From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 12 19:09:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8905E16A4B3 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2003 19:09:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.omnis.com (smtp.omnis.com [216.239.128.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE38043FA3 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2003 19:09:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from valour@herotale.com) Received: from [192.168.0.114] (roc-66-66-218-250.rochester.rr.com [66.66.218.250]) by smtp-relay.omnis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23CFA5B687 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2003 19:07:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Jem Matzan To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1066010968.41258.4.camel@.rochester.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 22:09:28 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Request for comments X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 02:09:40 -0000 I'm writing a review of FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE and part of the review entails outlining the significant differences between FreeBSD and GNU/Linux (in a general sense). These are the points that I plan on writing about: Development philosophy Development process Delivery and installation of ported programs and packages Cohesiveness of the kernel and the userland The licensing Most of these I can handle on my own, but I'd like to add some official comments from FreeBSD committers and contributors regarding development philosophy and process. Also if you feel that I've left out something important from the above list, please turn me on to it. Thanks for taking the time to respond to my request. -- Jem Matzan Editor In Chief, The Jem Report www.thejemreport.com 585-414-5042 2187 N. Washington St. Rochester, NY 14625