From: salvadore@freebsd.org   
      
   FreeBSD Project Quarterly Status Report - First Quarter 2020   
   Introduction   
      
      Welcome, to the quarterly reports, of the future! Well, at least the   
      first quarterly report from 2020. The new timeline, mentioned in the   
      last few reports, still holds, which brings us to this report, which   
      covers the period of January 2020 - March 2020.   
      
      As you will see from this report, we've had quite an active quarter   
      with big changes to both kernel, userland, documentation, ports, and   
      third-party projects in the form of everything from bug and security   
      fixes over new features to speed improvements and optimizations.   
      
      As this report also covers the start of the epidemic, it's also   
      interesting to note that a quick glance at the svn logs reveal that   
      there has been no overall drop in number of source commits, that docs   
      commits have also stayed constant, and that ports have seen an upwards   
      trend.   
      
      We hope that all of you are and yours are as safe as can be managed,   
      and that we get through this together by working together.   
      
      -- Daniel Ebdrup Jensen, debdrup@freebsd.org   
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   FreeBSD Team Reports   
      
        * FreeBSD Foundation   
        * FreeBSD Core Team   
        * FreeBSD Release Engineering Team   
        * Cluster Administration Team   
        * Continuous Integration   
        * Ports Collection   
        * FreeBSD Graphics Team status report   
      
   Projects   
      
        * NFS over TLS implementation   
        * Import of the Kyua test framework   
        * Linux compatibility layer update   
        * syzkaller on FreeBSD   
      
   Kernel   
      
        * if_bridge   
        * sigfastblock(2)   
        * arm64 LSE atomic instructions   
        * FreeBSD on Microsoft HyperV and Azure   
        * FreeBSD on the ARM Morello platform   
        * NXP ARM64 SoC support   
        * ENA FreeBSD Driver Update   
      
   Architectures   
      
        * FreeBSD/powerpc Project   
        * FreeBSD/RISC-V Project   
      
   Userland Programs   
      
        * GCC 4.2.1 Retirement   
        * elfctl utility   
        * ELF Tool Chain   
      
   Ports   
      
        * KDE on FreeBSD   
        * XFCE   
        * Wine on FreeBSD   
        * Go on freebsd/arm64   
        * sysctlmibinfo2 API   
      
   Documentation   
      
        * FreeBSD Translations on Weblate   
        * FreeBSD Manpages overhaul   
      
   Third-Party Projects   
      
        * pot and the nomad pot driver   
        * NomadBSD   
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   FreeBSD Team Reports   
      
      Entries from the various official and semi-official teams, as found in   
      the Administration Page.   
      
   FreeBSD Foundation   
      
      Contact: Deb Goodkin    
      
      The FreeBSD Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated   
      to supporting and promoting the FreeBSD Project and community   
      worldwide. Funding comes from individual and corporate donations and is   
      used to fund and manage software development projects, conferences and   
      developer summits, and provide travel grants to FreeBSD contributors.   
      The Foundation purchases and supports hardware to improve and maintain   
      FreeBSD infrastructure and provides resources to improve security,   
      quality assurance, and release engineering efforts; publishes marketing   
      material to promote, educate, and advocate for the FreeBSD Project;   
      facilitates collaboration between commercial vendors and FreeBSD   
      developers; and finally, represents the FreeBSD Project in executing   
      contracts, license agreements, and other legal arrangements that   
      require a recognized legal entity.   
      
      Here are some highlights of what we did to help FreeBSD last quarter:   
      
   General   
      
      We moved! Our new address is: The FreeBSD Foundation 3980 Broadway St.   
      STE #103-107 Boulder, CO 80304 USA   
      
      In February, the board of directors had an all-day board meeting in   
      Berkely, CA, where FreeBSD began! We put together our strategic plans   
      for the next 2 years, which includes software developments projects we   
      want to support and some educational initiatives.   
      
      COVID-19 impacts the Foundation. We put policies in place for all of   
      our staff members to work from home. We also put a temporary ban on   
      travel for staff members. We are continuing our work supporting the   
      community and Project, but some of our work and responses are delayed   
      because of changes in some of our priorities and the impact of limited   
      childcare for a few of our staff members.   
      
   Partnerships and Commercial User Support   
      
      We help facilitate collaboration between commercial users and FreeBSD   
      developers. We also meet with companies to discuss their needs and   
      bring that information back to the Project. In Q1, Deb Goodkin met with   
      commercial users at LinuxConfAu in Australia, FOSDEM in Belgium, and   
      SCALE18x in the US. These venues provide an excellent opportunity to   
      meet with commercial and individual users and contributors to FreeBSD.   
      It's not only beneficial for the above, but it also helps us understand   
      some of the applications where FreeBSD is used. In addition to meeting   
      with commercial users at conferences, we continued discussions over   
      email or on calls over the quarter.   
      
   Fundraising Efforts   
      
      Last quarter we raised $57,000! Thank you to everyone who came through,   
      especially in this economic crisis we have found ourselves in. It   
      heartens us deeply that individuals and organizations have supported   
      our efforts, when there are so many people, animals, and businesses in   
      need right now. We also want to extend a big thank you to Tarsnap,   
      VMWare, and Stormshield for leading the way with Silver level   
      donations. We hope other organizations will follow their lead and give   
      back to help us continue supporting FreeBSD.   
      
      We are 100% funded by donations, and those funds go towards software   
      development work to improve FreeBSD, FreeBSD advocacy around the world,   
      keeping FreeBSD secure, continuous integration improvements, sponsoring   
      BSD-related and computing conferences, legal support for the Project,   
      and many other areas.   
      
      Please consider making a donation to help us continue and increase our   
      support for FreeBSD: https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/donate/.   
      
      We also have the Partnership Program, to provide more benefits for our   
      larger commercial donors. Find out more information at   
      https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/FreeBSD-foundation-partnership-program/   
      and share with your companies!   
      
   OS Improvements   
      
      The Foundation supports software development projects to improve the   
      FreeBSD operating system through our full time technical staff,   
      contractors, and project grant recipients. They maintain and improve   
      critical kernel subsystems, add new features and functionality, and fix   
      problems.   
      
      Over the last quarter there were 273 commits to the FreeBSD base system   
      
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