Upcoming release schedule - 8.4 ?

[Adrian Chadd]

hi,

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.

It takes a lot of (volunteer) effort and a lot of (donated) resources
to do what we do with releases and release management. Are any of the
release team actually working for a company that uses FreeBSD
releases, and thus has a vested interest in getting them out the door
and supported?

That's what needs to be changed. A kickstarter style project would be
great, but people can also donate directly to the foundation. It'd be
great if there wre more people, time and resources available to do
this. But the overlap of companies that want more/longer releases done
and supported doesn't seem to overlap that great with the number of
people actively doing FreeBSD release management.

2c,


Adrian