Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:56:57 -0500 From: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) To: Andrew Snow <andrew@modulus.org> Cc: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com>, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Upcoming Releases Schedule... Message-ID: <20080916065657.GB12295@soaustin.net> In-Reply-To: <48CF5282.10608@modulus.org> References: <1219409496.10487.22.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> <593618A3-56DA-4891-A4A0-690E9A9C5B32@netconsonance.com> <F17BE4F1F989BB4A81EB94C36712A9736F3493@dni-mail.datanode.com> <20080904133604.GB1188@atarininja.org> <CB36FE28-D125-4C22-B5DE-1001515DD8A6@netconsonance.com> <47d0403c0809051319r3c82f87bhdb15ce5b0167987a@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.1.10.0809061159410.28840@fledge.watson.org> <2742CAB1-8FF2-425D-A3B6-0658D7DB8F4D@netconsonance.com> <48CF5282.10608@modulus.org>
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On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 04:30:26PM +1000, Andrew Snow wrote: > I think FreeBSD is getting in a difficult position now because there's > so much cool new stuff being shoe-horned in, but without the necessary > volume of contributors to back it up with testing and bug fixes. We're interested in suggestions about how to get more people involved with testing and bug fixes. There's certainly no lack of demand for the features -- all the way from running on inexpensive wireless routers all the way up to 'enterprise- grade' distributed storage solutions. (These are real examples from various mailing lists.) So, in your opinion, what's the way to reconcile all these demands (features + stability + long-term support of release branches) with a group that is 95%-plus volunteer effort? mcl
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