On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:25:59 -0800, prad <p...@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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
