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This might be slightly tongue in cheek, but as someone who uses FreeBSD but doesn't necessarily keep up with all of the changes as they happen live (same with O
by X-Istence 12y ago
This might be slightly tongue in cheek, but as someone who uses FreeBSD but doesn't necessarily keep up with all of the changes as they happen live (same with OpenBSD), something like a quarterly status update is actually very helpful in seeing where the OS is going, what moving parts are actively being worked on and where to go look for new features/updates that may apply to what I am currently doing at $WORK and $HOME.
- emaste 12y agoThank you - this is why we put the effort into producing these reports. If they were not valuable to our users I'm sure all involved would be happy to avoid the extra work!
- tedunangst 12y agoOh, agreed. I'm partly poking fun at what I consider one of the mindless bureaucracy aspects of fbsd, but I can see their value too. Openbsd has a strict six month release cycle, so the release notes for each page are a good approximation of a semiannual report. There is some lag and they aren't forward looking, though.
- gonzo 12y agoWhen one's strong preference is chaos, even a trivial layer of management will seem like "bureaucracy". Hijacking the thread isn't cool, Ted.
- stonogo 12y agoYour comment is a little unfocused at the moment. You should decide whether it's more important for you to accuse openbsd of having a chaotic development process, or to tell Ted you don't think he's cool. Then you should focus on a single point instead of general whining.
- tedunangst 12y agoBtw, two other places to check for occasional updates would be bsdnow.tv and http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/ http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/ which has a weekly roundup on saturday.