Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:28:02 -0800 (PST) From: KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu> To: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: william wong <beijing.liangjie@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD hacker 101 Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0801241527370.25709@libra.sfsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <86prvrv0b1.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <84a208a0801232306k6a34134aqd549a1ba2160fe41@mail.gmail.com> <86bq7bwlot.fsf@ds4.des.no> <84a208a0801240456q3154de92me73e846df84d587a@mail.gmail.com> <86prvrv0b1.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---559023410-959030623-1201217282=:25709 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=utf-8; format=flowed I thought freeBSD 7 was still current "bleeding edge?" On Thu, 24 Jan 2008, Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav wrote: > "william wong" <beijing.liangjie@gmail.com> writes: >> Thanks for enlightening me on different aspects. Actually I found there = are >> many exciting network stack projects/overhaul happening in FreeBSD 8. I = just >> want to gear up myself and see what I can do. I have got 6.3 installed a= nd >> tweaking some of the kernel modification and compilation process so that= i >> can get myself acquainted to the software development process. > > You should really, really upgrade to 7. Nobody is doing any serious > work on 6 (beyond merging bug fixes back from 7); all the exciting work > happens in 8, and kernel patches against 8 will very rarely apply > cleanly to 6. > >> It seems that Juniper favors the even number FreeBSD's. > > Only because 5 was a dog. They probably stuck with 4 for a while, then > switched to 6 once they had ascertained that it was significantly more > stable than 5. I would be surprised if they skipped 7. > >> So get to know about FB8 could be ahead of them :) > > I very much doubt it. Juniper employs several veteran FreeBSD > developers (and so does Cisco, for that matter). > > DES > --=20 > Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " > *----------------------------------------------------------* Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and Biophysics) (415) 902 5513 cellular http://kayve.net Webmaster http://ChessYoga.org *----------------------------------------------------------* ---559023410-959030623-1201217282=:25709--
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