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Date:      Wed, 13 Jun 2012 08:52:28 -0700
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Matt Olander <matt@ixsystems.com>, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
Subject:   Re: Upcoming release schedule - 8.4 ?
Message-ID:  <CAJ-Vmo=xPcMYo_eXAHOkVraHTZKfbExPLsrkZbGRDqhHHaKYuA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201206130853.32687.jhb@freebsd.org>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206111537310.19012@kozubik.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206121545560.19012@kozubik.com> <CAJ-Vmomw7Tnce2Gyo443smS_%2BZQ4jLhWUqxhuZ2m-F%2Bxi81=Nw@mail.gmail.com> <201206130853.32687.jhb@freebsd.org>

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On 13 June 2012 05:53, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote:

>> You don't need to change the FreeBSD culture. We'd love to do an 8.4
>> release. And an 8.5 release, and 8.6 release, etc. The problem is one
>> of resources and time, not of culture/desire.
>
> I disagree. =A0The pace of X.0 releases is a deliberate choice FreeBSD
> has made and directly impacts the number of "live" branches in existence.
> Given our developer base, we can't really support 3 branches concurrently
> (head + 2 stable like we have now with head, 9, and 8). =A0Having longer =
lived
> stable branches requires either increasing resources to support exising
> releases longer, or slowing the pace of X.0 releases (but more aggressive=
ly
> merging things from HEAD back). =A0The latter case, especially, is part o=
f
> the culture and would be a choice we as a Project would have to make.

Right, but I don't think the freebsd project would really mind or
change much if more people came on board to handle legacy releases and
support them.

If you're a company that uses FreeBSD stable releases, please consider
contributing engineering resources and/or donations to the Foundation
to improve the support of said stable releases. :)



Adrian



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