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From: csgr@cs.ru.ac.za (Geoff Rehmet)
Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux
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Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
References: <CMzw69.92K@tower.nullnet.fi> <2neomp$k5t@clarknet.clark.net> <2nf0fo$76u@sbus.entropic.com> <2nm6tb$m6u@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <2nmeb4$ro@menudo.uh.edu> <JKH.94Apr3184442@whisker.hubbard.ie> <MAGNUS.94Apr3194958@haukugle.ii.uib.no> <JKH.94Apr4025000@whisker.hubbard.ie> <MAGNUS.94Apr4201634@haukugle.ii.uib.no>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 1994 07:17:15 GMT
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In <MAGNUS.94Apr4201634@haukugle.ii.uib.no> magnus@haukugle.ii.uib.no (Magnus Y Alvestad) writes:
>Gee, none of my posts have ever gone on a refridgerator before! The
>point I was trying to make was that I think the way development is
>being done on Linux is a good idea. Linus holds a crucial role as the
>kernel coordinator, of course - but even if he dropped out there are
>other that could take over.
>Who needs a core team?
The idea of having a "core team" is basically a good one - these are
the people who coordinate the direction which the OS is taking, build
distributions and maintain proper software management practices with
respect to the source code of the system (among many other hundred
activities ;-). The core teams are also the official spokesmen (umm no
women yet) on the system.
I for one like the degree of control which is created by having a core
team - this makes for a stable develpment environment. The degree of
coordination in the *BSD camps also makes it possible for me to download
*every* morning the latest fixes etc (by sup) (not that I compile my
source tree every day ;-). (There are lots of other benefits of the
degree of coordination that is created by having a "core" team.)
I don't know how Linux is coordinated (apart from that it appears that
Linus coordinates the kernel).
(Maybe some people like the (seemingly) more chaotic way in which Linux
develops, I prefer a coordinated approach.)
Geoff.
(Not a member of the FreeBSD core team.)
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