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FreeBSD 4.9 Code Freeze

Posted by michael on from the stop-in-the-name-of-love dept.

lewiz writes "FreeBSD Release Engineering have announced that the code freeze in preparation for 4.9-RELEASE (scheduled for 29th September) will begin on 25th August. Also 4.9-RC is tentatively scheduled for 12th September. A full list of dates can be found on the Release Process page."

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  1. Re:Let's hear from all of the excited /. readers! by drdink · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The beauty of FreeBSD is that you don't get a new scheduler or VM subsystem in every new 'kernel release' unlike some other OSes I can think of. Only after great lengths of testing, experimentation, and the actual need for the new subsystem does it make it into the tree. And then, it makes it into the -CURRENT tree. Something so complex is never MFC'd, fortunately. I like FreeBSD because it doesn't radically change from release to release. It is just improved.

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  2. Loud and Proud, Put Away That Silly Shroud by SlashCrunchPop · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I was wondering, can any of the people who seem to be badmouthing FreeBSD all the time code? If so, have you contributed at least a line of code to making your much beloved Linux better? If so... Wait a minute, I'm talking to myself now.

    Seriously though, if you are not contributing in any way, but still think that just being a fan makes you superior to other teams and their fans, you should think about this: the game is not about you, you're just observers and if your team should cease to exist, you wouldn't know what to do with a football to save your life. So put your scarf on, cheer like a good sport, but leave the criticism to those who actually play the game.