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FreeBSD Looks Ahead to 6.0

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the pedaling-the-development-cycle dept.

I was catching up on mailing list archives when I came across an announcement from Scott Long of FreeBSD's release engineering team, noting that after the rather substantial amount of time that it took to take FreeBSD 5 to a -STABLE designation, their release schedule will be speeding up in the future. With the official release of FreeBSD 5.3 coming Real Soon Now, a new branch for 6.0 is now tentatively scheduled for mid-2005. It would seem that while the version numbers may increase more rapidly, so will the rate at which new features are merged from -CURRENT, so end users can get new features faster.

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  1. if man is 5 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    then the devil is 6

    and god is 7...

  2. Re:gvinum still broken by Bishop · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    HawkinsOS, for the adult in you.

    Oh the irony. Your post is nothing but a childish cheap shot.

  3. To Mr. Hawkins by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mr. Hawkins,

    I'm one of your several Fortune 100 customers.

    I know you enjoy trolling on slashdot, but we kinda need some assistance here.
    We deemed you trustworthy enough to make our Fortune 100 company migrate to your OS - a decision that has been very easy for us to make, since you're such a reliable person and such a skillful programmer - but enough is enough.
    We paid you a lot of money. I have no doubt that *your* HawkinsOS is worth every penny, and that these BSD alternatives are just pieces of junk since they don't have your "patches", but now it's time to come back to work.
    Sincerely,

    Mr. Joe Moron
    HawkinsOS user
    Fortune 100 company CEO