Each month, the FreeBSD project releases a status report to keep users - and developers up to date on the projects in active development.
+One of the benefits of the FreeBSD development model is a focus on + centralized design and implementation, in which the operating system is + maintained in a central repository, and discussed on centrally maintained + lists. This allows for a high level of coordination between authors of + various components of the system, and allows policies to be enforced over + the entire system, covering issues ranging from architecture to style. + However, as the FreeBSD developer community has grown, and the rate of + both mailing list traffic and tree modifications has increased, making it + difficult even for the most dedicated developer to remain on top of all + the work going on in the tree.
+ +The FreeBSD Monthly Development Status Report attempts to address this + problem by providing a vehicle that allows developers to make the broader + community aware of their on-going work on FreeBSD, both in and out of the + central source repository. For each project and sub-project, a one + paragraph summary is included, indicating progress since the last summary. + If it is a new project, or if a project has not submitted any prior status + reports, a short description may precede the status information.
+ +These status reports may be reproduced in whole or in part, as long as the + source is clearly identified and appropriate credit given.