From the DragonFly mailing lists: Matthew Dillon posted a list of what will and won’t be in the next release. Rahul Siddharthan pointed out that there hasn’t been much user-visible improvement since FreeBSD-4, speaking specifically about 64-bit processors and SMP. Steve O’Hara-Smith added some less well known benefits we already have, while Michael Talon described the speed boost a 64-bit operating system gives. Matthew Dillon said “someone just needs to do it“. I daresay the conversation is not over.
A running description of activity related to DragonFly BSD.
I think I’ve missed something about what the journaling work as-it-stands really allows.
Anyone in the know feel like doing a writeup?
http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=jscan§ion=ANY
The jscan man page is a good start. Steve O’Hara Smith had typed up something in the mailing lists on how he’s using it too.
Well, I agree with Matt here. I’m not a developer, merely a end-user, and I think laying solid foundations is more important than directly “user-visible” processes. You can’t build a solid house on shaky foundations. I’m just glad Matt (or someone, for that matter) is doing the dirty work.