Re: New ver -- NetBSD

[Havard Eidnes <he%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

>> > When will NetBSD-10.* come out. I was told Jan 2023.
>>
>> That would be slightly optimistic, first 10.0 BETA builds are
>> just arriving.
>>
>> > Any specific date set?
>>
>> Not yet.
>
> Thanks. I will keep watching for ver 10.0 ...

As stated already, the branch which will eventually lead to the full
release of 10.0 has been cut.  That means that any changes done to
this branch between now and the final release will need to pass
through our "release engineering" process, i.e. an extra review and
documentation step.  Martin has coordinated that there are perhaps no
known "major" changes which needs to be included between now and the
final release (to minimize the amount of legwork needed to be done
between now and final release), but we collectively use the 10.0_BETA
period to smooth out (hopefully) smaller issues and get fixes for
those developed, tested, and applied to the branch.

That testing and fixing period will take a while, and will be finished
when we collectively agree "this is good enough", but as stated above,
it's probably a little optimistic that it will happen as early as in
January 2023.  We resist putting an estimated time on the final
release date, especially so early in the release cycle -- the
criterium is instead "is this good enough?"

Meanwhile you can on your side assist by testing the 10.0_BETA
release, and report any issues you find, particularly if those are
closer to being a "show-stopper" as seen from your side.

Binaries of 10.0_BETA will be available shortly; the source tree
already has the netbsd-10 branch, so can be used to build the
10.0_BETA code.

Best regards,

- Håvard