Performance 4.x vs. 6.x (was: e: [fbsd] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 5.3, 5.4, 6.0 EoLs coming soon)

[Mark Linimon]

On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 07:57:32AM -0700, Danial Thom wrote:
> Stating facts is not trolling.

true, but ...

> The fact that you may not want to hear it is your own problem [...]
> You can't keep promoting this junk they're putting out. You can't just
> keep kicking the Matt Dillons out of the camp because they think that
> your design is a piece of crap. At some point you have to come to terms
> with the fact that your kernel design stinks [...]

... *is*.

I think there are valid points to be made about 4.X vs 5.X vs 6.X (which
is why, for the sake of being informative, I wrote an article about it).
Performance was also discussed extensively at BSDCan, and a lot of work was
done on improvements and ideas were discussed for the next steps to make
(e.g.: actual work, not just talk).  This work is continuing.

But as long as you keep the above tone, I and everyone else who is actually
doing the work to advance the project will just ignore you; because, frankly,
there's too much work to do and in any case, life is just too short.  (I
intend to do just that from now on, so I will not be adding any more to this
thread.  You may have the "last word", if that kind of thing is important to
you.)

Finally, if you think Matt's design and/or ability to accept criticism is
better than ours, then DragonFly is clearly a better choice for you.

mcl