From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 23 22:39:59 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 865BA1065679 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:39:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5D2A8FC13 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:39:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl131-194.kln.forthnet.gr [77.49.250.194]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-6) with ESMTP id n1NMdfRm022360 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:39:47 +0200 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n1NMdeiY008719; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:39:40 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n1NMdd7v008718; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:39:39 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) From: Giorgos Keramidas To: prad References: <20090223142559.3c5ff9e9@gom.home> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:39:39 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20090223142559.3c5ff9e9@gom.home> (prad@towardsfreedom.com's message of "Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:25:59 -0800") Message-ID: <87d4d8rd5g.fsf@kobe.laptop> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.90 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Hellug-MailScanner-ID: n1NMdfRm022360 X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-3.88, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.52, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: 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 22:39:59 -0000 On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:25:59 -0800, prad wrote: > 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? The thesis of Niklas Saers is a bit dated now, but it is a wonderful document and it answers this question (including a few others too). I think it will be an interesting read for you: http://niklas.saers.com/thesis/thesis.html