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Challenges of Maintaining FreeBSD on Amazon EC2 and Release Engineering Lead Role

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cperciva

11mo ago· 18 min readenOpinion

Summary

The article discusses the author's experience maintaining FreeBSD on the Amazon EC2 platform and the challenges faced when taking on the role of FreeBSD release engineering lead. The author highlights the competition between release engineering duties and volunteer hours, expressing concerns about effectively managing the FreeBSD/EC2 platform.

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I've been maintaining FreeBSD on the Amazon EC2 platform ever since I first got it booting in 2010.
In short, by early 2024 I was becoming increasingly concerned that I was not in a position to be a good 'owner' of the FreeBSD/EC2 platform.
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I've been maintaining FreeBSD on the Amazon EC2 platform ever since I first got it booting in 2010, but in November 2023 I added to my responsibilities the role of FreeBSD release engineering lead — just in time to announce the availability of FreeBSD 14.

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