Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:11:01 -0400 From: "Chad J. Milios" <milios@ccsys.com> To: Eneko Gotzon <enekogotzon@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Zero delta ? Message-ID: <05815B19-FD8B-4E79-9706-D9B7CEDE725C@ccsys.com> In-Reply-To: <CAEV4i4Vh=B99v59THKNCeYMHKd1Ht2Lv0pH-UbNVXZCTe2e1OA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAEV4i4Vh=B99v59THKNCeYMHKd1Ht2Lv0pH-UbNVXZCTe2e1OA@mail.gmail.com>
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> On Aug 27, 2015, at 5:00 PM, Eneko Gotzon <enekogotzon@gmail.com> = wrote: >=20 > Hi all Byte Masters. >=20 > Absolute beginner starting to learn about FreeBSD so excuse this kind = of > question. >=20 > In the *Who Uses FreeBSD?* section of the Handbook it is written: >=20 > *Netflix has made extensive contributions to the codebase and works to > maintain a zero delta > = <https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/nutshell.html>= > from mainline FreeBSD*. >=20 >=20 > Please, what must I understand about that *zero delta* expression? = Thank > you very much. >=20 > --=20 > Eneko Gotzon Ares > enekogotzon@gmail.com <mailto:enekogotzon@gmail.com> It simply means they [do their best to, community permitting] push = upstream all their cool enhancements to the FreeBSD project for everyone = to share in the wealth (and maintenance). This benefits us, gaining from their experience with an expansive = content distribution network and giant workloads. This benefits them as = it minimizes the effort they spend doing =E2=80=9Cfork-lifts=E2=80=9D, = the merging of FreeBSD's updates into their proprietary FreeBSD variant = (or inversely, re-applying their modifications to an evolving FreeBSD). -Chad=
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