On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Matt Olander <m...@ixsystems.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 3:52 PM, John Kozubik <j...@kozubik.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Matt, >> >> >> On Tue, 12 Jun 2012, Matt Olander wrote: >> >>> So, we've (iXsystems, PC-BSD) been kicking around the idea of a Long >>> Term Supported version of "PC-BSD Server", which is really FreeBSD >>> with some PC-BSD cli tools and perhaps maintaining our own binary >>> update server. While we were thinking of doing this with 9.1, we can >>> consider 8.x. I'll speak with Kris Moore and the rest of the team and >>> find out what it will take. >>> >>> We've hired a contract release engineer with this task in mind but >>> you're right, most of the work will be in backporting. I like the idea >>> of coming up with a number it would take and a plan to do it. We're >>> not the only people with the problem, obviously. >> >> >> >> As a last resort, I would be interested in this, but I'm more interested in >> changing the culture of FreeBSD releases and long-term support in general. >> >> I think that: >> >> a) there are a lot more people out there, that we never hear from, that have >> these same problems, and another "4.x style" release would really help them. >> >> b) there are a lot of people out there that could be drawn into the FreeBSD >> ecosystem if another "4.x style" release existed. >> >> I would much rather donate $10k to a $100k kickstarter and have this be >> "official" than set aside $10k privately for unofficial maintenance, or a >> "fork". > > I understand your position, John. FYI, PC-BSD is not a fork of > FreeBSD. We have someone on re@ as well as security@ and several src > and ports committers. We would backport to the official branch as > necessary, since that's what we use to release PC-BSD. It's really > irrelevant to me who manages the money. I'm just not sure we can start > with 8.x rather than 9.x. > > However, this is pretty much the FreeBSD way. If we want something to > change, we affect the change with our efforts.
*looping in the FreeBSD Foundation Board of Directors* As John has suggested, if we come up with some requirements and vote with our wallets, perhaps the Foundation can look into bringing on a couple of people full time to assist with release engineering for a Long-Term Supported release. -matt _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
