Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
Well, the idea of doing a status here at the last day of the year
is not that bad, despite the off-center way it was introduced by
our cute trolloid.
5.0-R is edging its way towards reality, and I think that is a
fitting tribute to the project as we enter the year which will see
our 10th birthday.
Sure, 5.0-R is not all we wanted it to be, but come to think of it,
apart from 1.0-R I can't think of any release which met our own
expectations and our expectations then were pretty low: "Wow, a
CDROM!"
We've grown a lot over the last ten years, but I think it is safe
to say that 2002 was the year where we started to get a handle on
the organizational problems this growth had inflicted on us. Sure
they're not solved, but it's surely getting better. Thanks mostly
I think to core.3 and their box.
Another significant development this last year was the formation of
the donations team, I think they have deserve a round of applause
for their effort: Much appreciated guys.
I think the one thing about 2002 which I personally cherish most
is the fact that we have seen a fair number of young(er), capable
and eager people become productive committers. That to me is a
sign of a vital and vigorous project.
I don't do new-years resolutions, but I am sure that many of you,
like me, will stare into whatever spectacle is above and around us
at midnight and think "We can do (even) better than that."
FreeBSD is certainly not dying...
Happy New-year everybody!
Poul-Henning
Very well said, and as someone who has also watched FreeBSD
progress from the patchkit days to here, I'm very proud of the last
10 years.
I didn't think of it until reading this, but we probably should do a
real year-end status report. It just so happens that it's also time for
the bi-monthly status report, so...
This is a solicitation for submissions foer the November 2002 -
December 2002 FreeBSD Bi-Monthly DEvelopment Status Report.
All submissions are due by January 8, 2003. Submissions should
be made by filling out the template found at:
http://www.FreeBSD.org/new/status/report-sample.xml
Submissions must then be e-mailed to the following address:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
For automatic processing, reports must be submitted in the XML
format described or they risk being silently dropped. Submissions
made to other email addresses will be ignored.
Status reports should be submitted once per project, although
project developers may choose to submit additional reports on
specific sub-projects of substantial size. Status reports are typically
one or two short paragraphs, but the text may be up to 20 lines in
length. Submissions are welcome on a variety of topics relating to
FreeBSD, including development, documentation, advocacy, and
development processes. Prior status reports may be viewed at:
http://www.FreeBSD.org/news/status/
This is also a PR opportunity for the 5.0 release, so don't be shy.
Reports on the donations project would be highly appreciated, as
are reports on the networking stack lockdown, firewire, sparc64,
ia64, and powerpc.
RObert Watson, Scott Long
FreeBSD Project
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