From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 24 23:28:04 2008 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 D9B2116A418 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:28:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kayve@sfsu.edu) Received: from iron3.sfsu.edu (iron3.sfsu.edu [130.212.10.128]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCDA613C467 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:28:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kayve@sfsu.edu) X-onepass: IPPSC X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAAqumEeC1Apk/2dsb2JhbACvNg Received: from smtp01.sfsu.edu ([130.212.10.100]) by iron3.sfsu.edu with ESMTP; 24 Jan 2008 15:28:04 -0800 Received: from libra.sfsu.edu ([130.212.10.238]) by mail05a.sfsu.edu (Lotus Domino Release 7.0.3HF100) with ESMTP id 2008012415280209-1871 ; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:28:02 -0800 Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:28:02 -0800 (PST) From: KAYVEN RIESE To: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= In-Reply-To: <86prvrv0b1.fsf@ds4.des.no> Message-ID: References: <84a208a0801232306k6a34134aqd549a1ba2160fe41@mail.gmail.com> <86bq7bwlot.fsf@ds4.des.no> <84a208a0801240456q3154de92me73e846df84d587a@mail.gmail.com> <86prvrv0b1.fsf@ds4.des.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on MAIL05a/SERVERS/SFSU(Release 7.0.3HF100 | December 5, 2007) at 01/24/2008 15:28:02, Serialize by Router on SMTP01/SERVERS/SFSU(Release 7.0.3|September 26, 2007) at 01/24/2008 15:28:03, Serialize complete at 01/24/2008 15:28:03 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-559023410-959030623-1201217282=:25709" Cc: william wong , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD hacker 101 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: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:28:04 -0000 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" 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--