Get ready for some reading.

• There’s some packages moving from pkgsrc-wip to pkgsrc proper.
• pkgsrc-2014Q4 branching is planned for Monday the 15th.
• PC-BSD now has an automatic package/security patch upgrade mechanism.
• Steam on PC-BSD.  Holy grail, there.
• PC-BSD needs testers for the new Update Manager, for moving from 10 to 10.1
• NetBSD has imported BIND 9.10.1-P1.
• OpenBSD has added skgpio(4), a driver for the Soekris net6501 GPIO port and LEDs.
• OpenBSD has updated Unbound to 1.5.1.
• Some Japanese input methods for OpenBSD that may work on other BSDs, too.
• pfqstat, a replacements for pfstat designed to work with Charted.
• I don’t know what the ‘BERI Virtio Networking Frontend’ is, but FreeBSD’s got it.
• fstyp(8), the filesystem detector.
• FreeBSD has added AES-ICM and AES-GCM modes to OpenCrypto.
• If you’re stopping in NYC, NYCBUG would like to hear you talk on a topic of interest.
• The case for distributed operating systems in the data center.  Sounds like DragonFly’s original charter.  (via)
• BSDNow wants to hear your getting-into-BSD story.
• OpenBSD libc version 78.
• There’s a lot of FreeBSD systems at NYI.
• “FreeBSD Mastery: Storage Essentials” is now in physical print.
• “Networking for System Administrators” is next to come out.
• And “Tarsnap Mastery” is next to be written.
• …We’re all benefiting from Michael Lucas going full-time on writing.