> While I think the rc.d work is important, it is not so important that
> it may destroy other long-standing positive aspects of BSD, for example
> fast bootup times.

Maybe the release czar needs a checklist - can't release until:

for X in reference-platforms
  kernel for X is less than X.K bytes
  / for X fits in X.R megabytes
  boot time for X is under X.B seconds
  ...