From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 18 19:03:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A06471065676 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:03:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from mail.netconsonance.com (mail.netconsonance.com [198.207.204.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D6668FC12 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:03:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from [172.16.12.8] (covad-jrhett.meer.net [209.157.140.144]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.netconsonance.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m8IJ2HSt062533; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:02:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at netconsonance.com X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.432 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.432 tagged_above=-999 required=3.5 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.44, AWL=-0.992] Message-Id: From: Jo Rhett To: Wilko Bulte In-Reply-To: <20080918133211.GL91598@freebie.xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v928.1) Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:02:17 -0700 References: <47d0403c0809051319r3c82f87bhdb15ce5b0167987a@mail.gmail.com> <2742CAB1-8FF2-425D-A3B6-0658D7DB8F4D@netconsonance.com> <0C2C7E9B-61E3-4720-B76F-4745A3C963DA@netconsonance.com> <658B8861-1E78-4767-8D3D-8B79CC0BD45F@netconsonance.com> <20080918124608.GK91598@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20080918131840.GA18595@icarus.home.lan> <20080918133211.GL91598@freebie.xs4all.nl> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.928.1) Cc: freebsd-stable , Jeremy Chadwick , Ben Kaduk , Robert Watson , Nathan Way , Wesley Shields Subject: Re: Upcoming Releases Schedule... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:03:45 -0000 On Sep 18, 2008, at 6:32 AM, Wilko Bulte wrote: > Indeed, there is no easy solution. Extending support lifetime takes > more > resources of course. And my e-mails have always discussed ways to get more resources. Recently we even had a group of people trying to arrange for more explicit corporate support for testing and release process. For some reason unclear to me, not a single developer has stepped up and said "Great. Here's how we could use you..." The entire concept of getting *more resources* is the elephant in the room that everyone seems intent to avoid considering. Maybe, just maybe, there is some reason why FreeBSD doesn't want more people helping. Or ... something. I haven't the vaguest clue. If there is some reason why getting paid people to work on testing and release cycle is a bad idea, would someone please stand up and explain? -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness