FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity, and lifecycle

[Mark Blackman]

On 18 Jan 2012, at 22:59, Igor Mozolevsky wrote:

> On 18 January 2012 22:53, Mark Blackman <mark at exonetric.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On 18 Jan 2012, at 22:50, Igor Mozolevsky wrote:
>> 
>>> On 18 January 2012 22:31, Mark Blackman <mark at exonetric.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 10.0 - Nov 2013
>>> 
>>> I think 10.0 should be released based on feature-readiness and not on
>>> some arbitrary date…
>> 
>> You can always redefine the feature-set to meet the date. :)
> 
> Yes, but there's a difference between releasing because it's the right
> thing to do now vs releasing because it's about time…

The terse-ness of the e-mail should have told you it wasn't particularly
serious. :)

However, it was based around 3 minor releases per year, fitting whatever
features make sense, FSVO "sense", into each one,  giving HEAD a bit 
over two years to gestate into something you might one day  bet the farm 
on, which isn't a million miles from what happens anyway.

- Mark