Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:02:39 +1100 From: richo <richo@psych0tik.net> To: John Kozubik <john@kozubik.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, WBentley@FutureCIS.com, William Bentley <William@FutureCIS.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity, and lifecycle Message-ID: <20120117010239.GA29529@richh-imac.office.boxdice.com.au> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201161606230.19710@kozubik.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1112211415580.19710@kozubik.com> <1326756727.23485.10.camel@Arawn> <4F14BAA7.9070707@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201161606230.19710@kozubik.com>
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--EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline On 16/01/12 16:13 -0800, John Kozubik wrote: > >Julian, > >On Mon, 16 Jan 2012, Julian Elischer wrote: > >>It pretty much boils down to one thing.. man power.. > > >Wouldn't there be more manpower available for more frequent minor >releases if the project were not undertaking two simultaneous >"production" releases ? Specifically, wouldn't it have been feasible >to be at 8.4 right now if much of 2011 had not been spent breaking >ground on 9.0 ? > >Further, isn't the lack of focus, or "polish" of the current release >also impacted by these decisions ? > >Of course there is a limited amount of manpower, but for the points I >raised that was a symptom, not a cause... This would be a different argument if all the devs were paid a salary. In many instances the devs in question wouldn't have the motivation to work on the maintenence release, in others the work is sponsored but is moving in a direction that is fundamentally incompatible with the 8.x release. I'm not trying to refute your input, just offering some insight about how it may not be strictly accurate. -- richo || Today's excuse: Please excuse me, I have to circuit an AC line through my head to get this database working. http://blog.psych0tik.net --EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPFMivAAoJEIKiWz6J5yQVIQEIAMC9IlJfx6yDb1q3d308KXxd GlAQhigcX5yVa51mx+LWBgpzbQbibSdwAgDjM+8f7QSk75WWcGlB8KW1ARSIPRO4 q1oHnh/jgPdM1f/WPQHk/XNxUID58cUjBY/RmmT10ZEkbk+hGFRfN0Eq1OLvD5W/ IxMAkdrWE67mScOPibydlPH5asj9LL6s/+1T9uvJDa9G/ysvv86YOj1lNxLQpJ6Q F1SdtpxkiSX5Ih/668+F/XhEhzNu/QDWav4rhRVyMXm0xGhEGzvv4n+bIqIdhW67 ZWOlGJbXevH9DQv5Vqlizb+f9DGKIwT7b198ZGfpifhnFG0GU+OSvE+BckiE3Cw= =TTEt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm--
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