From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 23 22:26:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C41E1065674 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:26:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca [64.59.134.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6302F8FC08 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:26:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd6ml2no-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.153.163]) by pd6mo1no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 23 Feb 2009 15:26:00 -0700 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=0 a=KoDPwd6_AAAA:8 a=A7Ip_hcFn55zd8V7wGoA:9 a=N5l33HyJfXv50Eky0z03GGYGdXsA:4 a=3e4pe5aG64sA:10 Received: from s0106000d935c7902.du.shawcable.net (HELO gom.home) ([70.67.160.177]) by pd6ml2no-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 23 Feb 2009 15:26:00 -0700 Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F01617060 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:25:59 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:25:59 -0800 From: prad To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090223142559.3c5ff9e9@gom.home> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: understanding freebsd development logic X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:26:00 -0000 i am puzzled by what seems to be almost a parallel processor development model that exists with freebsd. when 7 came out people were still working on 6.3 i think it was with the aim of going to 6.4 and now with 7.x underway, there is work being do for 8 (for which you can get a snapshot cd. (i seem to recall something similar with debian too). why would people work on 7.x (and 6.x as well i guess) if 8 is already available? is the idea to make each version 'as good as possible' because it would still be useful for older machines? or is it that later versions can utilize code from the earlier versions? or is it something else? -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's