NetBSD 10: 3 Years in the Making - Nia Alarie - EuroBSDcon 2022

NetBSD 10 has been in development now for almost three years. In this period, there's been many amazing things, pain, and tears happening. How has this affected the NetBSD community and what can we look to in the future? NetBSD 10 has been in development now for almost three years, since August 2019. In this period, there's been many amazing things happening.

Changes have affected almost every area of the operating system, making NetBSD 10 a landmark release. NetBSD 10 will boast vastly superior performance, hardware support, and a host of new features. However, some events during the development process have been very controversial, and there have been periods where users were warned about a very unstable CURRENT.

Nia discusses how some of the significant changes in NetBSD 10 have affected the NetBSD community, and the NetBSD's developers' approach to resolving conflicts and ensuring a stable release.