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Re:FreeBSD Core Team Statement on FreeBSD Development Processes by jjav on Monday March 29, 2021 @05:11PM (#26628223)
That's not mean, it is a compliment. Although the phrase "modern development practices" makes it a loaded statement.

There is much value in not constantly hopping onto every hypetrain that comes along. For a reliable project, I want to see engineering practices that favor remaining on proven stable technologies as long as possible. Let all the hypes die down, don't go down with them.

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Re:FreeBSD Core Team Statement on FreeBSD Development Processes by colejohnson66 on Monday March 29, 2021 @05:59PM (#26628773)
I don't see how code review is "modern development practices" (in a bad way). It's common sense.

An analogy would be lawyers. They don't represent family because they may overlook something they think is meaningless, but a "fresh pair of eyes" would say is very important. With code, it's the same way: your eyes are biased towards your own code which can cause you to miss a bug.

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