From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 17 20:41:29 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48887106566C for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:41:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nonesuch@longcount.org) Received: from mail-wi0-f182.google.com (mail-wi0-f182.google.com [209.85.212.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC1268FC1A for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:41:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhq12 with SMTP id hq12so2781889wib.13 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:41:27 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.104.4 with SMTP id ga4mr17800552wib.17.1326831094618; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:11:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.28.84 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:11:34 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [209.66.78.50] In-Reply-To: <4F15C520.6090200@freebsd.org> References: <4F15B1AA.4020400@my.gd> <4F15C520.6090200@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:11:34 -0500 Message-ID: From: Mark Saad To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity, and lifecycle X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:41:29 -0000 Here are My 2 Cents , 1. Support each release longer, or develop a better way to MFS ( Merge from Stable ) bug fixes, and driver updates to RELEASE. It always seams that there are a number of things in X-STABLE I would love to have in X.3-RELEASE and X.4-RELEASE, and I do not want all of X-STABLE just some new drivers and fixes . 2. Spell out the entire RELEASE road map at the beginning of the release. So for 9.0-RELEASE set tentative dates for 9.1, 9.2, 9.x etc . -- mark saad | nonesuch@longcount.org