FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity, and lifecycle

[John Kozubik]

Julian,

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012, Julian Elischer wrote:

> It pretty much boils down to one thing..  man power..


Wouldn't there be more manpower available for more frequent minor releases 
if the project were not undertaking two simultaneous "production" 
releases ?  Specifically, wouldn't it have been feasible to be at 8.4 
right now if much of 2011 had not been spent breaking ground on 9.0 ?

Further, isn't the lack of focus, or "polish" of the current release also 
impacted by these decisions ?

Of course there is a limited amount of manpower, but for the points I 
raised that was a symptom, not a cause...