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Cc: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org,
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity,
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On 1/17/12 10:08 AM, John Kozubik wrote:
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> Hi Ivan,
>
>
[...]
>
> Fair enough.  Is it the case that if funds or manpower were made 
> available, more releases would be workable ?  Or are there some 
> deeper cultural leanings toward having fewer minor releases ?

sure

if you or someone is willing to cut releases, you can do so and I'm
sure re@, given the resources (not just  promised them) could do 
things differently.
re would probably love to have people employed by someone to do the 
job :-)
>