Debian GNU / kFreeBSD and development for the future version 8.0 Jessie

 

Debian GNU / kFreeBSD and development for the future version 8.0 Jessie

The developer of the universal operating system they talked about Debian GNU / kFreeBSD 8.0 Jessie, a version that may not be released.

Debian GNU / kFreeBSD

With Debian 6.0 Squeeze is also debuted the version of Kernel enough FreeBDS called Debian GNU / kFreeBSD architectures available for IA-32 and x86-64. The idea of ​​Debian GNU / kFreeBSD is to provide an operating system able to provide the quality included in FreeBSD from ZFS file systems, NDIS drivers and security solutions such as Jails etc..
There is no much to freezing fateful package or "Freeze" by Jessie Debian 8.0 (scheduled for November 5), the date from which it will no longer be integrated updates or new features in the upcoming version stable but developers will work only in the correction of bugs. Apparently, however, the development of the future version of Debian GNU / kFreeBSD 8.0 Jessie (just about FreeBSD Kernel 10) is bringing many problems to the point that it could not be released.

According to Debian developer, the future version of Kernel stable enough FreeBDS is not yet complete and there are no developers are able to work in the maintenance and development of the future version. In conjunction with the freezing of packages for version under development Jessie developers of Debian 8.0 operating system includes universal assess whether or not the kFreeBSD architecture supported in a future stable release.

This does not mean that Debian GNU / kFreeBSD will be dropped, but that will not be available in stable version will be usable with testing repository, unstabile but at the expense of the stability and security of the operating system.