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>I would almost term it as a permanent research platform for FreeBSD DragonFly BSD was forked from FreeBSD because of fundamental design disagreements between
by copx 12y ago
>I would almost term it as a permanent research platform for FreeBSD
DragonFly BSD was forked from FreeBSD because of fundamental design disagreements between Matthew Dillon and the rest of the FreeBSD developers. Thus I doubt that the characterization as "research platform for FreeBSD" fits. You might as well say OpenBSD is a research platform for NetBSD.
- duaneb 12y agoWell, OpenBSD has goals beyond "trying out new shit" on NetBSD... That's not entirely clear with DragonflyBSD.
- gonzo 12y agoDragonFly actually adopts a lot of tech from freebsd.
- krylon 12y agoAs far as I know, all of the BSDs have adopted code from each other over time. It might simply be a side of effect of the common heritage and license, but it seems to be one that none of the people involved have a problem with and often consider desirable. But that does not make Dragonfly a "research platform" for FreeBSD. Both systems have different priorities and goals. (Although I wonder if any of the things that Dragonfly set out to do differently has been adopted back into FreeBSD?)