the -current sources on the
NetBSD ftp and SUP servers will track the 1.5 release branch during
the release cycle, so no extra action is required to get the 1.5
branch sources.

- Frank van der Linden
(NetBSD Core Team, speaking on behalf of the 1.5 release engineer)