Why not ? Sure it's easier to control a group if it's small. You can also delegate authority to experienced people for different areas. This is currently done in openbsd.
The BSD community is very small compared to Linux. As an example, in Mauritius, there are 2 BSD users (Mac OS X doesn't count :-)). I know around 40 local Linux users. Since it's so small, users can't expect developers to be able to shoulder all the responsibilities. Aside from donations/ buying CDs, we have to run -current and test patches that developers would like to push into the next release, even if we don't know programming. A well-tested diff has very few chances of causing regressions that could end up in a release. That's a _HUGE_ way to help developers. On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 02:52:19PM -0500, J Sisson wrote: > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Loganaden Velvindron > <logana...@devio.us>wrote: > > > If other BSDs worked this way, they would have been > > successful in attracting a larger userbase. They > > have the means to do it with their larger developer > > community. > > > > This begs the question of whether or not their developer community > would be as large if they held higher standards...
