Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 08:52:28 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Matt Olander <matt@ixsystems.com>, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Subject: Re: Upcoming release schedule - 8.4 ? Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmo=xPcMYo_eXAHOkVraHTZKfbExPLsrkZbGRDqhHHaKYuA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201206130853.32687.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206111537310.19012@kozubik.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206121545560.19012@kozubik.com> <CAJ-Vmomw7Tnce2Gyo443smS_%2BZQ4jLhWUqxhuZ2m-F%2Bxi81=Nw@mail.gmail.com> <201206130853.32687.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On 13 June 2012 05:53, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: >> You don't need to change the FreeBSD culture. We'd love to do an 8.4 >> release. And an 8.5 release, and 8.6 release, etc. The problem is one >> of resources and time, not of culture/desire. > > I disagree. =A0The pace of X.0 releases is a deliberate choice FreeBSD > has made and directly impacts the number of "live" branches in existence. > Given our developer base, we can't really support 3 branches concurrently > (head + 2 stable like we have now with head, 9, and 8). =A0Having longer = lived > stable branches requires either increasing resources to support exising > releases longer, or slowing the pace of X.0 releases (but more aggressive= ly > merging things from HEAD back). =A0The latter case, especially, is part o= f > the culture and would be a choice we as a Project would have to make. Right, but I don't think the freebsd project would really mind or change much if more people came on board to handle legacy releases and support them. If you're a company that uses FreeBSD stable releases, please consider contributing engineering resources and/or donations to the Foundation to improve the support of said stable releases. :) Adrian
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