This page contains pointers to pages documenting aspects of the &os; project itself, as viewed separately from the codebase.
There are various projects which lie outside the mainstream development path. A number of groups are working on the 'cutting edge' to expand &os;'s range of capabilities in new directions.
Here is an overview of the &os; Release Engineering Process.
And here you will find the schedules for upcoming official releases of &os;.
To avoid chaos with a project this large spread out all over the globe, there have to be some Policies for &os; Committers.
The &os; Project Staff consists of teams, groups and individuals with designated project roles and areas of responsibility and the developers. By following the links, one will find a list of them, as well as explanations of who is responsible for what.
You can read here core's Hat Term Limits Policy and some guidelines from &a.imp; on how to work with hats.
Here is a list of some technical resources for &os; committers.
For those with accounts on the main FreeBSD.org network, here are the machine resources that are available and the sorts of work they are intended for.
You can learn more about the &os; WWW server, including the machine, the software, mirroring the &os; web pages.