understanding freebsd development logic

2009-02-23 Thread prad
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

Re: understanding freebsd development logic

2009-02-23 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:25:59 -0800, prad p...@towardsfreedom.com 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

Re: understanding freebsd development logic

2009-02-23 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:25:59 -0800, prad p...@towardsfreedom.com wrote: 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? I hope it

Re: understanding freebsd development logic

2009-02-23 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 02:25:59PM -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

Re: understanding freebsd development logic

2009-02-23 Thread Adam Vandemore
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

Re: understanding freebsd development logic

2009-02-23 Thread prad
On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:39:39 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas keram...@ceid.upatras.gr wrote: 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: most certainly!!