understanding freebsd development logic

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:25:59 -0800, prad <prad at 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 underway, there is work being do for 8 (for which you
> can get a snapshot cd. (i seem to recall something similar with debian
> too).
>
> why would people work on 7.x (and 6.x as well i guess) if 8 is already
> available?

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:

  http://niklas.saers.com/thesis/thesis.html